NEW DELHI: Tensions flared at the counting centre in Bhowanipore, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s assembly constituency, a day before vote counting, after her TMC alleged that two vehicles displaying BJP flags were allowed inside the secured premises where EVMs are stored.Banerjee’s main opponent in Bhowanipore is BJP leader and West Bengal’s leader of…
3-year-old rape-murder case in Pune: Massive protest on Mumbai-Bengaluru highway PUNE: Hundreds of protesters blocked the Mumbai–Bengaluru highway in Pune on Saturday following the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl, bringing traffic on the busy route to a standstill for nearly four hours.According to news agency PTI, the child’s family members and other demonstrators…
. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Saturday refused to pass any order on a plea by TMC challenging the deployment of Central government staff for vote counting in West Bengal, “except to reiterate the statement submitted by the Election Commission of India’s counsel that the circular in challenge would be implemented”.The court recorded the…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday expressed confidence that her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) will emerge victorious in the assembly elections by securing more than 200 seats in the state.Addressing the counting agents via video conferencing, she dismissed the exit poll projections and recognised them as an attempt to ‘manipulate the…
Image used for representational purpose only GAIGHATA: A controversy erupted during polling in the Gaighata Assembly constituency in North 24-Parganas after central forces personnel prevented several elderly men from entering a booth allegedly for wearing lungi, prompting charges of harassment and raising questions on the security forces’ role.This took place at Kuchulia Primary School in…
TMC alleged EVM tampering | Screen grab from video shared by @AITCofficial NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) alleged an “electoral fraud” by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission, claiming tampering of ballots ahead of the May 4 counting for the West Bengal assembly elections.The party shared CCTV footage purportedly showing the…
The victim was identified as Kodandam Shivaji from Gosangi Colony. HYDERABAD: A tiff over dinner turned fatal in Kamareddy town on Saturday night when a 28-year-old scrap vendor was attacked allegedly by his wife with a sickle after he shouted at her for not cooking chicken. The victim was identified as Kodandam Shivaji from Gosangi…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his election campaigning for the West Bengal assembly elections on Monday by addressing the people of the state through an open letter. In the letter, PM Modi reflected on his experiences during the campaign and reiterated his vision of building a ‘Viksito Bangla’ (Developed Bengal).The campaign officially ended…
San Francisco : In her landmark study, ‘Why Electoral Integrity Matters’, political scientist Pippa Norris offers a foundational insight into what makes elections legitimate. An election, she argues, is not a single event but a sequential chain — 11 links, stretching from drawing of constituency boundaries and compilation of voter rolls, through campaign conduct, to…
Zen Sadavarte, the 18-year-old daughter of lawyer and former Bigg Boss contestant Gunratna Sadavarte, on Thursday submitted an application to Worli police seeking an FIR against the woman who protested over a traffic jam and shouted at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan during a BJP rally in Mumbai related to the women’s reservation bill. MUMBAI: Zen…