Ahluwalia to get re-nominated by BJP
The BJP is set to field Surinder Singh Ahluwalia in Bardhaman Durgapur Lok Sabha seat for the second time, the party insiders said today.
The BJP is set to field Surinder Singh Ahluwalia in Bardhaman Durgapur Lok Sabha seat for the second time, the party insiders said today.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the unit secretary of the Trinamul Chhatra Parishad of a college in Burdwan town along with his 50 followers joined the BJP today.
A candidate has used the compartments of a passenger train for campaigning, for which the Election Commission of India's (ECI) intervention has been sought on the plea that the Model Code of Conduct was violated.
EC rules prohibit use of state machinery for campaigning. Indira Gandhi was disqualified in 1975 specifically for this reason.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee visited the Garden Reach area of the city today, where an under-construction building collapsed, leaving seven people dead. At least twenty people were rescued and sent to the hospital.
During his earlierr tenure with the BJP, Barrackpore's MP Arjun Singh faced trouble from dissatisfied saff ron party workers and supporters.
The present sitting MP of Hooghly lok sabha Locket Chatterjee is contesting the Hooghly Lok Sabha seat for the second time as a BJP candidate.
The Metro authorities in a Press statement said the integrated ticket is sold from the counters only.
The Trinamul Congress on Sunday asked the Central government to publish a white paper on the money actually released to West Bengal for MGNREGA and housing for the rural poor in 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023- 24.
In a major relief to the commuters of Kolkata, the private bus and minibus operators in the city have withdrawn their 72- hour strike that was supposed to start tomorrow.