The district electoral department has proposed the bifurcation of polling stations with more than 1,200 voters across all nine Assembly constituencies of the district, based on the draft electoral roll published on 16 December last year.
The approval was granted during a recent cabinet meeting of the West Bengal government, chaired by chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata.
The headmaster of the heritage school, Searsole Raj High School in Raniganj, Tapas Chatterjee will receive the prestigious Shiksha Ratna award on the upcoming Teachers’ Day, 5 October.
In the Raniganj gold jewellery dacoity case, the Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has arrested one Khalid Hussein of Barkibaghi in Bihar from Noida in Uttar Pradesh.
The lifeline of Raniganj town was the erstwhile Netaji Subhas Bose Road (NSB Road), which was renamed as NH-60 during the year 2000.
Dr Ajoy Poddar, who had lost in the 2016 Assembly polls has been given ticket in Kulti once again. The BJP supporters alleged he had no connection with the party and the locals since the pandemic outbreak.
West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi had also held a meeting with senior police and administration officials to take stock of the situation.
The state secretariat has informed the Centre that the government was capable of handling the situation, state forces adequate to bring the situation under control
Heavy police force was deployed on Tuesday in the Raniganj area of Burdwan West district, a day after clashes broke…
