Addressing the ceremonial presentation of the President’s Police Colour to the Sikkim Police at Paljor Stadium in Gangtok, the President highlighted Sikkim’s strategic location as a border state sharing international boundaries with three neighbouring countries.
During his first post-oath visit to North Bengal, CM Suvendu Adhikari announced weekly public outreach programmes and reiterated BJP’s key development promises for the region.
The controversy surfaced at Jagadish Chandra Vidyapith, Booth No. 26/237, where a woman voter claimed that her vote had already been cast before she could exercise her franchise. Her father backed the allegation, raising concerns of impersonation and electoral malpractice.
A political storm has erupted in Siliguri ahead of the Assembly elections over allegations of large-scale deletion of names from the electoral rolls, with Trinamul Congress (TMC) candidate and Mayor Gautam Deb and BJP nominee Sankar Ghosh locking horns.
A departmental inquiry has also been ordered into the matter.
The lifeline national highway 10 (NH-10), which connects Siliguri with Sikkim, was shut again on Friday late morning following a fresh landslide, just hours after it had reopened for traffic.
Newly-appointed chairman of the Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority (SJDA), Dilip Duggar, held a high-level meeting on Wednesday with Siliguri mayor Goutam Deb and senior officials to discuss a range of developmental issues, with particular emphasis on easing traffic congestion in central Siliguri in view of the upcoming Assembly elections.
Vehicular movement along national highway 10 — the lifeline connecting Siliguri to Sikkim via Kalimpong — has come to a complete halt due to multiple landslides and severe erosion of the Teesta river’s right bank, prompting authorities to shut down traffic for at least three days.
The appeal comes shortly after TMC’s state president Subrata Bakshi served a show-cause notice to Barman for “breaching party discipline” during the SMC board meeting held on 30 July.
A fresh landslide at the same vulnerable stretch of national highway 10 has once again brought traffic to a standstill between Siliguri and Sikkim, disrupting crucial road connectivity for the second consecutive day.
