Repolling has begun in 15 booths across South 24 Parganas after EVM tampering complaints during Phase 2 voting. Follow LIVE updates, turnout, and key developments here.
These constituencies are largely spread across three election districts—minority-dominated Malda, coastal South 24 Parganas, and Kolkata (North).
Ziarul Molla, a youth Trinamool activist of Khirishkhali village of Ramachandrakhali panchayat, came to Canning on Saturday and was returning home that night
The tiger was finally caught today with the forest officials managing to knock it out with a tranquillizer dart. It was safely put in a cage and ferried to a hospital to undergo a clinical check-up. The state forest minister Jyotipriyo Mullick said that a large number of forest officials was deployed to catch the tiger, ensuring it doesn’t get killed at the hands of people.
According to the local people, the magnitude of the blast was so high that the window panes of some of the neighbouring houses broke and the bodies were thrown nearly 200 metres away from the blast site. According to the police, the blast took place on the roof and the concrete roof collapsed.
NE Command is due to receive two Advanced Light Helicopters (ALHs) from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Named ‘Dhruv’, these choppers were supposed to arrive by July 2020 but got delayed due to the Covid-19. They are expected to be inducted by March, this year.
State government is preparing a database and an initial list of 15,000 is ready
The incident took place in Kultali, one of the worst-hit areas by the cyclone Amphan.
“You have to understand the ground level problem. I’ve asked the mayor to engage local youths and clubs to clear debris from the roads,” she said.
Chief Wildlife Warden said that parts of the fencing were damaged in Kultali, Bidya, Sajnekhali areas and these affected points are being repaired on an urgent basis by field workers of the forest department.
