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  • 5 kids injured after crude bomb blast in Bengal

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    KOLKATA:  5 kids had been injured in a blast whilst enjoying with a crude bomb which they mistook as a ball in Malda district on Sunday. Two of the injured had been admitted to Malda Scientific School and two others had been being handled at a neighborhood well being centre. The opposite kid used to be discharged after being given first assist.The injured had been recognized as Bikram Saha (8), Subhajit Saha (9), Mithun Saha (10), Subal Saha (6) and Abdul Rehan Sheikh (8).

    Upon receiving knowledge, police workforce from a neighborhood outpost rushed to the spot and performed a seek within the house and recovered two boxes stashed with crude bombs. Police resources mentioned the incident happened within the afternoon when the kids had been enjoying in the back of the home of 1 Nikhil Saha at Gopalnagar village in Kaliachak police station house.

    “The citizens of the village heard a noisy noise of explosion and so they ran to the sphere the place the kids had been enjoying. They noticed the 5 injured kids mendacity at the box and groaning in ache. They in an instant took them to Gopalganj healthcare centre and likewise knowledgeable the police,’’ mentioned an officer of Kaliachak police station.

    The police workforce recovered the cache of crude bombs from an deserted construction which used to be created to dig a neatly. “Apparently that the stockpile of crude bombs used to be saved with an goal to create unrest within the house. We’re but to establish whether or not it used to be saved by way of native goons or activists of political events,” mentioned. 

    The BJP alleged the crude bombs had been saved by way of native Trinamool Congress activists. “Youngsters are falling sufferers of the ruling TMC’s illegal actions. Had all the cache of the crude bombs been exploded, don’t know what would had been the collection of casualties,” mentioned BJP’s state president Sukanta Majumdar.

    In some other incident, the sleuths of the Particular Job Power (STF) and Burdwan district police arrested two males and recovered explosives and fabrics which have been being transported in a bus to make crude bombs. “The explosives had been procured from Bihar. It used to be being taken to some other position which we’re but to understand,” mentioned a police officer.

    TMC ‘fact-finding’ crew visits Prayagraj crime website online   
    A five-member ‘truth locating’ crew of the Trinamool Congress on Sunday visited Prayagraj in UP the place 5 participants of a circle of relatives had been murdered and set ablaze just lately. The crew participants alleged that a minimum of two of the sufferers had been sexually assaulted. The crew contains central president of TMC’s nationwide industry union wing Dola Sen, former MP Mamatabala Thakur, RTI activist Saket Gokhale, former UP Congress chief who joined the TMC Lalitesh Tripathi and Bengal minister Jyotsna Mandi. 

  • Guy held in Bengal after footage of his horse travelling in crowded educate is going viral

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA: Viral footage on social media of a horse taking part in a experience in a packed native educate has landed its proprietor in hassle with the RPF arresting him for offences beneath the Railway Act, an legit mentioned right here on Saturday.

    Gafoor Ali Mollah, a 40-year-old guy, had made up our minds to offer his horse a educate experience from Dakshin Durgapur to Netra, a distance of 23 km, as a substitute of trudging again house after a tiring race that the stallion had participated in.

    After the images of the pony status amongst passengers in a dealer compartment of an EMU native educate on Thursday become viral, RPF government situated its proprietor at his Netra house and arrested him on Friday with the assistance of the native police.

    “He has been booked beneath more than a few sections of the Railway Act for growing nuisance in railway assets and unauthorised career in a educate,” Jap Railway spokesperson Ekalabya Chakraborty mentioned, including that animals can’t be travelling in passenger compartments and a separate wagon needs to be booked for the aim.

    Chakraborty additionally mentioned that the 40-year-old-man and his horse had boarded the educate within the night time, when extra consideration is paid to girls’s safety within the compartments.

  • Bypolls in Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Maharashtra introduced

    Through IANS

    NEW DELHI: The Election Fee on Saturday introduced that by-elections within the states of West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Maharashtra will probably be hung on April 12.

    “The Fee has made up our minds to carry the by-election to fill vacancies within the states of West Bengal – Asansol (Parliamentary Constituency) and Ballygunge, Chhattisgarh – Khairagarh, Bihar – Bochahan (SC) and Maharashtra – Kolhapur North,” the Election Fee mentioned.

    In step with the EC, the date of issuing gazette notification is March 17 and the ultimate date of nominations is March 24. The ultimate date of scrutiny of nomination is March 25 and the candidature will also be withdrawn until March 28.

    The date of polling will probably be April 12 and the votes will probably be counted on April 16, Saturday.

    “The Type Code of Behavior shall come into pressure with speedy impact within the district(s) by which the entire or any a part of the Meeting constituency going for election is integrated,” the EC mentioned.

    The Fee mentioned it has made up our minds to make use of EVMs and VVPATs within the by-elections in all of the polling stations. Good enough numbers of EVMs and VVPATs had been made to be had and all steps had been taken to make certain that the polls are performed easily with the assistance of those machines.

    Electoral Picture Identification Card (EPIC) will probably be the principle record of id of a voter. Then again, Aadhaar Card, MNREGA Task Card, Passbooks with {photograph} issued via Financial institution/Publish Place of job, Well being Insurance coverage Good Card issued underneath the scheme of Ministry of Labour, Riding License, PAN Card, Good Card issued via RGI underneath NPR, Indian Passport, Pension record with {photograph}, Provider Identification Playing cards with {photograph} issued to staff via Central/State Government/PSUs/Public Restricted Corporations, Legit identification playing cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs and Distinctive Incapacity ID (UDID) Card, may also be proven on the polling station.

  • TMC names Bengal Minister Manas Bhunia as its Meghalaya in-charge, any other senior chief to seem after Tripura unit

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA: The TMC, which is attempting to cement its base within the northeast, on Monday tasked 3 of its senior leaders with the duty of managing the birthday celebration’s affairs in two states.

    In a observation, the birthday celebration stated that MLA and senior cupboard minister Manas Bhunia has been appointed because the in-charge of its Meghalaya unit with quick impact.

    TMC-controlled Bidhannagar Municipal Company chairman Sabyasachi Dutta used to be named the co-in fee of the Meghalaya unit.

    Dutta, who had converted to the BJP from the TMC in 2019, rejoined the Mamata Banerjee-led camp after the 2021 meeting elections.

    Any other state-level chief and previous minister Rajib Banerjee, who had unsuccessfully contested the closing meeting polls on a BJP price tag and returned to the TMC after the birthday celebration’s thumping victory, has been named because the state in-charge of TMC Tripura unit, the observation added.

    In an enormous jolt to the opposition Congress in Meghalaya, 12 of its 17 MLAs, led by way of former leader minister Mukul Sangma, joined the TMC closing November.

    The birthday celebration had additionally been seeking to achieve foothold in Goa, the place elections have been held closing month, and the effects could be introduced on March 10.

    A number of senior Congress leaders, together with former leader minister Luizinho Faleiro, joined the TMC within the western state forward of the meeting polls there.

  • BJP calls for countermanding of polls in 3 Bengal civic our bodies which TMC received sans contest

    By way of PTI

    KOLKATA: The BJP on Thursday steered the State Election Fee to countermand elections to 3 municipalities in West Bengal which the ruling Trinamool Congress received with none contest.

    The TMC used to be declared winner in Sainthia and Budge Budge municipalities on Wednesday, and in Dinhata on Thursday.

    Elections to 108 municipalities within the state are scheduled to be hung on February 27.

    Chief of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari informed journalists after assembly senior SEC officers that the BJP needs the polls to the 3 civic our bodies be countermanded because of “intimidation and risk to BJP applicants, and acts of bodily fighting them from submitting nomination papers”.

    “Now we have informed SEC Sourav Das and fee secretary N Shandilya that what took place within the 3 civic our bodies used to be not anything in need of mockery of democracy. If the ruling celebration can cling up the municipal elections for approximately two years, why cannot elections be deferred in those 3 civic our bodies through some other six months?” he stated.

    Adhikari stated the BJP will release an agitation if the call for used to be now not met.

    The BJP chief additionally demanded the deployment of central armed paramilitary forces in elections to 4 municipal firms of Bidhannagar, Siliguri, Chandernagore and Asansol on February 12.

    “The MHA will despatch consignments of central forces in a 24-hour understand. Let the SEC being an self reliant frame take a choice to make sure unfastened and honest polls. Let the central forces be additionally deployed within the February 27 polls in 108 municipalities,” he stated.

    The TMC received 13 of the 16 wards of Sainthia municipality, 12 of the 20 wards in Budge Budge, and 13 of the 16 wards in Sainthia uncontested.

    Reacting to Adhikari’s call for, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh stated, “Who’s Suvendu Adhikari to invite for countermanding the municipal polls? Does he be expecting the SEC to bounce to his tunes?” Dinhata’s TMC MLA Udayan Guha denied the BJP allegations.

    “It’s the BJP which had unleashed a reign of terror in Coochbehar all the way through the closing meeting and Lok Sabha elections. However now individuals are turning towards them. The BJP isn’t discovering other folks to contest in Dinhata, and the Congress and CPI(M) have lengthy been decimated,” he stated.

  • Subdued Saraswati Puja celebrations in Bengal amid COVID restrictions

    Via PTI

    KOLKATA: Saraswati Puja was once celebrated in families and academic establishments throughout West Bengal in a subdued means on Saturday with strict adherence to COVID-19 norms.

    As climate stipulations advanced within the morning after incessant rain on the day gone by, campuses of faculties and universities got here to existence as scholars grew to become up in huge numbers to provide ‘pushpanjali’ to the goddess of studying. Scholars have been extremely joyful as Saraswati Puja was once celebrated in many faculties after two years.

    Many instructional establishments, the place the competition was once celebrated with members dressed in mask and keeping up social distancing, had reopened a few days again. Youngsters presented prayers to the goddess of studying at family and neighborhood pujas in Kolkata and different portions of the state.

    Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee greeted folks at the instance, tweeting in Bengali, “Goddess Saraswati, give us wisdom, impart a refined mind-set amongst us, remove darkness from our minds with the flame of Spring. Satisfied Saraswati Puja on Basant Panchami to everybody.” The competition additionally introduced smiles to the faces of clay-modellers of Kumartuli as lots of them made first rate gross sales.

    “This yr was once higher than the final one. All 100 idols in my workshop were bought out. There have been many last-minute bookings since February 1 after birthday celebration of the competition was once showed in faculties, because of which many of those establishments needed to make do with smaller idols intended for families,” artisan Jiten Good friend stated.

    BJP additionally celebrated the competition in its state place of job in central Kolkata. Celebration state president Sukanta Majumdar had previous stated that everybody was once invited regardless of their political affiliations.