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Sen reviews cases of code violations

Wednesday 15 April '09

Chief Electoral Officer Debashis Sen has asked all district magistrates to submit a report on how many FIRs have been lodged till date...
EC wants top cops booted from poll duty, govt wants them in

Saturday 11 April '09

The state government has not acted on an Election Commission directive to transfer senior police officers from election related duties for allegedly having a bias towards the ruling party.
Drivers in the Hills to GJM: At your service and only for you

Thursday 9 April '09

The Darjeeling district administration is in a fix after a drivers’ association announced that it will not ferry any political leader or worker other than those belonging to Gorkha Janamukti Morcha to the hills.
Trinamool points out ‘fake’ voters in Tamluk, Contai

Thursday 9 April '09

Almost three weeks have passed since Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee had submitted a list of 46,000 voters which, according to her, were fakes.
EC in ‘evidence’ fix over code violations

Wednesday 8 April '09

Although the Election Commission had said a few weeks ago that all the information related to violation of the model code of conduct will be uploaded on its website...
SP says Mamata ditched it, to fight for 4 seats

Thursday 2 April '09

Denied any Lok Sabah seat by the Trinamool Congress — not long ago, Amar Singh was seen by the side of Mamata Banerjee at press meets in Kolkata...
Writing on the wall is bloody this election

Wednesday 1 April '09

At Nandigram — the ground zero of the Trinamool Congress’ resurrection — the ruling CPM has started painting walls with graffiti with ominous messages that could face ire from the Election Commission.
Govt official transferred for helping fake voters

Monday 30 March '09

After receiving several complaints from booth level officers and booth level agents about the presence of many illegal voters in the electoral roll of Haldia Assembly constituency...
Scared polling staff drag their feet in north Bengal

Monday 30 March '09

Following the recent blast in Alipurduar, the polling personnel in Jalpaiguri have voiced their concern over security and proper compensation in case of any casualty on duty.
Haldia flooded with wannabe voters, EC in a fix

Thursday 26 March '09

The electoral office of Haldia Assembly constituency is in a fix after being flooded with around 4,000 applications for inclusion in the voters list that do not even have proper details or identity proof.
EC admits fake voters, but clueless on how to clean the mess

Thursday 26 March '09

While the State Election Commission survey in Garia reveals that the allegations by the Trinamool were ‘partly true’ as 53 voters were found having almost the same Electoral Photo Identity Card numbers...
Art of rigging in Bengal stuns EC

Sunday 22 March '09

For long, the Left Front’s adversaries have accused it of “scientific rigging” in the Marxist bastion without much luck, but this time around...
Bogus EPIC: EC begins investigation

Saturday 21 March '09

The state Election Commission has decided to investigate the voter’s list of South Kolkata constituency, which according to Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee consists of 46,000 bogus voters...
33 model code violations and no action

Thursday 19 March '09

Since March 2, when the model code of conduct came into force with the announcement of poll schedules by the Election Commission, nearly 33 cases relating to the violation of the code have been lodged with the Commission.
Ill-planning writ large on city roads

Monday 16 March '09

Not a very long time ago, Rs 50 crore was spent to beautify the city pavements with paver-blocks and tiles. The tiles did make the pavements look nice, but not for long.
CM’s new drive: re-launch of launch

Monday 9 March '09

To attract voters ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Left Front government in Bengal has gone on a foundation stone-laying spree.
MPLAD projects on fast track after poll announcement

Sunday 8 March '09

Hundreds of schemes under some MPs’ Local Area Development fund that had been hanging fire have suddenly been started after the Lok Sabha election poll dates...
EPIC drive flounders amid complaints from voters

Thursday 5 March '09

Even as the state Election Commission is seeking to ensure that all citizens have Electoral Photo Identity Cards by registering voters in borough offices instead of school and colleges, the registration system has left voters unhappy.
Mayor orders to recover loan given to parkomat developer

Wednesday 4 March '09

Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya has decided to slap a notice to the developer of the twin parkomats in the city after there were allegations of financial irregularities in several deals between the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and the developer, Simplex Projects Ltd.
Missed calls drown EC mascot Anandababu

Wednesday 4 March '09

Poor infrastructure has played a spoilsport, as the voters failed to get the desired response from Anandababu.
With new riders, RIL too finds the going tough

Tuesday 3 March '09

After the pullout by the Tata Motors and DLF, the Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has now put its Rs 2,000-crore agro-retail plans in the state on hold following problems with Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC)...
As KMC lost crores, developer made hay in Parkomats

Thursday 26 February '09

The Examiner of Local Accounts has found serious financial irregularities in car-parking projects — Parkomat at Rawdon Street and at Lindsay Street...
Monorail red herring: where is the money?

Friday 20 February '09

While the state government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the country’s first Light Rail Transit System in Kolkata, it’s not sure how it will raise funds for the Rs 4,500-crore project that will link the city’s southern suburbs and northern suburbs.
Dyeing plants slowly killing Garden Reach

Thursday 19 February '09

The Left Front-led civic body has failed to shut down around 135 illegal dyeing and bleaching factories in the Garden Reach area...
Councillor took pump to his ward, say locals

Wednesday 18 February '09

Ward 135, in the grip of severe enteric outbreak, is being deprived of potable water because Mrinal Mondal, Member-Mayor-in-C, water supply has allegedly shifted the water pump of the ward to his own ward.
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