Kolkata

Ministers Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim, TMC MLA Madan Mitra and former city mayor Sovan Chatterjee will continue to remain in judicial custody till Thursday.

Minister Subrata Mukherjee, TMC MLA Madan Mitra and former party leader Sovan Chatterjee were admitted to SSKM hospital after medical complaints, officials said.

A 15-day lockdown came into force in Bengal on Sunday, with the government putting in place a host of stringent measures to curb the spread of COVID19.

The tunneling work was put on hold on August 31, 2019 after TBM 'Chundee' hit an aquifer, leading to severe ground.

Banerjee also said her government will provide home guard's jobs to one family member of each five persons killed in Cooch Behar's Sitalkuchi area last month.

A majority of the tribal vote share, which was a big factor behind BJP's stunning performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, shifted to TMC this time.

The ruling TMC has won 212 of the 292 seats where polling was held in eight phases in March and April, and is leading in one where counting is still in progress.

The TMC, in a bid to avenge the defeat of its candidate, indulged in acts of arson and torched our party office, a local BJP leader said.

Mamata Banerjee began her tribute with one of the most popular lines of Ray's musicals -- "Goopi Gyne Bagha Byne" -- Maharaja Tomare Selam (Salute to the King).

Past performances and Mamata Banerjee’s candidature have made the TMC confident, while the BJP is relying on Suvendu Adhikari to wrest Nandigram.

For many years, the RSS has functioned in the state the way it always has, away from the public eye.

Security measures have been heightened in view of the violence in the previous phases, particularly the death of five people in Cooch Behar in the fourth round of polling on April 10, an Election Commission official said.

As far as possible, the non-peak hour trains are cancelled to minimise the impact for commuters, Eastern Railway spokesperson said.

The Covid-19 caseload of West Bengal, where an eight-phase assembly election is underway, soared to 6,59,927 as the state registered its highest single-day spike of 8,419 fresh infections on Sunday.

A Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Department has been constituted to conduct the probe in the incident which happened during the fourth phase of polling at Sitalkuchi.

An elderly man from Kolkata is travelling across places to play the violin. He would do that previously to raise funds for his wife's cancer treatment.