When a train journey becomes an election battleground

In poll season, democracy chugs along

Prasun Chaudhuri Published 28.04.19, 06:20 AM

Conversation starter: A local train in Calcutta A Telegraph file picture

Bengal woman dies after ‘name not in 2002 electoral rolls’, Trinamool calls SIR ‘campaign of terror’

Within a day of the SIR’s announcement Pradeep Kar of Panihati in North 24-Parganas died by suicide, with a note blaming the voter-list revision. A 95-year-old resident of Birbhum’s Ilambazar, Kshitish Majumdar, was next to die by suicide. A third person in north Bengal survived a suicide bid

India's Richa Ghosh plays a shot during the ICC Women's World Cup final ODI cricket match between India Women and South Africa Women, at the DY Patil Stadium, in Navi Mumbai, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025.

When a train journey becomes an election battleground

In poll season, democracy chugs along

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