Kolkata

All eyes on tribunals after order, at 100 daily, judges may hear only 20,000: Lawyer

The Supreme Court has ordered that individuals cleared by appellate tribunals for inclusion in the electoral rolls at least two days before the Assembly elections will be able to vote. The directive has drawn mixed reactions across affected groups and observers

Party flags strung across a road in Metiabruz on Thursday

Randhir Kumar (in white, picture left), DEO of Calcutta South, visits polling booths in narrow lanes of Kidderpore along with central force personnel and police officers on Thursday. Pictures by Sanat Kr Sinha

Bike patrol plan for narrow-lane booths; two-wheeler QRTs seen as more effective

Relief from sweltering conditions, another storm in store before heat returns: Met

Rainfall, however, remained negligible, with the spell mainly marked by flashes of lightning and frequent claps of thunder. The overcast sky helped pull the maximum temperature down to 32.4° Celsius, about three degrees below normal

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Kolkata

All eyes on tribunals after order, at 100 daily, judges may hear only 20,000: Lawyer

Bike patrol plan for narrow-lane booths; two-wheeler QRTs seen as more effective

Police, DEOs scale up voter outreach in their respective Assembly constituencies

SIR marks new trajectory; a bureaucratic tool for electoral roll purge before polls

College principals push CU for more classes; proposal to be taken up at syndicate meeting

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Poila Baisakh fast: 68-year-old Metiabruz man protests voter deletions in Bengal

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Relief from sweltering conditions, another storm in store before heat returns: Met

Bike patrol plan for narrow-lane booths; two-wheeler QRTs seen as more effective

College principals push CU for more classes; proposal to be taken up at syndicate meeting

Police, DEOs scale up voter outreach in their respective Assembly constituencies

SIR marks new trajectory; a bureaucratic tool for electoral roll purge before polls

All eyes on tribunals after order, at 100 daily, judges may hear only 20,000: Lawyer

Beyond marks: Four CBSE champs who defied life’s odds with courage and determination

Calcutta’s Parsi population drops to 347, lowest since 1980s as numbers shrink across cities

Kolkata police seize over Rs 15 lakh cash during naka checks across city