Violence rocked Cooch Behar’s Sitalkuchi assembly constituency in poll-bound West Bengal on Saturday resulting in five casualties. An 18-year-old first-time voter was reportedly shot dead while in another incident, four people were killed, police officials said.
Voting for 44 constituencies in West Bengal's fourth phase Assembly elections began at 7 am on Saturday amid tight security. This phase of the elections will witness an intense battle between 373 candidates in 44 constituencies of the state across five districts - Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly.
At least five people were killed in two separate firing incidents, across Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar after they sustained bullet injuries.
Rail services between Haldibari in West Bengal and Chilahati in Bangladesh resumed on December 17 after a gap of 55 years in Cooch Behar.
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was found dead in West Bengal's Cooch Behar.
Representing Mumbai, junior Tendulkar returned with figures of 5/98 as Delhi U-19 slumped to 354 for 9 in their first essay.
The 18-year old remained wicket-less in the first innings, returning with figures of 0-23, but came back strongly in the second to take five Railways' wickets at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana in suburban Kandivali.
Arjun’s fifer came in the second innings of the game as Madhya Pradesh made 361 in the first innings, while, Mumbai in response, scored massive 506 in order to take the first innings lead.
Two teenage girls attempted suicide after being allegedly raped by their friends in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district, one of which died and another is struggling for life.
Polling began at 7 am for 25 constituencies covering the Cooch Behar and East Midnapore districts in the sixth and final phase of the month-long polling for the West Bengal Assembly elections.
Kolkata: The five-phase Lok Sabha poll in West Bengal rolls out tomorrow in four constituencies of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar - all in north Bengal.A closely-fought contest is anticipated in the Darjeeling constituency
Kolkata, Jul 7: With the passage of a bill to set up three new universities, including a private one, in the state assembly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the education sector has
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