Prasanta Paul | Has the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) ghost turned into a Frankenstein for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee ? Alarmed at the alacrity of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct the SIR, the party at the behest of TMC’s top tycoon, had approached the Supreme Court for an immediate relief so…
Prasanta Paul | A phoenix–like ghost has suddenly surfaced from a long–buried coffin to tease and trouble chief minister Mamata Banerjee in her bid to ascend the throne of West Bengal for the fourth time in succession. A confident ‘Didi’ has been endeavoring hard to conceal her diffident mood despite the pompous show of her…
Prasanta Paul | ELECTION bells have tolled in West Bengal; and so have the transfer orders, courtesy Election Commission of India. Less than a couple of hours after the announcement of the assembly poll schedule for five states on Sunday, the Commission juggernaut has started rolling in a firm and decisive manner, demonstrating EC’s resolve…
KOLKATA | West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose resigned from his post in New Delhi on Thursday evening. Bose, who was appointed Bengal governor on November 17, 2022, told PTI: “Yes, I have resigned. I have been the Governor of Bengal for three-and-a-half years; it’s enough for me.” He, however, did not disclose the grounds…
Prasanta Paul | NEVER before has the holding of the West Bengal assembly elections gone through such a period of prolonged uncertainty as it has been passing through now, thanks to an unprecedented presence of millions of bogus (or doubtful) voters in the existing voters’ list, surfaced during the vigorous exercise of SIR (Special Intensive…
