KOLKATA/CHENNAI: Bengal recorded a historic 93.2 per cent turnout in the first phase of assembly elections, while Tamil Nadu’s final provisional figures stabilized at 85.1 per cent after minor revisions, Election Commission data showed on Saturday.On April 23, more than 3.36 crore voters out of 3.6 billion voters cast their votes in Bengal’s 16 constituencies. … Read more
New Delhi: Chief Minister of Bangladesh Mamata Banerjee An increase of Rs 500 in the monthly honorarium of pastors and muezzins in West Bengal was announced on Sunday, even as the Election Commission plans to announce the polling dates for assembly elections in four poll-bound states and the Union Territory of Puducherry. She also announced … Read more
New Delhi: The Election Commission is expected to announce the schedule for assembly elections in five states and Union Territories – West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry – at a press conference at 4 pm today, news agency ANI reported.The date coincides with the deadline for appeals against West Bengal’s final electoral list, … Read more
