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EC approves transfer of returning officers for West Bengal polls

Kolkata: The Election Commission on Monday approved the transfer and posting of returning officers for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, including for Bhabanipur, the constituency represented by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, an official said. In a letter to the chief electoral officer, the commission agreed to the state’s proposal for the reshuffle, according to…

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Govt plans 2 bills to ensure women’s quota law implemented before delimitation exercise

New Delhi:  The government is “willing” to bring two bills in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament to ensure that the women’s reservation law is implemented before the completion of the delimitation exercise for Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies, sources said on Monday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah held separate meetings with NDA and non-Congress…

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Jaishankar, Rubio discuss West Asia conflict; focus on global energy security

New Delhi:  External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday to discuss the West Asia conflict’s impact on the global economy, with a particular focus on energy security. The Jaishankar-Rubio phone conversation came hours after US President Donald Trump extended Washington’s deadline by five days for Iran to…

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Not a single word of condemnation of US-Israel assault, just ‘dialogue-baazi’: Cong on PM’s statement

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not condemning the continued US-Israeli air assaults on Iran as it slammed his statement in the Lok Sabha on the West Asia crisis, calling it “a master class in self-boasts, cowardice and partisan dialogue-baazi”. Expressing concern over the prime minister’s “invocation of Covid”…

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Demographic shift may alter Bengal poll maths; BJP win must for Hindus to remain majority: Sukanta

Kolkata: Union minister Sukanta Majumdar claimed that “rapid demographic changes” under the TMC’s rule in West Bengal could soon turn Hindus into a minority in several districts, making it “very difficult” for candidates belonging to the community to win elections in the future. In an interview with PTI, the former state BJP president said the…

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