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EC gives clean chit to CISF, says it opened fire in 'self-defence' in Cooch Behar
Citing a joint report received from special observers Ajay Nayak and Vivek Dube at 5.12 p.m., the poll panel said: "They inter-alia stated that recourse to open fire by the CISF personnel became absolutely necessary in order to save the lives of the voters lined up at the polling booth, those of other polling personnel and their own lives as the mob had attempted to snatch their weapons also."
Marred by violence, Bengal sees 76% turnout in 4th phase of polls
A total of five people were killed in two separate incidents in Cooch Behar district on Saturday. Four persons were killed when central forces opened fire on an unruly mob in Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency in Mathabhanga block, while in another incident in the same constituency, a first-time voter was killed.
No lockdown but new restrictions to be imposed after Covid spike in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal
"Lockdown is not an option. However, we will be putting some restrictions in place to contain the spread of the virus. The Delhi government will issue some new restrictions in the coming few days," Kejriwal said after a review meeting with senior doctors at LNJP Hospital on Saturday.
Bihar BJP leaders who joined LJP may come back soon
After the LJP's lone MLA Rajkumar Singh joined the Janata Dal (United), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is also gearing up to break the LJP. Several BJP leaders had jumped ship to join Chirag Paswan's LJP after they were either denied tickets or were unhappy with the party. But now they are getting ready to return to the saffron fold.
Covid attacks the poorest, disadvantaged the hardest: Rahul Gandhi
He made the remarks here during a meeting of Congress-ruled states and party's ministers from alliance states to review the efforts to fight Covid-19 including the availability of vaccines, access to medicines and ventilators which was chaired by party interim chief Sonia Gandhi.
Setback for BJP, new outfit captures key tribal body in Tripura
The outcome of the elections to the TTAADC is a major setback for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) alliance, which wrested power in Tripura in 2018 after defeating the CPI-M led Left parties after 25 years.
Vaccine will last for five days only: Punjab CM
Hoping that the Centre would send fresh batches of vaccine supply soon, the Chief Minister said if the state is able to meet its target of 2 lakh vaccines a day, then its current supplies will last only three days. He said he had written to the Prime Minister and the Union Health Minister to give confirmed supply schedules.
Five killed in poll related violence in Bengal
According to the report, there was tension at booth no 126 at Amtali in Jor Patki village in Sitalkuchi since the morning and as there were more than 400 people in front of the booth, the central forces tried to disperse the mob. When they were trying to move the mob away from the booth more people started rushing in and tried to snatch the firearms from the security forces. This prompted the force to open fire in which four people were killed.
BJP shares audio chat of Prashant Kishor praising PM Modi
BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya claimed that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's election strategist Prashant Kishor had accepted the BJP's victory. Malviya shared the audio of Prashant Kishor's discussion on the ClubHouse platform on social media. In this, Kishor is chatting with some journalists.
Farmers to block KMP highway today for 24 hours
The coalition of farmers organisation has said, "On behalf of all the farmers we assure you that during the KMP blockade, common citizens will be treated well and it will be completely peaceful. We urge the common citizens to extend their cooperation to the blockade."
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