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Economic Times
4 days ago
- Politics
- Economic Times
West Bengal: Kaliganj by-poll to see several firsts
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Kolkata: For the first time in West Bengal's Kaliganj by-poll, a special arrangement will be done for depositing the mobile phones of the voters in the jute bags outside the polling booths, webcasting from camera placed outside the booth, live streaming in the vehicles of Paramilitary and Quick Response Team (QRT) and naka checking will be monitored live first time. All these new steps, if done successfully, will be replicated in 2026 assembly to ET, West Bengal-Chief Electoral Office (CEO) Manoj Agarwal said, 'Several new measures, including depositing mobile phones in jute bags outside polling booths, webcasting from camera placed outside the booth, live streaming in the vehicles of Paramilitary forces on duty and Quick Response Team (QRT) and naka checking getting monitored live will be done for first time in Kaliganj by-poll in West Bengal's Nadia district.'" As per the latest ECI guidelines, maximum of 4 voters will be allowed inside the booth at any given time. This will also be implemented for the first time in Bengal and all other states which will go for by-polls on June 19," Agarwal pointed 309 booths of Kaliganj assembly Constituency in Nadia District, Rs 179 has been spent for each booth for creating the mobile depositing facility. Tokens will be given to the voters, after depositing the mobile phones. The volunteers will guard the mobile phones outside the booth. 'The whole model will be replicated in 2026 assembly polls, if successful this time,' Arindam Niyogi, Additional Chief Electoral Officer West Bengal, the initiative of identifying dead voters in various Constituencies, in Kaliganj alone, 945 dead voters have been Bengal's Nadia district's Kaliganj Assembly constituency. The assembly seat will vote on June 19 and the counting of votes will take place on June 23. The bypolls are being conducted in five assembly constituencies of four state- Gujarat's Kadi and Visavadar, Kerala's Nilambur, Punjab's Ludhiana West, and West Bengal's Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Assistant Director (Media) Apurva Kumar Singh, attended two meetings in Kolkata today, including by one with the senior Officials of Directorate of Information under West Bengal government, Press Information Bureau (PIB), Central Bureau of Communication (CBC), All India Radio (AIR), Doordarshan (DD), SRFTI among others.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
West Bengal: Kaliganj by-poll to see several firsts
Kolkata: For the first time in West Bengal's Kaliganj by-poll, a special arrangement will be done for depositing the mobile phones of the voters in the jute bags outside the polling booths, webcasting from camera placed outside the booth, live streaming in the vehicles of Paramilitary and Quick Response Team (QRT) and naka checking will be monitored live first time. All these new steps, if done successfully, will be replicated in 2026 assembly polls. Speaking to ET, West Bengal-Chief Electoral Office (CEO) Manoj Agarwal said, 'Several new measures, including depositing mobile phones in jute bags outside polling booths, webcasting from camera placed outside the booth, live streaming in the vehicles of Paramilitary forces on duty and Quick Response Team (QRT) and naka checking getting monitored live will be done for first time in Kaliganj by-poll in West Bengal's Nadia district.' " As per the latest ECI guidelines, maximum of 4 voters will be allowed inside the booth at any given time. This will also be implemented for the first time in Bengal and all other states which will go for by-polls on June 19," Agarwal pointed out. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Many Are Watching Tariffs - Few Are Watching What Nvidia Just Launched Seeking Alpha Read Now Undo In 309 booths of Kaliganj assembly Constituency in Nadia District, Rs 179 has been spent for each booth for creating the mobile depositing facility. Tokens will be given to the voters, after depositing the mobile phones. The volunteers will guard the mobile phones outside the booth. 'The whole model will be replicated in 2026 assembly polls, if successful this time,' Arindam Niyogi, Additional Chief Electoral Officer West Bengal, confirmed. Taking the initiative of identifying dead voters in various Constituencies, in Kaliganj alone, 945 dead voters have been identified. Live Events West Bengal's Nadia district's Kaliganj Assembly constituency. The assembly seat will vote on June 19 and the counting of votes will take place on June 23. The bypolls are being conducted in five assembly constituencies of four state- Gujarat's Kadi and Visavadar, Kerala's Nilambur, Punjab's Ludhiana West, and West Bengal's Kaliganj. WB-CEO Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Assistant Director (Media) Apurva Kumar Singh, attended two meetings in Kolkata today, including by one with the senior Officials of Directorate of Information under West Bengal government, Press Information Bureau (PIB), Central Bureau of Communication (CBC), All India Radio (AIR), Doordarshan (DD), SRFTI among others.
South China Morning Post
01-06-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Sudan's PM dissolves caretaker government, state news reports
Sudan's new Prime Minister Kamil Idris has dissolved the country's caretaker government, state news agency SUNA reported late on Sunday. SUNA did not specify when a new government, the first since war broke out between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), would be announced. Idris was appointed by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan's head of state. The RSF has said since earlier this year that it would form its own parallel government with allied parties. Idris took the oath of office on Saturday as the country's first prime minister since a military-led coup in 2021. In a speech on Sunday, he vowed to remain at equal distance from all political parties and to prioritise stability, security, and reconstruction in Sudan. Meanwhile, three drone strikes hit key paramilitary positions in western Sudan, witnesses said on Sunday, as fighting between the army and RSF escalated.
Reuters
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Sudan to cut ties with UAE, defence council says
CAIRO, May 6 (Reuters) - Sudan will cut ties with the United Arab Emirates, the army-affiliated defence council said on Tuesday, after accusations that Abu Dhabi was supporting the rival paramilitary forces in the nation's civil war.
Hindustan Times
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Jammu and Kashmir authorities ban sale, stitching, and storage of army uniforms in Kishtwar
Authorities have ordered prohibition on sale, stitching and storage of army uniforms and combat pattern dresses in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district to check their misuse by anti-national elements. Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar, Rajesh Kumar Shavan ordered the prohibition. 'Whereas, this threat posed by subversive elements is an imminent danger to public safety, public peace, tranquillity and security that warrants immediate preventive …,' he said in an order issued on Saturday. Issuing a set of regulations and restrictions, the district magistrate said all authorised private firms and shops procuring, storing, and selling combat clothes shall immediately inform in writing to the nearest police stations regarding their authority to carry on with this business. The time limit for such information will be 15 days from the date of issuance and publication of this order. All authorized persons, private firms/shops dealing in such articles, shall submit fortnightly reports of all the sales of combat/Khadi dress/cloth made by them along with detailed particulars of the Army/Paramilitary/Police personnel to whom such sales have been made,' the order said. The list shall be provided by the dealer or dealers to the Station House Officers concerned on a fortnightly basis. 'The register carrying all such details will be maintained properly by each dealer and shall be made available as and when the inspection of the shop is conducted by competent authorities,' the order said, directing all such authorised firms to sell such articles to bonafide members of armed forces after verifying their identity and recording the names and the units where ever employed on the register. Tehsildar, executive magistrate first class or an officer of the police of the rank of Assistant Sub-inspector or above shall have the authority to check and inspect such registers, the order said, adding any person contravening this order shall be punished.
