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   ReportedbySanchitachatterjee: (May 1, 2026) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has remained at the site until late into the night to personally oversee the security of the election strong rooms. She continues to sit at the counting center for her own constituency—Bhabanipur—located at the Shakhawat Memorial School, even past midnight. Fearing potential tampering with EVMs and postal ballots, leaders and workers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) began staging sit-in protests outside various strong rooms across Kolkata on Thursday evening. Mamata Banerjee herself joined these protests and instructed party workers to keep a night-long vigil guarding the strong rooms. Intense tension has primarily flared up around the Shakhawat Memorial School (Bhabanipur constituency) in South Kolkata, as well as the Netaji Indoor Stadium and the Khudiram Anushilan Kendra in North Kolkata. The Trinamool Congress alleges that attempts were made to open the strong rooms without any prior n...

  Sanchita chatterjee: Against the backdrop of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee arrived at the premises of Sakhawat Memorial School in South Kolkata tonight—April 30, 2026. The Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency are being stored at this school. She arrived amidst protests by the Trinamool Congress, which had raised allegations of EVM tampering and irregularities. Mamata Banerjee reached Sakhawat Memorial around 8:00 PM, accompanied by her election agent. Following her arrival, security arrangements at the venue were further tightened. It is reported that Mamata Banerjee sat in front of the counting center for approximately an hour and a half with the specific objective of keeping a vigil over the EVMs. Meanwhile, tension flared in the area when BJP supporters staged a protest, questioning the presence of a Trinamool campaign van parked outside the counting center.Earlier, expressing apprehensi...

 In April 2026, the Kolkata Police suspended Ramakrishna Kayal, a constable belonging to their First Battalion of Armed Police. In a video exceeding 20 minutes in length—in which Kayal appears in full police uniform—he alleged a systematic "Islamization" within the police department and the state administration over the past 15 years. He claimed that, throughout his 23-year career, he had witnessed instances of Bengali Hindus being subjected to forced religious conversion. The constable issued a direct appeal to voters in South Bengal to defeat the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) during the second phase of the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, scheduled for The authorities leveled charges against him for a grave violation of the 'Service Conduct Rules.'

   Sanchita chatterjee: There is significant news for subscribers of the Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). The government is currently giving serious consideration to a proposal to increase the minimum pension for employees 7.5-fold—raising it from the current ₹1,000 to ₹7,500.  Following a prolonged agitation, a strong demand has emerged to raise the minimum monthly pension under the EPS-95 scheme from ₹1,000 to ₹7,500, and the government is actively working on this matter. A parliamentary committee has also recommended this pension hike to ensure that retired employees can lead a life of dignity amidst the current inflationary market conditions. Beyond merely increasing the pension amount, demands have also been raised to link it with Dearness Allowance (DA) and to provide free medical facilities for pensioners and their spouses. In addition to the pension hike, the EPFO ​​is planning to introduce a facility allowing subscribers to withdraw funds directly v...