Burdwan: Barely 12 hours before polling in Burdwan district on Tuesday, two CPM leaders were arrested and one presiding officer of a booth was removed for violating Election Commission guidelines. Two CPM leaders were arrested from Srirampur village under Purbasthali South constituency for campaigning on Monday morning, violating Election Commission guideline, District Magistrate-cum Returning Officer, Omkar Singh Meena said. The presiding officer of a booth in Burdwan South seat, Asit...
10:31 AM, May 03, 2011
Kolkata: Be it 'detective Feluda' or the 'prince of Calcutta', celebrities from the world of culture, sports and literature milled at the city's polling booths to cast their vote Wednesday. Some took time off from shooting and some came early to beat the heat. They duly stood in queue to exercise their franchise in the third phase of the West Bengal assembly polls, held in Kolkata and two neighbouring districts....
03:06 PM, Apr 27, 2011
The Trinamool Congress has questioned Sourav Ganguly's political impartiality. ...
10:18 AM, Apr 06, 2011
Kolkata: The Election Commission has replaced Sourav Ganguly with MS Dhoni and APJ Abdul Kalam as its brand ambassadors. Ganguly had earlier written to the commission to withdraw from the campaign after the TMC questioned his political impartiality. For the left handed batsman it's the opposition to the Left in Bengal that has posed a problem. Not in cricket, but the controversy over the former Team India captain's alleged proximity...
10:05 AM, Apr 06, 2011
The Election Commission on Tuesday replaced Sourav Ganguly with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and APJ Abdul Kalam as brand ambassadors. Ganguly had earlier written to the commission seeking to withdrawal from the campaign after TMC questioned his political impartiality. The controversy over the former Team India captain's Sourav Ganguly alleged proximity to a few Left Front ministers prompted an irked Ganguly to request the Election Commission to remove him as one ...
09:14 PM, Apr 05, 2011
The Election Commission on Tuesday replaced Sourav Ganguly with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and APJ Abdul Kalam as brand ambassadors. Ganguly had earlier written to the commission seeking to withdrawal from the campaign after TMC questioned his political impartiality. The controversy over the former Team India captain's Sourav Ganguly alleged proximity to a few Left Front ministers prompted an irked Ganguly to request the Election Commission to remove him as one ...
09:14 PM, Apr 05, 2011
Kolkata: With the Election Commission yet to decide on using a promotional video by cricketer Sourav Ganguly for the coming election in West Bengal, the electoral office in Kolkata is mulling to use promos by Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and former president APJ Abdul Kalam. The awareness videos featuring Dhoni and Kalam were used during the recently-held Bihar and Jharkhand elections as part of the EC's campaign to...
12:12 PM, Apr 05, 2011
Kolkata: Amid controversy over political affiliation of Sourav Ganguly, the Election Commission on Sunday deferred selection of the former Indian cricket captain as its brand ambassador to promote and popularise voting. The EC order on Ganguly followed Tranamool Congress' allegation that he was associated with a particular political party and that he had worked as an ambassador of the West Bengal government, particularly the WBIDC. TMC had submitted a CD...
01:21 PM, Apr 04, 2011
Kolkata: Rejecting Trinamool Congress' view, the Election Commission on Thursday said it did no wrong in selecting Sourav Ganguly as its brand ambassador for the West Bengal polls and there was no evidence of the former Team India captain's participation in any political campaign. "We have examined the question of Ganguly as a brand ambassador and ascertained that there is no such evidence of the former Team India's affiliation to...
10:58 AM, Apr 01, 2011
Sourav Ganguly has been roped in by the Election Commission to increase voter participation. ...
09:40 AM, Mar 29, 2011
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11:51 PM, Jan 31, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to pronounce on Saturday the quantum of sentence against six HuJI militants, including 3 Pakistanis, convicted for plotting to kidnap cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in 2002 to secure the release of two jailed terrorists. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pinki had reserved the order on January 6 for Friday after hearing the arguments on the sentence on behalf of the Delhi Police...
08:51 PM, Jan 14, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to pronounce on Friday the quantum of sentence against six HuJI militants, including three Pakistanis, who were convicted for conspiring to kidnap cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in 2002 to secure the release of two jailed terrorists. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pinki would hear the arguments on sentence against the convicts. Earlier, the court had convicted the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HuJI) terrorists under...
07:10 PM, Jan 06, 2011
Ganguly's car got stuck near Behala crossing on Diamond Harbour Road as a group of people were agitating over an accident in the area. ...
09:23 AM, Jul 25, 2010
Ganguly's car got stuck near Behala crossing on Diamond Harbour Road as a group of people were agitating over an accident in the area. ...
09:23 AM, Jul 25, 2010
He met Ganguly's mother and had dinner with the family. ...
06:32 PM, Dec 16, 2009
Aamir Khan disguised himself as a young fan of former Indian skipper ...
05:40 PM, Dec 16, 2009
TV channel claims scantily dressed dancers employed at his property. ...
11:18 PM, Jul 31, 2009
Sourav Ganguly will be reinstated as captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders. ...
03:17 PM, Jul 25, 2009
Buchanan was not a household name in India till he dethroned Ganguly. ...
03:02 AM, Jul 18, 2009
