LOCAL NEWS

CPM-Trinamul clash : 10 hurt

 

COOCH BEHAR, June 29: Ten persons were injured in a clash between CPI-M and Trinamul Congress supporters at Deocharai in Tufanganj on Saturday night. The injured were shifted to Tufanganj sub-divisional hospital.

 

District CPI-M secretariat member and Natabari MLA Mr Tamser Ali alleged that the Trinamul men attacked their supporters when they were returning back from Tufanganj after attending a rally. On the otherhand, district Trinamul Congress vice-president Mr Niranjan Dutta denied the allegation by saying that the CPI-M men were wounded following infighting between them. []

 

Peaceful polling at Mekhliganj and Haldibari

 

COOCH BEHAR, June 29: Polling was held peacefully at Mekhliganj and Haldibari municipalities in Cooch Behar district today. Additional police forces were deployed in the polling booths to maintain peace.

 

The percentage of polling recorded at Mekhliganj was above 93 percent and at Haldibari it was about 93 percent, according to the district magistrate of Cooch Behar, Mr Rajesh Kumar Sinha.

 

There are nine wards in Mekhliganj and eleven wards in Haldibari while the outgoing board of Mekhliganj Municipality is Left Front dominated and that of Haldibari Municipality is Congress dominated. []