Jaigaon traders hit by Bhutan Covid curbs Over 2,000 traders from across India who ran their businesses have left for their home states, and at least 1,000 more are preparing to leave
Over 2,000 traders from across India who ran their businesses at Jaigaon in Alipurduar the town that shares borders with Bhutan and has Phuentsholing, its commercial capital on the other side have left for their home states, and at least 1,000 more are preparing to leave.
The reason: for over a year now, their businesses have dried up, courtesy curbs in trans-border movement of people between India and Bhutan amid the Covid 19 pandemic.
Counting for 292 assembly seats in West Bengal begins at 8 am on Sunday
Kolkata, May 2 (UNI) Counting of votes for 292 assembly seats in West Bengal began at 8 am on Sunday across 23 districts of the state.
Counting started for elections on 292 of the 294 seats to decide the fate of 2,116 candidates. Elections to two seats Shamsherganj and Jangipur in Murshidabad district has been postponed following the death of candidates.
Elections to the 292 Assembly seats across 23 districts of the state were held in eight phases across from March 27 to April 29.
Even as most exit polls have predicted a win for incumbent Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking to form double engine government in the state
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The India-Bhutan border in West Bengal's Alipurduar district has been sealed ahead of the counting of votes for the assembly elections. Check posts have also been set up along the interstate border between Assam and Bengal.
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