KATHMANDU: Firefighters and local residents battled a massive wildfire on the outskirts of Nepal's capital Thursday (May 2) as the Himalayan republic endures a severe fire season authorities have blamed on a heatwave. Nepal sees a spate of wildfires annually, usually beginning in March, but their number an
In the wake of a large number of candidates contesting from the seat, the Election Commission has decided to put two EVMs/ballot units at every polling booth in the Raiganj constituency.
Due to higher number of candidates, all polling booths in Raiganj will have two Ballot Units to accommodate all the contesting candidates, said an official of Election Commission.
The fates of 47 candidates, including two sitting BJP MPs — Sukanta Majumdar the State BJP president, his Darjeeling counterpart Raju Bista — will be decided even as three North Bengal constituencies of Darjeeling, Balurghat and Raiganj go to second phase polling on Friday.
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