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It is the third day of Ramzan. Farida and her husband have just broken their fast. They offer their visitor from Delhi an assortment of
jol khabar (teatime snacks) served in delicate bone china crockery. There is an air of genteel calm in their drawing room. The polished red oxide cement floor, the ebony and glass showcase filled with silver enamelled artefacts, the unflashy furniture and the understated carpets, evoke an old-world charm far removed from the raucous din of Park Circus a stone’s throw away.
Farida’s husband – let us call him Farooq – traces his ancestry to Avadh but has lived in Calcutta all his life. It is a city he loves without reservation, a city where his religion or his language never made him feel alien. On the first day of Ramzan, he tells us, a Hindu Punjabi neighbour sent a platter of food for iftar. The next day, haleem came from the home of a Sikh friend. This year’s Ramzan is special – their younger daughter will keep the first roza of
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900 Companies Of Security Forces To Be Deployed For Phase 4 Bengal Polls 900 Companies Of Security Forces To Be Deployed For Phase 4 Bengal Polls A total of 44 Assembly constituencies across five districts will go to polls in this phase, including Howrah, Hooghly, South 24 Parganas, Alipurduar and Cooch Behar.
The fourth phase will be held in 44 Assembly seats on April 10. (Representational)
Hooghly:
The fourth phase of the West Bengal Assembly election, scheduled to take place on April 10, will witness the deployment of a total of 900 companies of security forces, the West Bengal Chief Electoral Office informed on Friday.
A total of 44 Assembly constituencies across five districts will go to polls in this phase, including Howrah, Hooghly, South 24 Parganas, Alipurduar and Cooch Behar. A total of 373 candidates are in fray to contest the polls on Saturday.
PM Modi urges people to vote in record numbers
As the 4th phase of the West Bengal elections begin, urging the people voting today to do so in record numbers. I w… https://t.co/2VSBll0xSU— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1618018619000
07:11 (IST) Apr 10
People queue up at a polling station in Domjur Assembly constituency in Howrah to exercise their franchise in the fourth phase of elections.
07:04 (IST) Apr 10
57% of voters in my constituency are women and I am banking on them. I appeal to people to come to polling stations and cast votes. Security forces are deployed. I think everything will go very peacefully today