Congress on Sunday released the full list of 284 candidates for West Bengal Assembly Election, naming Adhir Ranjan Choudhury from Baharampur.. Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, and Party Secretary KC Venugopal during the Congress’ Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting for West Bengal, at 24 Akbar Road, in New Delhi. (AICC/ANI Photo) (AICC). The party has named Pradip Prasad from Bhabanipur, where Mamata Banerjee successfully contested in last election. The list also included former MP Mausam Noor from Malatipur.. The party has decided to go solo in the poll, which is witnessing a direct contest between Mamata Banerjee’s TMC and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).. West Bengal will go to polls in two phases, with the first phase scheduled on April 23 and the second phase on April 29. The counting of votes is scheduled for May 4.. In the last assembly election in the state, held in eight phases in 2021, the Trinamool Congress recorded a landslide victory with 213 seats. The Congress and its Left Front ally drew a blank in the 2021 state polls. 

 Two more Indian-flagged LPG tankers, carrying roughly a day’s supply of the country’s cooking gas, have safely navigated through the war-hit Strait of Hormuz and are expected to reach Indian shores in the next couple of days.. Pine Gas and Jag Vasant, carrying 92,612 tonnes of LPG, reached Indian ports between March 26 and March 28. Prior to that, MT Shivalik and MT Nanda Devi, carrying about 92,712 tonnes of LPG, had reached Mundra port in Gujarat on March 16 and Kandla port in the state on March 17, respectively. (Deendayal Port Authority Kandla). “Two LPG carriers, BW TYR and BW ELM, carrying a combined LPG cargo of about 94,000 tonnes, have safely transited the region and are moving towards Indian shores,” an official statement said.. While BW TYR is proceeding towards Mumbai with an expected arrival on March 31, BW ELM is en route to New Mangalore with an estimated arrival date of April 1.. The US and Israel attacks on Iran and Tehran’s sweeping retaliation have all but halted shipping through the strait – the narrow shipping lane that is a conduit for oil and gas exports from Gulf countries to the world. Iran, however, last week said “non-hostile vessels” may transit the waterway after coordinating with Iranian authorities.. Previously, four Indian-flagged LPG tankers had safely sailed through the strait.. Pine Gas and Jag Vasant, carrying 92,612 tonnes of LPG, reached Indian ports between March 26 and March 28. Prior to that, MT Shivalik and MT Nanda Devi, carrying about 92,712 tonnes of LPG, had reached Mundra port in Gujarat on March 16 and Kandla port in the state on March 17, respectively.. For a country that relies on imports from Gulf nations to meet as much as 60 per cent of its cooking gas needs, the arrivals will help ease the worst LPG shortage it is battling in decades. India consumed 33.15 million tonnes of LPG last year, with imports accounting for about 60 per cent of demand. As much as 90 per cent of those imports came from West Asia.. With the strait all but shut, it is sourcing LPG from nations like the US and Argentina.. “A total of 18 Indian-flagged vessels with 485 Indian seafarers remain in the western Persian Gulf region,” the statement said.. Originally, there were 28 Indian-flagged vessels in the Strait of Hormuz when the war in West Asia broke out. Of these, 24 were on the West side of the strait and four on the East side. In the last few days, six vessels from the west side and two from the east have managed to sail to safety.. Besides the six LPG tankers, the Indian-flagged oil tanker Jag Laadki, with 80,886 tonnes of crude oil from the UAE, reached Mundra on March 18.. Another tanker, Jag Prakash, carrying gasoline from Oman to Africa, had previously safely crossed the strait and is en route to Tanzania.. LPG carriers Jag Vikram, Green Asha and Green Sanvi are still in the western Strait of Hormuz. One empty vessel is being filled with LPG.. The DG Shipping control room is operating round-the-clock and has handl 

 A woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri ditrict was taken aback when she received a text message from her bank while working in the fields on the day of Ashtami during Navratri. Her bank account showed figures which were not normal. Sita, who is a farmer and runs a small grocery shop in Devganj village in the Bichwan area, along with her son went to the bank to know more.. Sita received nearly ₹10 crore in her bank account but did not take out a single penny, receiving praise from locals and neighbours. (Screengrab from viral video). The bank was closed as it was a holiday. She then went to check the balance of her Bank of India account in the nearby ATM where received the greatest shock of her life. The balance figure in her account was close to ₹10 crore, ₹9,99,49,588 to be precise.. Both mother and son were delighted by this sudden transfer of money into the account and made a video which has since then gone viral. However, the woman was still not sure how this big an amount was transferred into her account?. Also Read: UP govt cancels ₹25,000-crore MoU with Puch AI citing lack of net worth. As a result, she went against the idea of taking out the money from the account untill there was more clarity on where the money came from. She did not take out a single penny and came back to the field and resumed working.. The woman also told her family that no money should be taken out of the account until the matter is investigated, Hindustan newspaper reported.. According to another report, Sita has received praise from her neighbours and family members for not touching the money despite such a huge number transferred in her account.. In an interview given to Bharat Samachar, the woman said that she only had ₹45,000 in her bank account and she would come to the bank the next day to ask them to take the money back as it does not belong to her.. Hindustan newspaper, in another report, quoted the branch manager of Bank of India, Sultanganj, Pushpendra Singh, who said that upon checking the woman’s account, the claimed balance was not found. He added that the displayed balance was due to a lien marked against a loan account. No money was credited to the woman’s account, he added. 

 West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said at a rally on Sunday that people would be stopped from eating fish and other meat items if the BJP comes to power in the state.. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a gathering during a public meeting. (PTI/X via @AITCofficial). “Fish is not eaten in BJP-ruled states. If the BJP comes, you won’t be able to eat meat or eggs. BJP is one-sided, they don’t believe in any religion,” the TMC supremo said at a rally in Purulia.. Sharpening her attacks on the BJP, Mamata said that Bengali-speaking people are attacked in other states and alleged that the ruling party at the Centre grabs power by “inciting riots”.. “These people incite riots. They come to power by inciting riots, they come to power by killing people… The most attacks on tribals, attacks on women happen in BJP-ruled states… Our Bengali-speaking people are attacked in other states. We don’t oppress anyone,” she said.. Voting in West Bengal will be conducted in two phases. The first phase is set for April 23, while the second phase will be held on April 29. The counting of votes is scheduled for May 4. 

 Three people were killed and another injured after two speeding motorcycles collided head-on in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district on Sunday, police said.. The accident took place around 9 am on National Highway-148D (Bhilwara–Tonk) (Representative photo/ Getty). The accident took place around 9 am on National Highway-148D (Bhilwara–Tonk). Due to the impact, both motorcycles were completely shattered, and all four riders were thrown nearly 100 metres away, police officers said.. “Two motorcycles carrying four persons collided head-on due to high speed. Vishal Singh, Narendra and Jitendra died on the spot, while Rahul sustained serious injuries,” Jahazpur police station in-charge Lokpal Singh said.. Rahul was taken to Jahazpur Hospital by locals with the help of an ambulance, where he is currently undergoing treatment. After the incident, a large crowd gathered at the spot, and police reached the scene to bring the situation under control.. Police shifted the bodies to the mortuary and informed the families. “The bodies have been kept in the mortuary, and postmortem will be conducted after the arrival of the relatives,” Lokpal Singh added.. Preliminary investigation suggests that over speeding led to the accident, and further probe is underway.