News of the Day | Today’s news headlines 27 April 2024 dgtl

The second round of voting was held on Friday. Top politicians of all parties have already started campaigning for the next round of polls. Even today, Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee, Subhendu Adhikari, Adhir Chowdhury, Mohammad Salim have programs in the district. Mamata will hold a joint meeting in Asansol Lok Sabha constituency today. Trinamool chief Abhishek also has two meetings. One at Jamalpur in East Burdwan, the other at Dubrajpur in Birbhum. Opposition leader Subhendu will hold a double rally there in support of Tamluk’s BJP candidate and former judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay. State Congress President and Baharampur Congress candidate Adhir will be present at the public meeting in Domkal in support of CPM candidate for Murshidabad center Selim. CPM leader Brinda Karat and Jawaharlal Nehru University SFI leader Aishi Ghosh will participate in two rallies in Kolkata.

Mamata in Kulti and Asansol

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee campaigning for Lok Sabha polls in Asansol today. He has two public meetings today. He will campaign as Trinamool candidate Shatrughan Sinha. In that centre, Shatrughan is fighting with BJP candidate Surendra Singh Ahluwalia. A meeting of Mamta in Kulti. The other is in the grounds of Ushagram Boys School.

Abhishek in East Burdwan and Birbhum

Abhishek Banerjee’s campaign today. The first meeting was held in Jamalpur of East Burdwan Lok Sabha. Sharmila Sarkar is Trinamool’s candidate in this centre. His battle with BJP candidate Asim Sarkar. The second meeting of Abhishek will be held in Dubrajpur. His rally in support of Trinamool candidate Shatabdi Roy in Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency. BJP candidate for this center is Devatanu Bhattacharya.

Subvendu’s twin processions in support of Abhijit in Tamluk

Mamata went to Mahishadal in Tamluk Centre. This time in that Mahishadal procession of Shuvendu Adhikari. A procession will be led by Subhendu in support of Abhijit Gangopadhyay from Teropekhya Mor today by 3 pm. By 5:30 pm another procession will be held at Kaktiya in Tamluk led by Subhendu.

Impatient with Domkal’s rally in support of Selim

Adhir will be in the rally in support of Domkal Selim. Earlier, on the day of Selim’s nomination, he had walked in a procession wearing a hammer-sickle-star-painted northern necklace around his neck.

Brinda Karat in a double procession in Kolkata

The Left has two marches in Kolkata today. The first is in support of Saira Shah Halim, the CPM candidate from South Kolkata. Second in support of CPM candidate Srijan Bhattacharya from Jadavpur. CPM politburo member Brinda Karat will be present in both the processions. Student leader Aishi Ghosh will also be there.

Job cancellation controversy

Controversy has arisen over the Calcutta High Court’s decision to cancel 26,000 jobs in the SSC recruitment corruption case. The court said that the recruitment process should be started afresh in the declared vacancies. The state and SSC went to the Supreme Court challenging the High Court’s verdict. The hearing is likely to be held next Friday. On the other hand, many of the unemployed are also qualified. According to the lawyers of the main litigants involved in the case, their jobs have also been canceled due to not submitting the list of eligible candidates to the High Court. However, SSC denied that claim. In this situation, the debate about job cancellation continues.

IPL: Mumbai desperate to return to victory. Can Rajasthan retain the top spot?

Mumbai Indians had to lose against Rajasthan Royals in the previous match. Hardik Pandya has 6 points after winning three out of eight matches. They are eighth in the points table. Today, Mumbai will play against Delhi Capitals on Saturday. Delhi are confident after defeating Gujarat Titans in the previous match. So the fight will not be easy for Hardik. If they fail to defeat Rishabh Panth, Mumbai will be hit in the race to reach the playoffs. A win for Delhi will boost their playoff hopes. Today, the game starts at 3:30 PM. On the other hand, Rajasthan topped the points list. If they win one more match, Sanju Samson will give one step in the playoffs. Lucknow Super Giants face Rajasthan today, Saturday. The game is at Lucknow’s home ground. In the previous match, Lucknow won against Chennai Super Kings. So Lokesh Rahul’s confidence is high. They are also in the fight for the playoffs. Because of that, the battle ahead for Rajasthan will not be very easy. Today, the game starts at 7:30 PM. The game will be televised on Star Sports Channel. Apart from that, the game can also be seen on the Jio Cinema app.

Heat wave situation in different districts of the state

The Alipore Meteorological Department said that the temperature in Kolkata may touch 41 degrees Celsius today. The weather office also predicted that the mercury in the city may remain above 42 degrees Celsius during the day from Sunday to next Thursday. There is a possibility of severe heat wave in two Medinipur, Jhargram, Bankura, two Burdwan, Birbhum districts of South Bengal from today to next Tuesday. A red alert has been issued there. Heatwave is forecast for the remaining districts of South Bengal. On the other hand, there is no relief except Darjeeling, Kalimpong in the north as well. Two Dinajpur and Malda are forecast for heat wave till next Tuesday.