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With the West Bengal assembly elections round the corner, star candidates of all political parties are leaving no stone unturned in reaching out to the voters.

For the last two days, Bengali film actor Paayel Sarkar, the BJP candidate from the Behala (East) constituency, is busy with a door-to-door campaign, right from houses and complexes to fruit and vegetable vendors to garner support for her.

Donning different hats from an actor to a politician has not been difficult for Paayel Sarkar.

"It is a different experience. If I work with people, they will like me. There is a similarity in both movies and politics. People already know me and are opening up and sharing information with me," said Paayel Sarkar while campaigning in the Haridevpur area on Wednesday morning.

The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) on Wednesday protested at Jantar Mantar against the Centre’s proposed amendment of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD) Act, 1991.

The DPCC slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government for the proposed amendment of the NCTD Act and lamented at the AAP for keeping mum from the last two months.

Anil Chaudhary, president DPCC, said: “Kejriwal-led AAP government is acting on behest of the BJP. It has been more than two months that the Centre proposed the amendment of the NCTD Act, 1991 but Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has maintained silence over that.”

After taking over as new Mumbai Police Commissioner from Param Bir Singh, Hemant Nagrale on Wednesday admitted that police in the financial capital is undergoing “turmoil”. He refused to comment on the ongoing investigation but promised to “glory and pride of Mumbai Police”.

“At present, the Mumbai Police is undergoing turmoil due to some bad instances that have occurred. I won’t comment on the ongoing investigation. We will regain the glory and pride of Mumbai Police,” he said at a press conference.

Nagrale’s appointment comes as the case of recovery of gelatin sticks near Ambani’s residence turned murkier with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) claiming there were “other players” who had been allegedly instructing arrested policeman Sachin Waze. NIA sources said the case had virtually been cracked and soon the “entire conspiracy” behind would be unravelled.

PK Sinha, the former Cabinet Secretary and Principal Advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has resigned from his post on personal grounds.

a man wearing a suit and tie sitting in a chair: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s principal advisor The retired 1977-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre put in his papers on Monday evening, said the sources.

Sinha was appointed in the PMO in September 2019 following the general elections after he retired as the Cabinet Secretary. The veteran former bureaucrat was earlier made the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the PMO on August 30, 2019, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted the request of his Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra to be relieved from the post.