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Kolkata, Jan 5: Voting for by-poll to Nandigram assembly seat began today amidst tight security.

The polling will decide the fate of six contestants. The main contenders are Parmananda Bharati of CPI and Firoza Bibi of Trinamool Congress.

The by-poll has been necessitated after the resignation of CPI MLA Muhammad Ilyas following a sting operation exposing his alleged involvement in a corruption case.

Earlier, the polling was scheduled to be held on December 30, but it was postponed due to security considerations.

Kolkata, Jan 3 : Two buses were reportedly set ablaze today by protesting Trinamool Congress-backed auto-rickshaw operators who were agitating against a court ban on ageing public transport vehicles in the city.

The strike turned violent with irate auto drivers vandalising a government bus at Park Circus.

The agitators turned violent, and stoned and set fire to a West Bengal Transport Corporation bus. The bus was only partially damaged as locals managed to douse the flames. No one was injured.

Kolkata, Jan 3 : Muslims here staged a massive demonstration to protest against Israel''s offensive in Gaza that has claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent Palestine civilians.

The demonstrators, who gathered outside Tippu Sultan''s mosque, also set the Israeli flag on fire.

Noorur Rehman Barkati, the Shahi Imam of the mosque said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi would be urged to snap bilateral ties with Israel immediately.

"We have declared Israel a terrorist nation. We will burn their diplomatic offices all over India. If the war doesn''t stop now, then their diplomatic consulates will be burnt in India and in other countries also," warned Barkati.

Howrah, Jan 2 : Agitated over the transfer of two fellow members, prisoners at a correctional home in West Bengal''s Howrah District vandalised and set fire to the place.

In all, 55 inmates of the Howrah Correctional Home damaged furniture, tore official papers and set fire to the premises.

The incident led to the transfer of two inmates named -- Sajjan Mallik and Rahul Mallik to the Alipore Central Jail in Kolkata.

The prisoners also reacted in this manner to protest against the inferior quality of food being served to them.

Police forces, including the Rapid Action Force (RAF) was rushed to the spot to control the situation.