Malda Sadar

Two days after complaining of "laxity" on enforcing the model code of conduct in West Bengal, the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday ordered the immediate transfer of 35 officials including four superintendents of police (SP) and a district magistrate.

The infant death toll during the last seven days has risen to 21 with five more new-borns dying today in the government-run Malda Sadar Hospital here, according to acting superintendent of the hospital M A Rashid.

Two days after complaining of "laxity" on enforcing the model code of conduct in West Bengal, the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday ordered the immediate transfer of 35 officials including four superintendents of police (SP) and a district magistrate.

The infant death toll during the last seven days has risen to 21 with five more new-borns dying today in the government-run Malda Sadar Hospital here, according to acting superintendent of the hospital M A Rashid.