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West Bengal Assembly Elections | My phone is being tapped, will order CID probe: Mamata

"It is clear that the BJP is behind it.”

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Trinamool Congress is pressurising the Election Commission, says Modi

PM says Mamata Banerjee is indulging in politics over the deaths at Sitalkuchi.

West Bengal elections phase 5 updates | 78.36% voter turnout recorded till 5 p.m.

Over one crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the political fate of 342 candidates

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Amid tall poll promises, distress looms over north Bengal tea gardens

With no ownership of land or houses and denial of minimum wage, lakhs of workers continue to live in a vicious cycle of bondage plucking

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Amid mounting COVID-19 cases, Election Commission imposes campaign curbs

Rallies, public meetings banned from 7 p.m. to 10 a.m.

CPI(M) accuses NSS of jettisoning political neutrality

CPI(M) acting State secretary A. Vijayaraghavan takes a swipe at NSS general secretary G. Sukumaran Nair for ‘anti-Left’ positioning on Assembly election day

West Bengal Assembly elections | At all-party meet, BJP says it is against clubbing of poll dates

BJP leader Swapan Dasgupta, who represented the party in the meeting, said the party does not want any step that would affect the “democratic spirit”.

West Bengal Assembly polls | Jorasanko a prestige battle for BJP

BJP is more of a rural party in West Bengal than urban, the Kolkata seats are therefore a battle joined.

West Bengal Assembly polls | Left Front bats for original poll schedule

Out of the eight-phase Assembly elections in the State, four phases have been completed and the remaining four are scheduled to be held between April 17 and 29.

West Bengal polls | BJP responsible for COVID surge, will urge EC to prevent entry of outsiders during campaigning, says Mamata

Mamata said local labourers and decorators can be engaged for the purpose after necessary COVID-19 tests.

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Amit Shah calls Rahul Gandhi a ‘tourist politician’, blames Mamata Banerjee for denial of citizenship to Matuas

"A tourist politician arrived in Bengal after almost the entire poll got over and questioned our DNA.”

ASI closes all temples, monuments under its control in Andhra Pradesh

While there are eight monuments in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh has 129 monuments/museums/forts or temples controlled by it.

West Bengal Assembly polls | EC notice to Bengal BJP leader Sayantan Basu

Sayantan Basu’s speech about Sitalkuchi firing was a violation of model code, says poll panel

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Hill parties may no longer be holding sway in Darjeeling

With the birth of factions and shifting of alliances, there does not seem to be a dominant player in this region of West Bengal

West Bengal Assembly Elections | From the Darjeeling hills to the Sundarbans, Bengal goes to polls in its fifth phase

45 Assembly seats, the highest number in the eight phases, vote on April 17.

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Election Commission imposes 24-hour campaign ban on Dilip Ghosh

The poll panel issued a notice to the West Bengal BJP president on April 13, finding his statement at a public rally in Barangar to be in violation of the Model Code of Conduct.

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Hold elections to remaining phases in one go, Mamata tells Election Commission

ECI says there is no plan to club the remaining phases.

West Bengal Assembly elections | Coronavirus-positive Congress candidate Rezaul Haque dies at Kolkata hospital

Rezaul Haque is Congress party’s nominee from Samsherganj Assembly constituency in Murshidabad district

West Bengal Assembly Elections | CEO calls meet with parties on COVID-19

State has witnessed alarming spike in number of infections and deaths

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Ban Modi, Shah from campaigning in Bengal, Trinamool tells EC

A delegation of Trinamool Congress leaders met the Election Commission in Delhi on Wednesday and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union

West Bengal Assembly Elections | I am addressing not only Muslim concerns but of all the poor and dispossessed: Abbas Siddique

ISF chief and Furfura Sharif peer Abbas Siddique says Mamata Banerjee’s politics affected brotherhood and amity between communities

West Bengal Assembly Elections | BJP will destroy Bengal’s culture: Rahul Gandhi

Promise of a ‘sonar Bangla’ is just a mirage and the party wants to divide the State, says Rahul Gandhi

West Bengal Assembly Elections | BJP will not get even 70 seats: Mamata

Ms. Banerjee said home minister Amit Shah had said in Lebong in Darjeeling that there will be no NRC.

Repoll in Velachery booth on Saturday

An EVM was taken out illegally

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Modi’s personal attacks on Mamata raise eyebrows

Repeated use of the mocking ‘Didi-O-Didi!’ by the PM has sparked a row on decorum

West Bengal Assembly polls | BJP again promises permanent solution to Gorkha issue

Amit Shah assures NRC if implemented will not affect hill people

Amit Shah interview | ‘BJP will take lead in Kolkata presidency area’

“At the time of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, voters still had a bit of hesitancy on whether the BJP could defeat Trinamool candidates,” says the Union Home Minister.

HC reserves its order on Jaleel’s petition

Former Minister sought stay on Lok Ayukta order

West Bengal Assembly polls | TMC, Cong, Left depend on outsiders, says Amit Shah

Shah said the TMC supremo “cannot deceive the people of the State for long” since BJP’s Chief Minister for West Bengal will be a son of the soil.

West Bengal Assembly Elections | ECI lets off Suvendu Adhikari with warning for communal speech

EC found that his speech violated the MCC provisions against use of communal appeals and unverified allegations to seek votes.

West Bengal Assembly elections | EC notice to BJP leader Dilip Ghosh over Sitalkuchi comments

Election Commission also banned BJP leader Rahul Sinha from campaigning for 48 hours for his statement on the Sitalkuchi firing incident

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Mamata Banerjee holds silent protest against Election Commission ban

Sitting by a table piled with books, at times she was seen painting and holding up her work for hundreds of supporters.

W.B. Assembly polls | EC bars BJP leader Rahul Sinha from campaigning for 48 hours

The ban begins at 12 noon on April 13 and will remain in force till 12 noon of April 15, the order said

WB Assembly polls | Violence intrinsically linked to polls in West Bengal, say experts

As incidents escalate amid the marathon Assembly polls, analysts point to a historical antecedents of widespread attacks

West Bengal Assembly elections 2021 | Mamata Banerjee barred from campaigning for 24 hours

Assembly elections in West Bengal began on March 27 and four of the eight phases of the polls have been completed.

West Bengal Assembly elections | Sitalkuchi deaths: Impose ban on Bengal BJP president, Mamata tells EC

Entire thing was planned by Amit Shah and Modi was aware of the situation, she says

West Bengal Assembly elections | Trinamool Congress insulting Scheduled Castes in State: PM Modi

PM Modi, addressing a public meeting at Bardhaman town, said a senior leader of the Trinamool Congress has called members of Scheduled Caste population as “beggars”

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