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Security personnel inspect a car at a checkpoint in Siliguri on Friday, eve of the fifth phase of poll in West Bengal.

Coronavirus | EC imposes more restrictions in West Bengal poll campaign

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Silence period before voting extended from 48 to 72 hours

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

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

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

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee have campaigned in areas going to polls.

From the Darjeeling hills to the Sundarbans, Bengal goes to polls in its fifth phase

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with Bollywood actress and MP Jaya Bachchan during a road show campaign for State Assembly polls in Kolkata on April 15.

Covid-19 | Trinamool likely to seek single day’s polling for remaining phases in Bengal

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

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A health worker sanitise voters at a polling station during the fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata on April 17, 2021.

ELECTIONS 2021 | Phase 5 witnesses high turnout and sporadic violence

Shiv Sahay Singh 78.36% electors had exercised their franchise till 5 p.m. in the polling held in 45 Assembly constituencies.

BJP leader Swapan Dasgupta. File.

BJP urges EC to scan ‘Mamata audio clip’

PTI The TMC has described the audio clip as ‘bogus’

COVID-19

A staff member inoculates a colleague with a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Baruipur sub-divisional hospital on the outskirts of Kolkata.

30,000 more health workers get COVID-19 vaccine shot in Bengal PTI

Eleven cases of adverse event following immunization, mostly minor were reported, according to Health officials

Mamata seeks scientific confirmation of vaccine safety

West Bengal’s active cases dip but deaths near 10,000

Making arrangements for free COVID vaccine for everyone in Bengal: Mamata

COVID-19 | In Kolkata, as life returns to near-normal, doctors warn against laxity

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

Polling officials are seen with EVM and VVPAT units before they leave for their respective polling stations ahead of the fifth phase of the West Bengal's state legislative assembly elections in Siliguri on April 16, 2021.

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

West Bengal Assembly polls | EC notice to Trinamool leader for ‘beggar’ remark

Coronavirus | EC imposes more restrictions in West Bengal poll campaign

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

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

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 | 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.

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 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

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Bengal BJP president warns of more Sitalkuchi-like shootings, draws condemnation

“The kind of naughty boys who got shot in Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar won’t remain in Bengal. This is just the beginning,” says Dilip Ghosh.

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Electoral battle moves from purely rural to urban centres

The BJP seems to have less of a sway in urban areas than the ruling TMC, the regional outfit

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Mamata speaks to families of Cooch Behar victims over phone, calls it ‘genocide’

MCC should be renamed ‘Modi Code of Conduct’, the West Bengal Chief Minister says on social media.

West Bengal Assembly polls | Mamata blames Amit Shah for Cooch Behar deaths

Prime Minister Modi accuses her of inciting people, urges stern action against those responsible.

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Violence mars fourth phase of polling; 5 killed

Security forces fire as crowd attacks north Bengal booth.

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee trade charges as campaign gets high-pitched

Trinamool chief alleges plot to assassinate her; Home Minister says CM creating anarchy.

West Bengal Assembly Elections | EC notice to Suvendu Adhikari over hate speech complaint

It asks him to explain his stand within 24 hours.

West Bengal Assembly Elections | EC should stop Mamata from campaigning for vitriolic and communal speeches: Babul Supriyo

Mamata Banerjee has taken Bengal's political discourse to an ‘all-time low’, says the BJP candidate

West Bengal Assembly elections | TMC leaders swindled all central aid for State: Adityanath

“She has neglected West Bengal since the last 10 years and by not being a part of several Central welfare schemes, Mamata has denied the State of its share of benefits,” Mr. Adityanath said

West Bengal Assembly elections | Amit Shah holds road show in Singur, assures industrialisation

Mamata’s departure should also be by a big margin, says Union Home Minister

West Bengal Assembly elections | CRPF harassing voters in Bengal at Amit Shah's behest: Mamata

Addressing a rally Baneswar in Cooch Behar district, Mamata Banerjee accused personnel of the Central force of molesting women and beating people during the ongoing Assembly elections

West Bengal Assembly elections | Mamata asking Muslims to vote for her, reflects minority votes slipping away: PM Modi

PM Modi said a similar appeal to Hindus by his party would have drawn the media’s and Election Commission’s wrath

Quake of 4.1 magnitude hits north Bengal, second in less than 12 hours

The earthquake, the second to hit the region in less than 12 hours, occurred at 7.07 am and the location was 64 km east of Siliguri

West Bengal elections 2021 phase 3 updates | 77.68% voter turnout recorded

More than 78.5 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise and decide the fate of 205 candidates

West Bengal Assembly polls | Section 144 imposed in all 31 constituencies

The constituencies are spread over the districts of Howrah (Part I), Hooghly (Part I) and South 24 Parganas (Part II).

West Bengal Assembly elections | Confident of win in Bengal now, later in Delhi: Mamata

“I will win Bengal with one leg and Delhi with two legs,” West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said

West Bengal Assembly Elections | BJP cites leaked audio tapes to target Abhishek Banerjee

Conversation proves his complicity in coal pilferage scam, it says, TMC dismisses charges.

West Bengal Assembly polls | After Nandigram, the electoral contest heats up Singur

Agriculture and industry have come full circle in a battle of prestige over what was once a site of resistance

West Bengal Assembly elections | No plans to conduct NRC exercise in Bengal, CAA to be implemented: Vijayvargiya

Kailash Vijayvargiya wondered why the ruling party in the State is opposing the CAA, which could be of benefit to many

West Bengal Assembly elections | Modi insulting women by mocking Mamata, claims Trinamool

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says, “The BJP is giving money "to a person" to eat into minority votes.”

West Bengal Assembly elections | Mamata’s ‘obstructionist mindset’ deprived Bengal of jobs, industries: PM Modi

PM Modi claimed the TMC chief hurt people’s self-respect by claiming they are attending BJP rallies after taking money

I am not your party member, Mamata tells Modi

West Bengal Chief Minister reacts to PM’s remark that she could contest from a constituency other than Nandigram

West Bengal polls | TMC delegation complains to EC of ‘partisan behavior’ by central forces

Mr Sinha also said Union home minister Amit Shah is doing everything possible to influence people's verdict in favour of BJP by preventing the voters opposed to his party to excercise their franchise

Mamata has done injustice to north Bengal, says Amit Shah

Mamata govt. runs on 3T model of Tolabaji, Tanashahi, Tushtikaran, says Amit Shah

Bengal is under a strong BJP wave, says Modi

PM speculates that Mamata Banerjee may contest from a place other than Nandigram

West Bengal Assembly Elections | 80% polling in second phase of Bengal polls amid stray incidents of violence

Except a few isolated incidents, elections have been peaceful: CEO Aariz Aftab

West Bengal Assembly elections | Mamata Banerjee alleges irregularities in Nandigram

CM says she will approach courts over issue

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Goons have entered Nandigram, we want free and fair polls: Mamata

BJP leaders are sitting in hotels with huge amounts of money, she complains to E.C.

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Bhoomikanya vs bhoomiputra in blistering battle for Nandigram

Chants, ‘gaddar’, outsider barbs smeared the high decibel fight by political heavyweights.

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