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  Mamata or Suvendu - Who will win Nandigram? IndiaTV-Peoples Pulse Exit Poll predicts

  April 29, 2021 21:32 IST

  The battle of prestige even witnessed Mamata Banerjee camping in Nandigram for almost a week. Nandigram which voted on April 1 recorded a massive 88 per cent voting.

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  Bengal Exit Poll: BJP likely to deny Mamata third term | Key takeaways

  April 29, 2021 21:37 IST

  India TV-Peoples Pulse Exit Poll for West Bengal has predicted a big win for the BJP against Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.

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  UP Panchayat Election: Voting underway for final phase, over 5.27 lakh candidates in fray

  April 29, 2021 9:08 IST

  Over 5.27 lakh candidates are in the fray for more than 2.10 lakh seats across 17 districts in this round of the election.

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  'Enrich festival of democracy': PM Modi appeals people as Bengal votes in last phase

  April 29, 2021 8:37 IST

  Security measures have been heightened in view of the violence in the previous phases, particularly the death of five people in Cooch Behar in the fourth round of polling on April 10.

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  Bengal polls 2021: Widow of TMC leader, who died of COVID-19, files complaint against EC

  April 29, 2021 8:10 IST

  Sinha was the TMC candidate for the Khardaha constituency in North 24 Parganas, which underwent polling in the sixth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections.

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  Bengal Polls phase 8 records over 76% voter turnout | Highlights

  April 29, 2021 23:23 IST

  Bengal Polls Final phase: At least 76.09 per cent voter turnout was registered till 5 pm in 35 assembly constituencies where voting was held for the eighth and final phase on Thursday and the polling was peaceful, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Aariz Aftab said.

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  Bengal: 35 constituencies to go to polls in final phase amid raging Covid wave

  April 29, 2021 0:00 IST

  Over 84 lakh voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of 283 candidates on Thursday, when 35 assembly constituencies go to polls in the eighth and final phase, amid a raging second wave of COVID-19.

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  Bengal polls: EC listens only to PM Modi and Amit Shah, says Nusrat Jahan

  April 26, 2021 11:08 IST

  Voting is currently underway in 34 constituencies across five districts of the state. A total of 268 candidates, including 37 women, are in the fray in this phase of the elections. West Bengal currently has 88,800 active coronavirus cases, according to the union health ministry. As many as 10,941people have lost their lives due to the deadly virus in the state.

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  Bengal election phase 7 concludes peacefully with over 75% voter turnout

  April 26, 2021 23:51 IST

  A total of 75.06 per cent voter turnout was registered on Monday in phase seven of the West Bengal Assembly polls, the Election Commission said. The poll panel noted that the turnout figures were provisional and recorded at 5 pm when the voting was still on.

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  EC top brass reviews enforcement of COVID-19 guidelines during campaigning in Bengal

  April 24, 2021 16:07 IST

  A poll panel spokesperson said the EC top brass reviewed the enforcement of COVID guidelines with West Bengal chief secretary, police chief, health secretary and Kolkata police commissioner.

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  Bengal polls: BJP candidate injured as clashes break out between party activists, mob in Kolkata

  April 24, 2021 9:28 IST

  The clash started when BJP MP Arjun Singh and Sinha Roy reached Belgachia to attend a public meeting and some unidentified people attacked the party workers present there. 

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  Will transform Kolkata from city of joy to city of future: PM Modi in virtual poll rally

  April 23, 2021 19:46 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday accused West Bengal's TMC government of partonising illegal immigration from Bangladesh and extortion syndicates but uncharacteristically avoided personally targeting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

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  Covid-19: EC restricts Bengal election campaigning, parties can't hold roadshows

  April 22, 2021 21:57 IST

  The election commission has restricted Bengal polls campaigning withdrawing permission for any kind of roadshows including cycle-bike-vehicle rallies. Permission for any type of roadshow if granted already also stands withdrawn with immediate effect.

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  Bombs hurled in WB's North 24 Parganas, six injured

  April 22, 2021 18:01 IST

  A huge team of police personnel and Central Armed Police Forces jawans were rushed to the area following the incident, the officer said.

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  Bengal Polls 2021: Over 79% voter turnout in phase 6 | Highlights

  April 22, 2021 22:41 IST

  Bengal polls sixth phase: At least 79.09 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in 43 assembly constituencies of West Bengal where voting was held for the sixth phase on Thursday, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Aariz Aftab said.

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  Bengal election phase 6 voting for 43 seats today, 306 candidates in fray

  April 22, 2021 0:08 IST

  Over one crore voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of 306 candidates today (April 22), when 43 assembly constituencies go to polls in the sixth phase, amid a raging second wave of COVID-19.

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  EC rules out change in Bengal poll schedule; tells TMC not feasible to club remaining phases

  April 21, 2021 21:38 IST

  The Election Commission on Wednesday ruled out any change in the schedule of the West Bengal assembly polls and told the Trinamool Congress that its suggestion to club the last three of the eight phases is "not feasible".

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  Resurgence of coronavirus in the country a Modi-made disaster: Mamata Banerjee

  April 21, 2021 18:41 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sharpened her attack on the prime minister over the resurgence of Covid-19, terming it a "Modi-made disaster" and demanded that he quit if unable to provide adequate medical supplies to combat the disease. 

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  Bihar Panchayat elections postponed for 15 days due to Covid crisis

  April 21, 2021 19:55 IST

  The dates for panchayat polls will be announced later after a review of the Covid situation in the state.

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  Bengal polls: BJP moves Election Commission against Mamata's statement on Sitalkuchi incident

  April 20, 2021 8:37 IST

  The Election Commission had earlier banned Mamata from campaigning for 24 hours last week over her remarks against central forces and a statement that had religious overtones.

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  BJP says no more mega rallies in Bengal; PM Modi, other top leaders to address rallies with max 500

  April 20, 2021 0:55 IST

  The decision comes amid party facing flak from rivals for the big rallies of its leaders in West Bengal amid COVID tally rising to staggering levels across the country.

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  PM Modi should resign owning responsibility for COVID-19 surge: Mamata Banerjee

  April 19, 2021 10:52 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday demanded PM Modi's resignation for failing to contain the spread of COVID 19

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  Mamata Banerjee won't campaign in Kolkata, rallies timing curtailed to 30 minutes

  April 19, 2021 10:09 IST

  Bengal polls 2021: Mamata Banerjee will not address election rallies in Kolkata. She will only hold a symbolic public meeting in the city on April 26.

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  UP panchayat polls: Voting for second phase begins across 20 districts

  April 19, 2021 7:41 IST

  In the first phase of the polls, which was held on April 15, an average polling percentage of 71 was recorded. The 2015 panchayat polls had registered a polling percentage of 72.11, according to the SEC.

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  COVID-19 surge: Rahul Gandhi announces cancellation of poll rallies in Bengal

  April 18, 2021 12:47 IST

  The Congress has been critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for holding political rallies amid the rise in coronavirus cases in the country.

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  TMC supremo has old habit of doing politics with dead bodies: PM Modi targets Didi

  April 17, 2021 23:47 IST

  Launching a blistering attack on chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that the Trinamool Congress supremo has an old habit of doing politics with dead bodies and she is trying to do the same with the unfortunate death of five people at Sitalkuchi in Coochbehar on April 10.

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  Mamata audio clip row: BJP, TMC move CEO; conversation sent to EC

  April 18, 2021 0:08 IST

  Both the BJP and the Trinamool Congress on Saturday approached the West Bengal CEO with their demands on the purported audio link in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is heard suggesting a rally with bodies of those killed in CISF firing during polling on April 10.

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  Bengal sees over 78% voter turnout in fifth phase | Takeaways

  April 17, 2021 23:43 IST

  At least 78.36 per cent voter turnout was registered till 5 pm on Saturday across 45 assembly constituencies of West Bengal where voting was heldfor the fifth phase, Chief Electoral Officer Aariz Aftab said. Bengal elections are being held in 8 phases while the counting of votes will take place on May 2.