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  No plans to conduct NRC exercise in Bengal, CAA to be implemented: Vijayvargiya

  April 04, 2021 13:20 IST

  Bengal has a sizeable population of Matuas, who had been migrating to the state since the 1950s, primarily due to religious persecution. The community, with its three million members, influences at least four Lok Sabha seats and 30-40 assembly seats in Nadia, North and South-24 Parganas.

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  Bengal polls: EC directs transfer of 3 police officers with immediate effect

  April 04, 2021 7:49 IST

  Polling for the first two phases of the West Bengal polls was held on March 27 and April 1 respectively.

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  'Jai Shri Ram' irks Didi, in Varanasi 'Har Har Mahadev' chants will be everywhere: PM taunts Mamata

  April 03, 2021 21:40 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his second poll rally on Saturday in Bengal's South 24 Parganas district took a jibe at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying she will never be labelled as an 'outsider' in Uttar Pradesh's Banaras after TMC had said that the Prime Minister will be challenged in Varanasi in 2014.

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  Abhishek Banerjee was receiving upto Rs 35 crore every month, claims alleged audio tape

  April 03, 2021 23:46 IST

  In a major development that could call trouble for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the middle of Bengal assembly elections, 3 audio tapes have surfaced in relation to the coal smuggling case and money was being received (up to Rs 35 crore) by Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee every month as part of cut money via a syndicate racket.

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  Himanta Biswa Sarma's campaign ban reduced to 24 hours from 48

  April 03, 2021 17:48 IST

  The Election Commission in a fresh order on Saturday gave relief to BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma by reducing his ban from campaigning to 24 hours.

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  BJP engineering communal strife in Bengal to win polls: Mamata Banerjee

  April 03, 2021 14:53 IST

  Taking a dig at BJP leaders having lunch at houses of Dalits, Banerjee said, "I am a Brahmin woman. But my all-time associate is a Scheduled Caste woman who takes care of all my needs. She also cooks food for me."

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  Miss India 2015 contestant and model Diksha Singh to contest UP Panchayat elections 2021

  April 03, 2021 14:46 IST

  Diksha Singh, a native of Chittori village in the Baksha area of the district, told reporters at a hotel on Friday said that she studied till Class III at the village after which she moved to Mumbai and then to Goa with her father.

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  Assam polls: At Baksa rally, PM Modi urges militants to join mainstream

  April 03, 2021 13:21 IST

  Modi was apparently referring to the comments by Abdur Rahim, the son of AIUDF founder and MP Badruddin Ajmal, a Congress ally, who Friday asserted "dadhi, topi and lungi wallahs" will form the next government in the state.

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  PM Modi came to Assam 35 times, Manmohan Singh didn't visit state even 10 times in 10 years: Nadda

  April 03, 2021 11:14 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Assam 35 times while his predecessor Dr Manmohan Singh could not come here even for 10 times in 10 years.

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  Bengal polls 2021: 41 crude bombs recovered from South 24 Parganas

  April 03, 2021 10:12 IST

  On the basis of source information, a raid was conducted by Bhangore police station of Baruipur Police district at the Padmapukur area under Pranganj GP where 41 crude bombs were recovered from a bush

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  Bengal polls: It is certain 'Didi' is losing Nandigram, says JP Nadda

  April 03, 2021 10:16 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda has said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is "certainly" losing from Nandigram and is therefore searching for another seat to contest.

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  Assam polls: EC suspends armed escort officer after EVM found in BJP candidate's car

  April 03, 2021 8:12 IST

  The Election Commission (EC) on Friday suspended an armed escort officer after a video surfaced on social media purportedly showing an EVM being found in a BJP candidate's car in Patharkandi constituency following the second round of polling in Assam.

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  BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma barred from campaigning for 48 hours by Election Commission

  April 03, 2021 6:36 IST

  Assam Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma has been barred from campaigning for 48 hours from Friday for threatening opposition leader Hagrama Mohilary of the Bodoland People's Front, the Election Commission announced.

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  BJP will win over 50 of 60 seats in first 2 phases of Bengal polls, predicts Amit Shah

  April 02, 2021 21:58 IST

  Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that BJP will win more than 50 out of 60 seats where polling was held in the first two phases of West Bengal Assembly polls. Polling for 30 seats each was held in two phases, first on March 27 and second on April 1.

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  'Seven deadly sins': PM Modi slams LDF, UDF, says people of Kerala fed up, want change

  April 02, 2021 19:04 IST

  PM Modi claimed the two fronts - LDF and UDF - were envious, jealous and want to outdo each other in committing wrongs.

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  UP Panchayat Elections: BJP releases list of candidates for 11 districts

  April 02, 2021 18:18 IST

  The three-tier Panchayat elections in the state will be held in four phases and all the major political parties in the state are gearing up to fight it with full strength.  

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  'Tolabaji, Tanashahi, Tushtikaran': Amit Shah blasts Mamata over '3T model' of governance

  April 02, 2021 15:09 IST

  Amit Shah exuded confidence that Mamata Banerjee, who is contesting her former lieutenant and BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram seat, will lose from the constituency in Purba Medinipur district.

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  Assam: Four EC officials suspended after EVM found in BJP candidate's car, repoll ordered

  April 02, 2021 12:59 IST

  The Election Commission has ordered a repoll at a polling station in Ratabari seat of Assam after the presiding officer carried the EVM after polling in a vehicle which reportedly belonged to a BJP candidate.

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  Assam: Priyanka Vadra claims EVMs found in BJP candidate's car, shares video

  April 02, 2021 11:41 IST

  Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said the Election Commission needs to start acting decisively on reports of private vehicles transporting electronic voting machines, and a serious re-evaluation of the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) needs to be carried out by all national parties.

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  Polling not disrupted at booth number 7 in West Bengal's Nandigram: Election Commission

  April 02, 2021 11:22 IST

  Election Commission said that voting was not disrupted at any moment at polling station number 7 in Nandigram.  

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  Mamata vs Modi in Varanasi in 2024? TMC's tweet triggers speculation

  April 02, 2021 10:35 IST

  Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra has said that Mamata Banerjee will contest elections against Narendra Modi from Varanasi seat in 2024.

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  Over 86% voter turnout in Bengal, Assam sees nearly 81% polling in second phase

  April 02, 2021 22:20 IST

  West Bengal recorded a voter turnout of over 86 per cent on Thursday, while the figure stood at nearly 81 per cent for Assam in the second phase of assembly polls in the two states, the Election Commission said.

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  'Didi is winning Nandigram, no question of her contesting from another seat': TMC

  April 01, 2021 23:15 IST

  As the second phase polling in West Bengal including Nandigram concluded on Thursday, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) said that Mamata Banerjee (Didi) is going to win the contest. Mamata Banerjee was pitted against former close aide and now BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari.

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  Mamata cries cheating in Nandigram, raises questions over EC's 'silence'

  April 01, 2021 18:35 IST

  Mamata, who visited several polling booths in Nandigram, claimed that BJP influenced the voting by threatening TMC voters.

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  A Raja barred from campaigning over derogatory remarks against CM Palaniswami

  April 01, 2021 16:18 IST

  The Election Commission has advised Raja to be "watchful and not to make intemperate, indecent, derogatory, obscene remarks and lower the dignity of women in the future during the election campaign".

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  'Goons from other states...', says Mamata after Suvendu's convoy attacked in Nandigram

  April 01, 2021 15:17 IST

  The Trinamool Congress chief is pitted against protege-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP in the high-profile Nandigram constituency.

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  Suvendu Adhikari convoy attacked in Nandigram allegedly by TMC workers, India TV reporter injured

  April 01, 2021 15:06 IST

  BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's convoy was attacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers in Nandigram.

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  People in Assam have shown Congress-led alliance 'red card': PM Modi

  April 01, 2021 12:47 IST

  PM Modi said that the Congress governments in Assam and at the Centre did nothing to check violence in Bodo areas.