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  Bengal polls: CM Mamata Banerjee holds roadshow on wheelchair

  March 14, 2021 14:41 IST

  Elections to 294-member West Bengal Assembly will be held in eight phases starting from March 27 with the final round of voting taking place on April 29. The counting of votes will take place on May 2.

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  TMC's attempt to stir controversy on Mamata's injury has backfired, says Kailash Vijayvargiya

  March 14, 2021 9:36 IST

  Mamata Banerjee, who was on a two-day visit to Nandigram from where she filed her nomination on Wednesday, alleged that she was pushed by a few unidentified people during election campaigning.

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  AP Municipal election results 2021: Counting of votes for 12 corporations underway

  March 14, 2021 11:23 IST

  Polls for the municipal corporations and municipalities/nagar panchayats in Andhra Pradesh were conducted on March 10. There were 78.71 lakh eligible voters.

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  DMK promises 75% job quota for local people in TN

  March 14, 2021 9:00 IST

  The opposition DMK in poll-bound Tamil Nadu released its manifesto on Saturday, promising to reserve 75 percent jobs for the local people in the state if the party is voted to power.

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  TMC will face massive defeat in Bengal elections: PM Modi tells top BJP leaders

  March 14, 2021 10:12 IST

  This was the second CEC meeting over the assembly polls in four states, which also include Tamil Nadu and Kerala, besides the Union Territory of Puducherry.

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  Bengal polls: Election Commission to take call on reports of Mamata Banerjee incident

  March 14, 2021 9:03 IST

  Following the incident, the EC had sought reports from Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, special observer Ajay Nayak and special police observer Vivek Dube by Friday evening.

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  Congress releases list of 21 candidates for upcoming Tamil Nadu polls

  March 13, 2021 23:33 IST

  The Congress party has released a list of 21 candidates for the upcoming election in Tamil Nadu.

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  Bengal Polls 2021: Suvendu Adhikari declares net worth of over Rs 80 lakh

  March 13, 2021 22:00 IST

  His movable assets are worth Rs 59,31,647.32 while his bank balance is Rs 46,15,513.32, including Rs 41,823 in his election expenditure account.

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  Khushbu Sundar, 'Metro Man' E Sreedharan get BJP ticket as party finalises poll candidates

  March 13, 2021 23:16 IST

  Actor-politician Khushbu Sundar was among the18 candidates finalized on Saturday by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming assembly election in Tamil Nadu. Meanwhile, popularly called 'Metro Man', E Sreedharan also got a party ticket for the Kerala assembly polls.

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  'Mamata volunteered to negotiate with Kandahar hijackers': Yashwant Sinha after joining TMC

  March 13, 2021 18:44 IST

  Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, who joined West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress on Saturday, mentioned the Kandahar hijack incident to shower praises on the party supremo.

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  Bengal Polls 2021: Ex-BJP leader Yashwant Sinha joins TMC

  March 13, 2021 13:04 IST

  Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata on Saturday ahead of the state's Assembly elections.

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  Snubbed! Congress keeps G-23 leaders out of Bengal polls campaigning

  March 13, 2021 0:33 IST

  Congress has released its list of 30-star campaigners for the forthcoming West Bengal. According to the list, party's interim chief Sonia Gandhi, ex-PM Dr Manmohan Singh and party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Sachin Pilot, Navjot Singh Sidhu, others will campaign for the party.

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  Tamil Nadu polls: DMK releases list of candidates, MK Stalin to enter fray from Kolathur

  March 12, 2021 15:00 IST

  DMK chief MK Stalin on Friday released the list of all 173 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.  

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  Tamil Nadu Polls 2021: Kamal Haasan to contest from Coimbatore South constituency

  March 12, 2021 16:23 IST

  Remembering his late father Sreenivasan, Haasan expressed confidence that the people of his constituency would enable him to voice his views in the assembly by voting for him.

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  Bengal polls: Suvendu Adhikari files nomination from Nandigram, holds roadshow with Smriti Irani

  March 12, 2021 13:22 IST

  Suvendu Adhikari will file his nomination papers from the Nandigram Assembly seat today. He will cross swords with Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee.

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  AMMK releases list of 50 candidates for Tamil Nadu polls 2021, Dhinakaran to contest from Kovilpatti

  March 11, 2021 18:13 IST

  TTV Dhinakaran-led Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AAMK) on Thursday released its second list of 50 candidates. According to the list, AMMK general secretary Dinakaran will contest from Kovilpatti assembly constituency. Tamil Nadu assembly elections will be conducted in single phase on April 6.

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  'Will return for campaigning in 2-3 days': Mamata releases video from hospital

  March 11, 2021 15:50 IST

  In a video posted on Trinamool Congress' official Twitter handle, Mamata could be seen lying with her left leg in cast.

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  PM Modi's picture excluded from COVID-19 vaccine certificates in poll-bound states: sources

  March 11, 2021 14:53 IST

  In a letter to the Election Commission on March 9,áUnion Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan is learnt to have said that "technical measures to comply with the directions of EC have been explored promptly."

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  Bengal polls 2021: 'Election Commission acting as per orders of BJP', alleges TMC

  March 11, 2021 14:05 IST

  The TMC has slammed the Election Commission for failing to provide security to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was injured during election campaign in Nandigram.

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  Police register case over 'attack' on Mamata Banerjee

  March 11, 2021 13:45 IST

  A case was registered on Thursday over the attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, following a complaint lodged by TMC leader Sheikh Sufian, police said.

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  Battle for Nandigram: What's Mamata Banerjee's gameplan?

  March 11, 2021 12:59 IST

  The battle of Bengal has now shifted to the battle for Nandigram, where Didi will face her disciple in the fight of the year.

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  Bengal polls 2021: BJP moves EC over alleged 'attack' on Mamata Banerjee, seeks probe

  March 11, 2021 12:42 IST

  Mamata Banerjee received leg injuries while campaigning in Nandigram on Wednesday evening. According to Mamata, she was pushed by four or five people against her car and she suffered injuries in her leg.

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  206 nomination papers found valid for 1st phase of Bengal assembly polls

  March 11, 2021 12:29 IST

  After scrutiny of nomination papers filed for 30 constituencies in West Bengal's first phase of the assembly election, the authorities found those of 206 candidates valid.

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  'Drama': BJP, Congress demand CBI probe day after Mamata Banerjee allegedly attacked in Nandigram

  March 11, 2021 13:57 IST

  Mamata Banerjee received leg injuries while campaigning in Nandigram on Wednesday evening. According to Mamata, she was pushed by four or five people against her car and she suffered injuries in her leg.

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  Mamata Banerjee health update: Bengal CM stable; doctors to conduct more tests

  March 11, 2021 12:05 IST

  Preliminary medical tests conducted on Banerjee late on Wednesday night detected severe bone injuries in her left ankle and foot, and injuries in her right shoulder, forearm, and neck.

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  Bengal Polls 2021: Mithun Chakraborty gets 'Y+' security cover ahead of elections

  March 11, 2021 10:30 IST

  The 70-year-old actor had joined the BJP on Sunday at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.

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  West Bengal poll observers meet govt officials, discuss law and order

  March 11, 2021 7:00 IST

  Special Observer for the West Bengal assembly elections Ajay Nayak and Special Police Observer Vivek Dubey on Wednesday met senior state government officials and discussed the issue of law and order ahead of the first phase of polling on March 27, a source in the CEO's office said.

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  Mamata Banerjee's tests detected injuries to her ankle, right shoulder, neck, says doctor

  March 11, 2021 10:17 IST

  Doctors at the hospital decided to closely monitor Banerjee, who has been complaining of chest pain and breathlessness since the alleged attack at Nandigram in Purba Medinipore district earlier in the evening, for the next 48 hours, he said.