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  Congress releases list of 26 candidates for second phase of Assam polls 2021

  March 10, 2021 23:50 IST

  The Congress party on Wednesday announced a list of 26 candidates for the second phase of Assam Legislative Assembly elections.

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  'Was it Taliban': BJP raises questions over Mamata's injury claims

  March 10, 2021 23:49 IST

  ​The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has raised questions over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claims that she suffered injuries during election campaigning in Nandigram.

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  Mamata undergoes MRI; nephew Abhishek says TMC chief has suffered 'major crack'

  March 10, 2021 23:58 IST

  The Trinamool Congress chief alleged that she was pushed by 4-5 people resulting in injury.

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  AIADMK releases list of 171 candidates for Tamil Nadu polls 2021, BJP to contest on 20 seats

  March 10, 2021 18:47 IST

  The AIADMK on Wednesday released the list of 171 candidates for the upcoming Assembly Elections in Tamil Nadu. The PMK and BJP in AIADMK led alliance will contest in 23 and 20 constituencies respectively.

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  Bengal polls 2021: BJP's starry rendezvous continues as 2 more actors join party

  March 10, 2021 17:21 IST

  ​Two more Bengali actors joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, ahead of the crucial assembly polls in the state. Rajshree Rajbanshi and Bonny Sengupta joined the saffron party at an event in Kolkata.

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  'Chunavi Hindu': Giriraj Singh chides Mamata Banerjee for reciting Chandi Path

  March 10, 2021 14:55 IST

  Bengal Polls 2021: Giriraj Singh accused Mamata Banerjee of practicing appeasement politics and called her Chunavi Hindu. He said that Mamata Banerjee is nervous just like Rohingyas.

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  Mamata Banerjee faces do-or-die battle in high-stakes Bengal assembly elections

  March 10, 2021 14:08 IST

  Stakes are high for the tempestuous TMC boss as losing the elections might put a question mark on the very existence of her "ideology-starved" party that has ruled the state since 2011, and winning it would place her in the league of leaders who have engineered the defeat of the formidable Narendra Modi-led BJP.

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  ‘Mamata should stick to reciting kalma’, says BJP after Bengal CM's Chandi Path at Nandigram rally

  March 10, 2021 13:21 IST

  Mamata Banerjee Chandi Path: Mamata will cross swords with her former close aide-turned-bete noire Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram. She is contesting from the Nandigram seat for the first time after relinquishing the Bhowanipore seat in Kolkata.

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  Bengal Polls 2021: Modi, Mithun Chakraborty, Suvendu Adhikari among BJP's 40 star campaigners list

  March 10, 2021 12:47 IST

  Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on Wednesday released the list party's 40-star campaigners for the first phase of polling. 

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  BJP's victory certain in West Bengal, says PM Modi

  March 10, 2021 12:37 IST

  The BJP and ruling Trinamool Congress are spearheading intense election campaign in West Bengal with the saffron party deploying its enviable political machinery to capture power in the state which it has never ruled.

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  Bengal polls 2021: Mamata files nomination from Nandigram, sets up epic battle against Suvendu

  March 12, 2021 10:14 IST

  Nandigram will go to polls in the second phase on April 1. Mamata Banerjee will cross swords with her former close aide Suvendu Adhikari. Adhikari is contesting on a BJP ticket.

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  Assam assembly polls: 173 candidates file nominations for first phase

  March 10, 2021 6:54 IST

  More than 173 candidates have filed their nominations for 47 Assam assembly seats going to polls in the first phase on March 27, the state's chief electoral officer said on Tuesday.

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  Election Commission transfers West Bengal DGP Virendra, P Nirajnayan to take charge

  March 09, 2021 22:34 IST

  Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday transferred West Bengal DGP Virendra (IPS) and appointed IPS P Nirajnayan, ahead of the Assembly Elections in the state, beginning March 27.

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  'Won't file nomination if you don't want me to', Mamata says at Nandigram rally

  March 09, 2021 17:07 IST

  ​Just a day ahead of filing nomination papers from the Nandigram seat, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she won't go ahead with the process if the people do not want her to.

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  Tamil Nadu polls: Vijayakanth-led DMDK quits AIADMK-BJP alliance as seat-sharing talks fail

  March 09, 2021 16:10 IST

  The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) led by actor politician Vijayakanth has walked out of the AIADMK-BJP alliance after failed seat sharing talks. This was announced by Vijayakanth in a press statement here on Tuesday.  

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  Kamal Haasan's party to contest from 154 Assembly segments

  March 09, 2021 12:53 IST

  Actor-politician Kamal Haasan-led Makkal Needhi Maiam has finalised a seat-sharing pact with two of its allies for the April 6 Assembly polls and it is set to contest from 154 segments out of the 234 constituencies.

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  Bengal polls 2021: Mamata Banerjee to release Trinamool Congress' manifesto today

  March 09, 2021 10:55 IST

  TMC Manifesto Today: The ruling Trinamool Congress in its manifesto is likely to focus on employment and 'pro-people' schemes and projects.

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  Bengal polls 2021: TMC faces fresh spate of defections as 5 sitting MLAs, other leaders join BJP

  March 09, 2021 9:04 IST

  Assembly elections in West Bengal will be held in eight phases between March 27 and April 29. Votes will be counted on May 2.  

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  Central forces will be deployed in all West Bengal booths where polling will be held in 1st phase

  March 09, 2021 9:02 IST

  All booths in West Bengal where polling will be held in the first phase of the state elections are 'sensitive and vulnerable' and central forces will be deployed in all of them, the Election Commission said on Monday.

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  'It's Modi vaccine today...he will soon rename India after himself too': Mamata Banerjee

  March 08, 2021 23:11 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is leaving no stone unturned in targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi at all her political rallies ahead of the crucial assembly polls in the state.

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  Bengal polls 2021: Suvendu Adhikari to file nomination from Nandigram seat on Friday

  March 08, 2021 16:23 IST

  Suvendu Adhikari will file his nomination papers from the Nandigram Assembly seat on March 12. Mamata will file her nomination from the seat on March 10.

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  Bengal polls 2021: TMC replaces Habibpur candidate Sarala Murmu with Pradeep Baskey

  March 08, 2021 14:29 IST

  The TMC has replaced Sarala Murmu, its candidate for Malda district's Habibpur assembly constituency, with Pradeep Baskey.

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  Bengal polls 2021: Denied ticket by Mamata Banerjee, TMC MLA Sonali Guha to join BJP

  March 08, 2021 8:10 IST

  The MLA from Satgachia alleged that she was not given due respect in the Trinamool Congress

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  Assam polls: Congress releases second list of candidates

  March 07, 2021 23:35 IST

  ​The Congress party on Sunday released a list of three candidates for the upcoming assembly election in Assam.   

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  AGP releases first list of 8 candidates, denies ticket to party veteran Brindaban Goswami

  March 07, 2021 21:42 IST

  The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an alliance partner of the ruling BJP-led combine in Assam, on Sunday declared its first list of eight candidates for the approaching assembly polls in the state.

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  'If BJP wants to buy votes, take the money and vote for TMC': Mamata urges voters

  March 07, 2021 17:00 IST

  ​In a shocking remark, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday asked people of the state to take money if offered by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but cast vote for the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

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  'I am a cobra, one bite is enough': Mithun Chakraborty at Modi's Kolkata rally

  March 07, 2021 23:39 IST

  While addressing the rally, Chakraborty said, "Ami joldhorao noi, bele borao noi... ami ekta cobra, ek chobol-ei chobi (Don't mistake me for a harmless snake, I am a cobra, can kill people in one bite)."

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  'TMC ka khela khatam': PM Modi goes full throttle against Mamata at Kolkata poll rally

  March 07, 2021 23:20 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday went full throttle against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the ruling Trinamool Congress. Accusing the 66-year-old politician of massive corruption, Modi roared "TMC ka khela khatam" at his first public rally ahead of elections in the state.