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Swapan Dasgupta resigns from Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta resigns; decks cleared for contesting Bengal polls on BJP ticket

Elections | Mar 16, 2021, 01:30 PM IST

Swapan Dasgupta was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha. The BJP has fielded him from Tarakeshwar seat in Hooghly district.

TMC, BJP raise poll pitch as Bengal election nears

Politics | Mar 16, 2021, 06:57 AM IST

While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cried "conspiracy" over the Nandigram incident last week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chose to refrain from using the term when his helicopter suffered a glitch on Monday.

West Bengal polls 2021: BJP fields MP Locket Chatterjee from Chunchura, Babul Supriyo from Tollygung

Politics | Mar 14, 2021, 04:40 PM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released a list of 27 candidates for the third phase and a list of 36 candidates for the fourth phase of assembly elections in West Bengal.

14 years on, Nandigram, cradle of Bengal's anti-land acquisition stir, craves for industrial growth

Elections | Mar 14, 2021, 02:49 PM IST

Fourteen years after a bloody farmland agitation in Nandigram changed West Bengal's political landscape, and plans to set up a chemical hub therewent kaput, residents of this once-obscure constituency now desperately want industrial development to stop their menfolk from leaving home in search of work.

Chunav 50: PM Modi To Hold Rallies In Bengal's Purulia & Contai Districts

Politics | Mar 13, 2021, 12:42 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lead a series of mega rallies in the poll-bound state of West Bengal on March 18, 20, and 21 in Purulia and Contai districts.

Top 9 New: Mamata Banerjee discharged from hospital, to campaign on wheelchair

News | Mar 13, 2021, 11:21 AM IST

"CM Mamata Banerjee has responded well to the treatment. She has been discharged with appropriate instructions, due to her repeated requests. She has been advised to review after 7 days," a statement released by Kolkata's SSKM Hospital said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Police register case over 'attack' on Mamata Banerjee

Elections | Mar 11, 2021, 01:45 PM 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.

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

Elections | Mar 11, 2021, 12:29 PM 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.

PM Modi, Mithun Chakraborty, Suvendu Adhikari among BJP's 40 star campaigners list

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

Elections | Mar 10, 2021, 12:47 PM 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.

PM Modi to address a mega at Brigade ground in Kolkata, Mamata to hold 'Padyatra' in Siliguri

Politics | Mar 07, 2021, 07:00 AM IST

PM Modi will address a public rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata today. The Prime Minister's Sunday rally is said to be culmination of the "Parivartan Yatra" launched by the BJP in the state last month. On the other hand Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee will lead an all-women rally in Siliguri on Sunday to protest against the spiralling price hike of petrol, diesel and cooking gas.

Suvendu Adhikari to contest West Bengal Assembly election from Nandigram seat

News | Mar 06, 2021, 07:42 PM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released the list of 57 candidates for first two phases of the forthcoming assembly elections in West Bengal. The polls will be conducted in 8 phases, beginning March 27 while the final phase will be held on April 29. The counting of votes will take place on May 2. There are a total of 294 Assembly seats in West Bengal.

From Bengal to Maharashtra| Top News Stories Of Today

News | Mar 06, 2021, 05:21 PM IST

With the BJP being successful in wooing over a number of TMC leaders to its fold, the saffron party has said that this underscores an increasing unease in its rival camp and is a pointer to its "decisive" victory in the assembly polls to be held in eight phases between March 27 and April 29.

Kailash Vijayavargya approaches EC urging fair polls after Mamata Banerjee's 'khela hobe' remark

Politics | Mar 04, 2021, 07:25 PM IST

‘Khela Hobe’, meaning ‘Game On’, is a slogan first given by Trinamool Congress as scores of its leaders switched to the BJP, pitching Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee against all the opposition faces.

West Bengal| Will voters of Tamluk choose Suvendu Adhikari even after joining BJP?

Politics | Mar 04, 2021, 05:27 PM IST

Elections to the 294-member West Bengal assembly will be held in eight phases on March 27, April 1, April 6, April 10, April 17, April 22, April 26 and April 29. Results will be declared on May 2. The term of West Bengal Legislative Assembly will expire on May 30.

Why PM Modi's Bangladesh visit around Bengal polls is a 'smart move'

India | Mar 03, 2021, 02:18 PM IST

Modi will reach Bangladesh on March 26, the day observed in Bangladesh as Independence Day, when in 1971, Pakistan's brutal army unleashed 'Operation Searchlight', the genocide of Bengalis in tens of thousands that sparked the country's struggle for freedom.

Haqikat Kya Hai| CBI to quiz Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujira tomorrow

Hakikat Kya Hai | Feb 22, 2021, 11:27 PM IST

The assembly elections in West Bengal are due in April-May. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a vigorous campaign to oust the ruling TMC that had secured consecutive wins in 2011 and 2016 under its leader Mamata Banerjee. A Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjeewields considerable influence in the party and has been leading the Trinamool Congress' counter-attack.

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