Bengal
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Bengal elections phase 7 voting for 34 seats today, 284 candidates in fray
India | Apr 26, 2021, 12:01 AM ISTOver 86 lakh voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of 284 candidates on Monday, when 34 assembly constituencies, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's home turf Bhabanipur, go to polls in the seventh phase, amid a raging second wave of COVID-19.
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Covid vaccination registration for those above 18 to start from April 28
India | Apr 22, 2021, 06:52 PM ISTThe CoWin portal — app where citizens can register for vaccination against coronavirus — will be made ready for 18 plus beneficiaries by April 24. Registrations for 18 plus citizens to book appointments for vaccinations will begin from April 28 while vaccination process will be commenced from May 1.
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Bengal poll panel calls for all-party meet on April 16 to maintain Covid protocol
India | Apr 14, 2021, 11:45 PM ISTWest Bengal Chief Electoral Office (CEO) Ariz Aftab has called for an all-party meeting on April 16 to discuss election campaign-related matters during the COVID-19 pandemic, informed Sanjay Basu, Additional CEO.
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Bengal records 4,511 new COVID cases, highest one-day spike since pandemic began
India | Apr 13, 2021, 07:16 AM ISTWest Bengal on Monday registered 4,511 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike since the pandemic started last year, pushing the state's tally to 6,19,407, the state health department said in a bulletin.
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His strategy failed in Bengal: Rajib Banerjee on Prashant Kishor's leaked audio clip
News | Apr 10, 2021, 02:54 PM ISTSoon after TMC poll strategist Prashant Kishor audio clip leaked in which he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee equally popular in the Bengal Assembly polls, two time former TMC MLA and now BJP leader Rajib Banerjee said that Kishor strategy has failed in Bengal.
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Bengal: EC suspends sector officer after EVMs, VVPATs recovered from TMC leader's residence
News | Apr 06, 2021, 10:17 AM ISTEVMs and VVPATs were found at the residence of a TMC leader in Bengal's Uluberia. Election Commission says sector officer has been suspended. "It was a reserved EVM that has been removed from the election process. Severe action will be taken against all involved," says EC.
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Earthquake hits Bengal, second in less than 12 hours
India | Apr 06, 2021, 08:02 AM ISTOn Monday night, an earthquake of 5.4 magnitude hit Sikkim with tremors being also felt in the states of Assam, West Bengal and Bihar.
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Kurukshetra: Who holds the key to Bengal? As Modi VS Didi faceoff escalates | Watch Full Debate
Kurukshetra | Apr 03, 2021, 07:49 PM ISTThe ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal and its arch-rival the Bharatiya Janata Party engaged in a battle of nerves even as the first two phases of the assembly elections have already been held with six more rounds remaining.
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Bengal Polls 2021: Third phase of campaigning to begin today; Mamata, Nadda to hold rallies in Hoogly
Politics | Mar 31, 2021, 08:00 AM ISTThe polling is slated to be held in the second phase on April 1. The poll campaigning in Nandigram reached its crescendo as Banerjee and Adhikari, her close follower-turned foe, left no stone unturned to appeal to the voters.
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BJP leaders celebrate Holi with party workers
News | Mar 29, 2021, 03:00 PM ISTAs the nation celebrates the festival of colours today, Prime Minister Modi greeted people with Holi wishes and wished that this Holi infuses new vigour, power, positivity and energy in everyone's life.
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From Shobha Majumdar's death to BJP leaders attack on Mamata Banerjee.. All that happened in Bengal today
News | Mar 29, 2021, 02:40 PM ISTTaking to Twitter, BJP National President JP Nadda said: "I wish peace to Nimta's old mother Shobha Majumdar's soul. She had to sacrifice her life for her son Gopal Majumdar being in BJP. BJP will always remember her sacrifice. She was Bengal's 'mother' as well as its 'daughter'. BJP will always fight for the safety of Bengal's mothers and daughters."
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West Bengal: BJP worker's mother, who was allegedly attacked by TMC workers, dies
News | Mar 29, 2021, 02:20 PM ISTUnion Home Minister Amit Shah also condoled the death of the octagenarian mother of the BJP candidate, saying her death will haunt West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for long.
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Bengal Polls 2021: TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee to hold 6 rallies, 2 roadshows in Nandigram in 2 days
Politics | Mar 29, 2021, 09:20 AM IST"Shah had predicted a landslide victory for the BJP in Bihar in 2015 assembly polls and his party got much fewer seats. In Delhi, the BJP had got a few seats in 2015 and 2020 assembly polls. Similar is the case with Jharkhand and Maharashtra in recent times," O'Brien said.
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Mamata targets PM Modi over Bangladesh visit, says he has violated code of conduct
Elections | Mar 27, 2021, 04:19 PM ISTAs polling for the first phase of assembly elections are underway in Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at PM Modi's over his 2-day Bangladesh visit.
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130 cattle rescued, 17 smugglers caught red-handed in BSF, police joint operation in Bengal's Malda
India | Mar 26, 2021, 04:32 PM ISTThe Border Security Force (BSF) and police in a joint operation thwarted a major attempt to smuggle cattle, caught 17 smugglers red-handed and rescued 130 cattle from 4 trucks after a tip-off was received from BSF's Intelligence Branch (44 Batallion) in West Bengal's Malda.
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Bengal polls: BJP manifesto to focus on development, repositioning state as investment destination
India | Mar 20, 2021, 02:40 PM ISTThe Bharatiya Janata Party is set to unveil its manifesto for West Bengal polls on Sunday and is likely to promise to turn around the "corruption-ridden" state through transparent governance aimed at rebranding the state as an investment destination.
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ED quizzes Vikas Mishra in West Bengal coal theft case
News | Mar 17, 2021, 01:00 PM ISTWest Bengal: Vikas Mishra, an accussed in Coal Theft case make big revelations to ED during interrogation.
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Will consolidation of Hindu votes help BJP win Bengal?
News | Mar 02, 2021, 11:26 PM ISTWill consolidation of Hindu votes help BJP win Bengal? Watch this report to know more.
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Kurukshetra: BJP, TMC, Left, Congress go all out to seek voters' support in Bengal
Kurukshetra | Mar 02, 2021, 08:11 PM ISTBJP, TMC, Left, Congress go all out to seek voters' support in Bengal. Watch mega debate on Kurukshetra.
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Left-Congress-ISF alliance launches Bengal campaign with mega Kolkata rally
Politics | Feb 28, 2021, 02:56 PM ISTThe Left-Congress-ISF alliance kicks-off its campaign for the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal with a mega rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata today.