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  PM Modi will be in Bengal on March 1 and 2, to visit Aarambagh, Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seats

  West Bengal | February 23, 2024 14:17 IST

  PM Modi's visit to West Bengal has been scheduled ahead of the Lok Sabha elections which are due to be held in few weeks. The polling dates for the general elections are yet to be announced.

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  'Bengal deteriorating under Mamata govt,' says Adhir Ranjan after stopped from visiting Sandeshkhali

  West Bengal | February 16, 2024 18:38 IST

  The Congress delegation spearheaded by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, encountered initial hindrance from police officials at Sarberia and subsequently at Rampur, along the path to Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district.

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  West Bengal: Six-member BJP team on way to visit Sandeshkhali stopped, demands NIA probe

  West Bengal | February 16, 2024 12:11 IST

  The Supreme Court has agreed to consider listing a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into the violence in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali village.

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  West Bengal: Trinamool MP Mimi Chakraborty announces resignation, says, 'politics not my cup of tea'

  West Bengal | February 15, 2024 17:05 IST

  West Bengal news: Asked why she tendered her resignation to Banerjee and not to the Lok Sabha Speaker as per norms, Chakraborty said, "Once I get the nod from the TMC, I will submit it to the Speaker."

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  Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Why is Mamata not ready to give even a single seat to Congress in Bengal?

  West Bengal | January 31, 2024 17:14 IST

  Mamata Banerjee on seat sharing: The West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress chief without naming any party or leader said that some appeared only during elections like 'Cuckoos' in spring.

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  'If parties want to fight separately, they should announce it,' Jairam Ramesh on seat-sharing

  India | January 31, 2024 9:58 IST

  Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh asserted that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s abrupt return to the BJP-led NDA was “good riddance” for the opposition INDIA bloc in which many leaders were now “heaving a sigh of relief”.

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  Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says he regrets calling Derek O'Brien a 'foreigner'

  West Bengal | January 26, 2024 19:17 IST

  The Trinamool Congress had been upset with Chowdhury's repeated attacks on Banerjee. The Congress leader recently called the West Bengal chief minister an "opportunist" and said that his party would fight the polls alone.

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  Congress in damage control mode, says no one can imagine I.N.D.I.A bloc without Mamata

  India | January 24, 2024 17:35 IST

  The Congress statement comes immediately after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that her party Trinamool Congress has decided to go alone in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

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  Lok Sabha elections: Double whammy for I.N.D.I.A bloc after AAP also decides to go solo in Punjab

  India | January 24, 2024 15:03 IST

  Earlier in the day, the I.N.D.I.A bloc faced a major dent as Mamata Banerjee announced that Trinamool would contest independently in West Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

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  TMC to contest Lok Sabha polls without any alliance: Mamata Banerjee's big jolt to I.N.D.I.A bloc

  West Bengal | January 24, 2024 14:09 IST

  The I.N.D.I.A bloc faced a major dent as Mamata Banerjee, the chief of the Trinamool Congress, announced that her party would contest independently in Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

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  Mahua Moitra's plea, seeking to stay eviction from govt bungalow, rejected by Delhi High Court

  Delhi | January 18, 2024 21:29 IST

  Earlier in the day, Mahua Moitra pleaded before the Delhi High Court to restrain the authorities from evicting her from the government bungalow on cancellation of her allotment following her expulsion, on medical grounds.

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  West Bengal: 12 arrested in Purulia district after video clip of assault on sadhus by mob goes viral

  West Bengal | January 13, 2024 12:19 IST

  West Bengal news: A TMC strongman and a local panchayat leader, Sheikh Shahjahan has been reported absconding since the attack on teams of the Directorate of Enforcement in the North 24 Parganas district of Bengal earlier.

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  Mamata writes letter to PM Modi, urges him to declare Bengali a 'classical language'

  India | January 12, 2024 0:00 IST

  In her letter to PM Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that Bengali is the second most spoken language in India and 7th most spoken in the world. The chief minister also mentioned about state's long-pending demand to change its name from West Bengal to Bangla.

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  Trinamool not to hold seat-sharing talks with Congress in Delhi: Sources

  West Bengal | January 12, 2024 0:07 IST

  Congress has been holding seat-sharing talks with I.N.D.I.A bloc members in Delhi. So far, the discussions have taken place with Shiv Sena, NCP, AAP, RJD, and SP. Lok Sabha elections are due to be held in April-May this year.

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  West Bengal: Acting ED director Rahul Navin reaches Kolkata after attack on its officials | VIDEO

  Kolkata | January 09, 2024 12:44 IST

  West Bengal news: A second agency team was attacked and their vehicle was damaged during the arrest of another TMC leader Shankar Adhya in Bongaon of the said district on the same day.

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  Who is Shahjahan Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind attack on ED officials in West Bengal

  West Bengal | January 06, 2024 16:26 IST

  TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, whose "supporters" allegedly attacked an ED team in West Bengal, locked himself at his home at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district when ED team went to his residence to conduct a raid.

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  Cash-for-query case: SC issues notice to Lok Sabha secretary general on Mahua Moitra's expulsion

  India | January 03, 2024 14:09 IST

  Cash-for-query case: In an affidavit to the ethics committee on October 19, Hiranandani claimed that Moitra had provided him with her login ID and password for the Lok Sabha members' website. The Central Bureau of Investigation has already filed a preliminary FIR in the case.

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  'TMC ke saath baithne ki aukaat bhi Left logo ki nahi hai': Kunal Ghosh on alliance in Bengal

  India | December 29, 2023 20:07 IST

  On alliance with the I.N.D.I.A bloc, Ghosh said that TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has already confirmed that the party will be supporting the Opposition bloc in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

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  Mamata Banerjee not to attend Ram Mandir's grand opening in Ayodhya on January 22, say sources

  West Bengal | December 27, 2023 14:52 IST

  The consecration ceremony of Ram Temple is scheduled for January 22 in Ayodhya. Chief Minister of all the states, key opposition leaders have been invited for the Ram Mandir's grand opening.

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  Amit Shah, JP Nadda set target to win more than 35 Lok Sabha seats in Bengal

  West Bengal | December 26, 2023 23:19 IST

  According to BJP sources, an election management committee for Bengal is likely to be formed soon, comprising both old guards and new entrants, including central observers.