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  BJP releases audio tape of Mamata Banerjee asking BJP leader to help her party in Nandigram

  Politics | March 27, 2021 16:00 IST

  BJP district vice president Pralay Pal on Saturday alleged that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee called him asking to help TMC in Nandigram. BJP leader kailash Vijayvargiya today released the tape nad said that the conversation suggests that Mamata Banerjee has accepted her defeat in Nandigram.

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  Only his beard is growing... something wrong with his brain: Mamata attacks PM Modi

  Elections | March 26, 2021 17:48 IST

  A day before the first phase polling in the West Bengal assembly election 2021, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying something is wrong with his brain adding sometimes he calls himself Swami Vivekananda or renames stadiums after his own name.

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  Didi says 'Khela Hobe' but people have decided 'Khela Shesh Hobe' for her: PM Modi in Bankura

  Politics | March 21, 2021 16:42 IST

  Didi, you have only made hollow announcements in the last 10 years, where is the work you claim to have done? You keep saying 'Khela Hobe' while people of West Bengal have decided 'Khela Shesh Hobe': Prime Minister Modi in Bankura

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  Bengal Polls 2021: Delegation of TMC MPs met the Election Commission

  Politics | March 19, 2021 17:20 IST

  Trinamool Congress parliamentary delegation comprising Saugata Roy, Yashwant Sinha, Md Nadimul Haque, Pratima Mondal, and Mahua Moitra met the Election Commission of India on Friday to discuss issues related to 'free and fair polling in West Bengal.

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  TMC, BJP workers hurled bombs at each other in Barrackpore ahead of assembly polls

  Special Report | March 18, 2021 23:26 IST

  As West Bengal elections are approaching; BJP MP Arjun Singh alleged that three people hurled bombs at his residence on March 17.

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  Mamata Banerjee releases TMC's manifesto for Bengal polls 2021, promises 5 lakh jobs in a year

  Elections | March 17, 2021 19:27 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday released Trinamool Congress' (TMC) election manifesto for the upcoming assembly elections in the state. Bengal polls 2021 will be held in 8 phases, beginning March 27 while the final phase of voting will be held on April 29.

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  Bengal Polls 2021: Will Mahishya community Voters Turn The Table in Battle of Nandigram

  Politics | March 12, 2021 23:29 IST

  Nandigram, which first grabbed national headlines in the mid-2000s because of the anti-land acquisition agitation led by Banerjee, is back in news again after the West Bengal chief minister decided to take on her former protege Suvendu Adhikari, who joined the BJP in December, on his home turf.

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  Mamata Banerjee injury: Election Commission seeks detailed report over Nandigram incident

  India | March 10, 2021 21:07 IST

  The Election Commission has sought a detailed report on the incident in which West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee claimed that she suffered an injury after she was pushed by few people during election campaigning in Nandigram.

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  Kurukshetra | Mamata Banerjee visits Durga Mandir in Nandigram, day after reciting 'Chandi'

  Kurukshetra | March 10, 2021 19:53 IST

  A day after reciting 'Chandi' while launching her poll campaign for the Nandigram seat, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee offered prayers at Durga Mandir in Shibrampur village on Wednesday.

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  Mamata Banerjee holds roadshow in Nandigram ahead of filing nomination

  Politics | March 10, 2021 14:07 IST

  Earlier on Tuesday, Mamata arrived in Nandigram on a two-day visit. Addressing the party workers, the TMC supremo proudly exclaimed that she is "a Hindu girl" and recited mantras from the Chandi Path.

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  Nandigram: Mamata Banerjee offers prayers at Shiv Temple, to file nomination

  Politics | March 10, 2021 13:42 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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  Central forces will be deployed in all West Bengal booths where polling will be held in 1st phase

  Elections | 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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  'Aisa current lagega ki...': Nitin Gadkari taunts Mamata Banerjee at Joypur rally

  Elections | March 03, 2021 19:46 IST

  Politics in battleground West Bengal is getting more intense as the date of the polls is nearing. Amid this, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday hit out at Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking people in the state to choose BJP in the upcoming election that will give a big shock to the TMC government.

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  WB polls: 3,064 booths designated for 9 assembly seats across West Bardhaman district

  India | February 28, 2021 12:34 IST

  An additional 1.27 lakh electors have registered to vote this time. About 450 polling stations will have an all-woman polling staff, and all booths will be provided basic facilities like drinking water and toilets.

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  West Bengal Elections 2021: BJP launches poster with slogan 'Bengal wants its daughter, not aunt'

  News | February 28, 2021 7:20 IST

  Ahead of West Bengal polls 2021 the poster war between BJP and TMC has intensified as BJP launches poster with slogan 'Bengal wants its daughter, not aunt'.

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  EC removes Bengal's ADG (law & order) Jawed Shamim a day after announcing poll dates

  India | February 27, 2021 22:27 IST

  The Election Commission on Saturday removed the Additional Director General of Police (Law and order) Jawed Shamim and brought in Jag Mohan in his place.

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  West Bengal: BJP launches poster with slogan 'Bengal wants its daughter, not aunt'

  News | February 28, 2021 7:00 IST

  Ahead of West Bengal polls 2021 the poster war between BJP and TMC has intensified. The BJP on Saturday launched a poster to counter Trinamool Congress' campaign slogan “Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chay” which means 'Bengal Wants Its Own Daughter'. BJP's poster says, 'Bengal Wants Its Own Daughter, Not Pishi(paternal aunt)' and has the faces of the party's female leaders from Bengal.

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  West Bengal assembly elections 2021 to be held in 8 phases. Full schedule inside

  Elections | March 25, 2021 13:55 IST

  The Election Commission on Friday announced the schedule for assembly election to be held in 4 states including West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Union Territory Puducherry. The Assembly Election in West Bengal will be held in 8 phases, the election commission informed.

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  AIMIM Asaduddin Owaisi attacks Mamata Banerjee for denying permission for rally

  Politics | February 25, 2021 13:21 IST

  "They are misusing their power. Seeking permission for the rally by adhering to the procedure is our democratic right," Owaisi said.

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  New front threatens to divide Muslim votes in Bengal

  News | February 13, 2021 22:29 IST

  While the previous Bengal elections have seen a shift of Muslim votes from one party or coalition to another, the upcoming election in Bengal is unique in the sense that it seems prime for an unprecedented rush for Muslim votes.