West Bengal Polls
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Battle for Nandigram: What's Mamata Banerjee's gameplan?
Elections | Mar 11, 2021, 12:59 PM ISTThe battle of Bengal has now shifted to the battle for Nandigram, where Didi will face her disciple in the fight of the year.
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Mamata Banerjee injury: Election Commission seeks detailed report over Nandigram incident
India | Mar 10, 2021, 09:07 PM ISTThe 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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Bengal Polls 2021: Modi, Mithun Chakraborty, Suvendu Adhikari among BJP's 40 star campaigners list
Elections | Mar 10, 2021, 12:47 PM ISTAhead 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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Political 'mithaiya' in demand in Siliguri
News | Mar 10, 2021, 11:33 AM ISTAhead of assembly polls, "political fever" is at its peak in West Bengal. A sweet shop in Siliguri is churning out 'mithaiya' etched with logos of political parties. Sweet lovers are intrigued with shop's unique offering. 8-phased elections in West Bengal will start from March 27.
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If Mamata didi can leave me so why can't I? TMC MLA Sonali Guha hints at joining BJP
Elections | Mar 06, 2021, 06:06 PM ISTSonali Guha, once a close aide of Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and a four-time MLA of the party, on Saturday hinted at joining BJP after she was denied a ticket for the coming assembly poll in West Bengal.
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WB polls: 3,064 booths designated for 9 assembly seats across West Bardhaman district
India | Feb 28, 2021, 12:34 PM ISTAn 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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TMC worker killed, 2 injured in bomb attack in poll-bound Bengal
India | Feb 24, 2021, 06:51 AM ISTThe attackers also fired at 24-year-old Dolui before fleeing from the spot, a police officer said.
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Bengal polls 2021: Plea filed against BJP's 'Rath Yatra' in Calcutta High Court
India | Feb 05, 2021, 11:05 AM ISTA plea has been filed in Calcutta High Court against Bharatiya Janata Party's proposed 'Rath Yatra' in West Bengal ahead of assembly elections in the state.
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Bengal govt to demerge Bally Municipality from Howrah civic body
India | Jan 22, 2021, 10:21 AM ISTWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the state government has approved a proposal to separate the Bally Municipality from Howrah Municipal Corporation and a bill will soon be introduced in the Assembly in this connection.
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Bengal polls 2021: CEC Sunil Arora led Election Commission team to begin two-day visit from today
Elections | Jan 20, 2021, 11:32 AM ISTThe EC officials are also scheduled to meet representatives of political parties before meeting officials of the central and state regulatory agencies.
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Mamata Banerjee will have to take refuge in Bangladesh after West Bengal polls: Anand Swaroop Shukla
News | Jan 18, 2021, 02:33 PM ISTBJP leader and Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swaroop Shukla has called West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee an 'Islamic terrorist'. Shukla holds the MoS for Parliamentary Affairs portfolio in Yogi Adityanath's Cabinet.
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Mamata Banerjee will have to take refuge in Bangladesh after West Bengal polls: UP minister
India | Jan 18, 2021, 12:02 PM ISTBJP leader and Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swaroop Shukla has called West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee an 'Islamic terrorist'. Shukla holds the MoS for Parliamentary Affairs portfolio in Yogi Adityanath's Cabinet.
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RSS-BJP meet in Ahmedabad from January 5-7 ahead of West Bengal polls
India | Jan 02, 2021, 11:46 AM ISTThe meeting will be presided over by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, while BJP chief JP Nadda too will be present in the meeting. It will likely see attendance from senior functionaries from its affiliates.
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Bengal polls 2021: BJP appoints district observers, co-observers | check list
India | Dec 28, 2020, 08:24 AM ISTAhead of the forthcoming assembly elections in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday appointed district observers and district co-observers for the organisation. As per an official release, for Kolkata Zone, the party has appointed Sovan Chatterjee as the observer, while Debjit Sarkar has been appointed as convenor.
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Will BJP leaders quit if party fails to get 200 seats in Bengal, asks Prashant Kishor
India | Dec 22, 2020, 02:13 PM ISTA day after claiming that the BJP will not cross double digits in the West Bengal assembly polls, election strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday challenged its leaders to say on record that they will quit their positions if the party failed to get 200 seats.
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Amit Shah to visit West Bengal as BJP, TMC cross swords
News | Dec 24, 2020, 03:56 PM ISTAmit Shah is likely to visit West Bengal later this month. It will be Shah’s second visit to the poll-bound state within a month.
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Will ensure TMC victory in polls even if BJP arrests me: Mamata Banerjee
National | Nov 25, 2020, 02:54 PM ISTAccusing the BJP of trying to poach TMC MLAs by attempting to bribe them, Banerjee, without naming anyone, said some people are acting as fence-sitters who are under the illusion that the saffron party might come to power in the state.
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Congress and Left will together fight Bengal polls: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
News | Nov 22, 2020, 05:25 PM ISTCongress will fight West Bengal polls together with the Left, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury tells India TV in an exclusive interview.
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Amit Shah, JP Nadda in Kolkata to launch campaign for West Bengal local polls
India | Mar 01, 2020, 12:17 PM ISTUnion Home Minister Amit Shah is visiting Kolkata on Sunday to kickstart the BJP's campaign for local body elections in West Bengal, a precursor to the Assembly polls to be held next year.
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Saradha scam emerges as major issue in West Bengal polls
India | Apr 22, 2014, 10:50 AM ISTKolkata: The multi-crore Saradha ponzi scam has emerged as a major poll plank in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal with major political parties like the Congress, BJP and CPI(M) training their guns against