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  NIA arrests two key conspirators in Bengal's Bhupatinagar blast case amid attack by miscreants

  April 06, 2024 15:34 IST

  This is the second instance when a probing agency team was targeted in West Bengal. Earlier on January 5, an Enforcement Directorate team was targeted by a mob when it had gone to search the premises of now suspended TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan in connection with an alleged ration distribution scam.

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  West Bengal: EC officials to plan CAPF deployment tomorrow for first phase of Lok Sabha polls 2024

  April 05, 2024 17:16 IST

  Lok Sabha elections 2024: West Bengal will witness a seven-phase polling between April 19 and June 1. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.

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  Calcutta HC slams Bengal govt over Sandeshkhali: 'Even if 1 per cent true, it's absolutely shameful'

  April 04, 2024 19:03 IST

  The Calcutta High Court delivered a firm rebuke to the government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a hearing on affidavits requesting investigations into allegations of extortion, land encroachment, and sexual assault emerging from Sandeshkhali ahead of the Lok Sabha election.

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  'One can trust poisonous snake but not BJP', says Mamata Banerjee during election rally in Bengal

  April 04, 2024 19:02 IST

  Lok Sabha elections 2024: West Bengal will witness a seven-phase polling between April 19 and June 1. Altogether 42 candidates, including Union minister Nisith Pramanik, filed their nominations for the first phase of polling in three Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal on Apr 19.

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  Lok Sabha polls 2024: Only BJP can stop atrocities on women in Bengal, says PM Modi in Cooch Behar

  April 04, 2024 16:59 IST

  The seven-phase Lok Sabha polls, the world’s biggest election exercise, will kick off on April 19 with the counting of votes set to take place on June 4 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a bid for a third consecutive term in office.

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP to breach Mamata's Bengal fortress with 22 seats, says India TV poll

  April 03, 2024 17:31 IST

  India TV-CNX conducted an opinion poll survey to predict the mood of voters in West Bengal, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, due in a few weeks. As per the latest predictions, the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to be having an edge over Mamata Banerjee-led TMC.

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  Decomposed body parts of woman found inside abandoned building in Kolkata

  April 02, 2024 22:07 IST

  The body parts were discovered inside three black plastic bags in a building situated in the city's Watgunge area on Sastitala Lane.

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  Sandeshkhali case: Suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh's ED custody extended till April 13

  April 01, 2024 19:43 IST

  Earlier in January this year, the women of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district came out on the streets, accusing Shahjahan Sheikh and his aides of grave excesses and atrocities. Multiple women accused Sheikh and his aides of "land-grab and sexual assault" under coercion.

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  Jalpaiguri storm: CM Mamata meets cyclone victims, death count rises to 5 amid rescue operation

  April 01, 2024 7:35 IST

  A storm unleashed havoc in parts of Jalpaiguri district in northern West Bengal on Sunday, causing the deaths of five individuals and leaving more than 100 people injured. The authority launched a rescue operation.

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  West Bengal: Five killed, over 70 injured as storm wreaks havoc in Jalpaiguri, PM Modi reacts

  April 01, 2024 6:21 IST

  Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said personnel of the civil administration, police and disaster management have been deployed for the relief works. Among the most affected areas were Rajarhat, Barnish, Bakali, Jorpakdi, Madhabdanga and Saptibari.

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  Mamata challenges BJP to ‘cross even 200 seats’ nationwide, says ‘Bengal means TMC, no one else'

  March 31, 2024 14:23 IST

  Mamata Banerjee challenged the BJP to cross 200 seats in the Lok Sabha elections across the country. She stressed that she will not let CAA be implemented in West Bengal.

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  West Bengal: Cash, drugs, alcohol and gold worth over Rs 147 cr seized ahead of Lok Sabha elections

  March 31, 2024 7:41 IST

  Lok Sabha elections 2024: West Bengal will witness a seven-phase polling between April 19 and June 1. An initial probe revealed that the gold bars were smuggled from neighbouring Bangladesh through the border area of North 24 Parganas district.

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  ED arrests Sandeshkhali-accused Sheikh Shahjahan in land-grabbing case

  March 30, 2024 19:55 IST

  ED interrogated Sheikh in Basirhat jail. Earlier he had been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

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  Lok Sabha elections: Yusuf Pathan barred from using 2011 ODI World Cup images during poll campaign

  March 30, 2024 10:38 IST

  Lok Sabha elections 2024: Elections to the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state will be held in seven phases on April 19, 26, May 7, 13, 20, 25 and June 1. By-elections to two assembly constituencies will be held on May 7 (Bhagawangola) and June 1 (Baranagar).

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  West Bengal: BJP candidate seeks blessings of ailing TMC veteran for polls

  March 29, 2024 19:28 IST

  The two had worked together as political workers. The BJP candidate said that the TMC veteran had recognised him and wished him luck, while he wished a long life for the TMC veteran.

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  Mahua Moitra skips ED summons in FEMA case to campaign in Bengal's Krishnanagar for Lok Sabha polls

  March 28, 2024 12:21 IST

  The ED had summoned Mahua Moitra on March 28 for questioning in the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) contravention case. Dubai-based businessman Darshan Hiranandani was also called for questioning today. Mahua said that she will campaign in the Krishnanagar constituency for the Lok Sabha polls

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  BJP's Dilip Ghosh 'who's your father' jibe on Mamata Banerjee sparks row, TMC moves EC

  March 26, 2024 17:41 IST

  The Trinamool Congress has demanded an apology from West Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh for mocking the background of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

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  Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP fields Sandeshkhali survivor Rekha Patra from Basirhat seat

  March 25, 2024 7:41 IST

  Sandeshkhali has been embroiled in a wave of mob violence over the past two months, stemming from alleged atrocities committed by TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh, his henchmen, such as Sibu Hazra, and others.

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  BJP announces 19 candidates from West Bengal, fields Justice Abhijit Ganguly from Tamluk | Details

  March 24, 2024 21:51 IST

  West Bengal is set to witness polling in all seven phases beginning on April 19 for the much-awaited general elections. The Election Commission on March 16 announced the dates for the 18th General Elections in the country.

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  Bloodshed has returned in Bengal politics before Lok Sabha elections, Suvendu slams Mamata govt

  March 24, 2024 17:48 IST

  Suvendu Adhikari has demanded that police forces from other states be deployed in some areas of West Bengal in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, apprehending that local law enforcers "may act in a partisan manner against the opposition".

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  CBI conducts raids at premises linked to TMC leader Mahua Moitra in cash-for-query case

  March 23, 2024 10:50 IST

  The Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman, issued the directions to the CBI after receiving the findings of its preliminary inquiry into allegations made against Moitra by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.

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  West Bengal: Heavy snowfall in state's highest point Sandakphu, stranded tourists evacuated

  March 22, 2024 17:05 IST

  At least 40 tourists, including children, who got stranded at various homestays and hotels in Sandakphu due to the snowfall over the last few days, were evacuated by the Darjeeling district administration and police.

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  Bishnupur Lok Sabha poll: BJP's Saumitra Khan eyes hat-trick as TMC fields his ex-wife Sujata Mondal

  April 18, 2024 12:41 IST

  Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Saumitra Khan was a TMC leader until 2019, before crossing over to the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP once again backed him. The TMC fielded his ex-wife Sujata Mondal against him, making the poll battle interesting.

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  Lok Sabha Election: 'Whether it's Akshara or Pawan, I have no problem,' says TMC's Shatrughan Sinha

  March 20, 2024 10:20 IST

  In an exclusive interview with India TV, Bihari Babu said that he has no problem with anyone contesting from the Asansol seat in the Lok Sabha election. He also expressed his views regarding the I.N.D.I.A. bloc's Prime Ministerial candidate.

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  TMC-BJP clash amid poll rallies led by Nisith Pramanik, state minister in Bengal's Dinhata | VIDEO

  March 20, 2024 11:55 IST

  West Bengal: MoS Nisith Pramanik claimed that when his convoy was leaving the area, stones were hurled from the venue of the TMC's rally.

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  Cooch Behar Lok Sabha election 2024: BJP's Nisith Pramanik to take on TMC's Jagadish Chandra Basunia

  April 18, 2024 12:52 IST

  Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The parliamentary seat of Cooch Behar was long held by the Lefts Forward Bloc, but the picture changed in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and Renuka Sinha of the Trinamool Congress won the seat.

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  Hooghly Lok Sabha Election 2024: Is Rachna Banerjee's popularity challenge for Locket Chatterjee?

  April 18, 2024 12:39 IST

  Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The fight is mainly between BJP's Locket Chatterjee and TMC's Rachna Banerjee in this constituency in the upcoming general elections. Chatterjee is currently the sitting MP from the constituency. It will be interesting to watch who wins the seat.

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2024: ECI appoints Sanjay Mukherjee as new DGP of West Bengal

  March 19, 2024 14:57 IST

  The Election Commission of India (ECI) directed the transfer of West Bengal's Director General of Police, the state's chief cop.