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  TMC demands Supreme Court-monitored election after EC orders removal of West Bengal DGP

  March 19, 2024 10:00 IST

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

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  West Bengal: IPS Vivek Sahay appointed as new DGP

  March 18, 2024 23:27 IST

  In a significant development, IPS officer Vivek Sahay has been appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) for West Bengal.

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  West Bengal: Four killed, several injured after under-construction building collapses in Kolkata

  March 18, 2024 13:13 IST

  The five-storey building collapsed in Hazari Mollah Bagan in the Garden Reach area around midnight on Sunday. According to locals, who were the first responders, concrete chunks fell from the building before it collapsed.

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  Sheikh Shahjahan's brother, two others arrested by CBI in Sandeshkhali case

  March 16, 2024 22:09 IST

  Suspended TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan is accused in a case related to the attack on Enforcement Directorate officials in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali. He is also accused of sexual violence and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali village.

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  West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Poll schedule, phases, seats, parties, all you need to know

  March 16, 2024 20:45 IST

  Out of 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has 22 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has 18. The elections would be held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1.

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  Balurghat Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP's Sukanta Majumdar to contest against TMC's Biplab Mitra

  April 16, 2024 19:11 IST

  Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The fight is between BJP's Sukanta Majumdar and TMC's Biplab Mitra in this constituency in the upcoming general elections. Majumdar 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: Mamata's TMC faces setback as Arjun Singh, Dibyendu Adhikari join BJP

  March 15, 2024 20:21 IST

  Lok Sabha elections 2024: Trinamool Congress suffered a significant setback as two of its MPs, Arjun Singh and Dibyendu Adhikari, defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

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  Baharampur Lok Sabha polls 2024: TMC's Yusuf Pathan to engage in triangular fight against Cong, BJP

  April 16, 2024 19:13 IST

  Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: TMC's decision to field former cricketer Yusuf Pathan in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections surprised many. Meanwhile, the Congress announced Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as the candidate from Baharampur against Pathan.

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  'Not pushed physically, rather a force or sensation': Clarifies hospital on Mamata Banerjee injuries

  March 15, 2024 10:31 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has suffered a major injury on her forehead. The pictures posted by TMC showed her lying on the hospital bed and blood stains on her forehead.

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  Mamata Banerjee suffers major head injury, discharged from Kolkata hospital after treatment

  March 15, 2024 11:21 IST

  This is the second incident where the West Bengal CM got injured months before the crucial election. Earlier in 2021, the TMC leader suffered a leg injury while conducting an Assembly election campaign in Nandigram.

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  West Bengal: TMC MP Arjun Singh set to re-join BJP after denial of Lok Sabha ticket from Barrackpore

  March 14, 2024 14:47 IST

  Arjun Singh also confirmed that another 'top TMC leader' will join the BJP alongside him. He has a history of switching sides, starting his career in Congress, then switching to TMC in 2001, and then BJP in 2019 and again switching to the TMC in 2022.

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  West Bengal: ED raids Sandeshkhali amid heavy security in PMLA case against Sheikh Shahjahan

  March 14, 2024 8:59 IST

  ED had registered a case under PMLA in this matter. ED has raids at a total of four places.

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  Mamata Banerjee disowns brother Babun Banerjee over political dispute

  March 13, 2024 15:46 IST

  In a bold move, Mamata Banerjee disowned her familial connections with Babun Banerjee amidst a political rift over the TMC's candidate selection process.

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  'If needed, I will contest as independent': Mamata Banerjee's upset brother over ticket distribution

  March 13, 2024 12:58 IST

  TMC has fielded Prasun Banerjee from the Howrah Lok Sabha constituency. A former footballer is a two-time Lok Sabha MP of the TMC from the Howrah seat.

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  TMC MP Arjun Singh likely to rejoin BJP after being denied Lok Sabha ticket from Barrackpore: Source

  March 12, 2024 16:11 IST

  Arjun Singh has a history of switching sides. He started his political career with Congress in 1995. Later in 2001, Singh joined TMC. In 2019, he switched to the BJP and won the Barrackpore seat on the saffron party ticket, but due to some differences in the party, he returned to TMC in 2022.

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  Sandeshkhali stir: CBI arrests three accused in ED officials attack case

  March 11, 2024 21:17 IST

  Shahjahan was alleged to have orchestrated an attack on ED officials who had gone to search his premises in connection with an alleged ration scam involving the defalcation of several crore of rupees.

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  'Will oppose CAA if...': Mamata's first reaction after Citizenship Amendment Act implemented

  March 11, 2024 19:02 IST

  The rules for implementation of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) 2019 were notified, paving the way for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

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  Sandeshkhali ED attack case: CBI summons nine close aides, acquaintances of Shahjahan Sheikh

  March 11, 2024 12:49 IST

  Last week, the CBI conducted searches at the residence and office of suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district as part of its investigation into the attack on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team in the area in January.

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  Lok Sabha poll: Battle of exes in Bengal's Bishnupur as TMC pits Sujata Mondal against Saumitra Khan

  March 11, 2024 12:41 IST

  BJP's Saumitra Khan had announced split from Sujarat Mondal in 2021 during the West Bengal Assembly elections. TMC has fielded Mondal against Khan in the Bishnupur seat.

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  'Mamata gives message to BJP that...': Adhir Ranjan's reaction after TMC candidates' list announced

  March 10, 2024 18:13 IST

  "By separating herself from the I.N.D.I.A. bloc, she showed that she is in fear and does not want to fight BJP," Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.

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  Yusuf Pathan fielded by TMC from Berhampore in Lok Sabha elections

  March 10, 2024 17:41 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday announced candidates of Trinamool Congress (TMC) for all Lok Sabha seats giving a blow to seat-sharing talks with Congress.

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  TMC announces candidates on all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, Moitra fielded from Krishnanagar

  March 10, 2024 15:46 IST

  TMC announced the names of all 42 party candidates who will contest the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. Mahua Moitra, who was expelled from Lok Sabha, has been fielded from Krishnanagar.

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  'TMC made fake job cards to loot MNREGA funds provided by Centre': PM Modi attacks Mamata govt

  March 09, 2024 19:46 IST

  The PM inaugurated multiple projects of railway line electrification that will benefit the people of northern West Bengal and nearby areas including the Eklakhi-Balurghat section, Barsoi-Radhikapur section, Raninagar Jalpaiguri-Haldibari section, Siliguri-Aluabari section via Bagdogra among others.

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  CBI tries to trace Shahjahan Sheikh's mobile phones, says crucial 'evidence' in Sandeshkhali row

  March 09, 2024 12:36 IST

  The CBI took custody of Sheikh on Wednesday from the West Bengal CID on the order of the Calcutta High Court.

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  Sandeshkhali violence: CBI conducts searches in case of attack on ED officers

  March 08, 2024 19:57 IST

  In compliance with the orders of the Calcutta High Court, three FIRs were registered at the CBI, ACB, Kolkata, on March 5, 2024, taking over FIRs previously registered by the West Bengal Police.

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  West Bengal: CBI searches suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh's house in Sandeshkhali

  March 08, 2024 13:10 IST

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) also visited areas near his house in Akunchipara locality of Sarberia to collect evidence in connection with the attack. The CBI team was also joined by forensic and ED officials to support the investigation.

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  West Bengal: ED raids several locations in Kolkata over teacher recruitment scam

  March 08, 2024 12:18 IST

  The ED searches were conducted in the Rajarhat area at the residences of some businessmen, teachers, and intermediaries allegedly involved in the scam. The ongoing raids are part of the ED's probe to track the flow of money in the multi-crore scam.

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  Amid Sandeshkhali row, Mamata Banerjee says, 'Bengal safest state for women' | WATCH

  March 07, 2024 16:25 IST

  In a rally themed 'Mahila Der Adhikaar, Aamader Angikaar' (women's rights are our commitment), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accompanied by her nephew and TMC Member of Parliament Abhishek Banerjee, spearheaded the Trinamool Congress's Mahila Wing Rally today.