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  West Bengal Lok Sabha polls: 10 out of 37 candidates contesting in 1st phase of polls are crorepatis

  April 09, 2024 14:26 IST

  Elections to the Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal will be held in the first phase on April 19.

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  Calcutta HC to hear plea by NIA in connection with Bhupatinagar case

  April 09, 2024 13:36 IST

  The West Bengal Police registered an FIR against NIA under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for outraging the modesty of women and theft.

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  Union Minister Shantanu Thakur gets ‘threat’ letter from Lashkar-e-Taiba: ‘If NRC is implemented...'

  April 08, 2024 19:59 IST

  Union Minister Shantanu Thakur claimed that he has received a "threat" letter from Lashkar-e-Taiba regarding the implementation of NRC.

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  BJP files complaint with EC on Mamata's 'abusive language' for Sukanta Majumdar, Suvendu Adhikari

  April 08, 2024 9:02 IST

  Earlier, the BJP issued a show-cause notice to Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency party candidate Dilip Ghosh for his derogatory comments about CM Mamata Banerjee. The notice comes a day after Trinamool Congress filed a complaint against Ghosh.

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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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 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.

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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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  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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  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: 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.