In Katwa/Jangipur/Kushmandi (WB), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday delivered a strong ideological message for the BJP's campaign in Bengal, emphasizing citizenship, identity, and infiltration. He promised to expedite citizenship for refugee communities under the Citizenship Amendment Act...
Katwa, April 11 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday intensified the BJP's campaign on infiltration and welfare in the poll-bound state of West Bengal, promising that the process of granting citizenship to Matua and Namasudra refugee families would be expedited once the party comes to power...
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Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 Prominent figures and candidates arrived at polling booths even before the voting process commenced across Kerala on Thursday morning.Over 2.71 crore voters are set to exercise their franchise to elect a new government in the state.Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan...
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Kolkata, April 8 The West Bengal state assembly elections in 2026 will be held on a newly drawn electoral map by the Election Commission, which has removed over 90.83 lakh names from the voter rolls, significantly altering the electoral landscape in numerous constituencies and creating...
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Guwahati, April 7 Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge stated on Tuesday that the opposition alliance will form the government in Assam by winning approximately 73 seats out of the 126 assembly constituencies in the upcoming elections.Addressing a press conference here, he described Assam...
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Kolkata, April 7 The Election Commission's disclosure on Tuesday that around 91 lakh names had been deleted from West Bengal's electoral rolls after the Special Intensive Revision triggered a political uproar, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the BJP of targeting Matuas and...
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Kolkata, April 7 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the BJP government at the Centre has "hurt the pride and self-esteem" of the Rajbanshi community in north Bengal by "failing" to honour the earlier promises made during election campaigns.Addressing a meeting at the...
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Kolkata, April 6 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday urged people not to vote for the Congress, claiming it would only strengthen the BJP.Addressing a rally in Jalangi, West Bengal's Murshidabad district, the TMC national general secretary alleged that the Congress has a nexus with...
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Kolkata, April 5 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday used the Malda incident, where judicial officers were surrounded, as the central theme of the BJP's campaign against lawlessness in West Bengal, accusing the TMC government of running a "mafia raj" and framing the 2026 assembly elections as...
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New Delhi, April 4 Delhi AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj on Saturday claimed that party MP Raghav Chadha has deleted his earlier posts on X that were critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP.He also claimed that the Rajya Sabha MP's posts shared by AAP leaders had also disappeared from...
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Guwahati, April 3 Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday accused the Congress of encouraging infiltration to "sustain its vote-bank politics" in Assam and "compromising" the state's interests.Addressing back-to-back election rallies, the former chief minister also charged the grand old...
Guwahati, April 3 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma targeted Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) candidate Kunki Chowdhury, alleging that her mother had made social media posts supporting Pakistan and hurting the sentiments of 'Sanatani' people.Sarma on Thursday claimed that Chowdhury's mother...
In West Bengal's election season, candidates are discovering that the quickest way to connect with voters is through their homes, courtyards, and wells, as speeches give way to personal interactions.One candidate was seen washing dishes in a village home, while another helped an elderly woman...
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Mumbai, Apr 1 The president of the Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party, Sunil Tatkare, said he was aware of the merger talks between his party and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP), and asserted that he did not oppose it.Expressing disappointment that the merger talks were made public while the...
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Tezpur/Dergaon (Assam), March 31 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday criticised the Congress at a poll rally in Assam, accusing it of having "misused" the talent and capabilities of the state's youth and urging people to never forgive the party.Alleging that the Congress was only...
Thiruvananthapuram, March 31 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday dismissed allegations that the ruling front sought SDPI backing in the April 9 Assembly polls as "baseless".Addressing reporters, Vijayan asserted that neither the LDF nor any of its candidates had reached out to...
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Guwahati, March 31 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched a scathing attack on Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Monday, questioning his alleged foreign assets and challenging him to make his financial details public.Speaking to reporters, CM Sarma alleged that Gogoi has not disclosed...
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Thiruvananthapuram, March 30 – The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has outlined a flexible, constituency-driven strategy for the Kerala Assembly elections, even as Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan intensified his attack on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the issue of his...
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New Delhi, March 30 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of "allowing" land grabbing by infiltrators, stating that infiltration into Assam is not just an election issue but also about safeguarding the state's identity and national security.Addressing BJP workers at the...
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Cooch Behar, March 27 – An atmosphere of unease prevails among residents of the Dinhata and Sitalkuchi constituencies in Cooch Behar district, North Bengal, as the April 23 elections approach. Voters are apprehensive, especially given the history of political violence in the region.These...