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Kolkata, April 4 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday appealed to voters to halt polling wherever instances of malfunctioning electronic voting machines (EVMs) are reported during the upcoming two-phase state assembly elections later this month.She also urged voters to...

Kolkata, April 4 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wrote a letter to the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Saturday, seeking the removal of Kolkata Police officers Shantanu Sinha Biswas (Deputy Commissioner of Police), Bijitaswa Routh (Inspector-in-Charge), and...

Kolkata, April 4 The Election Commission on Saturday directed the suspension of four Kolkata Police officials and the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against them for "failing" to maintain law and order during the nomination filing by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari in the fiercely contested...

Kolkata, April 4 TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday targeted the BJP for its "double-engine" pitch, saying one engine runs on misusing democratic institutions and the other on recruiting "local agents" like AIMIM, ISF and AJUP to stoke "communal discord".In a clever turn of phrase, he...

Kolkata, April 4 – A suspicious drone was spotted near the helicopter of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Malatipur, Malda district, on Saturday, while she was there to address a campaign rally ahead of the crucial two-phase state assembly elections later this month.The Chief...

Kharagpur, April 4 – Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta joined BJP's star campaigners for the West Bengal Assembly elections on Saturday, criticizing the Mamata Banerjee government for its failure to prevent violence against women."It is time to eliminate the politics of fear, corruption, and...

Kolkata, April 4 Aam Janata Unnayan Party founder Humayun Kabir on Saturday termed the arrest of a former candidate of his ally AIMIM for the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda as "unjust and politically motivated".He claimed that the police had actually arrested the person who "helped...

New Delhi, April 4: In the lead-up to the West Bengal Assembly elections, the BJP has welcomed recent action against Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders accused of intimidating voters, calling it a sign that the elections will be "free and fair."Amit Malviya, Chief of the BJP's Information...

New Delhi, April 3 As the Parliament is set to meet again to pass bills to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 816 so that the women's reservation law can be implemented at the earliest, TMC leader Derek O'Brien questioned the absence of the proposed legislation's draft.In a...

Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal), April 3 – Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar, on Friday, expressed his concerns about the arrest of AIMIM leader Mofakkarul Islam by the West Bengal Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for allegedly being the mastermind behind the harassment of...

Gazole (WB), April 3 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday mocked Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s announcement that he would be stationed in the state for 15 days, stating that even 365 days would not help the BJP because “the people of Bengal do not like you.”Addressing a rally...

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, blamed the AIMIM and ISF for the gherao of judicial officers in Malda district and accused the Congress and the BJP of instigation.She stated that the mastermind behind Wednesday's gherao of the judicial officers in Mothabari, Malda district...

Kolkata, April 3 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Friday accused the Narendra Modi government of causing hardship to people through the "mismanagement" of issues such as LPG supply, demonetisation, SIR hearings, and the lockdown.Addressing an election rally in West Bengal's Purulia...

Kolkata, April 3 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in the state, its division through the rearrangement of Assembly constituencies will be inevitable."The BJP is planning to divide West Bengal by rearranging...

Harirampur (WB), Apr 3 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday blamed AIMIM and ISF for the gherao of judicial officers in Malda district and accused the Congress and the BJP of instigation.Stating that the mastermind behind Wednesday's gherao of the judicial officers for several...

Kolkata, April 2 – The Election Commission has handed over the investigation into the gherao of seven judicial officers involved in the Special Intensive Revision exercise in Malda, West Bengal, to the NIA. This incident has plunged the state into further turmoil, with both the TMC and the BJP...

Kolkata, April 2 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday turned BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s nomination filing from Bhabanipur into a high-voltage political spectacle, claiming he had a “shortcut” to bring about “paribartan” (change) in West Bengal, defeating Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in...

Kolkata, April 2 – Tension escalated outside the office of the state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Thursday as Trinamool Congress workers and supporters staged a protest over multiple allegations regarding Form 6.The protest began on Tuesday. The situation became tense on Thursday as...

Kolkata, April 2 BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination for Bhabanipur in West Bengal on Thursday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, turning the contest in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's political stronghold into the centerpiece of the assembly elections.For the BJP...

Kolkata, April 2 – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, in a virtual meeting on Thursday, directed the West Bengal Police to ensure the arrest of every individual responsible for harassing the seven judicial officers at Kaliachak in Malda district by midnight.At the meeting, West...