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Tentulia (WB), April 10 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed that the BJP brought people from outside for the Assam elections as it was not confident of victory with the votes of the northeastern state's residents.Addressing an election rally at Tentulia in North 24...

New Delhi, April 9 As Assam voted on Thursday, and West Bengal will on April 23 and 29, one contentious issue that dominates all is that of infiltration – especially of Bengali-speaking Muslim migrants – from Bangladesh.Issues of identity, migration, and language in West Bengal and Assam are...

Ahmedabad, April 4 – Asaduddin Owaisi, Chief of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and MP, on Saturday, dismissed allegations that his party acts as a proxy for the BJP and criticised the Congress for failing to effectively counter the ruling party during his visit to Gujarat...

Guwahati, April 3 AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday alleged that both the BJP and Congress are two sides of the same coin, as neither of the parties wants a strong Muslim leadership in Assam.Addressing election rallies for the AIUDF candidates in Goalpara and Dhubri, the Hyderabad MP...

Guwahati, March 26 – Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia said on Thursday that the state unit of the ruling party “completely rejects” the existing National Register of Citizens (NRC), asserting that the party favours a fresh and error-free exercise to address long-standing concerns over illegal...

Guwahati, March 26 Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia on Thursday alleged that the Congress slogan of a ‘New Greater Assam’ is a “dangerous conspiracy” aimed at protecting the rights of ‘Miyas’ at the cost of indigenous people.He asserted that the saffron party was taking both visible and subtle...

New Delhi, March 25 AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday alleged that the government has been "caught off guard" in handling the "energy crisis" amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, as it failed to build adequate strategic petroleum reserves.The Hyderabad MP said that India is facing...

On Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a strong attack on the BJP, the Centre, and the Election Commission, accusing them of undermining democracy through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and warning that the next step could be attempts to strip people of...

Maynaguri (WB), March 25 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a strong attack against the BJP, the Centre, and the Election Commission on Wednesday, accusing them of undermining democracy and warning that the next step could be attempts to strip people of citizenship through the...

Kolkata, March 22 As the battle lines for the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections have become increasingly clear, the Trinamool Congress on Sunday launched an animated teaser titled 'Fighter Didi', portraying Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the last line of defence for the Bengali identity...

New Delhi, March 22 The notices moved by opposition MPs in Parliament seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar have accused him of “acting under the thumb of the executive”, besides blaming him for “mass disenfranchisement” through the SIR exercise, and raising questions...

Kolkata, March 20 Alleging that an "unofficial President's Rule" has been imposed in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed that people's citizenship could be "taken away" in the name of NRC and Census after the assembly elections in the state.Addressing reporters while...

Guwahati, March 15 With the schedule for the Assam assembly elections now out, a host of issues are likely to dominate the campaign rhetoric of political parties in the run-up to the polls.Infiltration: This has been a key issue in the state for decades, which led to the Assam agitation and...

Imphal, March 11 Hundreds of people, mostly women, staged a demonstration here on Wednesday, demanding that illegal immigrants be identified through the National Register of Citizens (NRC) or any other exercise before the census in Manipur, police said.A scuffle broke out between demonstrators...

New Delhi, February 23 – The ruling Trinamool Congress of West Bengal has intensified its political activities ahead of the state's upcoming Assembly elections, at a time when a multi-party contest for the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vote share seems inevitable.This includes conferring...