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Kolkata, March 17 In one of its biggest candidate reshuffles in recent elections, the ruling TMC dropped 74 sitting MLAs, nearly a third of its legislative strength, while announcing candidates for 291 of the 294 West Bengal assembly seats on Tuesday, signaling a calibrated anti-incumbency...

Kolkata, March 17 – The Trinamool Congress announced 291 candidates for the two-phase April elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday, effectively dropping almost all the leaders who had been under scrutiny by central agencies in various corruption cases. Nearly a fifth of the...

Kolkata, March 17 The political rivalry in Nandigram that defined West Bengal’s 2021 assembly polls is set to return to the forefront, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her former protégé, Suvendu Adhikari, competing in Bhabanipur, effectively making it the likely key battleground for the...

In Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee announced the candidates for 291 of the 294 West Bengal assembly seats, emphasizing a strategy of controlled change rather than relying on star power.The Mamata Banerjee-Suvendu Adhikari rivalry will intensify in Bhabanipur, where the chief minister will defend her...

Kolkata, March 17 – The Trinamool Congress released its first list of 291 candidates on Tuesday for the two-phase April elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly, setting the stage for a fierce battle in the Bhabanipur constituency in South Kolkata, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...

Kolkata, March 17 – A BJP leader from Suvendu Adhikari's constituency in Nandigram, joined the Trinamool Congress on Tuesday in the presence of the party's General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee.According to party insiders, Pabitra Kar is set to contest the Assembly elections from Nandigram on a...

Kolkata, March 17 A former BJP panchayat chief, who was known to be close to senior party leader Suvendu Adhikari, rejoined the ruling TMC on Tuesday amid speculation that he may be pitted against the leader of the opposition in the Nandigram constituency in the upcoming assembly elections...

Kolkata, March 17 Swapan Dasgupta, a leader of the BJP, has been nominated from Rashbehari, a wealthy neighborhood in South Kolkata, for the upcoming assembly elections. This nomination from Tarakeswar, a relatively quiet area in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, is seen as a homecoming for...

New Delhi/Kolkata, March 16 – The BJP on Monday released its first list of 144 candidates for the West Bengal assembly elections, setting the stage for a fierce battle, with senior leader Suvendu Adhikari contesting from both Nandigram and Bhabanipur, directly challenging Chief Minister Mamata...

New Delhi, March 16 – The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain an appeal filed by the West Bengal government challenging an order of the Calcutta High Court that had refused to stay the investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the violence at Beldanga in the...

Kolkata, March 16 – The first list of 144 candidates announced on Monday by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections to 294 constituencies in West Bengal next month reflects representation from a wide range of professions.However, unlike the 2021 West...

Kolkata, March 16 The TMC on Monday criticized senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari for contesting from two seats, saying it showed he was unsure of victory and suggested the saffron camp "can already see the writing on the wall."TMC spokesperson and state general secretary Kunal Ghosh told...

New Delhi/Kolkata, March 16 – The BJP on Monday released its first list of 144 candidates for the West Bengal assembly elections, setting the stage for the electoral battle. The list includes Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition, who is contesting from both Nandigram and Bhabanipur...

Kolkata, March 16 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its first list of 144 candidates for the two-phase elections to 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, scheduled for next month – April 23 and April 29.As widely predicted, the party has fielded Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of...

New Delhi, March 16 The BJP on Monday released its first list of 144 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, fielding Suvendu Adhikari from Bhabanipur in Kolkata, a seat currently held by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.According to the list, Dilip Ghosh will contest from...

Kolkata, March 16 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and senior West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari extended greetings to the Matua community on the 215th birth anniversary of the sect's spiritual leader, Harichand Thakur, on Monday.A Matua Dharma Mela is being...

Kolkata, March 16 Union Home Minister Amit Shah and senior West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari extended greetings to the Matua community on the 215th birth anniversary of the sect's spiritual leader, Harichand Thakur, on Monday.A Matua Dharma Mela is being organized in North 24 Paraganas...

Kolkata, March 15 West Bengal's Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said on Sunday that he would prefer to contest the upcoming assembly elections from the Nandigram seat, while not ruling out the possibility of fighting from other constituencies, including Bhabanipur, if directed by his...

Kolkata, March 15 As the BJP prepares for the West Bengal assembly elections as part of its effort to challenge the ruling TMC, several leaders, such as Suvendu Adhikari, are expected to play key roles in shaping its high-stakes campaign.From securing just about 4 per cent of the vote share in...

Kolkata, March 15 From securing just about 4% vote share in the 2011 assembly elections to emerging as the principal opposition with over 38% vote share in 2021, the BJP has significantly expanded its political presence in West Bengal. The party currently has 12 Lok Sabha MPs and more than 65...