Kolkata, April 9 Ratna Debnath, the mother of the raped and murdered doctor at RG Kar hospital and the BJP candidate from Panihati, filed her nomination papers on Thursday.She was accompanied by senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Smriti Irani and district party leaders.Speaking to...
Kolkata, April 9 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP of deleting the names of over 90 lakh people from the voter lists to seize power in the state and asserted that her party will win the upcoming elections.Addressing a public rally in Minakhan, North 24...
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Haldia (West Bengal), April 9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Thursday, after a two-hour delay due to inclement weather, to address his first of three election rallies in West Bengal.Several parts of southern Bengal, including Kolkata, have been experiencing rain since morning...
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Kolkata, April 8 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will intensify the BJP's election campaign in West Bengal on Thursday with rallies in Haldia, Asansol, and Siuri.The choice of venues underscores the BJP's attempt to consolidate its support in areas where it has made significant gains, while also...
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Alipurduar (WB), April 8 BJP chief Nitin Nabin on Wednesday alleged the Mamata Banerjee-led government had snatched land that rightfully belonged to the people of West Bengal and given it to infiltrators, changing the state's demographics.Addressing an election rally in north Bengal's...
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Kolkata, April 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday criticized the BJP and the Election Commission over the deletion of voters' names during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and said her party would move court again to resist the removal of electors from the...
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Guwahati, August 8 The high-stakes elections to the 126-member Assam assembly will be held on Thursday, with most seats expected to witness a direct contest between the BJP-led NDA and the opposition coalition led by the Congress.The BJP is aiming for a third consecutive term in power in these...
Kolkata, April 7 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday accused the BJP-led Centre of undermining the “pride and self-esteem” of the Rajbanshi community in north Bengal by failing to fulfill key election promises.Addressing a meeting in the Natabari Assembly constituency in Cooch Behar...
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Kolkata, April 7 TMC candidate from Habra and former West Bengal minister Jyotipriya Mallick has declared assets worth over Rs 1.97 crore in his election affidavit, along with an annual income exceeding Rs 38 lakh, according to official records.Popularly known as 'Balu', Mallick, who was...
Kolkata, April 7 Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday accused the TMC government in West Bengal of diverting central funds towards party activities, asserting that the state's education system has been "destroyed".Pradhan was addressing the media at Kolkata's Kalighat temple, where he...
New Delhi, April 6 TMC MP Derek O'Brien accused the BJP of mocking Parliament on Monday after the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha rejected separate notices from opposition members to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his...
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Kolkata, April 6 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended the Inspector-in-Charge (IC) of the Naihati police station, who is under the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, for allegedly taking the Chairman of the Naihati Municipality, a...
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Kolkata, April 6 Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday attacked BJP's Siliguri MLA Shankar Ghosh, alleging discrepancies in his injury claims.At a rally in Siliguri, Banerjee presented social media photos from last year and urged voters to "verify the truth" in what he...
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Kolkata, April 6 The value of Udayan Guha's movable assets, the TMC candidate for the Dinhata constituency in north Bengal's Cooch Behar district, has increased by Rs 1.86 crore over the past five years, according to his 2026 election affidavit.Guha's annual income in the financial year...
Kolkata, April 6 Echoing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of remaining silent over the threat by Pakistan’s defence minister to attack Kolkata.Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif had on Saturday...
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Rampur (UP), April 6 Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday criticized the Congress and the Left, saying that those who are embracing each other in Delhi are busy "oppressing" each other in the politically sensitive state of Kerala.Addressing a BJP Foundation Day programme here, Naqvi...
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Kolkata, April 6 The Kolkata Police have filed an FIR against TMC candidate from the Behala West Assembly constituency, Ratna Chattopadhyay, and six others in connection with alleged vandalism in the Parnasree area of South Kolkata, officials said on Monday.The case was registered on April 5...
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Cooch Behar, Apr 5 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies would start benefiting them from the 2029 parliamentary polls, as he sought to weaken West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's strongest electoral...
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Kolkata, April 4 Attacking the BJP over its "double engine" strategy, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday alleged that while one engine runs on misusing democratic institutions, the other runs on recruiting "local agents" like AIMIM, ISF and AJUP to create "communal discord".Banerjee said...
Kolkata, April 4 – The CPI(M)'s brief alliance with Humayun Kabir's Aam Janata Unnayan Party was seen by many as undermining the Left's secular credentials.Clarifying the CPI(M)'s awkward courtship attempt with Kabir's outfit, Left leader Md Salim said the one-on-one talks were aimed at...