Kolkata, March 26 – Ram Navami in West Bengal on Thursday turned into a political contest, with the BJP highlighting its Hindutva agenda and the ruling TMC also celebrating the festival to prevent the saffron camp from dominating the religious narrative during the high-stakes assembly elections...
Kolkata, March 24 West Bengal's minority vote bank, the political bedrock that powered the TMC's rise and helped the party sustain through election battles in the past 15 years, is showing signs of change ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, with smaller Muslim outfits, a resurgent Congress in...
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Kolkata, March 16 – The prospects of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition party in West Bengal, to strengthen its position in the state assembly largely depend on the results from the 152 constituencies across 16 districts that will vote on April 23 in the first phase of the...
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Patna, March 7 – Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, on Saturday, dismissed the claims made by Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, an Independent Member of Parliament from Bihar's Purnea seat, regarding the alleged creation of a new Union Territory by merging districts of Bihar...
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Patna, March 7 Union Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai, on Saturday dismissed speculations that a move was afoot to form a new centrally administered territory by carving districts out of Bihar and West Bengal.Rai, who is also a former Bihar BJP president, responded to claims made by...
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Kolkata, March 2 Ahead of the announcement of the West Bengal Assembly poll schedule, the Election Commission on Monday released the district-wise list for the deployment of 480 companies of central forces across the state.While 240 companies of central forces have already reached the state...
Kolkata, February 15 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee extended greetings to the people on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri and highlighted her government’s efforts over the past 15 years to preserve religious harmony and renovate places of worship across communities.In a post on X...
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