Kolkata, March 28 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of "deliberately blurring" the distinction between Bengali-speaking Indians and Bangladeshi infiltrators for political gain.His statement triggered a sharp counterattack from the...
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New Delhi, March 28 Top Congress leaders held detailed discussions on the party's candidates for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections during a meeting of the Central Election Committee (CEC) here on Saturday.A senior Congress leader said after the meeting that the party will contest all...
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New Delhi, March 28 Top Congress leaders held detailed discussions on the party's candidates for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections during a meeting of the Central Election Committee (CEC) here on Saturday.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi...
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Suri (WB), March 28 A fire broke out at a corner of a stage shortly after a political rally by senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Saturday, officials said.Banerjee and other leaders had left the stage in Labhpur and were on their way out of the venue when...
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Guwahati, March 28 – The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has achieved significant milestones in railway electrification during the 2025–26 financial year, covering key sections across Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Saturday.NFR Chief Public...
Patna, March 28 – Dinesh Lal Yadav, popularly known as Nirahua, made a strong political statement on Saturday regarding the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to form the next government in the state.Speaking to the media at...
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Gangtok, March 28 Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang met Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Saturday.The two leaders met in Siliguri, in northern West Bengal.Tamang said that during Acharya's tenure as the governor of Sikkim, he served as a guiding force and a guardian for both...
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Kolkata, March 28 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday replaced five police observers from other states who had been appointed for the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal next month.Of the five observers removed, one is Jayant Kant, an Indian Police Service...
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Kolkata, March 28 – Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday released the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) 35-page “white paper” on the 15 years of the Trinamool Congress rule in West Bengal, highlighting five major issues: “infiltration,” “systemic corruption and institutional collapse,” “economic and...
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westbengal
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Kolkata, March 28 – As many as 30 people have been arrested by the West Bengal Police in connection with the tension and violence that erupted over a Ram Navami procession in Jangipur, a minority-dominated district in Murshidabad, an official said on Saturday.Although the situation was quickly...
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westbengal
Kolkata, March 28 The Trinamool Congress on Saturday issued a strong rebuttal to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's "chargesheet" against the Mamata Banerjee government, accusing the BJP of attempting to polarize the people of West Bengal, which is heading for elections, and evade accountability...
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Kolkata, March 28 Union Home Minister Amit Shah defended the Election Commission's large-scale transfer of IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal on Saturday, alleging that many officials in the state were functioning as "cadres" of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and were unable to work...
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Kolkata, March 28 Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday described the BJP as a party of "rioters" and accused it of instigating violence during Ram Navami rallies in the state.Addressing a poll rally in Birbhum district's Labhpur, the de facto number two in the TMC, said that...
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chhat puja
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kali puja
murshidabad district
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stone-pelting
trinamool congress
vandalism
westbengal
Kolkata, March 28 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday sharpened the BJP’s campaign pitch for the West Bengal assembly polls, releasing a "charge sheet" against the TMC government and framing the election as a battle not merely for Bengal, but for the country’s security.Launching a...
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siliguri corridor
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Kolkata, March 28 – Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should explain why West Bengal is the only state in the entire country where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has faced so many difficulties, leading the Supreme Court to ultimately order judicial adjudication, Union Home Minister...
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political accusations
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voter lists
westbengal
Kolkata, March 28 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday intensified the BJP's campaign for the West Bengal Assembly elections by publishing a "chargesheet" against the TMC government, framing the election as a battle not just for the state, but for the country's security.Addressing the...
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vote-bank politics
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Kolkata, March 28 – Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have been conducting simultaneous raids and searches in various locations in West Bengal since Saturday morning, including the state capital of Kolkata and its outskirts, in connection with a land scam case.Sources aware of the...
Kolkata, March 28 – Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, will release a "chargesheet" or a "White Paper" against the West Bengal government and the ruling Trinamool Congress on Saturday.The Union Home Minister will address the media at 12 noon on Saturday and will then release the "White Paper".A...
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trinamool congress
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Kolkata, March 28 Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Saturday unveil a compilation of the BJP's allegations against the TMC government in West Bengal ahead of the state assembly elections, a senior party leader said.The document, titled 'Abhiyognama' or 'charge sheet', compiles alleged...
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education sector
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state assembly elections
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Kolkata, March 27 The Election Commission released the second supplementary list under the Systematic Area Verification (SAV) process for electoral rolls in West Bengal on Friday night, an official said.However, the poll panel did not provide details on the total number of deletions or...