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Kolkata, April 7 – Raju Patra, the BJP candidate from the Galsi Assembly constituency in East Burdwan district of West Bengal, arrived on Tuesday to file his nomination on a bulldozer.His message was clear and forceful. He vowed to eliminate everything, from corruption and abuse to lack of...

Kolkata, April 7 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the BJP government at the Centre has "hurt the pride and self-esteem" of the Rajbanshi community in north Bengal by "failing" to honour the earlier promises made during election campaigns.Addressing a meeting at the...

New Delhi, April 7 The Election Commission may launch the third and final phase of intensive revision of voter lists in the remaining 22 states and Union territories, including Delhi, after the upcoming assembly elections this month, officials said.Assembly elections are taking place in...

New Delhi, April 7 The top 10% of rural households in India own 44% of the land, while 46% of rural households are landless, according to a working paper released by the World Inequality Lab.The paper, titled "Land Inequality in India: Nature, History, and Markets," further stated that the top...

New Delhi, April 7 The BJP on Tuesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of "spreading fear" among voters and alleged that the ruling TMC is obstructing free and fair elections in the state.Addressing a press conference here, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad countered...

Kolkata, April 7 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend seven campaign programmes in West Bengal this week, starting from April 9, amidst the crucial two-phase state assembly elections.“According to the tentative schedule fixed as of now on April 9, he might address three mega...

Kolkata, April 7 – Nearly 91 lakh voters have been removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal following a special revision exercise in the state, according to data released by the Election Commission.The election panel has not yet officially announced the final voter list after the...

New Delhi, April 7 The Election Commission has stated that exit polls cannot be conducted or disseminated from 7 am on April 9 until 6:30 pm on April 29 for the five assembly elections taking place this month.It has also cautioned that conducting or broadcasting exit polls during this period...

Kolkata, April 7 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the names of people belonging to the Matua and minority communities were deleted from the post-SIR voter rolls in the state.Addressing a rally at Chakdaha in Nadia district, Banerjee said that the TMC will...

Barrackpore (WB), April 7 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her government of pursuing "politics of appeasement", encouraging infiltration for vote-bank reasons, and pushing the state into an era of...

Patharkandi (Assam), April 7 Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated on Tuesday that a "change" is inevitable in West Bengal, and said that once the BJP comes to power in the state, all infiltrators will be sent back to their countries.Addressing an election rally here, he also claimed that the...

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 7 – Dilip Ghosh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Kharagpur Assembly constituency in West Bengal, accused the Trinamool Congress of using intimidation and suppressing opposition forces to secure electoral victories, stating that the party would gradually...

Kolkata, April 7 Nearly 91 lakh voters have been removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal following the Special Intensive Revision exercise in the state, according to data released by the Election Commission.The poll panel has yet to announce the final voter base for the state after the...

Hyderabad, April 7 Union Minister of State for Home, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, has accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of "facilitating" illegal infiltration for "vote-bank politics".Sanjay Kumar, who met Bengali families living in Hyderabad on Monday evening, urged them to reach out...

Hyderabad, April 6 Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday of "facilitating" illegal infiltration for "vote-bank politics".Sanjay Kumar, who met Bengali families living in Hyderabad on Monday evening, urged them to reach...

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...

Kolkata, April 6 Titagarh Naval Systems Ltd (TNSL) announced on Monday that it has received in-principle approval from the Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways for its brownfield expansion project in Falta, West Bengal.The proposed expansion project, under the Centre’s Shipbuilding...

Kolkata, April 6 – The Calcutta High Court on Monday quashed a first information report (FIR) filed by the West Bengal Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) against the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a coal smuggling case, which the central agency was investigating.The FIR...

New Delhi, April 6—The Supreme Court on Monday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the investigation into the incident in West Bengal’s Malda district, where seven judicial officers deputed for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls were allegedly held...