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Mamata urges EC to club remaining phases of Bengal polls amid surg
Updated : 3 hours, 37 min ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 15 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday opposed the Election Commission's decision and urged it to conduct the remaining phases of the ongoing Assembly elections in a single phase in the view of surge in COVID-19 cases.
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ECI denies plans to club remaining phases of Bengal polls amid ris
Updated : 5 hours, 38 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): There are no plans to club the remaining phases of the West Bengal Assembly elections together, the Election Commission of India (ECI) clarified on Thursday, amid speculations in light of the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases across the country.
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US expected to sanction Russia, expel officials in response to ele
Updated : 9 hours, 48 min ago IST
Washington [US], April 15 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's administration is expected to announce sanctions targeting Russia in response to Moscow's alleged meddling in the Presidential elections and SolarWinds cyber intrusion.
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WB polls: COVID positive Cong candidate dies at Kolkata hospital
Updated : 10 hours, 30 min ago IST
Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], April 15 (ANI): Reaul Haque, the Congress candidate from Samsherganj Assembly Constituency in Murshidabad district of poll-bound West Bengal, succumbed to COVID-19 in the early hours of Thursday, sources close to the party said.
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350 porters at Petrapole demand permit to carry passengers' luggag
Updated : 10 hours, 5 min ago IST
Petrapole (West Bengal) [India], April 15: More than 350 porters of Petrapole, the last Integrated Check Post at the India-Bangladesh border that is to undergo polling on April 22, demand permit for carrying passenger's luggages like earlier till 'no man's land', which has been closed since
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Voting begins for first phase of UP Panchayat polls
Updated : 12 hours, 17 min ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 15 (ANI): Voting for the first of the four-phase Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections, commenced on Thursday in 18 districts. Polling, with ballot papers, began from 7 am and will go on till 6 pm with COVID-19 protocols in place.
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WB polls: TMC delegation meets EC to complain against PM Modi, Ami
Updated : 1 day, 1 hour ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): A delegation of Trinamool Congress (TMC), including party leaders Kalyan Banerjee and Derek O'Brien, met the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are making provocative statements and
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Bengal Assembly polls: High-decibel campaigning for phase V electi
Updated : 1 day, 4 hours ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 14 (ANI): The high-decibel campaigning for the fifth phase of the ongoing West Bengal Assembly elections concluded at 6 pm on Wednesday, as leaders of the political parties taking part in the high-stakes polls left no stone unturned to woo the voters of t
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BJP, RSS intensify hatred wherever they go, says Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 1 day, 4 hours ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], April 14 (ANI): Ahead of the fifth phase of elections in West Bengal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), saying they start intensifying hatred among people wherever t
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TMC's anti-Dalit face should be understood by West Bengal, says JP
Updated : 1 day, 5 hours ago IST
Purba Bardhaman (West Bengal) [India], April 14 (ANI): While commemorating BR Ambedkar's 130th birth anniversary, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Wednesday said people of West Bengal should understand the Trinamool Congress' (TMC) anti-Dalit face and cast them
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Delhi HC dismisses petition seeking postponement of DSGMC election
Updated : 1 day, 6 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking postponement of the elections of the members of Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) in view of the recent unprecedented spike of coronavirus cases in the national capital.
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Mamata assures culprits of Cooch Behar killings will be punished
Updated : 1 day, 9 hours ago IST
Cooch Behar (West Bengal) [India], April 14 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met the family members of those killed in the firing by central forces during the fourth phase of state assembly elections on April 10 and said the culprits will be punished no matte
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