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West Bengal: BJP's Rahul Sinha files plea in Calcutta HC challengi
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 29 (ANI): BJP leader Rahul Sinha, who was the party's candidate from Habra Vidhan Sabha constituency during recently held West Bengal polls, filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, challenging the results where he got defeated by Trinamoo
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Mamata Banerjee's poll plea matter allocated to bench of Justice S
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 13 (ANI): After Justice Kausik Chanda recused himself from the hearing of the petition filed by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over Nandigram poll results, the matter has been allotted to the Bench of Justice Sampa Sarkar of Calcutta High Court.
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BJP's NV Subhash terms attack on NHRC team in Bengal as 'inhuman',
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 30 (ANI): Telangana senior BJP leader NV Subhash on Wednesday condemned the alleged attack on the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team which was probing post-poll violence in West Bengal and called it "inhuman and detrimental" for the country's dem
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Kolkata Police questions Mithun Chakraborty over controversial spe
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 16 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty was questioned by the Kolkata Police on Wednesday over a controversial speech during the Bengal election campaign.
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5-member Congress Committee submits initial reports to Sonia Gandh
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): A five-member Congress Committee has submitted an initial report to the Interim President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday in which they have stated their assessment on the party's performance in the recently concluded assembly elections.
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MHA asks report from WB Governor over law and order situation: Sou
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to send a report on the law and order situation in the state, said government sources on Thursday.
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PM Modi congratulates 'Mamata Didi' on taking oath as West Bengal
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on taking oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term.
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PM Modi dials WB Governor, expresses concern over law and order si
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 4 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him and expressed his "serious anguish and concern" at the alarmingly worrisome law and order situation in the state following the culmination of the ass
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'I have many platforms to use': Kangana post suspension of her Twi
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The Twitter account of Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut was 'permanently suspended' on Tuesday after she posted a series of tweets making derogatory remarks on the recent results of the West Bengal assembly elections.
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Take suo moto action to stop political recriminations in WB: Swapa
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India, May 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Swapan Dasgupta on Tuesday appealed to the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court to take suo moto action directing the administration to stop the wave of political recriminations in West Bengal following the ass
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Arrogance, might, money power lost in West Bengal: Kapil Sibal
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Following Trinamool Congress' thumping win in assembly elections in West Bengal, Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Monday said "arrogance, might, money power and using Jai Shri Ram for politics" lost the polls in the state.
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West Bengal polls: Mamata Banerjee wins from Nandigram
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 2 (ANI): Striving to prove that "Bangla nijer meyekei chaye" (Bengal wants its own daughter), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has won from the Nandigram constituency by a narrow margin of 1,200 votes.
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