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WB polls: EC bans Dilip Ghosh from campaigning for 24 hrs over his
Updated : 29 min ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 15 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday imposed a 24-hour ban on West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh from election campaigning for making "highly provocative and inciteful remarks" in connection with Sitalkuchi violence.
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Mamata urges EC to club remaining phases of Bengal polls amid surg
Updated : 45 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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Focus on Kolkata, BJP trying to regain legacy of its ideologue Shy
Updated : 1 hour, 6 min ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 15 (ANI): Seven decades after the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh Shyama Prasad Mookerjee represented the Calcutta South East Lok Sabha constituency, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is engaged in a vigorous battle to preserve his ideological legacy by
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WB polls: EC issues notice to BJP's Sayanatan Basu for inflammator
Updated : 1 hour, 5 min ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 15 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday issued a notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sayantan Basu for delivering an inflammatory statement, which is "an open threat to Bengal and its people".
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ECI denies plans to club remaining phases of Bengal polls amid ris
Updated : 2 hours, 46 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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WB polls: COVID positive Cong candidate dies at Kolkata hospital
Updated : 7 hours, 37 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 : 7 hours, 12 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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Mamata says 'khela hobe', people in Bengal say there will be sloga
Updated : 19 hours, 21 min ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], April 15 (ANI): Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani on Wednesday lashed out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying that while she talks of 'khela hobe', the people of the state are saying there will be
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Accusing BJP of spreading COVID-19 in West Bengal shows Mamata's f
Updated : 21 hours, 45 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday hit back on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her remarks that BJP has brought outsiders in Bengal and contributed to the rise in COVID-19 cases.
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WB polls: TMC delegation meets EC to complain against PM Modi, Ami
Updated : 22 hours, 21 min 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, 1 hour 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, 1 hour 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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