Elections
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BJP wiped out Mamata’s govt in the first phase of polls: Amit Shah
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday, April 26, said the BJP will end “goonda raj” and “syndicate raj” in West Bengal if the party comes to power in the state.…
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Bengal polls: Mamata carries out padyatra in Kolkata’s Bhabanipur
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday, April 26, led a ‘padyatra’ in her Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in south Kolkata, accompanied by thousands of party supporters, as the election campaign…
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TMC will uproot BJP, come back to power Bengal with 225 seats: Abhishek Banerjee
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday, April 25, asserted that his party will return to power in West Bengal after winning 225-odd seats in the 294-member assembly. Addressing…
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ECI rules out re-poll in TN, West Bengal after scrutiny
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India on Saturday, April 25, said that no re-poll has been recommended in either Tamil Nadu or West Bengal after the completion of scrutiny of the…
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Rahul Gandhi to hold West Bengal rallies today after rescheduling dispute
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to address election rallies in West Bengal on Saturday, April 25, with public meetings scheduled in Kolkata and Serampore after an earlier setback when…
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No repoll recommended in any of Tamil Nadu’s polling stations
Chennai: No repoll has been recommended in any of the 75,064 polling stations across Tamil Nadu where voting was held on April 23, officials said on Friday, April 24. Sources citing officials…
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SC declines relief to 65 Bengal election duty officers whose names were deleted in SIR
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 24, refused to entertain pleas filed by several individuals from West Bengal, including 65 persons on election duty, against the deletion of their names…
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EC issues fresh post-poll guidelines for West Bengal assembly polls
Kolkata: The Election Commission issued a fresh set of post-poll guidelines for the West Bengal assembly elections, laying down strict protocols for handling surveillance cameras and video data after voting concludes, a…
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Congress deploys special teams for vote counting oversight in Assam
Guwahati: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has constituted seven specialised teams to oversee the vote counting process for the recently concluded Assembly elections in the state, with counting scheduled for May…
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High octane 1st phase polling concludes in Bengal, Tamil Nadu votes peacefully
Kolkata/Chennai: Voting began on Thursday, April 23, in 152 constituencies in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections and all 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, amid unprecedented security arrangements…
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Why have an election: Kapil Sibal slams EC, Gyanesh Kumar
New Delhi: Former law minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday, April 23, launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission, accusing it of carrying out an “experiment in disenfranchisement” in West Bengal and…
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Two states: India’s mega election in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu on April 22
Kolkata/Chennai: The drumbeats of democracy grow loudest when two major states vote simultaneously, and April 23 promises exactly that – a high-decibel electoral spectacle in West Begal and Tamil Nadu. In Tamil Nadu,…
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Calcutta HC stays EC order on action against ‘troublemakers,’ TMC says 500 held
Kolkata: A day before Assembly election in West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, April 22, stayed an order of an Election Commission-appointed police observer who termed several citizens “troublemakers” and directed…
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EC issues ‘stern notice’ to Congress chief Kharge for calling Modi ‘terrorist’
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday, April 22, took “serious note” of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “terrorist” and issued him with a…
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EC vows free, fair polls in West Bengal: CEC Kumar
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday, April 20, asserted that the Election Commission will leave no stone unturned in holding free, fair and transparent polls in West Bengal where…
