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- India
Boycott BJP socially and politically, TMC’s Abhishek urges people
Kolkata: The political temperature in West Bengal rose sharply on Friday, March 6, with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee calling for a “social and political boycott” of the BJP, while accusing…
- India
Centre pushing Matuas into uncertainty over citizenship: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, March 5, alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre was pushing members of the Matua community into “uncertainty and confusion” in the…
- India
Bengal braces for post-SIR rolls on Saturday
Kolkata: When West Bengal’s post-SIR electoral rolls are published on Saturday, February 28, it will not only update a list of over seven crore voters, but also reflect months of political confrontation,…
- India
Mamata condoles Mukul Roy’s death, recalls long political association
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday, February 23, expressed grief over the demise of veteran leader Mukul Roy, describing him as a long-time political colleague and co-fighter in many…
- India
Huge victory for the people: TMC hails SC order on judicial officers in SIR
Kolkata: The political war over the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls escalated on Friday, February 20, with the ruling TMC hailing the Supreme Court’s decision to deploy judicial officers in the exercise…
- India
Bengal SIR: Application against CM Mamata’s personal appearance in SC
An application has been filed against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s personal appearance in the Supreme Court in relation to last week’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing against the Election Commission…
- Hyderabad
Interview: Mamata should be Congress president, says ex-Manmohan advisor Sanjaya Baru
Hyderabad: As the media advisor to former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Sanjaya Baru has been critical about the centralisation of power in the Congress, especially as the party is up against the relentless…
- India
Mamata calls EC ‘WhatsApp Commission’, urges SC to save democracy
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, February 4, called the Election Commission of India (ECI) a “WhatsApp Commission,” alleging the poll body issued informal orders through the messaging platform to booth-level…
- India
West Bengal CM reaches SC ahead of hearing on pleas against SIR
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, February 4, reached the Supreme Court ahead of a crucial hearing on the petitions challenging the Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision…
- Kolkata
Mamata Banerjee turns to poetry to protest against SIR
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing political and legal battle against the special intensive revision of electoral rolls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has adopted an unusual form of protest, authoring 26…
- India
SC to hear Bengal’s plea against SIR; Mamata may attend proceedings
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday, February 4, a plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in…
- India
Mamata Banerjee to meet CEC in Delhi today on SIR issue
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be meeting the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at the Election Commission of India (ECI) headquarters in New Delhi on Monday. She…
- India
Will take SIR fight to Delhi sooner rather than later: CM Mamata
Singur: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared she would take her fight against the ongoing SIR exercise to Delhi sooner rather than later, after a last-minute rescheduling of her travel plans…
- India
SIR: Openly display names of people on ‘discrepancies’ list, SC tells EC
The Supreme Court on Monday, January 19, directed the Election Commission (EC) to display the names of those on the “logical discrepancies” list at gram panchayat bhavans, block offices of talukas and…
- India
BLO hospitalised, TMC blames ‘constant SIR workload’
Kolkata: A Booth Level Officer (BLO) in South 24 Parganas district involved in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been hospitalised for a brain stroke, an official said on Sunday.…