bengal polls
- India
Centre, EC, Mamata govt to file response on Bengal post poll violence
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea for a court monitored SIT probe into post-poll violence in West Bengal. A…
- Opinions
Opinion: Didi or Dada, will Bengal be the loser?
Kingshuk Nag Whether it is Didi or Dada, West Bengal will be the loser in the high decibel assembly election that is presently on and drawing massive national attention. If Didi’s Trinamool…
- Elections
Mamata demands Amit Shah’s resignation after 4 people were killed in Cooch Behar
Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday sought Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation over firing by central forces at Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar, killing four people. Banerjee, speaking at a public…
- India
Highest force deployment for fourth phase of Bengal polls
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India has decided to deploy 789 companies of Central forces — the highest force concentration so far — in the fourth phase of elections in West Bengal when…
- Elections
Bengal polls: Mamata visits booths amid reports of jamming
Nandigram: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited several booths across the high-profile Nandigram constituency, where she is pitted against her protege-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP, as sporadic incidents…
- Elections
Amit Shah holds roadshow in Nandigram amid ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chants
Nandigram: In a show of might ahead of the second phase of West Bengal elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday held a massive roadshow in the high- profile Nandigram constituency. Standing…
- Politics
Giriraj not among star campaigners for Bengal polls
Patna: BJP’s firebrand leader and Union Minister Giriraj Singh has not been included in the list of star campaigners for West Bengal Assembly elections. When Singh reached Patna late Wednesday and was asked…
- India
BJP urges EC to deploy only central forces for Bengal polls
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday urged the Election Commission to deploy only Central Armed Police Forces for the West Bengal assembly polls to ensure “fairness, dignity and sanctity of the process”.…
