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Politics
West Bengal polls: TMC announces list of 291 candidates
Kolkata: Announcing the name of the candidates for the West Bengal Assembly polls, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she will be contesting from the Nandigram constituency as announced…
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India
Shah, Nadda meet WB leaders to shortlist candidates
New Delhi, March 4 : Initial discussion to shortlist names of the party candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls started at BJP chief J.P. Nadda’ residence on Thursday.…
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India
Bombs recovered from ISF worker’s residence in West Bengal
South 24 Parganas: Ahead of West Bengal assembly elections, gun bombs and bomb-making equipments were recovered from the residence of fugitive Indian Secular Front (ISF) worker Ziarul Mollah followed by…
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Politics
Yogi Adityanath flays TMC for attempting to ban ‘Jai Sri Ram’ slogan in Bengal
Malda: Hitting out at the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday alleged that there has been an attempt to ban ‘Jai Sri Ram’…
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Politics
Bengali film actress Srabanti Chatterjee joins BJP
Kolkata: Popular Bengali film actress Srabanti Chatterjee on Monday joined the BJP. She was welcomed to the saffron camp by BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and the party’s state president,…
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West Bengal polls: With ISF joining Cong-CPM, AIMIM left hanging
Hyderabad: With the Indian Secular Front (ISF) formally joining the Congress-Communist Party of India (Marxist) alliance for the upcoming West Bengal (WB) elections, the All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has…
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BJP office vandalised in West Bengal, party alleges TMC for it
North 24 Parganas: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in the Baranagar area of North 24 Parganas district was vandalised on Friday night. The BJP alleged Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) role…
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Politics
AIMIM has no place in Bengal: Pirzada Toha Siddiqui
Hooghly: Days after Indian Secular Front (ISF) chief and Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui announced that his party will not oppose the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the upcoming…
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India
‘Pawri’ gets political: JP Nadda refers to Pakistan’s viral meme in poll-bound Bengal
Kolkata: After the film, television and sports personalities entertained the netizens with their own versions, Pakistan’s viral video ‘Pawri Ho Rahi Hai’ has finally reached the political battleground. And much…
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Politics
‘Will approach EC’: Owaisi to WB police over denial of permission for meeting
Hyderabad: Blasting West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee over being denied permission to hold a public meeting, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that he will be forced to approach…
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Photos
In pics: WB CM protest against hike in fuel price
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rides pillion on an electric scooter to reach Nabanna (State Secretariat) during a protest against the hike in fuel price, in Kolkata. (PTI…
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Business
L&T Construction bags large orders for power T&D business
Mumbai: As traditional power generation companies rapidly enhance renewable capacities in their portfolios, Larsen & Toubro’s construction arm has secured two engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) orders to establish more than 400 megawatt solar photovoltaic…
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India
CBI notice to TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s sister-in-law in coal pilferage case
Kolkata: The CBI on Sunday summoned TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s sister-in-law Menaka Gambhir in a coal pilferage case, sources said. Gambhir was served a notice by the central probe agency at…
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Owaisi to launch AIMIM’s Bengal campaign with rally in minority-dominated Metiaburuz on Feb 25
Kolkata: AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi will kick off his party’s election campaign in poll-bound West Bengal on February 25 with a rally in a minority-dominated Metiabruz area of the city.…
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India
Bengal govt reduces tax by Re 1 per litre on petrol, diesel
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Sunday announced a reduction of tax by Re 1 per litre on petrol and diesel effective from midnight. State Finance Minister Amit Mitra said the…
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World
Who is BJYM Bengal Secretary Pamela, nabbed in drugs case
New Delhi : Pamela Goswami, secretary of West Bengal Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM), who was arrested for allegedly possessing cocaine in Kolkata along with another, is a former model,…
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India
Over 200 dogs found dead in 3 days in Bengal town triggering panic
Bishnupur: Over 200 stray dogs have died in the last three days in Bishnupur town in West Bengal’s Bankura district, triggering panic among the people, officials said on Friday. While 60…
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Politics
After initial din, is AIMIM’s West Bengal campaign on backfoot?
Hyderabad: After making its mark by winning five seats in the Bihar assembly elections last year, the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has been preparing for the upcoming West…
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India
West Bengal: Chandannagar Police Commissioner Humayun Kabir resigns, may join TMC
Chandannagar: Chandannagar Police Commissioner Humayun Kabir resigned on Friday citing personal reasons, a senior official of the state government said. Kabir is likely to join the Trinamool Congress next month and…
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Politics
Mamata warns against attempts to instigate riots through fake videos on social media
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday warned against attempts by some people to instigate riots through fake videos on social media. Banerjee, who was addressing a government function…
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Mamata at Duare Sarkar programme
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a Duare Sarkar programme at Nabanna, state secretariat, in Kolkata, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (PTI Photo) Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata…
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Hyderabad News
Mamata Banerjee ‘insulted the nation’ by skipping speech at Parakram Diwas: TS BJP leader
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader NV Subhash on Sunday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying that she ‘insulted the nation’ by refusing to deliver her…
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Politics
Mamata hails from ‘demoness’ culture, has faulty DNA: BJP MLA
Ballia: BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s Bairia, Surendra Singh, on Sunday said West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee hails from a “demoness culture” and that her DNA is “defected”. Singh was…
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Opinions
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: A Congressman to the core
Venkat Parsa With eye on the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections due in April-May this year, the BJP has stepped up its efforts to appropriate the legacy of Netaji Subhash…
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Owaisi not a ‘Godfather’, don’t cast vote based on religion: Bengal Imam Association Head
Kolkata: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi is not a “Godfather” and people should not cast votes based on religion, the head of West Bengal Imam Association, Mohammad…
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Politics
The BJP is at the gates in West Bengal
By Prasenjit Bose Of the five States where Assembly elections are scheduled in 2021, the political battle in West Bengal is likely to become the most fierce, given the Bharatiya…
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India
BJP will struggle to cross double digits in West Bengal: Prashant Kishor
Kolkata: A war of words erupted between poll strategist Prashant Kishor and BJP’s National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya after the former predicted that the BJP will struggle to crosse “double…
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Amit Shah in Midnapore
**HANDOUT PHOTO MADE AVAILABLE FROM BJP ON SATURDAY, DEC. 19, 2020** Midnapore: Union Home Minister Amit Shah pays tribute to martyr Khudiram Bose, in Midnapore, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (PTI…
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Amit Shah in West Bengal
West Midnapore: Union Home Minister Amit Shah (R) with Subhendu Adhikary (2L), former TMC leader who joined BJP, during an election rally ahead of West Bengal Assembly polls 2021, in…
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Politics
By the time elections arrive, Mamata will be left all alone: Shah
Midnapore: Hitting out at the Mamata Banerjee government over continued political violence in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday claimed there will be more desertions to the BJP from…
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