Nandigram

The Trinamool Congress and BJP mourned the 2007 killing of 14 persons protesting a planned chemical hub here on Saturday by holding rival functions, exchanging political barbs. Interestingly both programmes, held at a distance of barely 100 meters were held under the banner of Bhumi Uchhed Protirodh Committee (BUPC or Land Disposition Protest Committee), which supported by Mamata Banerjee had put up a stiff resistance to the government's plans to acquire fertile land near the sea for a proposed chemical hub by MNCs. TMC state general secretary and spokesperson Kunal Ghosh chose to attack opposition BJP and its Nandigram lawmaker Suvendu Adhikari, an erstwhile TMC leader who defected to the saffron party ahead of the 2021 state election, while paying floral tributes at a memorial there. "CPI-M harmads (goons) who were behind the massacre have now turned saffron. Suvendu Adhikari has done a great disservice to the people of Nandigram by joining hands with those who were behind the .

BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Friday said like Nandigram, the party will win in Bhabanipur bypolls as well

Admitting West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's petition for hearing, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed that notice be served upon Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari

Releasing the election petition of Banerjee, Justice Chanda said that he was doing so in order to thwart at the outset attempts by trouble-mongers to keep the controversy alive.

In the high-stakes 294-seat state polls, Banerjee's TMC registered its best performance ever, wining or leading in 217 seats and bagging a vote share of 48% as at the time of publication

Striving to prove that 'Bangla nijer meyekei chaye' (Bengal wants its own daughter), West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has won from the Nandigram constituency by a narrow margin of 1,200 votes

The SC refused to entertain a plea seeking direction for investigation by an independent agency into the March 10 incident where Bengal CM sustained a leg injury after an alleged attack in Nandigram

The Election Commission has rejected her claim about the presence of outsiders at a polling booth in Nandigram as "factually incorrect" and "devoid of substance"

Over one-fourth of the booths registered a polling percentage above 90

Banerjee on Friday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that she does not need his "suggestion" on contesting from any other seat.

The TMC urged the Election Commission to take immediate action against the offenders.

A media vehicle was vandalised in Nandigram by unidentified miscreants

As soon as Banerjee reached Boyal, BJP supporters started chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans

Voting in Nandigram is underway amid multiple allegations of disruptions by the Trinamool Congress

In the Boyal area in Nandigram, villagers alleged that BJP supporters had stopped them from going to the polling booths

Javadekar refused to answer another question on West Bengal polls, saying the press meet was for the Dadasaheb Phalke award

Banerjee decided to stay at her war room during the polls in the Nandigram assembly constituency where she is locked in a fierce prestige battle with confidante-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari

Polling began at 7 am on Thursday for 30 constituencies, including the high-profile Nandigram seat, in the second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections amid tight security, officials said

Elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly is being conducted in eight phases

The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC in Nandigram assembly constituency in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district