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West Bengal Polls: PM Modi slams TMC for 'insulting' SC community

Modi on Saturday slammed TMC for 'insulting' the Scheduled Caste (SC) community of the state.

West Bengal Assembly elections: In Singur, it's welfare schemes vs industry

In Singur, everyone is riding the industry plank in varying degrees. Banerjee, however, has her welfare schemes to rely on, and there are beneficiaries galore

High decibel campaign ends for fourth phase of polling in West Bengal

Campaigning for the high-decibel fourth phase of polling, for 44 assembly seats scheduled in five districts of West Bengal on April 10, ended at 5pm on Thursday. A total 1,15,81,022 voters including 58,82,514 men, 56,98,218 women and 290 members of the third gender, will decide the fate of 373 candidates in Friday's polling in constituencies spread over Howrah (Part II), South 24 Parganas (Part III), Hooghly (Part II) in south Bengal and in north Bengal's Alipurduar and Coochbehar. The polling will be held between 7AM to 6.30PM in 15,940 polling stations.At stake are nine assembly constituencies in Howrah, eleven in South 24 Parganas, five in Alipurduar, nine in Coochbehar and ten in Hooghly. Among those whose fate will be decided at the hustings are former Bengal Ranji captain Manoj Tiwary, TMC's candidate from Shibpur, state education minister and sitting MLA from Behala Paschim Partha Chatterjee and central minister Babul Supriyo of the BJP who has locked horns wit

BJP Bengal chief says TMC workers attacked his car in North Bengal

The BJP's West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday alleged that Trinamool Congress workers attacked his car with bombs and bricks

Assam and Bengal Assembly election results could stir up national politics

Whichever way the elections go, they should energise the anti-BJP parties to act concertedly. But there is no single national party that could play the sheet-anchor of a broad-based anti-BJP alliance

EC rejects Mamata's claim of disruption of polling at Nandigram booth

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"

BJP, Trinamool on 'joint mission' to ruin Bengal: Jaiveer Shergill

Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill alleged the BJP and the Trinamool Congress are on a 'joint mission' to ruin West Bengal

West Bengal polls: Mamata Banerjee's anti-BJP front bid gets tepid response

Banerjee said the time had come for a "united and effective" struggle against the BJP's 'attacks' on democracy and the Constitution

TMC writes to EC, alleges CRPF men misbehaved with Nandigram women voters

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

All eyes on Nandigram in second phase of West Bengal Assembly elections

All eyes will be on Nandigram on Thursday where TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is locked in a fierce prestige battle with confidante-turned- adversary Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP

West Bengal polls: BJP ministers doling out cash, says Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee is pitted against her one time loyalist-turned- rival Suvendu Adhikari of BJP in the high-profile Nandigram constituency that will go to vote on April 1

TMC, BJP brought West Bengal to ruins: Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya came down heavily on the ruling TMC and the BJP on Monday, accusing them of ruining the state and its secular credentials. Bhattacharya, 76, said it is only the Left-Congress- ISF alliance that can bring the state out of darkness. Noting that "the silence of a crematorium" prevails in Singur and Nandigram, he alleged that under the present dispensation, the state has gone backwards in agriculture, while no industry was established during its 10-year-tenure. Anti-land acquisition movements led by the Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee at Singur and Nandigram in 2007-08 had jolted the mighty Left Front government and laid the foundation of the TMC rule in West Bengal. "The conspirators of the devious play of that period are now divided in two groups engaged in mudslinging against each other," Bhattacharya said. Young people of Bengal have lost employment opportunities and the meritorious and skilled left f

West Bengal: Bitter war of words between Banerjee, Adhikaris in Nandigram

The poll campaigning at Nandigram reached its crescendo and there was a bitter war of words Monday between the main rivals - Trinamool Congress' Mamata Banerjee and BJP's Suvendu Adhikari

Why was Amit Shah silent during Hathras rape case: Mamata hits back

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday hit back at Amit Shah and asked why was the home minister silent during the Hathras rape case in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh

West Bengal polls: BJP faces stiff opposition over choice of candidates

Altercations over candidate selection affect the party's last-mile connectivity in West Bengal, writes Radhika Ramaseshan

Sporadic violence marks first phase of Bengal polls, 36% turnout till 11 am

Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from some areas in the first phase of assembly elections, even as the overall poll situation was peaceful with 36.09 per cent turnout recorded till 11 am

Bengal polls: BJP accuses TMC of creating disturbances at polling booths

BJP candidate from West Midnapore Samit Das alleged that Trinamool Congress is creating disturbances in the rural areas of the district as voting in the first phase of Assembly polls is underway

West Bengal polls: TMC delegation to meet CEO to raise 'serious concerns'

A delegation of Trinamool Congress will meet the West Bengal CEO at 12 noon on Saturday to raise 'some serious concerns', as polling for the first phase of state assembly elections is underway

West Bengal elections: Mamata urges people to vote in large numbers

As the polling for first of the eight-phase assembly polls in West Bengal began on Saturday morning, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called upon people of the state to vote in large number."I call upon the people of Bengal to exercise their democratic right by coming out and voting in large numbers," Mamata tweeted.An intense tussle of power has been witnessed between BJP and the ruling TMC, with both sides at loggerheads with each other on various issues in the poll-bound state. Several members from TMC have defected to BJP and vice versa.Sitting on a wheelchair, Mamata exerted her best efforts in the campaigns to testify her statement that a "wounded tigress becomes more aggressive".The West Bengal Chief Minister even termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah as Duryodhana and Dushasana.In the first phase, 30 seats covering all assembly constituencies from the districts of Purulia and Jhargram and a segment of Bankura, Purba Medinipur and ...

West Bengal assembly elections: Polling begins for 30 seats in first phase

Polling began at 7 am on Saturday for the 30 seats in the first phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal amid tight security