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ECI may hike security personnel in Bengal to hold assembly polls peacefully

Eyeing to conduct the coming assembly polls in West Bengal peacefully, the ECI is mulling the option of deploying around 25 per cent more security personnel

In fight for Bengal's vote, debate on state's economy goes beyond Singur

With Assembly elections looming, the Trinamool Congress is highlighting its industry-friendly tag as the Bharatiya Janata Party vows to transform the state into an investment paradise

Bengal govt makes key poll appointments ahead of Election Commission visit

The full bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, will arrive in the state on Wednesday night on a two-day visit

Mamata to contest from 'lucky place' Nandigram as she takes BJP head on

Might contest from both, East Medinipur in Nandigram and Bhowanipore, in bid to achieve twin purposes of snubbing saffron outfit and showing solidarity with farmers

Preparations underway for Amit Shah's public rally in West Bengal on Jan 30

Shah will address a public meeting at Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas district, where the Matua sect holds sway in several constituencies

BJP will win over 200 seats in West Bengal Assembly polls: Prahlad Patel

Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel claimed the people of West Bengal are angry with the Mamata Banerjee government and the BJP will win over 200 of 294 seats in the state assembly elections

JP Nadda targets Mamata govt, says TMC working with criminal instinct

JP Nadda, ahead of the state elections targetted ruling TMC saying that it is working with criminal instinct as BJP has lost about 130 party officials, 300 supporters in Bengal

Nadda to launch rice collection programme in Bengal to woo farmers

This is Nadda's first visit to West Bengal after the attack on his convoy during his journey to Diamond Harbour from Kolkata on December 10

Rising quietly, organically

Shiv Sena and AIMIM are growing without engineering splits or defections

West Bengal's sports minister resigns, BJP says he's welcome to join

Shukla's resignation came months before the assembly election in the state and almost a fortnight after transport minister Suvendu Adhikari left the party and joined the BJP

Sourav Ganguly meets Dhankhar amid speculation of him joining politics

BCCI President and former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday held an hour-long meeting with West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, which sources at Raj Bhavan described as a "courtesy

BJP's New Year resolution is the same amid farmers' protest: Winning polls

Farmer protest & Bengal election are the party's first two challenges

Will work as a disciplined soldier of BJP to dislodge TMC: Suvendu Adhikari

Adhikari said, "In BJP we will work as a disciplined soldier of the party to dislodge TMC and put BJP in power in the assembly polls in 2021"

Assembly elections to cabinet reshuffle: Action-packed 2021 for govt, Oppn

This year wasn't exactly politically quiet, but the next promises to be far more intense with assembly elections, poll preparation and data protection on the cards

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Kishor dares BJP, says will quit Twitter if it crosses double digits in Bengal

The statement came a day after Home Minister Amit Shah's high-voltage West Bengal visit, which saw 34 TMC members crossing over to the BJP

Amit Shah blasts Mamata Banerjee govt over attack on Nadda's convoy

He alleged Banerjee had failed to control the law and order situation in the state, which was rapidly falling on all development indices

The million-dollar question: Can BJP dethrone Mamata in West Bengal?

Though the BJP is running too close for comfort, populist schemes and support among Muslims may help Mamata Banerjee overcome the challenge

You'll be alone, the scene will change by Assembly elections: Shah to Mamata

Noting that he was seeing an electoral Tsunami in West Bengal, Home Minister Amit Shah said the entire scene in Bengal would change by the time state elections would be held next year

Gurung slams BJP, iterates support to Mamata in next year's Bengal polls

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supremo Bimal Gurung iterated his support to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the 2021 state Assembly polls at a public rally in Alipurduar district on Sunday