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Trinamool Congress MLA Jitendra Tiwari joins BJP ahead of polls

Two-time party MLA from Pandabeswar in Paschim Barddhaman district and former Asansol mayor, Jitendra Tiwari, joined the BJP

Congress forms screening committee for West Bengal elections

The Congress on Tuesday constituted the party's screening committee for the eight-phased West Bengal Assembly polls starting March 27

Identity politics gaining ground in West Bengal ahead of assembly polls

The state will witness a communally charged electoral battle

PM Modi to address twenty rallies in West Bengal, six in Assam

The BJP is also gearing up to reach up to the expectations of local BJP unit to meet the demand of rallies

No coronavirus death in West Bengal for first time in nearly a year

No one died of the coronavirus in West Bengal in the last 24 hours -- a first since March 22 last year, the state Health Department said on Monday.

West Bengal polls: Left-Cong alliance yet to finalise seat-sharing deal

Congress leaders on Monday said that the parties are yet to finalise their seat-sharing arrangement, even as the state Assembly poll schedule has been announced

West Bengal polls: Trinamool Congress likely to drop several sitting MLAs

The Trinamool Congress is likely to axe several sitting MLAs from its candidate list

Bella Ciao to 'Khela Hobe': Bengal Election campaign takes a quirky turn

In the run-up to the election, even as political mercury is on the rise, the state is feeling the heat in another rather refreshing way - an unprecedented battle of songs

Police officers adopting unfair means to prevent fair Bengal polls: BJP

The BJP on Saturday lodged a complaint with the chief electoral officer of West Bengal

BJP begins selection process for candidates in poll-bound states, UT

Four states are due to go to polls

Bengal CM Mamata showers sops hours before poll date announcement

Mamata Banerjee showered sops for the people of Bengal in a bid to garner their support

Bengal needs vaccine against cut money, 'tolabaji'; BJP will give it: Nadda

Nadda aid that people of West Bengal need a vaccine against "cutmoney" and extortion and the TMC has to be sent for relaxation and the saffron party should be given work of running the govt

Bengal has to choose between development and cut money culture: Nadda

Nadda on Thursday sought to punch a hole in the TMC's main poll plank of Bengali pride and asked the people of the state whether they want to side with development or "cut money culture"

PM Modi biggest 'dangabaaz', worse fate than Trump awaits him: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday lambasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Bengal makes negative Covid report mandatory for travellers from 4 states

Amid a spike in coronavirus infections in Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana, the Bengal govt made it mandatory for passengers from these states to produce negative COVID-19 reports

BJP chief Nadda to launch poll manifesto crowdsourcing campaign in Bengal

Nadda will launch an election manifesto crowdsourcing campaign in West Bengal on Thursday

TMC worker killed, 2 injured in bomb attack in poll-bound Bengal

An activist of the ruling Trinamool Congress was killed and two others were injured when bike-borne assailants attacked them with bombs and bullets in Paschim Medinipur district

BJP leader Rakesh Singh arrested from Galsi while fleeing

West Bengal police arrested BJP leader Rakesh Singh from Galsi in Purba Bardhaman district, about 130 km from Kolkata, on Tuesday night

PM Modi inaugurates number of railway projects in poll-bound West Bengal

Modi inaugurated a slew of railway projects in poll-bound West Bengal on Monday amidst claims by TMC that they were announced by Mamata Banerjee during her tenure as railway minister.

WB FM accuses Amit Shah of spreading misinformation on fund disbursement

Amit Mitra on Sunday accused Amit Shah of giving misinformation about disbursement of funds by the Centre to the state during a political rally and challenged him for a debate