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Assam elections: Around 20 Congress-AIUDF candidates shifted to Jaipur

Around 20 candidates of the Congress-AIUDF alliance in the Assam Assembly polls were shifted to a hotel in Jaipur on Friday

BJP to get around 84 seats in Assam, claims Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Minister and top BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that the party would get around 84 seats against the earlier target of 100 plus in the 126-member assembly

Shah campaigns in Mamata's backyard Bhabanipur for actor Rudranil

Bhabanipur assembly constituency is considered to be a backyard of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Battle of nerves between TMC, BJP amid changing equations in North Bengal

North Bengal, with its 54 seats, has all the wherewithal to be a game-changer this election, with the BJP striving hard to hold its fort in the region, and the TMC seeking to recover its lost ground

High-stake 'Khela' in WB: Top leaders, celebrities in Phase-IV battleground

From heavyweight leaders to celebrities, stakes are high in the fourth phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections that will be held on Saturday

EC notice to Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over remarks against central forces

The EC has issued a notice to Mamata Banerjee for her prima facie "completely false, provocative and intemperate statements" against central armed police forces deputed on election duty in the state

Bengal polls: 'Is Mamata pushing people towards anarchy', asks Amit Shah

Hitting out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her remarks on the Central Forces, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday questioned whether she was pushing people towards anarchy

Mamata's fulminations against CAPF betrays frustration: Amit Shah

Coming down hard on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Home Minister Amit Shah said her fulminations against central forces betrayed frustration over "impending defeat" in the Assembly elections

WB polls: EC notice to Mamata Banerjee over remark on central forces

The EC has issued a notice to West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee for her alleged statements against central armed police forces deputed on election duty in the state

WB: TMC worker accuses BJP of attacking its candidate from Mathabhanga

Girindra Nath Barman, the TMC candidate from Mathabhanga, was attacked by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers while he was returning from election campaign, alleged TMC workers

Election fever? States holding elections slow down Covid-19 testing

Most states have either pulled back on testing or not increased it enough to account for rising infections. Kerala reduced its daily testing by a fifth

WB assembly polls: Amit Shah to hold 4 public programs in West Bengal today

Ahead of West Bengal's phase IV elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold four public programs in the state on Friday

EC notice to Suvendu Adhikari for communal overtones in his speech

The Election Commission on Thursday issued a notice to Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP candidate from Nandigram in West Bengal, for alleged communal overtones in his speech made last month.

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.

BJP to repair old temples of Bengal, pay stipend to priests: Amit Malviya

The BJP, if voted to power, will renovate old temples, pay Rs 3,000 to 'purohits' (priests) and elderly kirtan singers per month, senior party leader Amit Malviya said on Thursday.

BJP will return to power in Assam: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal exuded confidence that the BJP would win the just-concluded assembly elections and form a government for the second consecutive term

EC can serve 10 notices, I'll oppose communal division of voters: Mamata

Asserting that she would continue to raise her voice against any attempt to divide voters on communal lines, Mamata Banerjee said the EC may serve 10 notices on her but she won't change her stance

No 'paribartan' in West Bengal under Trinamool Congress : Yogi Adityanath

Adityanath derided the TMC for failing to bring in any positive change in the ten years that it has been in power

WB polls: Take money offered by BJP, vote for TMC, says Abhishek Banerjee

Alleging the BJP was distributing cash to purchase votes, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee asked people to vote in favour of his party, after having taken the money being offered by the saffron camp

Bengal polls: BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty's roadshow disallowed in Behala

The BJP was denied permission to hold a roadshow of Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty, who had recently joined the saffron camp, in Behala area