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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

'Khela shuru' in Bengal as first phase of assembly polls begins today

The 'Khela' (game) of power begins in West Bengal on Saturday with the beginning of the first of the eight-phase assembly polls in the state.

WB Assembly polls: Three injured in blast at TMC office in Bankura

At least three Trinamool Congress workers sustained injuries in a blast that took place at their party office in the Uttar Bar area of Bankura district.

West Bengal tops in Facebook political ad spend among poll-bound states

Besides West Bengal, Assembly elections will be held in three other states Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and in the Union Territory of Puducherry

West Bengal polls: Meet Ashok Lahiri, a catholic thinker in Hindutva's camp

If the BJP actually gets to form a government, Lahiri's name is at the top of several BJP lists for the post of finance minister

WB polls: TMC, BJP manifestos maintain focus on women, students, farmers

The BJP has also promised to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the very first year of its Cabinet

BJP releases West Bengal poll manifesto, promises 33% reservation for women

In the manifesto, the party promised a Sonar Bangla fund worth Rs 11,000 crore to promote art, literature and other such sectors, and a Tagore Prize on the lines of the Nobel Prize

Working behind the scenes: BJP's lesser-known go-getters in West Bengal

Barring exceptions, the "go-to" men are rooted in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its student front, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), and have since moved to the BJP organisation.

West Bengal polls: TMC replaces candidates in four Assembly constituencies

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday replaced candidates in Nadia district's Kalyani constituency, and three others

Mamata Banerjee's 'khela' will be over: PM Narendra Modi in Purulia

Referring to a slew of central schemes which the TMC government is yet to implement, Modi said,"We believe in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) while TMC believes in Transfer My Commission."

BJP announces 148 candidates for WB assembly polls, turncoats rewarded

BJP Thursday announced its list of 148 candidates for the last four phases of assembly election in West Bengal, rewarding around 20 turncoats and fielding party heavyweights Mukul Roy and Rahul Sinha

Bengal CM Mamata releases TMC manifesto, promises income for all

Banerjee on Wednesday unveiled a "development-oriented" manifesto for the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal

TMC demands cancellation of Suvendu Adhikari's candidature from Nandigram

Adhikari is pitted against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from Nandigram

Foot in the door, BJP pushes hard for upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls

BJP's battle for Bengal got serious after 2016, when it increased its vote share from 4.06 per cent to 10.16 per cent and won three seats

TMC govt will deliver ration at your doorsteps, says Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee said that Trinamool Congress (TMC) government will deliver free ration to the people of West Bengal at their doorsteps

TMC MLA Debashree Roy quits party after being denied poll ticket

Noted actor and two-time TMC MLA Debashree Roy on Monday quit the party

Suvendu, TMC locks horn over legacy of Nandigram movement

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday locked horns with his former party seeking to appropriate the legacy of Nandigram movement just days ahead of the assembly polls