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Bengal polls: BJP, TMC workers clash over tearing of posters in Kolkata

A clash broke out between members of TMC and the BJP in Chetla area of Kolkata, considered to be the bastion of senior state minister Firhad Hakim, after posters of a party candidate were found torn

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

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

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

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

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 and make Kolkata the financial hub of Eastern India, senior party leader Amit Malviya said on Thursday. He also said that a Rs 2,500 crore fund will be set up for promotion of the annual Ganga Sagar Mela. Speaking to reporters on certain points of the party's poll manifesto in Kolkata, the national in-charge of the BJP's Information & Technology department said that the party has several plans to develop West Bengal and preserve its culture and heritage. "We have drawn up plans to make Kolkata the financial hub of the East in the next five years. A corpus of Rs 300 crore will also be set up for the development of Information Technology parks, besides the existing ones," he said. He said that plans are also there to create a fund of Rs 22,000 crore for the upgradation of Kolkata's infrastructure, while Rs 1,500 crore will be spent for setting

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

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

2 more Maharashtra ministers will have to quit in 15 days: BJP's Patil

Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil on Thursday claimed two more state ministers will have to resign in 15 days and that the state was a "fit case for President's rule"

Shah promises rapid industrialisation, predicts huge win for BJP in Bengal

Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a series of colourful road shows in three districts of south Bengal on Wednesday, promising rapid industrialisation if BJP is voted to power

I am a Bengal tigress, will break but won't bend: Mamata Banerjee

Lashing out against the rival BJP ahead of the fourth phase of the West Bengal elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she is a 'Bengal tigress', who will not bend in front of BJP's attacks

BJP to win 63-68 seats in first three phases in West Bengal: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the BJP is confident of winning 63 to 68 seats in the first three phases of elections held in West Bengal so far

BJP first supported govt on Covid-19 curbs, now opposing: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut hit out at the opposition BJP for criticising the Maharashtra government after initially supporting it over the restrictions imposed by it to check the spread of Covid-19

BJP traders' outfit protests against Maha govt's coronavirus curbs

Several shopkeepers under the aegis of the BJP Vyapaari Aghadi staged protests in parts of Nagpur against Maharashtra government's directive to shut establishments selling non-essential commodities

WB polls: Amit Shah holds road show in Singur, assures industrialisation

Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a colourful road show, once a hot spot of the anti-land acquisition movement, and promised rapid industrialisation of the area if BJP is voted to power

Not hatred but love will make India a world leader, says Digvijaya Singh

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, on Wednesday, accused the BJP and the RSS of spreading hatred among different religious communities

Central agencies being misused to target political rivals: Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena on Wednesday claimed that the law and central investigation agencies were being misused to corner political rivals