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EC lets off BJP's Suvendu Adhikari with a light rap for 'mini-Pak' remark

The Election Commission has let off BJP candidate from West Bengal's Nandigram Suvendu Adhikari with a light rap for his "mini-Pakistan" remark made at a public meeting last month

Mamata Banerjee stages dharna in Kolkata to protest 24-hr campaign ban

Banerjee on Tuesday staged a 3.5-hour-long dharna in the heart of the city

EC's decision to ban Mamata from campaigning taken at behest of BJP: Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday alleged that the Election Commission's decision to bar West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours was taken at the behest of the BJP

Best of BS Opinion: Board rules for fair play, bloodshed in Bengal & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee barred from campaigning for 24 hrs

This is in connection to her remarks against central forces and a statement which had alleged religious overtones

Bloodshed in Bengal

Violence has become a tragic fixture of state politics

Politically ban those threatening more Cooch Behar-like killings: Mamata

This was an apparent jibe at state BJP leaders

LIVE: BJP will end political, election violence in Bengal, says Amit Shah

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Will resign only if people of Bengal ask me: Shah on Cooch Behar killings

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that he is ready to resign from his post only if the people of West Bengal ask him to do so.

Cooch Behar firing: An attempt to intimidate voters, says Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday claimed that the tragedy in Cooch Behar was the "result of a conspiracy" hatched by the saffron party

Cooch Behar firing: Gloom descends on village as bodies taken for burial

A pall of gloom prevailed at Jorepatki village on Sunday as the bodies of four persons, who died when CISF personnel opened fire

Mamata's advice instigated people to attack CISF in Sitalkuchi: Amit Shah

Amit Shah launched a scathing attack against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Cooch Behar killings: Will give reply of bullets with ballots, says Mamata

A day after the killings of four people in Cooch Behar by the central forces during the fourth phase of polling, Mamata Banerjee said that people will give reply of the bullets with ballots.

Mamata terms Cooch Behar killings as 'genocide', attacks PM Modi, Amit Shah

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called the Prime Minister and Home Minister of the country 'incompetent'

Bengal Polls LIVE: CRPF opened fire to save lives of voters, says EC

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE updates: Phase 4 voting today in 44 constituencies. Nine of them are in Howrah, 11 in South 24 Parganas, five in Alipurduar, nine in Cooch Behar and ten in Hooghly

Modi to Mamata: Inciting people against central forces won't save you

Modi said that inciting people against the central forces and creating hindrances in the poll process won't be able to save you Didi (Mamata)

Mamata replies to EC notice, says she did not violate Model Code of Conduct

Mamata Banerjee on Saturday replied to Election Commission's notice to her against her remarks on Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)

Mamata asks for Shah's resignation as central forces kill 4 during polling

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday sought Union Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation

'Modi, Mamata equally popular' in WB: Prashant Kishor in alleged audio clip

A controversy erupted on Saturday amid the polling for 44 assembly seats in West Bengal

Mamata appeals for calm, alleges CRPF opened fire on voters standing queue

Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged armed central police shot dead people standing in a queue to vote in Sitalkuchi