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TMC, BJP leaders to meet top electoral officer today over attack on Mamata

A Trinamool Congress delegation will hold a meeting with the Chief Electoral Officer in Kolkata over the Nandigram incident, in which state's CM Mamata Banerjee was allegedly attacked and injured

Senior officials visit area where Mamata Banerjee was allegedly attacked

Senior district officials visited the area in Nandigram where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was allegedly attacked while campaigning for the upcoming assembly elections

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stable; doctors to conduct more tests

Banerjee, who is undergoing treatment at a state-run hospital following the alleged attack on her in Nandigram is "stable" now

WB Assembly polls: TMC defers manifesto release after 'attack' on Mamata

Trinamool Congress has deferred its manifesto release scheduled for today following an alleged attack on party chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

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Mamata injured during campaign in Nandigram, alleges 'conspiracy'

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that she was injured in one of her legs after being allegedly pushed during the election campaign in Nandigram.

Poriborton without change

Mamata faces off against former disciple-turned-defector Adhikari in a very different contest in Nandigram. It's not land acquisition but an ego clash that has acquired, tragically, communal overtones

CPI(M) fields candidate in Nandigram against Mamata, Suvendu

The Congress-Left Front-ISF alliance on Wednesday chose CPI(M) youth wing state president Minakshi Mukherjee to contest from Nandigram seat where a war of titans is on the cards

Bengal Guv Dhankhar visits Mamata at hospital; faces TMC supporters ire

Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar reached SSKM hospital on Wednesday night to see an injured CM Mamata Banerjee, amid 'go back' slogans shouted by hundreds of the TMC supporters gathered there

West Bengal polls: Mamata files nomination from Nandigram assembly seat

Accompanied by TMC president Subrata Bakshi, Mamata Banerjee filed her papers at the Haldia sub-divisional office, after taking part in a 2-km roadshow

Multiple villages in West Bengal suffer acute water crisis, unemployment

More than 400 families of Kurmi Mahato, the Other Backward Class (OBC) community residing at Kalshi Bhanga have to trudge at least a kilometre to get drinking water

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West Bengal polls: Divisive politics won't work in Nandigram, says Mamata

Coming down hard on those calling her an outsider in Nandigram, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday for them people "coming from Gujarat" are insiders. Addressing booth-level TMC workers a day ahead of filing her nomination for the seat, Banerjee said people who had "sold their souls to outsiders from Gujarat" are insulting the Nandigram movement by playing the communal card. Banerjee is pitted against her former confidante Suvendu Adhikari, who joined the BJP some time ago, in the high-profile seat. Without naming Adhikari even once, Banerjee said she had made up her mind to contest either from the Singur or Nandigram--the two cradles of anti-land acquisition movement-- that catapulted her to power in 2011. She said she decided to contest from Nandigram because of overwhelming response of the people. "I have heard some people are calling me an outsider in Nandigram. I am amazed. I was born and brought up in the neighbouring Birbhum district, a

Bengal polls: BJP to make inroads but TMC will prevail, predict two surveys

A poll, conducted by TimesNow-CVoter, predicted the ruling TMC could get around 154 of the state's 294 seats, six more than the majority mark of 147

BJP targets Congress, Mamata Banerjee after Batla House conviction

The BJP on Tuesday targeted Opposition parties, including the Congress and the Trinamool Congress

Kolkata: 7 dead in Railways building fire; Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia announced

At least 10 fire engines were pressed into service to bring the blaze under control, a Fire Brigade official said

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Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the celebrations for India's 75 years of independence should reflect the spirit of the country's freedom movement

Day not far when country will be named after Narendra Modi: Mamata

Had there been no safety, women in Bengal would not have been able to move around freely at night, says CM Mamata, rebutting Modi's assertion that they feel unsafe

PM Modi peddling lies to mislead voters: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee launched a fresh tirade against Modi

Mamata Banerjee betrayed the people of Bengal, says PM Narendra Modi

He also accused her of nepotism by choosing to play the limited role of bua (aunt) to her bhatija (nephew) instead of becoming Didi (elder sister) to the people