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Bengal polls: Mamata, Shah to address rallies in same district on Thursday

For the first time in the high octane political season in poll-bound West Bengal, Banerjee and Shah will be holding rallies in the same district and more or less at the same time in the afternoon

With an eye on polls, Mamata launches scheme to offer meal to poor at Rs 5

They will get a platter of rice, dal, a vegetable and egg curry for Rs 5, she said adding that the state government will bear a subsidy of Rs 15 per plate

Bengal Congress to hold meeting regarding seat-sharing, poll preparedness

Congress and Left parties will soon decide on the seat-sharing through a couple of meetings scheduled next week

As several Trinamool leaders join BJP, will it reflect on voting machine?

Ishita Ayan Dutt looks at the possible impact of several Trinamool leaders joining the BJP

Modi govt should resign if it fails to prove TMC siphoned off funds: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday challenged the BJP to prove its allegation that her party has misappropriated funds sent by the Centre, or the Modi government should resign.

Mamata gets angry at 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans to get votes: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday termed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a 'failed administrator'

With eye on West Bengal, Assam assembly polls, Amit Shah reaches Guwahati

Shah will flag off BJP's fourth 'Poribortan Yatra' from West Bengal's Cooch Behar

Mamata did nothing for farmers, lotus to bloom in Bengal: J P Nadda

BJP national president J P Nadda said on Wednesday that the saffron party, if voted to power, will ensure all-round development of the state.

Development only possible when Mamata leaves, lotus blooms in WB: JP Nadda

Development in West Bengal is only possible when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leaves and the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 'kamal' (lotus) blooms, said BJP national President JP Nadda on Wednesday

Won't allow BJP to turn Bengal into crematorium, says Mamata Banerjee

Ahead of the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday urged the people of the state to show the door to Bharatiya Janta party

West Bengal's rich culture under threat in Mamata's rule, says JP Nadda

The BJP chief also said the "cut money government" will be defeated by the people in the upcoming assembly elections

Upcoming Salt Lake hockey international stadium gets Rs 20 cr boost

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a Rs 20 crore grant for the upcoming international hockey stadium inside the Saltlake Stadium Complex. The 6,500-capacity stadium, to be spread over an area of approximately three acres, is proposed to be built near gate number one of the Saltlake Stadium and is likely to come up within a year. "I'm hereby granting Rs 20 crore for the hockey astro-turf," Banerjee said at the Khelashree programme, an annual felicitation of the state's sportspersons, at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here. She also made a slew of announcements, including a pension scheme of Rs 1,000 for the former sportspersons of the state. "We have about 2,000-plus ex-players who are above 60 years. As a gratitude, I want to announce a state pension scheme for them with Rs 1,000 per month," she said. Under an upcoming scheme, the state government will now sponsor about 100 athletes. "I will tell (Sports Minister) Aroop (Biswas) to form a committee of expe

Sent names of 250,000 Bengal farmers to Centre for PM Kisan scheme: Mamata

The move comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the TMC dispensation for not implementing central schemes in West Bengal

Mamata govt not implementing central schemes, says PM Narendra Modi

In Assam, he says conspiracy hatched to defame Indian tea

Mamata Banerjee likely to skip PM Narendra Modi's event in West Bengal

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is unlikely to attend PM Modi's scheduled programme at Haldia in Purba Medinipore district on Sunday evening, a top official at the state secretariat said

West Bengal govt effects police reshuffle before assembly polls

The West Bengal government on Saturday appointed Soumen Mitra as the new commissioner of Kolkata Police

LIVE: JP Nadda flags off BJP's 'Parivartan Yatra' in poll-bound Bengal

Latest News LIVE updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a day's visit to poll-bound Assam and West Bengal on February 7 to lay the foundation stone for several infrastructure projects

Mamata did not allow PM Kisan scheme in Bengal to satisfy her ego: Nadda

BJP president J P Nadda on Saturday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for depriving farmers of the state of the PM Kisan scheme benefits

Mamata presents vote on account, announces pension for all ahead of polls

Banerjee, while criticising the Centre for not extending "necessary help", insisted the state tirelessly undertook welfare measures for its people

One eye on polls, Mamata focuses on welfare schemes, rural thrust in budget

Two million new pucca houses for SC/ST over five years, sops for farmers with an increase in financial aid from Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000 and minimum aid from Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000