Page 13 - West Bengal Assembly Polls

Will spare none, Mamata after meeting Cooch Behar victims' families

Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met the families of the victims who were killed at Sitalkuchi during the fourth phase of polling

Delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs to meet EC officials today in Delhi

A delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs will meet Election Commission officials in Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, the party said

Incompetence of PM Modi, Amit Shah leading to rising Covid-19 cases: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for the rising COVID-19 cases in the country.Speaking at a public rally in Barasat, Mamata said: "When COVID-19 happened, where were they? They were not seen for over a year. PM Modi and Home Minister were hiding in their homes. Because of your negligence, COVID-19 cases are rising in the country. The cases have risen due to your incompetence.""I have been asking for injections for three months. I wrote the letter in February. Why have you not given me? I want to give COVID injections for free to all. But we are not getting it. Whatever I have received, I will start distributing it from tomorrow," she added.India has been witnessing a significant spike in COVID-19 cases, with more than 1.6 lakh coronavirus reported on Monday.Further lashing out at the Prime Minister for making public speeches on the polling day, the Chief Minister said that he is misleading and ...

Mixed performance by West Bengal in implementation of big central schemes

The state has been a top performer in FY21 on Central schemes like MGNREGA, But its performance in distribution of free grains during the lockdown to the poor had been dismal

Footballer Arindam Bhattacharya joins BJP ahead of fifth phase of WB polls

Bengali footballer Arindam Bhattacharya on Tuesday formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the fifth phase of the ongoing assembly West Bengal elections in the state

I'm a street fighter, I fight from battleground: Mamata to BJP after EC ban

After the ban imposed on her by the EC ended on Tuesday evening, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee challenged the rival BJP, saying that she is a street fighter and fights from the battleground

Mamata Banerjee has realised TMC will lose the election: Rajnath

Singh Tuesday claimed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has realized that Trinamool Congress will lose the ongoing assembly poll to the BJP

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

LIVE: India walked the talk during pandemic, says PM at Raisina Dialogue

Latest News: Prime MInister Narendra Modi is addressing the Raisina Dialogue, India's flagship programme on geopolitics via video conference

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 imposed campaign ban on Mamata at BJP's behest, says Sanjay Raut

Raut on Tuesday alleged that the Election Commission's decision to bar Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours was taken at the behest of the BJP.

Trinamool Congress, Cong, Left parties depend on outsiders: Amit Shah

Shah took on Mamata Banerjee for her oft-repeated 'outsider' barb

Gorkha problem to be fixed after BJP comes to power in Bengal: Amit Shah

Shah on Tuesday gave assurance that a political solution to the long-drawn "Gorkha problem" in the Hills will be reached once the BJP forms government in West Bengal.

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

Centre's strategy to control Covid-19 spread 'monumental failure: Congress

Congress said while people are dying across the country the saffron party's leadership is busy campaigning for elections

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

Darjeeling polls: Parties stir bitter brew of tourism, tea & tap water

Political observers believe that memories of the 2017 statehood agitation by GJM, which was crushed by West Bengal's TMC, will play a part in the upcoming election

Bloodshed in Bengal

Violence has become a tragic fixture of state politics

West Bengal: BJP to hold 2,000 small 'potho sabhas' in and around Kolkata

Shah will launch a massive public outreach campaign from Tuesday during which more than 2,000 street corner meetings will be held in over 40 assembly seats, party leaders said on Monday.