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Mamata Banerjee's assets worth Rs 16.72 lakh

Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has declared that her net worth is Rs 16.72 lakh

Akhilesh makes insinuations, demands probe into 'attack' on Mamata

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Thursday demanded a probe into the alleged attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee will lose by 50,000 votes: Vijayvargiya

Vijayvargiya on Thursday claimed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be defeated from Nandigram in the coming Assembly polls

Will continue poll campaigning on wheelchair, if necessary: Mamata

Banerjee on Thursday vowed to get back to canvassing for the upcoming Assembly elections within the next couple of days

BJP ropes in 'Super 22' for first two phases of WB elections

Apart from a team of seven union ministers, additionally, two union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and RK Singh have also been deployed in the state

After attack on Mamata, TMC appeals to workers to maintain peace

The All India Trinamool Congress on Thursday appealed to party workers to maintain peace and not resort to "means which Didi would not approve of"

WB polls: TMC, BJP meet Chief Electoral Officer over Mamata 'attack'

Banerjee sustained "severe bony injuries" on her left foot

WB polls: EC rejects nomination of TMC candidate Ujjwal Kumar from Joypur

The Election Commission on Thursday rejected the nomination of Trinamool Congress candidate Ujjwal Kumar from Joypur Assembly seat

After polls are announced, law and order become responsibility of EC: TMC

'You have to understand the chronology. You remove the DGP, leave a woman chief minister's security less and then attack her,' says TMC leader Derek O'Brien

Gowda expresses concerns over alleged attack on WB CM Mamata Banerjee

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Thursday expressed concern over the alleged attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Notice to EC seeking to debar poll campaigners for covid protocol violation

A legal notice has been sent to the Election Commission of India seeking to debar election campaigners for violation of Covid-19 protocol during campaigning in Assembly elections

TMC workers protest across Bengal over alleged attack on Mamata Banerjee

Trinamool Congress activists took out rallies across West Bengal on Thursday, protesting against an alleged attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Purba Medinipur's Nandigram

Dilip Ghosh demands CBI probe into attack on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

BJP's West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh demanded a CBI probe into the alleged attack on Banerjee, saying that it needs to be seen whether the incident was a "well-scripted drama" to garner votes

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

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

Best of BS Opinion: Monetisation lessons from NHAI, recovery risks & more

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

206 nomination papers found valid for 1st phase of Bengal assembly polls

After scrutiny of nomination papers filed for 30 constituencies in Bengal's first phase of assembly election, the authorities found those of 206 candidates valid, a CEO official said on Wednesday

Bengal poll observers meet govt officials, discuss law and order

Special Observer for the West Bengal assembly elections Ajay Nayak and Special Police Observer Vivek Dubey on Wednesday met senior state government officials and discussed the issue of law and order

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