On the day that Nandigram’s high-profile constituency went to the polls in the second phase of the Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took photos of West Bengal’s Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, and asked if she was contemplating fighting from another district. “Didi, is there any truth to the rumor …
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Former Railways Minister and Trinamool Rajya Sabha Congressman Dinesh Trivedi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, the latest in a long list of such defections in recent months before the Assembly elections. Moments after joining the BJP, Trivedi said, “The golden moment I have been waiting for.” Trivedi …
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JHARGRAM: Prime Minister of Jharkhand and Acting Chairman of JMM Hemant Soren a demonstration took place here Thursday in West Bengal’s Jhargram district, which is linked to the polls, demanding the establishment of an autonomous council for the tribal-dominated western part of the state. Prime Minister of West Bengal Mamata …
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MUMBAI: The Prime Minister of Maharashtra led by Udhhav Thackeray Shiv Sena party has decided to challenge the Elections to the West Bengal Assembly, the party deputy Sanjay Raut announced on Sunday. Raut said the decision was made after discussions with Thackeray. “So, here is the highly anticipated update. After …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 24, 2020 7:31:22 pm Congress President Rahul Gandhi with CPM Secretary General Sitaram Yechury in Jantar Mantar on Thursday. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal) In an attempt to reclaim its lost ground in West Bengal in the impending assembly elections …
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Calcutta: In a new twist to Bengal’s rapid political changes, Bishnupur MP from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the wife of youth wing chief Saumitra Khan joined Mamata Banerjee’s party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), on Monday afternoon. . This was a surprise as Sujata Mondal Khan had been very active …
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Union Interior Minister Amit Shah, who is visiting West Bengal to campaign for the 2020 assembly elections1, will visit Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan in Birbhum district on Sunday, where he will pay tribute to Rabindranath Tagore, followed by an interaction with the media. The minister also plans to visit …
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Amit Shah in West Bengal: BJP leader arrived in Kolkata after 1am on Saturday. New Delhi: Trinamool Congress rebel Suvendu Adhikari and several others joined the BJP in the presence of Amit Shah at a mega rally in Midnapore in West Bengal today. “The tsunami that I am seeing in …
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Calcutta: Mamata Banerjee’s recently released Trinamool Congress (TMC) report on her rule of the past 10 years is conspicuously absent: figures on minority development. The report card detailed how under the TMC regime, budgets increased two or three times in the sectors of welfare, health, agriculture and education of women …
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RANIGANJ: One day after a Bjp worker was killed during a protest march in Siliguri, West Bengal’s chief minister Mamata banerjee On Tuesday he accused the Saffron Party of “killing people at their rallies” and sought to know if it was doing so for propaganda. The BJP convened a 12-hour …
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