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West Bengal discontinues aid to imams, starts free buses for women
Kolkata: Signalling a sharp policy shift, the West Bengal cabinet on Monday, May 18, decided to discontinue religion-based assistance to imams and others, roll out the ‘Annapurna’ financial support scheme for women…
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Suvendu takes oath as first BJP CM of West Bengal, 5 other MLAs sworn in
Kolkata: Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and five ministers were sworn in at the Brigade Parade Grounds here on Saturday as West Bengal got its first BJP government, with representatives from the northern…
- Kolkata
BJP MLAs meet to elect new West Bengal CM, Suvendu Adhikari to grab spot
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislature party is scheduled to meet in Kolkata on Friday, May 8, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to formally elect its leader,…
- Kolkata
I won’t resign, Bengal poll results not people’s mandate: CM Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, May 5, ruled out stepping down after her party’s defeat in the Assembly polls, claiming that the verdict…
- Kolkata
Will work for Hindus: BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari after defeating TMC in Bengal
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and likely chief minister candidate Suvendu Adhikari made communal remarks moments after he defeated Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee in the West Bengal Assembly elections,…
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Bengal: Split in minority votes fuels BJP surge in Muslim-majority districts
Kolkata: In an election that has upended West Bengal’s entrenched political arithmetic, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) sweeping victory has drawn its decisive momentum not merely from traditional strongholds but from unexpected…
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Will of people supreme, says Mahua Moitra after BJP’s victory in Bengal
Kolkata: A day after the Trinamool Congress faced a drubbing by the BJP in the West Bengal assembly elections, TMC MP Mohua Moitra on Tuesday, May 5, said her party respects the…
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Assembly poll results: Mamata loses stronghold Bhabanipur to Suvendu
Four states and a Union Territory are on the edge of their seats as counting day arrives for one of India’s most consequential regional election cycles. West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala…
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Bengal polls: Villagers block road, allege threats from TMC workers post-count
Kolkata: Demanding safety after counting of votes, hundreds of villagers staged a protest for over seven hours at Falta in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Saturday, alleging they were receiving…
- Kolkata
Bengal: EC orders repolling at 15 booths in South 24 Parganas district on May 2
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday, May 1, ordered a repoll at 15 polling stations spread across two Assembly constituencies in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, declaring the…
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TMC–BJP clash at Kolkata counting centre; Mamata monitors strong room
Kolkata: A scuffle broke out between workers of the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) outside the counting centre at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata on Thursday, April 30 following…
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A historic 91 pc voter turnout till 7 pm, polling concludes in West Bengal
Kolkata: Voting began on Wednesday, April 29, in 142 constituencies in the second and final phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, amid unprecedented security arrangements and a high-stakes contest that could…
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Entire Union cabinet, 19 CMs won’t help BJP win Bengal elections: Mamata
Kolkata: TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that the BJP has deployed its entire machinery to defeat her party in the West Bengal assembly elections, as almost the entire Union cabinet…
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High octane 1st phase polling concludes in Bengal, Tamil Nadu votes peacefully
Kolkata/Chennai: Voting began on Thursday, April 23, in 152 constituencies in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections and all 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, amid unprecedented security arrangements…
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Two states: India’s mega election in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu on April 22
Kolkata/Chennai: The drumbeats of democracy grow loudest when two major states vote simultaneously, and April 23 promises exactly that – a high-decibel electoral spectacle in West Begal and Tamil Nadu. In Tamil Nadu,…
