Four persons were killed as CISF personnel allegedly opened fire after coming under attack from locals in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on Saturday, police said.
April 10, 2021Hours before polls, the EC removed chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s security officer Ashok Chakraborty, presently officer on special duty (OSD) in an ex-cadre post in the rank of SP in the state’s directorate of security with “immediate effect”.
April 10, 2021A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian told counsel appearing for petitioners: "You go to the Calcutta High Court."
April 10, 2021“Didi (Mamata Banerjee) should introspect why people of Bengal are against her. It is because the law and order situation in Bengal has worsened, corruption is at its peak, people are fed up with 10 years of poor governance,” Shah said.
April 10, 2021At Selimabad, she campaigned for Alok Majhi and Shampa Dhara, her party candidates in Jamalpur and Raina, at Gantar for Madhusudan Bhattacharya who is contesting in Memari and Siddiqullah Chowdhury contesting from Monteswar seats.
April 10, 2021The new EC notice, issued on Thursday night, has asked the chief minister to submit her written explanation to the commission before 11 a.m. on April 10
April 9, 2021Miss Banerjee's remarks came soon after Mr Shah, who addressed a rally in Cooch Behar today, claimed that Miss Banerjee had been "defeated" in Nandigram.
April 3, 2021Addressing an election rally at the Subhashini tea garden field in Kalchini Block in Alipurduar district, Mr Shah also came down heavily on Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.
April 3, 2021Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Thursday asked Banerjee to clarify whether there is truth in the "rumours" that she was going to file the nomination for another seat going to the polls in the last phase, maintaining that the TMC chief has admitted defeat in Nandigram.
April 2, 2021There have been reports of sporadic violence and minor clashes from various constituencies, including the high profile Nandigram, where Mamata Banerjee is locked in a high-stakes electoral battle with her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari now with the BJP.
April 1, 2021This is despite that Pawar’s party is a constituent of the Congress-Sena-NCP alliance in the Maharashtra government.
March 25, 2021Amid a large crowd, Mr Modi said, "Didi is talking about 'duare sarkar (government at your doorstep), but she will be shown the door on 2 May."
March 25, 2021“The BJP peddles lies before elections. They promise rice, pulses, chakri, everything. After polls, they are nowhere to be seen. I want to know what happened to the party’s promise of depositing Rs 15 lakh in the bank accounts of every citizen (before the 2014 Lok Sabha polls).
March 23, 2021The CPM has been in power in the state and Yechury has his task cut out to oversee his party’s bid to retain the mandate there.
March 20, 2021As Professor Mishra highlighted Mamata Banerjee's Universal Basic Minimum Programme that finds mention in her party's manifesto, Mr Bhattacharya has focused on the party's proposal for the development of Siliguri by demanding national status to the town, and bettering the basic facilities, including a drinking water project.
March 20, 2021CPI-M leader Surya Kanta Mishra shared a message where CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury stressed that Bengal needs an alternate narrative which is both secular and democratic seeking to restore constitutional order.
March 19, 2021In Garhbeta, once the hotbed of Maoists movements, Banerjee reminded after TMC came to power, they brought peace not only in Garbheta but also the entire Junglemahal area.
March 19, 2021