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Traditional art form Patachitra gets infused with politics as WB assembly
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 13 (ANI): With politics intensifying in West Bengal ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, the state's approximately 250-year-old art form "Patachitra" (cloth-based scroll painting) depicting mythological anecdotes has refashioned with political fig
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TMC MLA Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay expresses inability to contest West Benga
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 10 (ANI): All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from Bardhaman Dakshin Dr Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay wrote a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stating that he will not contest the forthcoming West Bengal Assembly election 2021 citing poor heal
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Bengal Congress seeks Sonia Gandhi's nod for alliance with ISF
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections later this year, the state unit of the Congress has sought permission from the party's central leadership to start a dialogue with Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui's newly launched party Indian Secular Front
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West Bengal Polls: Congress, Left to hold seat sharing talks on 7 Feb
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 4 (ANI): Left parties and the Congress will hold a third-round meeting on 7th February to discuss seat sharing for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, Congress sources said.
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Need to be more vigilant for illegal border crossing ahead of Bengal polls
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 29 (ANI): As West Bengal Assembly elections are due later this year, there is a need to be even more vigilant for any kind of illegal border crossing, said Pankaj Kumar Singh, Special DG Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday.
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Bengal Assembly seat sharing: Cong to contest on 193 seats, Left Front get
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 28 (ANI): After two rounds of meetings, a seat-sharing agreement for 193 of the total 294 seats in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections was finalised between Congress and the Left parties on Thursday.
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WB polls: SC dismisses plea seeking to ensure free-fair elections, protect
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (India): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking to ensure free and fair assembly elections in West Bengal this year. The petition also sought protection to the opposition leaders in the state.
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West Bengal Governor asks CM Mamata Banerjee to empower voters, eliminate
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 25 (ANI): On the 11th National Voters' Day, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday asked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to empower and inform voters, ensure their safety and eliminate an atmosphere of fear.
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BJP holds roadshow in West Bengal's Birbhum
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 24 (ANI): Stepping-up the party's campaign for the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a roadshow in Birbhum on Saturday.
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We are apolitical, says BSF on TMC's allegations of being used to threaten
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 21 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday said the force was "apolitical" in response to allegations made by Trinamool Congress (TMC) that met a full bench of the Election Commission and claimed that the BSF was intimidating people in border are
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BJP will not project a CM face for West Bengal Assembly elections: Kailash
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday said the party will not project a chief ministerial face for the West Bengal Assembly elections at present.
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Nadda to meet with party leaders, discuss preparations for Bengal polls
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) president J P Nadda will hold a meeting at the party headquarters on Wednesday with the party's national general secretary and Bengal in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya, and senior leaders of the state to discuss the party's pre
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