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BJP chalks out major strategy for West Bengal elections; focus on booth-le
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
According to sources, the party believes that the atmosphere of violence during elections in West Bengal has often discouraged voters from coming out to vote. In view of this, the BJP is emphasising the need for strong security arrangements to ensure that voters can exercise their democra
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"Elections cannot be conducted in West Bengal without central forces," say
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
On the issue of deployment of central forces in West Bengal, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Saturday said that elections cannot be conducted without central forces, citing tensions and incidents of violence during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.
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SC asks Calcutta HC to examine if NIA probe is warranted in Beldanga viole
Updated : 1 month ago IST
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi disposed of the West Bengal government's plea challenging the Calcutta High Court's January 28 order, which had left it open for the Centre to deploy central forces and to consider invoking the NIA Act.
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2026 Beldanga violence: WB govt moves SC against HC order allowing deploym
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The West Bengal government has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court order that left it open for the Centre to step in and deploy Central Armed Forces following violent agitation in Beldanga, Murshidabad, in mid-January that led to arson and damage to public property.<
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YSRCP demands deployment of central forces to control violence, arson in A
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Kurnool Party President SV Mohan Reddy, claimed the attacks on the houses of Ambati Rambabu and Jogi Ramesh in the last few days showcase the vindictiveness of the coalition government and how TDP goons are allowed to take law into their own hands and alledged that everthing was being enf
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Sukanta Majumdar slams Mamata Banerjee for her remarks over voter list rev
Updated : 3 months ago IST
"Being the Chief Minister of a state, such an irresponsible statement should not come from her mouth. If the Election Commission has issued such a direction, there must be an order or circular regarding it," Majumdar said, adding that the BJP was confident of returning to power at the Cen
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"Do you have strength to fight?": Mamata Banerjee urges women to lead char
Updated : 3 months ago IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged the women of the state to "lead the fight" against the alleged "illegal voter deletion" through Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. She asked men to provide support from behind.
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SC seeks ECI's response to plea seeking protection to BLOs in WB amid viol
Updated : 3 months ago IST
A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi acknowledged that BLOs are working under 'strain and stress' at the ground level due to high work pressure in the SIR drive.
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"People of West Bengal will end 'Maha Jungle Raj' govt": BJP's Samik Bhatt
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
West Bengal BJP President Samik Bhattacharya on Monday slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led government, saying the people of the state will put an end to what he called the "Maha Jungle Raj."
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"Making accusations against their own govt": Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP over
Updated : 4 months ago IST
"Who is in power in Delhi for the last 11 years. They are making accusations against their own government. If they are talking about infiltrators, it means they are accusing their own government of sending infiltrators for the past 11 years. If Naxalism is ending, it is because of the Cen
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"Blatantly undemocratic move": JK CM Omar Abdullah slams curbs on visit to
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday alleged that several homes were "locked" from the outside, central forces were deployed as "jailers," and bridges in Srinagar were blocked to "stop" people from visiting a "historically important" graveyard.
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Chhattisgarh: Anti-Naxal operation enters eighth day, 24,000 personnel dep
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The anti-Naxal operation, which is on its eighth day, is being carried out across a large 800 square km area near the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, including the Karegutta hills, as per a senior police official. More than 24,000 personnel from both state and central forces are taking par
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