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You couldn't build Ram Temple in 5 yrs and now you want to make Vidyasagar
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Diamond Harbour (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): The war of words over the vandalisation of the bust of Bengal Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar escalated on Thursday with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a liar and rejecting his offer to build a grand statu
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - social reformer at centre of a modern-day pol
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A prominent figure in West Bengal, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar has come under the spotlight after a statue of him was vandalised on Tuesday night during violence at BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata.
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Mamata Banerjee biggest fascist, murderer of democracy: BJP
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): With the TMC and BJP at loggerheads over violence in Kolkata, new accusations are being made by both sides. The BJP on Thursday not only termed Mamata Banerjee the "biggest fascist and murderer of democracy" but also said that Election Commission should ha
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TMC goons should be taken into preventive custody ahead of polls: Javadeka
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said TMC "goons" who are disturbing the political fabric of West Bengal should be taken into preventive custody a day prior to elections in order to ensure that violence-free polling takes place in the state. Read More
Modi promises grand Vidyasagar statue, as battle with TMC intensifies
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Mau (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a blistering attack against Mamata Banerjee by stating that she has no belief in the elected Prime Minister of India and said he had to leave the stage at a rally in West Bengal due to "TMC hooliganism". Modi al
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AP CM lashes out at EC, accuses it of ignoring TMC's complaints
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): After the Election Commission (EC) put a blanket ban on campaigning in West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday accused the polling body of acting on BJP's complaint while ignoring TMC's grievances.
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Vijayvargiya urges EC to round up 'anti-social elements' backed by Mamata
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday lauded the Election Commission's decision to cut short the poll campaigning in West Bengal. He further urged the electoral body to round up all "anti-social elemen
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Mamata slams EC's 'unfair', 'politically biased' decision
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Hours after the Election Commission curtailed election campaign period in West Bengal for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the poll body of acting at the behest of BJP and termed the decis
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Kolkata violence: BJP delegation submits memorandum to VP Naidu
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): A BJP delegation on Wednesday met Vice President Venkaiah Naidu at his residence and submitted a memorandum to demanding appropriate action to be taken in connection with the violence at party president Amit Shah's Kolkata roadshow.
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BJP, TMC trade charges over violence during Amit Shah's Kolkata roadshow
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata/New Delhi, [India], May 15 (ANI): BJP and TMC on Wednesday traded charges accusing each other of letting loose violence during Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took out a 7-km-long protest march in the state capital.
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Campaigning in WB to end tomorrow after EC's unprecedented action
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): In an unprecedented action, the Election Commission on Wednesday cut short the campaign period in West Bengal by a day for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections in view of the violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow on Tuesday.
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TMC delegation meets EC, submits proof of BJP's hand in Amit Shah's roadsh
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): A Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation on Wednesday met the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday and submitted "evidence" to show that violence seen during BJP president Amit Shah's Kolkata roadshow on Tuesday was perpetrated by BJP workers.
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