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After saffron surge in WB, Saumitra Khan exudes confidence of sweeping ass
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): After lotus bloomed in West Bengal by winning 18 seats in the Lok Sabha, Saumitra Khan, BJP's candidate from Bishnupur constituency on Saturday exuded the confidence of sweeping assembly polls in the state in 2021.
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WB court turns down former Kolkata top cop Rajiv Kumar's bail plea
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Barasat (West Bengal) [India], May 24 (ANI): A lower court here on Friday turned down former Kolkata police commissioner Rajiv Kumar's anticipatory bail plea seeking an extension of protection from arrest in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam.
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Resounding win for BJP, breaks new grounds in WB, Odisha
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Riding high on the planks of muscular nationalism and anti-Congressism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday secured a resounding mandate for the second consecutive term as BJP crossed the 300 mark by breaking new grounds in West Bengal and Odisha and
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'Khel-Tamasha' has taken place in UP, Bihar, WB and AP: Shatrughan Sinha
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 23 (ANI): Some 'Khel Tamasha' (foul play) has taken place at large scale, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, and Andhra Pradesh, said Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha here on Thursday.
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LS polls: BJP storming back to power comfortably, makes good gains in WB
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 23 (ANI): The ruling BJP appeared to be storming back to power with a comfortable majority on its own for the second consecutive time and is set to cross the 300-mark along with its allies again in the Lok Sabha.
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WB: BJP would have won over 30 seats if TMC had not resorted to violence,
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 23 (ANI): BJP leader Roopa Ganguly on Thursday said that BJP would have won more seats in West Bengal had Trinamool Congress (TMC) not resorted to violence and pressurise the masses in all the seven phases of elections in the state.
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WB, Sikkim and Assam to witness thunderstorm, lightning on May 23
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday predicted that isolated places in West Bengal, Sikkim and Assam are likely to witness thunderstorm and lightning accompanied with squall (50-60 kmph) tomorrow.
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WB: BJP Bairakpur candidate in danger, says Kailash Vijayvargiya
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 21 (ANI): BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Tuesday said that life of Arjun Singh, the BJP candidate from Bairakpur Lok Sabha constituency, is in danger.
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SC dismisses plea challenging appointment of retired bureaucrats as specia
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
ew Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging the appointment of two retired bureaucrats as special observer and central police observer in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections.
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WB: EC imposes Section 144 in Bhatpara for undefined time-period
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhatpara (West Bengal) [India], May 20 (ANI): Section 144 has been imposed in West Bengal's Bhatpara Assembly constituency for undefined time-period to deal with post-poll violence, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Monday.
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BJP will repeat 2014 UP victory in WB; 'Mahagathbandhan' vision-less: Ram
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 20 (ANI): Backed by exit poll predictions, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Monday said that his party will surprise political analysts with a performance in West Bengal similar to that of Uttar Pradesh in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
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LS polls: BJP writes to EC over alleged violence by "TMC goons"
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 19 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday wrote a letter to the Election Commission (EC) over incidents of violence across the nine parliamentary constituencies which voted during the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections here.
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