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WB Cong unit claims TMC may incite violence during by-elections
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], May 18 (ANI): Congress leader and Baharampur parliamentary constituency candidate, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has claimed that Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress (TMC) might incite violence during polling for Kandi and Nowda assembly by-elections in Wes
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WB: EC orders re-polling in Bankura's Saltora, Chhatarkanali villages
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 17 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) on Friday ordered re-polling in Saltora and Chhatarkanali villages of Bankura Lok Sabha constituency on May 19.
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BJP's responsibility is to bring out corruption embroiled within Oppn: Sha
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Denying BJP's hand in the violence during his roadshow in Kolkata, party president Amit Shah on Friday said it is the ruling party's responsibility to "bring out" corruption embroiled within the Opposition.
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Does only PM have the right to hold public meetings?, asks Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mathurapur (West Bengal)[India], May 17 (ANI): Amidst ongoing political slugfest in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday questioned if Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the only one who has the right to hold public rallies and meetings in the state.
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Kolkata police to probe Vidyasagar's bust vandalism
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): Kolkata Police has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged vandalism of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's bust at Vidyasagar College here during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow on May 14.
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End of campaign in WB: Opposition meets EC
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A delegation of the Opposition parties on Thursday met the Election Commission (EC) and registered its strong opposition to its decision to end the campaigning early in West Bengal after violence erupted during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata
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Banerjee criticises security issue at PM's Mathurapur rally
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mathurapur (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday criticised the security issue at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Mathurapur, insisting that other political parties, including TMC, also need security at the time of campaigning.
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You couldn't build Ram Temple in 5 yrs and now you want to make Vidyasagar
Updated : 7 years 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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Amit Shah incited violence in West Bengal, alleges Arvind Kejriwal
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Moga (Punjab) [India], May 16 (ANI): Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday alleged that BJP president Amit Shah incited violence in West Bengal during the Lok Sabha polls.
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - social reformer at centre of a modern-day pol
Updated : 7 years 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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Omar, Mehbooba hail Mamata for standing against BJP, question EC
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and her predecessor Omar Abdullah have extended support to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is locked in a bitter fight with BJP, while questioning the Election Commission's decision to
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Bengal has money to make Vidyasagar's statue: Mamata hits back at Modi
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mathurapur (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): Hours after Narendra Modi promised a grand statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at the same spot where the old one stood before being vandalised, Mamata Banerjee shot back and asserted that West Bengal has the money required for the polymath'
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