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TMC to field 40.5% female candidates in upcoming LS polls
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 12 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) will field 40.5 per cent female candidates in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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Long-drawn LS election process as BJP plans another ‘strike’ in April: Mam
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed that the BJP was planning another ‘strike’ in April, and hence a long-drawn Lok Sabha election process.
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Political parties in West Bengal meet EC officials, discuss LS poll-relate
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Representatives of various political parties on Monday met the officials of State Election Commission (EC) here to discuss issues related to the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, slated to be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19.
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Are people voting for the first time during Ramzan, asks BJP leader Syed S
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Rejecting the opposition’s chest beating over a few phases of Lok Sabha poll schedule coinciding with Ramzan, former Union Minister and BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Monday wondered if the people were voting for the first time during the month-long fas
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3 leaders of WB Congress, TMC join BJP, Mukul Roy claims 'more in line'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): Two leaders of West Bengal Congress and one from Trinamool Congress joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday.
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WB: One held for vandalising Rabindranath Tagore's statue
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal), [India], Mar 9: West Bengal police on Saturday held a man for vandalising the statue of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Bidhannagar.
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Police intercept vehicle with explosive substance in Kolkata, 2 held
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): The Special Task Force of West Bengal Police intercepted a vehicle in Kolkata on Saturday and seized 1000 kg of an explosive substance from it. Two people have been arrested in this connection, police said.
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Two drug peddlers held by Narcotics team in Kolkata
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 8 (ANI): Two drug peddlers were arrested by Narcotics team of the Detective Department (DD) from Sealdah’s Pragati Maidan area of Kolkata on Thursday evening and confiscated 460 grams of heroin worth Rs 4 lakh from them.
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BJP govt using dead bodies of fallen soldiers for politics: Mamata Banerje
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 7 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Modi led BJP government alleging it of politicising the armed forces and 'using the dead bodies of fallen soldiers for politics'.
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Tripura police arrest IED expert having links with Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Ba
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Mar 6 (ANI): Based on intelligence inputs, the Tripura police on Tuesday have arrested one person having links with the terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.
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You cannot win elections over Jawans' blood: Mamata tells BJP
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 5 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cannot win elections over jawans' blood.
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CPI-M proposes no 'mutual contest' with Cong on 6 LS seats in West Bengal
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 4 (ANI): In an attempt to ensure that there is a maximum pooling of anti-TMC-BJP votes in the coming Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, the CPI-M has proposed “no mutual contest” with the Congress on six seats currently held by them.
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