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Five hours before the end of the ban on her campaign, Ms Banerjee cut short her dharna at around 3 pm and headed for home at Harish Chatterjee Street in Kalighat. —AP

Mamata wraps up dharna after EC acts against 3 BJP leaders

The EC ordered campaign ban against 3 BJP leaders -- Rahul Sinha, Midnapore MP Dilip Ghosh Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari

14 Apr 2021 12:56 AM

The EC concluded that it “carefully considered the matter and is of the considered view” that Ms Banerjee “made highly insinuating and provocative remarks laden with serious potential of breakdown of law & order and thereby adversely affecting the election process”. — PTI file photo

Election Commission slaps 24-hr campaign ban on Mamata Banerjee

An angry Trinamul Congress supremo has threatened to sit on a dharna in protest in Kolkata from 12 noon on Tuesday

13 Apr 2021 6:59 AM

The CISF booth commander tried to pacify the miscreants but the mob entered the polling booth and beat up the other polling staff on duty. — PTI file photo

West Bengal polls: Paramilitary forces gun down 4 TMC workers during attack on polling booth

According to the CISF, the mob of around 150 first manhandled the polling staff at the booth

11 Apr 2021 3:27 AM

Modi observed that the TMC chief, not the forces, has become the biggest trouble in the polls. — PTI

Mamata accuses Shah of being 'conspirator' behind shooting of 4 TMC workers

Seeing herself losing the chair, Didi has stooped to such a low level, says Modi

11 Apr 2021 1:57 AM

I will keep talking against the CRPF and BSF as long as they are with the BJP. Otherwise, I will salute them, says Mamata. — PTI file photo

Election Commission reprimands Mamata for tirade against paramilitary forces

Shah urged the TMC chief to apply her 'common sense', reminding her of the 'control' of the EC on the Central forces during the poll

10 Apr 2021 10:11 AM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a roadshow in support of BJP candidates ahead of the third phase of West Bengal Assembly polls, at Baruipur Paschim in South 24 Parganas. (Photo: PTI)

BJP will win 50 of 60 seats in West Bengal: Shah

He made the startling claim at two BJP rallies in North Bengal where he set a target before his party of bagging another 50 seats

03 Apr 2021 4:59 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally in support of his party candidates, during the ongoing West Bengal assembly polls, at Joynagar in South 24 Parganas district. (Photo: PTI)

BJP will win 200+ in West Bengal: Modi

Calls TMC shool (thorn) for West Bengal, asks if Mamata will contest from another seat

02 Apr 2021 4:52 AM

He did not allow me to visit either Nandigram or Midnapore and they ran it like their zamindari, said Banerjee. — PTI file photo

Mamata Banerjee lands in a tight spot after audio clip asking BJP man to work for her victory surfaces

The BJP which tweeted the audio clip lodged a complaint against the CM with West Bengal’s CEO Ariz Aftab and demanded her resignation

28 Mar 2021 9:15 AM

We will implement the Citizenship Amendment Act and give citizenship to the refugees after coming to power here, Shah said. — Twitter

'Bhatija & Co' looted Rs 10K crore, will go jail after we win: Amit Shah

Mr Shah, in remarks aimed at the Hindu migrants’ votebank in the district, touched on the BJP’s key electoral promise

24 Mar 2021 2:10 AM

Modi’s assertion came as Bollywood star Mithun Chakraborty, who joined the BJP recently, is likely to become a voter at the Cossipore-Belgachhia Assembly seat in north Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Mamata can kick me but not development: Modi

Modi made it clear on that he would not allow Mamata Banerjee to kick away the state’s development any further

22 Mar 2021 4:44 AM

Amit Shah, hurried through his promises in a brief 13-minute speech in front of what appeared to be a thin crowd.. (Photo: PTI)

Didi too gets cut money, says Shah

Amit Shah, released the manifesto in Kolkata on Sunday, with an eye on the vote bank of Hindu migrants

22 Mar 2021 4:32 AM

A nirmam (heartless) government of Didi has created a new generation of Maoists who loot the money of the poor through the TMC. — AP

Modi accuses Mamata of ‘encouraging’ Maoist violence

Modi asserted that countdown for the TMC removal from power had begun as BJP already reached the doorstep of its manzil of victory

19 Mar 2021 8:03 AM

Sharing her plans in the video, Ms Banerjee, whose her party postponed it's manifesto release which was earlier scheduled during the day, vowed to bounce back in her poll campaign. (Photo: PTI)

Didi shifts blame on her car; wants to return in poll campaign, even in wheelchair

Her fresh narrative came after many local residents, who witnessed the accident at Birulia of Nandigram, punctured her allegations

12 Mar 2021 4:49 AM

Rattled by Ms Banerjee's complaint, the Election Commission has sought a report about the serious security breach from the district administration. (Photo:PTI)

Didi claims 'attack' on her in Nandigram, admitted to hospital with injuries

Mamata Banerjee with injuries on her legs and forehead, was later brought to Kolkata in a Green Corridor and was admitted to SSKM Hospital

11 Mar 2021 4:39 AM

PM Narendra Modi addresses supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a mass rally ahead of the state legislative assembly elections at the Brigade Parade ground in Kolkata. (Photo: AFP)

Modi mocks Mamata, claims she is headed for a ‘big fall’ in Nandigram

PM tears into TMC’s ‘Olympics of Corruption’; plays BJP’s industry card

08 Mar 2021 1:08 AM

Mr Chakraborty had resigned as a parliamentarian citing health issues in December 2016 and stayed away from politics after his name surfaced in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam. — By arrangement

Bollywood actors Mithun Chakraborty, Akshay Kumar likely to share stage with Modi

BJP sources indicated that Mithun da may join the saffron party in Mr Modi's presence and may well become its chief ministerial candidate

07 Mar 2021 8:32 AM

Modi later launched a slew of railway projects at another event in Chinsurah, where chief minister Mamata Banerjee was absent, though she was invited. — PTI

Modi calls upon voters to replace 'tustikaran' and 'tolabaji' with 'asol poriborton'

Centre gave Rs 1,700 crores to the TMC for water supply to all the households of which the state government spent only Rs 609 crore

23 Feb 2021 1:09 AM

The BJP's state and central leadership decided at a meeting in New Delhi Tuesday to hold Mr Modi’s maiden rally for the polls as part of his Haldia tour. — PTI

Speculation rife over Adhikari's defection to BJP during Modi's Haldia tour

The state government asked the BJP to take permission for its five rath yatras from the district administrations

04 Feb 2021 10:05 AM

Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday indicated that the polls would be announced within a week in the state. (Photo:PTI)

Didi says Assembly polls announcement week away; blames TMC turncoat of forest job scam

Mamata accused Rajib Banerjee of malpractice, during his tenure as the state forest minister, which has come under a probe of her govt

04 Feb 2021 4:33 AM

Shah and Rajib, present at the rally, slammed Mamata Banerjee for blocking central schemes like PM Kishan Samman Nidhi in the state. (Photo:PTI)

Shah takes aim at Didi for promoting nephew

The BJP second in command also accused the TMC govt of trying to make the young Diamond Harbour MP the successor of Mamata as the next CM

01 Feb 2021 4:45 AM

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