Assam, West Bengal polls: EC issues fresh orders on prior clearance of advertisements
The Election Commission on Saturday directed that no newspaper advertisement will be published on April 10 and 11 in poll-bound Assam and West Bengal without prior clearance, a move which comes against the backdrop of controversial advertisements issued by BJP during Bihar elections.
Apr 09, 2016, 15:11 PM ISTWest Bengal polls: CPI(M) state secretary faces a tough fight
One of the main architects of Congress-Left alliance in Bengal, CPI(M) state secretary and Opposition leader Surya Kanta Mishra, is likely to face a tough challenge in his own backyard at Narayangarh in West Midnapore district.
Apr 07, 2016, 12:37 PM ISTJailed ex-minister Madan Mitra has assets of 80 lakh, no car
Trinamool Congress leader and former minister Madan Mitra, accused in the multi-crore rupee Saradha chit fund scam and lodged in a jail, today filed his nomination papers for contesting Assembly poll and declared assets amounting to Rs 80 lakh.
Apr 07, 2016, 00:11 AM ISTOver 84% voter turnout in West Bengal first phase polls: EC
The Election Commission on Wednesday said over 84 percent voters turned out to cast their ballots in 18 constituencies in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls on April 4.
Apr 06, 2016, 22:58 PM ISTWest Bengal polls: Mamata will suffer same fate as Indira in 1977, says Sushma Swaraj
Swaraj also said TMC government has become synonymous with corruption and claimed that the flyover collapse in Kolkata proved the depths of corruption into which it has sunk.
Apr 03, 2016, 21:21 PM ISTWe share Rahul Gandhi's views on TMC and BJP : CPI(M)
Hitting out at PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi in a poll campaign today accused him of trying to kill democracy in the country and claimed CM Mamata Banerjee was doing the same in West Bengal.
Apr 02, 2016, 17:40 PM ISTCampaigning for first phase of polling in West Bengal, Assam ends today
The Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements in Assam and West Bengal to ensure smooth Assembly Elections.
Apr 02, 2016, 10:02 AM ISTBJP's star candidate Roopa Ganguly focusses on ''hopelessness'' under Trinamool
Etched in Indian viewers` memory as the demure Draupadi in BR Chopra`s "Mahabharat", actress-turned-BJP candidate Roopa Ganguly is determined to draw attention to "big issues", rather than raising "politically motivated" ones, if she is chosen as a legislator.
Apr 01, 2016, 14:07 PM ISTTMC to get majority in West Bengal polls, bag 197 seats: Survey
Trinamool Congress will get majority in West Bengal polls and Mamata Banerjee will as CM, as per an opinion poll.
Mar 29, 2016, 23:15 PM ISTCongress heavyweight looking for 11th victory from Kharagpur
Kharagpur, which has a sizeable chunk of Muslim and Malayali voters, has traditionally rooted for Congress MLA Gyan Singh Sohan Pal.
Mar 29, 2016, 11:34 AM ISTCPI(M) will not join hands with Congress for WB polls: Ali
CPI(M) on Saturday said it will neither stitch an alliance nor form a front with Congress for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections.
Mar 26, 2016, 18:35 PM ISTWest Bengal polls 2016: TMC launches 'The Trinamool Song', praises Mamata govt's works
Remember 'Ache din aaney wale hain' song during 2014 General Elections and '5 saal Kejriwal' song during Delhi Assembly which became a sort of war cry? On the same lines, Trinamool Congress has now launched a song promoting the development works carried out by the Mamata Banerjee-led government.
Mar 20, 2016, 12:30 PM ISTMamata seeks votes in her name in poll-bound Bengal
Listing out the development work undertaken by the Trinamool Congress government in north Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said people should vote for the upcoming Assembly polls keeping her in mind.
Mar 18, 2016, 17:24 PM IST'Remove Narendra Modi to save India and Mamata Banerjee's TMC for Bengal'
Sitaram Yechury on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.
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