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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

Modi will lay the foundation stone of the second Catalytic Dewaxing Unit, at the Haldia Refinery of Indian Oil Corporation, built at Rs 1019 crores to help augment the lubricant production. (Photo:PTI)

Modi to launch 3 big ticket plans in West Bengal

PM will also also launch LPG Import Terminal, built by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited at an investment of Rs 1100 crores

01 Feb 2021 4:28 AM

TMC MLA Rajib Banerjee talks to the media after resigning as West Bengal forest minister, outside Raj Bhawan in Kolkata on Friday. (Photo:PTI)

Ahead of Modi, Didi show, West Bengal minister quits

Dalmiya’s daughter expelled from TMC for anti-party moves

23 Jan 2021 2:30 AM

In her first visit to Mr Adhikari's home turf after his induction to the BJP, the West Bengal chief minister also declared that she would also try to contest from her home constituency Bhowanipore. (Photo:PTI)

Didi to contest from Nandigram, Adhikari vows to defeat her

Nandigram is a lucky place for me. If I contest here..how is it? It is my wish, says Mamata Banerjee

19 Jan 2021 4:34 AM

The AIMIM chief met Siddiqui, the religious shrine's secretary who aspires to float a political outfit for Muslims, hunting for an ally to contest the Bengal polls (Photo: Twitter | ANI/file)

For Bengal polls, Owaisi chooses Mamata's rival

Owaisi dared the CM to explain the exodus of her party leaders to the BJP and the saffron party's rise in the state in absence of his party

04 Jan 2021 8:57 AM

Sourav Ganguly suffers heart attack

Sourav's illness comes amid a speculation of a renewed attempt by the BJP to rope in him as it's chief ministerial candidate

03 Jan 2021 8:58 AM

Farmers shout slogans at Singhu border during their 'Delhi Chalo' protest march against the Centre's new farm laws, in New Delhi (PTI)

Farmers ask Didi to join their stir

Many farmers had an interaction on the telephone with Mamata Banerjee who assured them of her full solidarity with their movement

24 Dec 2020 4:17 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses during an event on Christmas celebrations, in Kolkata, Monday, December 21, 2020. (PTI /Ashok Bhaumik)

Didi asks Shah to check facts on Bengal growth

Trinamul Congress supremo also cautioned him against lying as a home minister for his political mileage

22 Dec 2020 7:37 AM

Comparing the BJP with the TMC, he claimed that the saffron party does not have the 'culture of corruption or extortion or dynasty politics'. (PTI)

No CAA now, rules yet to be made, says Shah

His statement punctures BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya's recent claim of the CAA implementation to get underway soon

21 Dec 2020 10:33 AM

TMC heavyweight Shubhendu Adhikari joined the BJP alon with nine MLAs, an MP and at least six dozen key district TMC office-bearers in the presence of Amit Shah.

Didi will be ‘isolated’, BJP to win 200 Bengal seats: Shah

Shah also attacked the TMC for its workers’ violent attack on BJP president J.P. Nadda's convoy by stone-pelting

20 Dec 2020 10:19 AM

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