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    Election officials gather in an indoor stadium in Kolkata on Wednesday as they inspect electronic voting machines. -APIndia
    West Bengal Assembly election: 62 seats at stake in Phase 3 today

    The third phase of the six-phase Assembly election in Bengal will be held in 62 constituencies, including seven seats in...

    21 April 2016 1:20 AM IST

    Rajnath Singh takes PM cue, slams Mamata BanerjeeIndia
    Rajnath Singh takes PM cue, slams Mamata Banerjee

    In an attacking approach, Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Monday made it clear that the Central government would...

    19 April 2016 1:33 AM IST

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaks at an election rally of the ruling BJP in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)India
    PM says Mamata Banerjee fighting EC, not elections

    Claiming that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has conceded defeat in the ongoing Assembly election in the...

    18 April 2016 2:16 AM IST

    West Bengal: Civil society members seek removal of CEOMetros
    West Bengal: Civil society members seek removal of CEO

    Representative of political parties as well as members of the civil society on Thursday met Chief Election Commissioner...

    15 April 2016 12:28 AM IST

    Pranshant KishorMetros
    West Bengal: Violence mars second round

    Isolated incidents of violence marred the second round of the first phase 1 polling, which was held across 31...

    12 April 2016 1:25 AM IST

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at an election rally at Safanagar in south Dinajpur district of West Bengal. (Photo; PTI)Metros
    West Bengal: Polls today in 31 seats in second part of phase 1

    The second round of the first phase 1(b) of the six-phase Assembly polls will be held on Monday. Thirty one Assembly...

    11 April 2016 9:31 AM IST

    ‘Congress happy playing second fiddle to survive battle’India
    ‘Congress happy playing second fiddle to survive battle’

    Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the Congress was fighting a “battle for survival” by...

    11 April 2016 9:07 AM IST

    Kolkata flyover collapse: Thought it was a quake, says EyewitnessMetros
    Kolkata flyover collapse: Thought it was a quake, says Eyewitness

    The residents of 1, Vivekanda Road on Thursday felt there was an earthquake after the under construction flyover, barely...

    1 April 2016 1:58 PM IST

    BJP national president Amit Shah addresses a public meeting in Raghunathpur. (Photo: PTI)India
    Amit Shah: Seek CBI probe for bribe sting truth

    Dares Mamata to throw out ‘tainted’ leaders.

    30 March 2016 1:54 AM IST

    PM Modi being presented a memento by Dilip Ghosh at Kharagpur in West Midnapore district. (Photo: PTI)India
    PM: Mamata has now become shahenshah

    Addressing his first election rally in West Bengal in Kharagpur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “Five years...

    28 March 2016 5:58 AM IST

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a rally in support of TMC candidate Laxmi Ratan Sukla and Boisali DalmiaIndia
    2 more TMC leaders in bribery net ahead of West Bengal Assembly polls

    In the video, one was seen taking cash and the other seeking stake in business projects.

    22 March 2016 3:30 PM IST

    2 more TMC leaders in bribery netMetros
    2 more TMC leaders in bribery net

    Even before the Mamata Banerjee government could recover from the shock of the Narada sting video which showed 11 top...

    22 March 2016 1:44 AM IST

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