Friday, May 24, 2019 | Last Update : 06:53 PM IST
Calcutta [Kolkata]
'BJP will follow tit for tat policy to counter TMC,' says Dilip Ghosh
The people have given Banerjee a "befitting reply" for her arrogance, Ghosh said.
24 May 2019 4:57 PM
Mamata Banerjee calls meeting of TMC MPs, party leaders
The Congress bagged two seats down from four last time and has won a vote share of 5.61 per cent.
24 May 2019 3:44 PM
Anger over ‘pro-Muslim’ Mamata, graft helped BJP script history in Bengal
Riding on the “Jai Shri Ram” slogan, the BJP also made a significant dent in the green bastion of chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s party.
24 May 2019 6:39 AM
17th Lok Sabha results, West Bengal: CPI(M) draws blank in Bengal first time
As per latest available trends, state's ruling TMC was leading in 22 Lok Sabha seats, whereas BJP was leading in 19.
23 May 2019 9:06 PM
West Bengal bypolls: BJP ahead in four seats, TMC in three
8 assembly seast were up for bypolls where byelections were held following one death and seven resignations.
23 May 2019 4:04 PM
What happened in Bengal? Mamata cedes ground to new-entrant BJP
The Bengal elections were by far the most violent in the country, with clashes marring each phase.
23 May 2019 11:29 AM
TMC-BJP clashes: Train services disrupted, bomb hurled outside railway station in WB
Panicked passengers and local people were seen running for cover as armed miscreants moved around the area.
21 May 2019 4:18 PM
Naidu, Banerjee prepare for hung verdict, non-BJP front in discussion
Naidu held a 45-minute-long meeting with Banerjee on the future strategies of the 'Mahagatbandhan'.
20 May 2019 7:56 PM
AP CM Chandrababu Naidu to meet Mamata for post-poll alliance talks in Kolkata
The TDP president will meet Banerjee as part of his efforts to unite opposition parties against the BJP.
20 May 2019 12:11 PM
BJP demands repolling in Bengal, questions impartial role of EC
Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman said elections in 6 of 9 seats, which went to polls in the 7th phase, were marred by violence.
20 May 2019 10:14 AM
Exit polls gossip, don’t trust them: Mamata Banerjee
I appeal to all Opp. parties to be united, strong and bold. We will fight this battle together, says Mamata.
20 May 2019 5:04 AM
BJP workers, CRPF committed 'unprecedented torture' during polling: Mamata
The counting of votes would take place on May 23.
19 May 2019 6:05 PM
There's no difference between a terrorist organisation, TMC: BJP's CK Bose
Bose also accused TMC workers of attacking him on April 24, when he was on his way to file nomination papers.
19 May 2019 1:18 PM
Mamata’s nephew sues Modi for ‘gunda’ jibe, seeks apology within 36 hours
The letter also claimed that Mr Modi had threatened to lock Abhishek’s office after the results of Lok Sabha elections are announced.
19 May 2019 3:21 AM
Mamata asks CEC to ensure final phase of Lok Sabha polls without orders of PM Modi
'The roadshow was itself a deliberate, intentional and a criminal conspiracy to vandalize the culture and heritage of Kolkata,' CM said.
18 May 2019 9:10 PM
Mamata’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee sends defamation notice to PM
In the letter, the lawyer stated that Modi threatened to lock Abhishek's office after the results of Lok Sabha elections are announced.
18 May 2019 7:19 PM
Fabricated stories being created against Modi, Shah: Naqvi
‘This perception of intolerance against us is completely wrong,’ said Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
18 May 2019 12:46 PM
Nine LS seats in West Bengal to go to polls in seventh phase
An electorate of nearly 1.5 crore will decide the fate of 111 candidates in 9 seats.
18 May 2019 11:08 AM
BJP demolishes iconic statues as a habit: Mamata Banerjee
The Periyar statue in Vellore was suspected to be broken similarly, claimed the CM.
17 May 2019 5:32 AM
'I'm successful because Kohli gave me freedom to attack', says Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep said he has learnt a few tricks which he would employ against the West Indian in the World Cup.
16 May 2019 4:11 PM
Columns
In the communal politics of the 1990s, a searing slogan was “Garv se kaho hum Hindu hain”, or “let us proclaim with pride that we are Hindu”.
The BJP’s share of the percentage of votes has gone up sharply, its seat share has moved up only modestly.
On the Congress-led UPA side, the situation by 12 noon has shown that it did not gain much from last time.
The campaign has been as intense, acrimonious and polarising as the kind we have seen in India.