West Bengal Assembly Elections 2016
Left manifesto out
Abhishek, Mukul in joint poll canvassAbhishek had taken over Mukul's role as the party's minder in West Midnapore after the senior leader distanced himself from the party. Election panel norms flouted in six districts?
The special teams, each led by a chief electoral officer of a particular state, have reportedly observed that the Election Commission norms are not being followed in at least six districts.
Stung TMC sprouts a myriad MadansMasked party workers are better than tainted leaders - never mind if the masks are that of a tainted leader himself.
Mamata reaches out to people herself in Howrah road showOn any given day chief minister Mamata Banerjee would have completed her pre-poll walkathons in her usual style - walking in brisk pace with hands folded and a smile on her face.
West Bengal elections: Left Front manifesto promises to restore freedom of opinionThe Left Front on Sunday published its election manifesto for the Assembly election in West Bengal, the first phase of which starts on April 4, urging voters to exercise their franchise for Chhatradhar wife may get SP ticket
UAPA convict and Peoples' Committee against Police Atrocities leader Chhatradhar Mahato's wife Niyoti is likely to contest from Jhargram constituency as a Samajwadi Party candidate. More EC minders bound for Bengal
The Election Commission has decided to send five special teams to oversee poll preparations. Mamata plays Rajbanshi card against GJM Nepali move
Maynaguri (Jalpaiguri) The Hills and foothills are turning out to be a chessboard for identity politics. Netas bid for votes of hungry tea garden workers
From dawn till late in the day, Mongra Oraon draws 50 buckets of water from a well to irrigate a small patch of the sprawling Bundapani Tea Estate in Birpara in the Dooars. The garden has been shut
Locket swept by star-struck crowd in BirbhumUttam Das is a farmer by day and a musician by night who runs the Joy Maa Kali Band Party in Mayureswar. When his band bagged the order to lead the rally for actress-turned-BJP candidate Locket Deepa Das Munshi likely to take on Mamata
Senior Congress leader Somen Mitra, Deepa Das Munshi and Abdul Mannan are all likely to contest the 2016 assembly polls as the state election committee. Deepa Das Munshi will contest from Bhowanipore Anything but a walk in clouds
This elections, there is a buzz of a contest with the emergence of Jan Andolan Party (JAP), led by former Gurung confidant Harka Bahadur Chhetri, who was GJM spokesperson. For the first time in years,
Silence outside Mamata home reflects stung party's uneaseThe narrow lane leading to Mamata Banerjee's home in Kalighat has never been so deserted. Even when she was away on tour, there would be a crowd waiting outside. But over the past two days, the crowd
Murder victims’ kin stunned as once deadly rivals turn alliesit is alleged that 74 Congress supporters were killed by CPM men in Domkal alone, an assembly segment in Murshidabad district, between 1977 and 2004. The arch rivals are now allies and the victims’
Sting video: Mamata Banerjee slams oppositionFacing the heat of a controversial sting operation, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the opposition parties have formed a "nexus" to malign the Trinamool Congress ahead of Coalition to take on BJP in 2019 being welded in Bengal now
Bengal polls: Maoists adopt new strategy against Trinamool to regain lost groundPlagued by lack of leadership, the banned CPI (Maoist) has started a whispering campaign against the Trinamool Congress government in a bid to regain its lost ground in the Junglemahal region. The
EC focusing on increasing voter turnout in West Bengal
Mamata Banerjee slams Congress-Left ‘rainbow coalition’ in West BengalUpping the ante against Congress and the Left, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee claimed both the parties have formed a "rainbow coalition" for the upcoming assembly election in the state as
‘Spend force’ with empty pocketsAs chief minister, Mamata Banerjee has only added to the list of sops-and-goodies beneficiaries created by the Left Front government under Jyoti Basu.
Faith accompli: Dial ‘M’ to crack Bengal poll codeThis January, Bengal’s TMC government did something unusual. It put up billboards all over the city listing projects it had undertaken for Muslims. Next month, when 26 Muslim students cleared the
Netaji's grand nephew will be BJP candidate against CM Mamata Banerjee in Bengal state polls"Subhas Chandra Bose's grandnephew Chandra Bose will be BJP's candidate against Mamata in West Bengal assembly polls," Union HRD minister Smriti Irani announced on Wednesday. He has joined the party
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