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Poll Panel imposes 24-hr campaigning ban on Mamata Banerjee
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday imposed a 24-hour campaigning ban from 2000 hrs April 12 to 2000 hrs April 13 on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the violation of Model Code of Conduct.The Chief Minister...
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People consider politics as business not social work anymore: Hemant Soren
Deoghar: Chief Minister Hemant Soren continued his campaigning for the bypolls on Madhupur seat of Jharkhand Assembly during which in an indirect attack on the BJP he said that nowdays politics is no longer about serving the society but...
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Didi’s govt will go on May 2: Modi
Bardhaman: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said 'Didi's' government will go on May 2.Addressing a public meeting here, Modi said, “Didi's Khela is understood by Bengal people. Didi knows if she goes from here, she will never come...
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Congress could replicate Assam strategy in UP polls
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Lucknow: Confident of its success in Assam assembly elections, the Congress party is all set to replicate its Assam poll campaign experiment in Uttar Pradesh poll, due early 2022.Congress sources said here on Sunday that party high command has...
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Mamata says “EC should rename MCC as Modi Code of Conduct”
Kolkata: Irked by the EC's blanket ban on the politicians from visiting the trouble-torn Cooch Behar district where four youths fell to the bullets on Saturday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said."EC should rename MCC as...
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80.09% turnout in Bengal; five killed in violence
Kolkata: Violence marred the fourth phase polling in Bengal with five people losing their lives even as 80.09 per cent turnout was recorded on Saturday.At least four people were killed in Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar district after CISF allegedly...
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Five killed in poll-related violence in Bengal; 33.98 per cent turnout till 1115 hrs
Kolkata: At least five people were killed in North Bengal in poll-related violence even as the fourth phase recorded 33.98 per cent turnout till 1115 hours in West Bengal on Saturday.At least four people were killed in Sitalkuchi in...
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Rahul writes to Modi over pace of COVID vaccine production, inoculation
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to get accelerated Corona vaccine production and inoculation with second wave of the pandemic hitting hard in the world's second most virus...
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25% of candidates contesting 5th phase of Bengal elections declare criminal cases against themselves
Kolkata: Twenty five per cent of the candidates contesting in the fifth phase of West Bengal assembly elections have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a report by-poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).The West Bengal Election...
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EC issues notice to Mamata for asking votes on communal grounds, demands explanation within 48 hours
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued notice to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee over her statement on April 3, "appealing to Muslim voters to not let their vote be...
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Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi appointed new Chief of Naval Staff
Imphal: The Government of India has appointed Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, AVSM, NM presently serving as Vice Chief...