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BJP holds massive protest in West Bengal's Nandigram after worker killed in alleged TMC-instigated violence ahead of polling

May 24, 2024, at 01:15 am

Nandigram (West Bengal): Ahead of the sixth and penultimate phase of polling for the Lok Sabha election in West Bengal on May 25, reports of violence have emerged from East Medinipur district's Nandigram, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that its several workers were attacked by members of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) last night, media reported.

I will take revenge: Mamata Banerjee recounting her 'Nandigram defeat'

May 16, 2024, at 08:24 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Despite the Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s landslide victory in the 2021 assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was defeated by BJP's Suvendu Adhikari by close to 2,000 votes.

'Will garage Mamata-Abhishek': Suvendu Adhikari thunders in Nandigram

Mar 14, 2023, at 05:45 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suvendu Adhikari challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee from his assembly constituency Nandigram on Tuesday.

Bhabanipur bypoll today, must win for Mamata to remain West Bengal CM

Sep 30, 2021, at 06:13 am

Kolkata/IBNS: All eyes will be on West Bengal's Bhabanipur assembly constituency, where elections will be held Thursday, as Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Mamata Banerjee will have to win the electoral battle to remain the West Bengal Chief Minister.

West Bengal: Minor girl killed, two others hurt in suspected crude bomb explosion in Nandigram

Sep 18, 2021, at 08:05 pm

Nandigram/West Bengal/IBNS: A nine-year-old girl was killed and two other minors were seriously injured after a suspected crude bomb went off at an abandoned house at Jadu Bari Chak village under Nandigram-I Block's Kalicharanpur GP area in East Medinipur district of West Bengal on Friday evening, reports said.

CBI summons Mamata Banerjee's Nandigram election agent Sk Supian in post-poll violence case

Sep 16, 2021, at 05:05 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday summoned Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Seikh Supian, who was the election agent of Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, in connection with its ongoing probe into the post-poll violence cases in the state, officials said.

Calcutta HC to hear Mamata Banerjee's plea challenging Nandigram result next on Aug 12

Jul 14, 2021, at 08:42 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court will hear West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's plea challenging the poll results in Nandigram, where she has lost to rival from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Suvendu Adhikari, next on Aug 12.

Calcutta HC to hear Mamata Banerjee's plea against Nandigram result today

Jul 14, 2021, at 04:28 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court will Wednesday hear West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's plea challenging the poll results in Nandigram, where she has lost to rival from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Suvendu Adhikari.

Calcutta HC judge Kaushik Chanda recuses from hearing Mamata's Nandigram plea, fines CM

Jul 07, 2021, at 05:17 pm

Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: Calcutta High Court judge Kaushik Chanda on Wednesday recused himself from hearing the plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has challenged the Nandigram election result that had favoured her opponent Suvendu Adhikari.

BJP walks out of Bengal assembly, says 'not allowed to speak'

Jul 06, 2021, at 08:08 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Trinamool Congress (TMC) verbal fight took the centre-stage of the ongoing West Bengal assembly session on Monday, with the saffron camp accusing Speaker Biman Banerjee of not allowing it to speak.

Nandigram case: Mamata Banerjee joins Calcutta HC hearing virtually

Jun 24, 2021, at 06:16 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday virtually joined the Calcutta High Court hearing on the case pertaining to the result of Assembly Elections in Nandigram.

Mamata v Suvendu: Calcutta HC to hear Nandigram case on Jun 24

Jun 18, 2021, at 06:48 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court's hearing on the case between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari over the electoral result in Nandigram has been rescheduled to Jun 24.

Mamata storms back to power for third term in Bengal derailing Modi-Shah juggernaut

May 03, 2021, at 04:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Brushing under the carpet her personal defeat in the Nandigram battle, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee stormed back to power for the third consecutive time, decimating the mighty challenge from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by the duo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Suvendhu Adhikari wins Nandigram by 1736 votes, Mamata accepts verdict but might challenge counting process

May 03, 2021, at 01:18 am

Kolkata: BJP leader and former Mamata strongman Suvendu Adhikari has won the Nandigram seat, according to official confirmation after it was reported widely that Mamata Banerjee had won the prestige seat.

Narendra Modi congratulates Mamata Banerjee over Bengal election victory, assures all central support

May 03, 2021, at 01:14 am

New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee after her Trinamool Congress scripted yet another victory in the state Assembly polls.

Don't worry for Nandigram, will accept verdict, says Mamata as confusion prevails over result

May 03, 2021, at 12:47 am

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she is accepting the verdict of the people of Nandigram even as confusion prevailed over who won the high-profile seat in the West Bengal Assembly.

My first priority is the current COVID-19 situation: Mamata Banerjee tells party workers after victory 

May 02, 2021, at 10:45 pm

Kolkata: In her first address to party workers after clinching the Assembly polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said her first priority will be to fight the COVID-19 challenge.

Conflicting reports on Mamata win: Report suggests counting yet to conclude

May 02, 2021, at 10:44 pm

Amid the news that Mamata Banerjee has won the Nandigram seat in a cliffhanger against her former lieutenant and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Suvendu Adhikari, reports from the constitutency said the counting is still on and the result has not been declared officially. Mamata meanwhile addressed people emerging out of her room and asked all to return home and wait for her press conference at 6 pm. She urged everyone to take Covid19 precautions. After being in a wheel chair since mid March from an injury in Nandigram, she was seen on her feet. 

Bengal Polls: Mamata Banerjee defeats Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram by 1,200 votes, says Media Report

May 02, 2021, at 10:13 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In a close contest with her former lieutenant and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Suvendu Adhikari, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee won from Nandigram as the results of the state assembly elections are declared on Sunday, according a news agency report.

Mamata Banerjee wins Nandigram

May 02, 2021, at 10:01 pm

Nandigram: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee successfully won the politically crucial Nandigram seat by beating Bharatiya Janata Party's opponent Suvendu Adhikari.  

Mamata Banerjee leads in Nandigram after round 11

May 02, 2021, at 07:55 pm

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, who had been trailing in Nandigram since the counting started, is currently leading over BJP's Suvendu Adhikari by 3327 votes after the completion of 11th round of counting. 

Bengal Poll Results: TMC touches 200-mark, Mamata still trails in Nandigram

May 02, 2021, at 05:49 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Despite Mamata Banerjee's trailing in Nandigram so far, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has touched the 200-mark as the results for the West Bengal assembly elections are coming out on Sunday.

Bengal Poll Results: TMC comfortably ahead of BJP now, Mamata trails in Nandigram

May 02, 2021, at 04:14 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress has taken a comfortable lead over its prime opponent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the results of the West Bengal assembly elections are coming out on Sunday.

Factually incorrect, devoid of substance: Election Commission rubbishes Mamata's allegations of voter intimidation at Nandigram booth

Apr 05, 2021, at 12:25 am

New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Dismissing Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee's allegations of voter intimidation at a polling booth in Nandigram's Boyal, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday stated that the West Bengal Chief Minister's hand-written complaint was factually incorrect and devoid of substance.

EC to probe Mamata Banerjee's conduct at Nandigram polling booth

Apr 04, 2021, at 06:04 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Election Commission on Sunday said it will probe the complaint against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's conduct at a polling booth in Nandigram last week during the second phase of voting.

Mamata's own people told me she's looking for 2nd seat, says JP Nadda; TMC hits back

Apr 03, 2021, at 07:16 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda made an explosive statement saying West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's own people told him that she was looking for a second seat considering her imminent defeat in state poll epicentre Nandigram.

BJP will win 50 of 60 seats in first two phases of Bengal Assembly polls: Amit Shah

Apr 02, 2021, at 11:42 pm

Sitalkunchi/Kalchini/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday predicted that BJP would win at least 50 seats out of 60 assembly seats which went for polls in the first two phases in West Bengal and also claimed that TMC head and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would face a defeat at Nandigram constituency.

You cannot suggest me, I don't belong to your party: Mamata hits back at Modi's Nandigram taunt

Apr 02, 2021, at 08:03 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi who a day ago taunted the former asking whether she would fight from another seat in the Bengal polls knowing her defeat in Nandigram.

Amid tension between TMC-BJP workers in Nandigram, Bengal sees voters' turnout of 82.78 pct in 2nd phase

Apr 02, 2021, at 03:00 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Polling in 30 seats of West Bengal including the high-voltage Nandigram, which saw a prestige fight between state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her former aide Suvendu Adhikari, concluded on Thursday evening with an overall voters' turnout of 80.43 pct till 5:30 PM.

Trinamool Congress rules out Mamata Banerjee contesting from another seat

Apr 02, 2021, at 01:10 am

Kolkata/UNI: The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday ruled out Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee contesting from another seat.