Ex-PM Manmohan Singh tests positive for Covid-19, admitted to Delhi's AIIMS
Apr 20, 2021, at 12:59 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has tested positive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to the trauma centre of Delhi's AIIMS, the Congress party informed on Monday.
Narendra Modi responsible for second wave of Covid: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 19, 2021, at 11:29 pm
Kaliganj/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was responsible for the second wave of Covid.
Covid-19 spike: Mamata shuts Bengal schools, halves workforce in govt offices, says no lockdown now
Apr 19, 2021, at 09:14 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced the closure of all government schools and reduced the workforce in offices to 50 per cent daily, in the wake of the massive spike in Covid-19 cases in the poll-bound Indian state.
Requesting EC with folded hands to club remaining election phases: Mamata over Covid-19 spike
Apr 19, 2021, at 08:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday once again appealed to the poll body to club the remaining three phases of ongoing state elections to prevent the further spread of Covid-19.
COVID-19 surge: CM Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Narendra Modi seeking 5.4 cr more vaccine doses
Apr 19, 2021, at 02:26 am
Kolkata/UNI: In the wake of second wave of COVID-19, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and requested him to supply of 5.4 crore more vaccine doses.
Bengal Polls: Mamata decides not to campaign in Kolkata except on Apr 26 amid Covid-19 spike
Apr 19, 2021, at 01:55 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced she won't be campaigning in the ongoing West Bengal assembly polls in Kolkata amid the spike in Covid-19 cases across the country including the eastern state.
West Bengal votes in fifth phase amid Covid-19 scare as BJP-TMC electoral fight intensifies
Apr 18, 2021, at 02:19 am
Kolkata/IBNS: India's one of the most populous states, West Bengal, on Saturday voted in the fifth phase of assembly elections as the fierce contest between the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its tough opposition force Trinamool Congress (TMC) are engaged into a fierce electoral battle amid the massive spike in Covid-19 cases.
Apr 17, 2021, at 09:13 pm
Asansol/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed TMC supremo Mamata Banejree's leaked audio-tape conversations, in which she allegedly had planned to take out rally with dead bodies of Sitalkuchi, and said her politics was not limited to just "protests, but it has crossed a dangerous limit of vengeance".
BJP releases alleged Mamata tape asking to frame Central forces, SP, others in Sitalkuchi firing
Apr 17, 2021, at 12:23 am
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released an audio tape where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was purpotedly asking her party's candidate in Cooch Behar’s Sitalkuchi assembly constituency to prevent the bodies of four killed in CISF firing from being claimed by their kins till there is a rally and FIRs filed by experienced lawyers. She was heard in the alleged tape saying that from the Central force commandants to Superintendent of Police and IC, all have to be framed in the case of firing. While the veracity of the tape is yet to be confirmed, the BJP claimed the CM was trying to foment communal trouble. The Trinamool Congress candidate there was heard admitting that those who died were their partymen.
BJP responsible for COVID surge in Bengal : Mamata Banerjee
Apr 16, 2021, at 11:59 pm
Nabadwip/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday held the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) responsible for COVID surge in Bengal.
Bengal: EC to meet all parties over Covid-19 situation amid ongoing polls
Apr 16, 2021, at 05:12 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: India's poll body will on Friday meet 10 political parties participating in the high-octane assembly elections in West Bengal amid the spike in Covid-19 cases.
Hold remaining phases of election in one go: Mamata Banerjee to Election Commission
Apr 16, 2021, at 02:00 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to club the remaining phases of polling dates and consider conducting them in one go.
Bengal Elections: Video clip on Sitalkuchi incident goes viral
Apr 15, 2021, at 05:19 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Four days after the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) firing incident in Cooch Behar's Sitalkuchi during the fourth phase of the West Bengal Assembly election, that left four persons dead, a video clip, which is claimed to be of the incident, has gone viral on social media.
Bengal will burn the day BJP enters state: Rahul Gandhi
Apr 15, 2021, at 01:48 am
Matigara/WB/UNI: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed Bengal will burn the day Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) enters the state.
Bengal: Mamata meets family members of people killed in Cooch Behar shooting
Apr 14, 2021, at 07:38 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met the family members of four people who were shot dead by the central military personnel in Cooch Behar's Sitalkuchi during the ongoing polls.
Mamata Banerjee Dharna: Rajnath Singh slams TMC supremo
Apr 14, 2021, at 12:06 am
Swarupnagar/UNI: Senior BJP leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday lashed out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her adverse comments on the poll body, saying the TMC supremo's outburst was a result of her frustration because she realised her imminent defeat on May 2.
Mamata Banerjee calls off dharna against EC ban on her Bengal poll campaign
Apr 13, 2021, at 09:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called off her over three-hour long dharna against the Election Commission's ban on her poll campaign for 24 hours.
Apr 13, 2021, at 07:44 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday served a notice to West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh over his controversial remark on the CISF firing in Cooch Behar's Sitalkuchi that left four people dead, officials said.
Mamata Banerjee begins dharna in protest against EC ban on Bengal poll campaign
Apr 13, 2021, at 05:56 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday began her dharna near Gandhi statue in downtown Kolkata in protest against the Election Commission (EC)'s ban on her campaign for 24 hours.
Bengal: Mamata's dharna today in protest against EC ban on her poll campaign
Apr 13, 2021, at 04:48 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Tuesday sit on a dharna in downtown Kolkata in protest against the Election Commission (EC)'s ban on her campaign for 24 hours.
Bengal polls: ECI bans Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours starting 8 pm tonight
Apr 13, 2021, at 02:38 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday imposed a 24-hour campaign ban on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly demanding votes on communal ground and directing women to 'gherao' (restrain) the Central armed paramilitary forces (CAPF) during the poll, officials said.
Breaking News: ECI bans Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours
Apr 13, 2021, at 01:26 am
Election Commission of India has imposed a ban of 24 hours on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from campaigning in any manner from 8 pm of April 12 till 8 pm of April 13.
BJP touched 100 seats in four phases of Bengal polls: PM Modi
Apr 12, 2021, at 06:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Boosting the confidence of his party workers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has touched 100 seats in the four of eight phases of ongoing West Bengal assembly elections.
Apr 11, 2021, at 05:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who blamed the Centre for Saturday's violence in Cooch Behar's Sitalkuchi constituency during the fourth phase of the Assembly election, hit out at the Election Commission on Sunday over the three-day ban on politicians and announced that she will visit the district on Apr 14.
BJP's double engine govt to give new political ambience to Bengal: Modi
Apr 11, 2021, at 06:55 am
Krishnanagar/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said BJP's double engine government in Bengal will give a new political ambience to the state.
Apr 11, 2021, at 04:35 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Issuing a statement on Saturday night, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said that the firing by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) outside a polling station in Sitalkuchi in West Bengal's Cooch Behar was absolutely necessary at that moment as the mob had attempted snatching jawans' rifles during the violence.
Cooch Behar incident was pre-planned: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 11, 2021, at 12:06 am
Siliguri/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the Cooch Behar incident is pre-planned.
Prashant Kishor's audio tape on BJP's Bengal prospects goes viral, TMC caught off-guard
Apr 10, 2021, at 05:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In what could dampen the Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s electoral spirit apparently, an audio tape where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's political aide Prashant Kishor was heard speaking about the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prospects in the ongoing state polls went viral on Saturday.
West Bengal voting in fourth phase of Assembly polls
Apr 10, 2021, at 02:20 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal is voting in the fourth phase of the high-voltage Assembly elections on Saturday.
Bengal: EC slaps notice on Mamata over 'gherao CRPF' remark, seeks explanation by Apr 10
Apr 09, 2021, at 05:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A day before the fourth phase of West Bengal assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday served a notice to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee over her 'gherao the CRPF' remark, officials said on Friday.