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  Mamata Banerjee thanks people for civic poll triumph, calls it 'victory of Ma, Mati, Manush'

  Elections | February 14, 2022 14:11 IST

  The TMC retained Bidhannagar by winning 39 out of 41 seats, but opposition BJP and the CPI(M) failed to open their account. The Congress managed to bag one seat, and an Independent candidate secured victory in one ward.

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  Bengal govt to demerge Bally Municipality from Howrah civic body

  India | January 22, 2021 10:21 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the state government has approved a proposal to separate the Bally Municipality from Howrah Municipal Corporation and a bill will soon be introduced in the Assembly in this connection.

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  Amit Shah ticks off Haryana minister on farmer suicide remarks

  Politics | April 30, 2015 17:58 IST

  New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah today disapproved of the controversial remarks of Haryana Agriculture Minister O P Dhankar who had said farmers who commit suicide were “cowards” and asked party leaders to refrain from

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  Thumping victory for Trinamool in civic polls

  Politics | September 24, 2013 13:30 IST

  Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress today registered a resounding victory in civic polls by winning eight of the 12 municipal bodies across the state where elections were held.The Congress stood a distant second by winning