Bengal polls: EC directs transfer of 3 police officers with immediate effect
Elections | April 04, 2021 7:49 ISTPolling for the first two phases of the West Bengal polls was held on March 27 and April 1 respectively.
Polling for the first two phases of the West Bengal polls was held on March 27 and April 1 respectively.
On the basis of source information, a raid was conducted by Bhangore police station of Baruipur Police district at the Padmapukur area under Pranganj GP where 41 crude bombs were recovered from a bush
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who was visiting Boyal area in the district, had to stay inside a polling booth for over two hours because of the clash.
The second phase of polling in West Bengal's eight-phase elections, including in the high-stakes Nandigram seat, recorded a high voter turnout of 37.4 per cent till 11 am. Though the situation was tense in a few areas with a few skirmishes reported, tight security cover in all 30 constituencies which went to polls averted any major incidents.
19% voter turnout recorded till 10 am in the second phase of polling in West Bengal: Election Commission of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address two rallies in Assam and one in West Bengal today.
In her final leg of campaigning for the second phase of the West Bengal elections, CM Mamata Banerjee revealed that belongs to the highest 'Shandilya' gotra.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday questioned Home Minister Amit Shah's claim of BJP winning 26 out of 30 seats in the first phase of Bengal elections, polling for which took place on Saturday.
Polling for the first phase of West Bengal and Assam assembly elections 2021 was held on Saturday. A voter turnout of 79.79 percent was recorded in Bengal and 72.14 percent in Assam till 5 PM (not final figure), the Election Commission said. Voting was held in 30 assembly constituencies in West Bengal and 47 seats in Assam in this phase with a total of 21,825 polling stations.
BJP district vice president Pralay Pal on Saturday alleged that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee called him asking to help TMC in Nandigram. BJP leader kailash Vijayvargiya today released the tape nad said that the conversation suggests that Mamata Banerjee has accepted her defeat in Nandigram.
A day before the first phase polling in the West Bengal assembly election 2021, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying something is wrong with his brain adding sometimes he calls himself Swami Vivekananda or renames stadiums after his own name.
Didi, you have only made hollow announcements in the last 10 years, where is the work you claim to have done? You keep saying 'Khela Hobe' while people of West Bengal have decided 'Khela Shesh Hobe': Prime Minister Modi in Bankura
Trinamool Congress parliamentary delegation comprising Saugata Roy, Yashwant Sinha, Md Nadimul Haque, Pratima Mondal, and Mahua Moitra met the Election Commission of India on Friday to discuss issues related to 'free and fair polling in West Bengal.
As West Bengal elections are approaching; BJP MP Arjun Singh alleged that three people hurled bombs at his residence on March 17.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday released Trinamool Congress' (TMC) election manifesto for the upcoming assembly elections in the state. Bengal polls 2021 will be held in 8 phases, beginning March 27 while the final phase of voting will be held on April 29.
Nandigram, which first grabbed national headlines in the mid-2000s because of the anti-land acquisition agitation led by Banerjee, is back in news again after the West Bengal chief minister decided to take on her former protege Suvendu Adhikari, who joined the BJP in December, on his home turf.
The Election Commission has sought a detailed report on the incident in which West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee claimed that she suffered an injury after she was pushed by few people during election campaigning in Nandigram.
A day after reciting 'Chandi' while launching her poll campaign for the Nandigram seat, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee offered prayers at Durga Mandir in Shibrampur village on Wednesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, Mamata arrived in Nandigram on a two-day visit. Addressing the party workers, the TMC supremo proudly exclaimed that she is "a Hindu girl" and recited mantras from the Chandi Path.
Mamata Banerjee Chandi Path: Mamata will cross swords with her former close aide-turned-bete noire Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram. She is contesting from the Nandigram seat for the first time after relinquishing the Bhowanipore seat in Kolkata.
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