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Topic2021 Bengal election

Topic: 2021 Bengal election

Amit Shah holds roadshow in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district

Shah's vehicle passed through packed streets as people queued up on both sides of the road during campaigning.

Mamata Banerjee’s purported audio clip with TMC leader on Cooch Behar firing stirs row

BJP's IT Cell chief Amit Malviya claimed that the 'chief minister is trying to instigate riots by asking her party leaders to take out rallies with bodies'.

FIR against Mamata Banerjee in Cooch Behar for ‘instigating’ voters to attack central forces

Siddique Ali Mia, BJP's Cooch Behar minority cell zilla chief, claimed Mamata’s speech provoked voters to attack CISF men, leading to forces opening fire and the deaths of four people.

TMC MPs list EC’s ‘inaction, understand, overaction’ during Bengal polls

TMC MPs listed speeches of PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah alleging that they have made statements that are in 'violation' of the Model Code of Conduct.

Cooch Behar firing ‘genocide’, EC trying to suppress facts by restricting entry, says Mamata

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee claimed that central forces 'sprayed bullets aiming at the torso of the victims' in Sitalkuchi, where four people were killed Saturday.

Caste was never a big issue in Bengal politics. This assembly election has changed that

Banerjee sowed seeds of caste-based politics, starting with pursuing the Matua clan comprising Hindu refugees. Now BJP has promised them citizenship. Other SC/ST votes also being eyed.

Didi or family? Furfura Sharif cleric’s family divided over whom to back in battle for Bengal

Qutubuddin Siddique, the eldest pir at Furfura Sharif, mulls fatwa to support TMC. Meanwhile, nephew Abbas’ ISF party has found resonance among those looking for an alternative to the TMC.

Campaigning ends in Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu, polling on 6 April

Top party leaders pull off massive rallies in all the poll-going states. However, Amit Shah's rallies in Assam were cut short as he returned to New Delhi due to Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh.

No plan of conducting NRC in Bengal, only looking forward to implementing CAA: Vijayvargiya

The BJP leader also accused the TMC of 'running a disinformation campaign against the saffron camp' and questioned why the ruling party in the state was opposing CAA.

On Camera

There’s pollution, violence, volcanic ash on my screen. And yet an email is more stressful

Years are quietly being stripped off my lifespan, and somehow that doesn’t ruin my day. But getting scolded for one careless word in an email? That can send me spiralling.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.