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Monday, July 28, 2025
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BJP’s West Bengal dilemma — fight a Modi vs Didi battle or find itself a Sourav Ganguly

It is clear that the BJP is yet to firm up its West Bengal strategy on whether to fight with a CM face or do what it did in crucial elections like Uttar Pradesh.

‘Bengali pride’ of two Gujaratis won’t work for BJP. But TMC has an ‘outsider’ problem too

BJP is sticking to its hyperbole while TMC is playing a subtle game. Both these campaign tactics are predictable but what works in West Bengal isn't.

Bengal minister rejects BJP’s claim of winning 250 seats, says defections won’t impact TMC

Panchayat minister and TMC MLA Subrata Mukherjee says his party is neither shocked nor crestfallen after one MP and five MLAs of the TMC join the BJP.

Suvendu Adhikari, who quit Trinamool Congress, gets ‘Z’ category VIP security

The former Trinamool legislator is expected to join the BJP Saturday, the day Home Minister Amit Shah begins a two-day tour of West Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee synonymous with intolerance, says BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda

During his two-day visit to West Bengal, Nadda criticised the 'dynastic politics' of the TMC and other parties, and asserted that for the BJP 'party is family'.

TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari resigns as West Bengal transport minister

The Trinamool Congress remained tight-lipped on the development, while the BJP said the resignation was a reflection of the anger of TMC leaders against the party's top brass.

Why both BJP and Trinamool see advantage in Congress-CPM tie-up for Bengal polls

Congress and CPM fought 2016 assembly elections together, accounting for almost 39% of vote-share. In 2019, the alliance split, a move that hurt both parties badly.

BJP to compile list of IAS & IPS officers ‘close to Mamata govt’, claims bias in Bengal

BJP also plans to come up with a list of ‘goons in every block and district that will be handed over to home ministry’, says action necessary for free and fair elections next year.

18 months, 5 reminders — CBI yet to get Speaker nod to prosecute Trinamool MPs in Narada scam

CBI took over case in 2017 and sought permission in April 2019 from Lok Sabha Speaker to prosecute three MPs — Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Sougata Roy and Prasun Banerjee — and former MP Subhendu Adhikari.

‘My future safe in BJP’ — Mukul Roy says vested interests across parties working against him

Senior BJP leader Mukul Roy says he will demand an investigation into 'defaming and maligning reports' being published against him.

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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.