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TopicWest Bengal assembly elections

Topic: West Bengal assembly elections

Bengal BJP has shortlisted 4-5 candidates per seat for first two phases, says Dilip Ghosh

The party's Central Election Committee will meet Thursday in New Delhi to finalise the candidates list for 60 seats. Polling will be held in 30 seats each on 27 March and 1 April.

Zee’s Sudhir Chaudhary asks if Congress needs a vaccine, News18’s Zakka Jacob on ISF tie-up

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

It’s Congress vs Congress over Bengal alliance plans, state chief says ‘some helping BJP’

Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury says party approved tie-up with Left and it's the Left that brought ISF as a constituent, hits out at Anand Sharma for 'sabotaging' party’s prospects in the state.

BJP to stop cow smuggling in Bengal if voted to power, says Yogi Adityanath at Malda rally

UP CM Yogi Adityanath alleged that Mamata Banerjee is pursuing appeasement politics and endangering national security by allowing illegal immigrants into the state for vote bank.

EC extends polling time by 30 minutes for first phase of West Bengal elections

The decision was taken in view of the Covid restrictions, an Election Commission official said. Polling for the first phase is due to take place on 27 March from 7 am- 6.30 pm.

Mamata’s Trinamool to live up to its theme of ‘Bengal’s daughter’, plans to field 30-35% women

Trinamool Congress also plans a purge of sitting MLAs in constituencies where it trailed during 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Candidate list is likely Wednesday.

Anand Sharma slams Congress tie-up with Indian Secular Front in Bengal

Sharma said Congress 'cannot be selective in fighting the communalists' & that the issue of a tie-up with a radical party like ISF should have been discussed & approved by the CWC.

Tejashwi urges Biharis living in Bengal to back Mamata, stays mute on RJD-TMC alliance

After a meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said that the first priority of his party was to stop the BJP's progress in West Bengal.

Plea in Supreme Court challenges EC’s decision to hold polls in 8 phases in West Bengal

The plea, filed by lawyer M L Sharma, also seeks direction to CBI to register an FIR into the alleged chanting of religious slogans during electioneering in West Bengal.

Revive jobs in Bengal, promote phuchka, push tourism — report by BJP think tank ahead of polls

Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation has come up with a report suggesting that BJP’s focus should be on two most important job-creating sectors — knowledge and tourism. 

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.