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TopicWest Bengal assembly elections

Topic: West Bengal assembly elections

‘Feel mental pain’ — Trinamool MP posts cryptic FB message as protest chorus grows in party

In a Facebook post, three-term MP Satabdi Roy says she is ‘trying to make a decision’ so she can serve people in a better way. She will announce the ‘decision’ on 16 January. 

Bengal will also get anti-conversion law ‘when’ BJP comes to power — MP Home Minister Mishra

Narottam Mishra says he’ll speak to new CM after Bengal assembly polls in April-May to ensure religious conversion for marriage becomes a non-bailable offence.

Pracharaks and informal groups — How BJP and its ideological mentor, RSS, coordinate

Contrary to popular belief, RSS didn’t discuss Bengal polls or other political issues at its Ahmedabad meeting held earlier this month, say RSS functionaries.

TV is obsessing over who takes the first shot — not just vaccine, but at farmers, Opposition

The coverage of the farmers’ protest has entered a new phase — demonisation.

The money laundering cases against businessman & former Trinamool MP KD Singh arrested by ED

Allegations against KD Singh include collecting hundreds of crores from investors on the promise of higher returns and diverting the money through a web of shell companies.

Not West Bengal, but it’s the Assam polls that is most crucial for Modi-Shah this year

Assam is litmus test for Modi’s political model. BJP breached the uncharted territory in 2016 but can it do a repeat?

Trinamool MP ‘compares Lord Ram’s devotees to rapists’, angry BJP says police not filing FIR

BJP accuses MP Kalyan Banerjee of hurting religious sentiments, alleges police has refused to register their complaint. Trinamool says BJP giving comment 'communal spin'.

With switch from ‘Jai Shree Ram’ to ‘Jai Ma Durga’, BJP is tapping into the Bengali emotion

BJP chief J.P. Nadda, who was on day-long visit to West Bengal Saturday, gave fresh impetus to the party campaign with slogans 'Jai Ma Durga, Jai Ma Kali'.

BJP wants to ‘Gujarat-ise’ Bengal, Congress will build tallest Netaji statue — Jitin Prasada

Congress in-charge of Bengal Jitin Prasada tells ThePrint party will fight to save the soul of the state, protect it from ‘ideological invasion’ by BJP.

Why Furfura Sharif, Muslim shrine Owaisi visited in Bengal, could be key to Mamata’s return

In an interview to ThePrint, Furfura Sharif cleric Peerzada Abbas Siddique accused Mamata of ‘appeasing, rather than uplifting Muslims’. He is set cleric to launch party & fight polls.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India looks to procure more S-400/S-500 air defence systems from Russia

The 2018 contract with Russia for 5 S-400 systems had a follow-on clause for 5 more. S-400 was described as a 'game-changer' for shooting down 5 Pakistan fighter jets during Op Sindoor.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.