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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
TopicWest Bengal assembly elections

Topic: West Bengal assembly elections

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.

Why the 2021 Bengal polls will see a tough fight between formidable Mamata Banerjee & BJP

In episode 643 of #CuttheClutter, Shekhar Gupta says the reason why Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have been targeting Bengal is because they want a big footprint in the east.

Trinamool crisis deepens as 2 more leaders quit after Suvendu, flurry of resignations likely

Amit Shah's Friday rally in Midnapore will see more resignations from Trinamool Congress as many senior leaders are set to join BJP, a top party leader said.

Trinamool won’t get even 100 seats in 2021 assembly polls, Bengal BJP leader Mukul Roy says

Speaking to BJP workers, Mukul Roy asked them to convince those who were staying away from the party 'due to misunderstanding' to return to its fold.

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'.

Suvendu Adhikari to remain in TMC, misunderstandings cleared, says senior party leader

TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee and election strategist Prashant Kishor met Adhikari days after he resigned from the state cabinet and claimed that all issues have been resolved.

Subhendu Adhikari exit sends ‘wrong message’ before West Bengal polls, say TMC leaders

Subhendu Adhikari's exit from Mamata Banerjee's cabinet is crucial to the BJP since he holds clout in at least 9 Lok Sabha and 63 assembly seats.

Rahul Gandhi holds virtual meet to discuss Congress-Left alliance for 2021 West Bengal polls

In the meeting with the Bengal unit of the Congress, the leaders favoured an alliance with the Left Front but differed over seat-sharing.

Political violence takes centre stage in Bengal as BJP-Trinamool race for 2021 heats up

Politics in Bengal has for years been marred with allegations of violence. In recent days, BJP has intensified its attack on Trinamool for alleged violence against its members.

Focus on women voters — how BJP plans to dent Mamata’s support in West Bengal

BJP general secretary BL Santosh and other leaders held meetings with Bengal unit to get campaign for 2021 polls rolling. Booth-level activities & women voters key focus points.

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Rajnath Singh is discovering India-Pakistan civilisational ties

Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.

Chhattisgarh pitches state as hub for ‘specialty steel’, nets investment plans of Rs 6,321 crore

Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector. 

India eyes more S-400s with upcoming Putin visit, Su-57 likely to stay off radar

Not only did S-400 record its longest hit during India-Pakistan 88-hour conflict, ability of the system to shoot and scoot in a short time, which allows it to evade enemy fire, was also proved.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.