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Topic: West Bengal

BJP latches on to Kishor’s ‘admission’ of defeat in chat, he says release full conversation

The BJP has released purported audio clips of comments by Mamata Banerjee’s poll strategist Prashant Kishor to claim that he has admitted defeat in assembly polls.

Mamata Banerjee to skip meeting called by PM Modi to discuss Covid situation with CMs

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will be busy campaigning for the ongoing assembly elections in the state, sources in the state govt said.

BJP activists forcibly occupying booths, attacking TMC members & candidates, alleges Mamata

Addressing a public meeting in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, the TMC chief said her party's nominee in Arambagh was chased & hit on head near a polling booth by BJP workers.

EC calls Mamata’s claim about outsiders at Nandigram polling booth ‘factually incorrect’

In a letter to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in response to a complaint filed by her on 1 April, the Election Commission said her claims were 'devoid of substance'.

Bengal tops India’s small savings since 2000. No wonder govt reversed rate cut on voting day

As govt withdraws rate cut on small savings scheme, data with National Savings Institute shows that West Bengal has consistently led states in small savings collections.

Off The Cuff with Nitin Gadkari

In conversation with Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said India’s road infrastructure will be comparable to the...

386% in TN & 190% in Bengal — Covid surge in poll-bound states since campaign began

Assam & Kerala bucked the trend, with cases falling during poll campaign. Cabinet secretary to chair meeting with states Friday to discuss the worsening Covid situation. 

Party worker’s mother succumbed to injuries from attack by TMC workers, alleges BJP

Dismissing the allegations, TMC MP Sougata Roy said, 'The incident has no relation with politics and the BJP is unnecessarily trying to cash on a death.'

NIA arrests Trinamool Congress leader Chhatradhar Mahato for 2009 train hijacking

Mahato, a popular tribal leader, was first arrested on 26 September 2009 by West Bengal CID for allegedly attempting to kill former CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.

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.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?