Politics
CISF and CRPF Chiefs Refuse to Join Issue with Mamata
The director generals of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have refused to join issue with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee over the incidents of firing in Cooch Behar district and booth-related tensions during the ongoing assembly elections. “I’ll not comment on...
Amit Shah at Bengal Rally
Seeking to allay fears created among the people of the hills by TMC’s “lies”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Monday that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will have no impact on the Gorkhas. Shah, during an address after a roadshow in Kalimpong, said as long as...
PM Modi, Shah Mentioning Me in Their Rallies A Blessing for Me: Abhishek Banerjee
Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Abhishek Banerjee said on Thursday that he considered criticisms by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah as “blessings”, even as he launched a broadside against former party colleague Suvendu Adhikari, who the TMC describes as a “traitor”. In an exclusive interview...
Delhi HC Grants Time to Sonia, Rahul Gandhi, Others to File Replies on Swamy’s Plea in Herald Case
The Delhi High Court Monday granted time to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and others accused in the National Herald case, to file replies on a plea by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy seeking to lead evidence before the trial court. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait listed the matter...
High Court Ruling on Kotkapura Firing Probe Triggers Political Slugfest Ahead of Punjab Assembly Elections
The Kotkapura firing incident that had spelt doom for the Akali government in 2017 Assembly elections is back in focus with the incumbent Congress government is now under fire after a Punjab and Haryana High court order quashed investigation by the State police and ordered constitution of a fresh...
‘Stone-hearted’ KCR Should Release Job Notification to End Suicides, Says YS Sharmila
During her maiden protest demanding to fill up government job vacancies in Telangana, at Dharna Chowk of Indira Park, Y S Sharmila, the sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, hit out at Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) for turning a ‘stone-hearted’ leader. When...
28% Candidates Contesting in WB Polls Phase-6 Have Declared Criminal Cases Against Themselves: ADR
Of the 306 candidates contesting in the sixth phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls, 28 per cent have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a report by poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The West Bengal Election Watch and the ADR have analysed the self-sworn...
TMC Submits Memorandum to EC Against BJP Leaders for ‘Instigating Violence’ in West Bengal
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India (ECI) against top leaders of BJP for “spinning false narrative of brutal incident in Cooch Behar district”. Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has also accused the BJP leaders for “instigating violence against the electorate in West...
EC Directs Parties in West Bengal to Ensure Strict Compliance of Covid-19 Norms Ahead of 5th Phase Polling
The Chief Election Commissioner of West Bengal on Thursday directed officials and all the political parties to ensure strict compliance of the COVID-19 guidelines ahead of the fifth phase of polling, which is to be held on Saturday. The officials were asked to ensure that voters maintain at least...
Slain Gangster Vikas Dubey’s Village Votes after 25 Years
File pic of slain gangster Vikas Dubey. Locals say previously Dubey, his family members, or people close to him would win unopposed. Lucknow Last Updated:April 15, 2021, 16:43 IST FOLLOW US ON: Voting for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections was underway on Thursday in Kanpur...
Central Forces Could Have Shot Dead More Than 4 in Cooch Behar to Stop Vote Rigging: BJP Leader
Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh. Dilip Ghosh had on Sunday said more Cooch Behar-like killings may happen in the next phase of assembly elections. PTI Last Updated:April 12, 2021, 19:35 IST FOLLOW US ON: A day after Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh courted a controversy as he warned of...
Covid-19 Norms Flouted as Huge Crowds of Voters Turn Up for Phase 1 Polling
Over three crore voters exercised their franchise in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections on Thursday held across 18 districts in 51,176 polling booths. According to numbers shared by the Elections Commission, 3,16,46,162 voters went to vote for the post of Zila Panchayat, BDC, Gram Pradhan...
Village Boycotts Polls Over Missing Names of 135 Voters
While voting is underway for panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh from 7 am, villagers from Gorakhpur’s Gagaha began a dharna after their names were missing from the voters’ list. The village head also sat on a dharna. The people of the Bhatora village of Sakri in the gram sabha...
Kuldeep Sengar’s Daughter Criticises BJP Cancelling Her Mother’s Ticket
As the Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls got underway on Thursday, the daughter of former Unnao MLA and rape convict Kuldeep Sengar raised questions over the Bharatiya Janata Party cancelling her mother’s ticket. Sangeeta Sengar, an outgoing zila panchayat chairperson, was made a candidate for district panchayat membership from ward...
Mamata Oscillates, Her Communal Nature is Visible in Different Colours: Smriti Irani
Smriti Irani, the Union minister for textiles, and women and child development, is a star campaigner for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal. In an interview with News18 in Kolkata during her campaign, Irani answered a host of questions on the state elections, including Congress leader Rahul...
BJP Adds New Dimension to Bengal Poll Plan
With four more rounds to go in the eight-phase assembly elections in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party has punched up its canvassing strategy, especially in the old Bengal Presidency area, including 40 seats in and around Kolkata. The BJP will launch a door-to-door campaign between 9am and 11am...
PM Modi’s ‘Didi… O Didi’ Remark Recreated by Kids, Viral Videos Leave BJP and Netizens Amused
The internet was on Monday evening filled with spoofs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Didi o Didi’ remark on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during poll rallies. Videos of small children imitating the prime minister were shared by several leaders of the BJP AEE and party supporters on...
PM Modi’s ‘Didi…o…Didi’ Address Exploited by Bengal Youth to Harass Women, Plaint Filed
As campaigning for the hotly fought and keenly watched West Bengal assembly elections stoops lower by the day, a phrase frequently used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seems to have caught two men on the wrong foot in Kolkata. Modi, who has been...
