Mamata confident of her win in Bengal assembly polls
Chinsurah/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed confidence of her win in the Bengal assembly polls.
Jaya Bachchan to campaign for TMC in Kolkata today
Kolkata/IBNS: In an apparent counter to Mithun Chakraborty's campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), actor-politician Jaya Bachchan will be seen holding a roadshow for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in poll-bound West Bengal on Monday.
EC to probe Mamata Banerjee's conduct at Nandigram polling booth
Kolkata/IBNS: The Election Commission on Sunday said it will probe the complaint against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's conduct at a polling booth in Nandigram last week during the second phase of voting.
Mamata's own people told me she's looking for 2nd seat, says JP Nadda; TMC hits back
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda made an explosive statement saying West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's own people told him that she was looking for a second seat considering her imminent defeat in state poll epicentre Nandigram.
Bengal polls: BJP candidate Deepak Haldar allegedly attacked by TMC, hospitalised
Kolkata/IBNS: Days before the third phase of West Bengal assembly polls, BJP candidate in Diamond Harbour, Deepak Haldar, was allegedly attacked and assaulted by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers during an election campaign in Parulia's Haridevpur area on Friday morning, reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: Polling in 30 seats of West Bengal including the high-voltage Nandigram, which saw a prestige fight between state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her former aide Suvendu Adhikari, concluded on Thursday evening with an overall voters' turnout of 80.43 pct till 5:30 PM.
Trinamool Congress rules out Mamata Banerjee contesting from another seat
Kolkata/UNI: The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday ruled out Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee contesting from another seat.
Not worried about Nandigram but democracy: Mamata Banerjee
Nandigram/IBNS: After two-hour long standoff in Nandigram's Boyal, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she was worried about democracy and not her chance to win the seat.
Bengal polls: BJP candidate in Keshpur attacked allegedly by TMC workers, ECI seeks report
Keshpur/West Medinipur/IBNS: BJP candidate Pritish Ranjan Kuar was attacked and his vehicle was ransacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in Keshpur in West Medinipur district of West Bengal on Thursday afternoon, reports said.
BJP worker's body found hanging at his residence in Nandigram on poll day
Nandigram/UNI: A BJP worker’s body was found at his Nandigram residence, even as the overall polling remained peaceful, at Nandigram, a high profile assembly constituency in East Medinipur, where the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is pitted against her former aid turned BJP rival Suvendu Adhikari.
High voltage Nandigram battle between Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari in Bengal today
Nandigram/IBNS: The much-awaited, high voltage and prestigious fight between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari will be held in the second phase of West Bengal assembly elections on Thursday.
Bengal polls: Tension erupts in Barrackpore as TMC, BJP workers clash during nomination filing
Kolkata/IBNS: A clash reportedly broke out between the activists of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP at Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Wednesday during the nomination filing of assembly election's candidates.
Smriti Irani alleges that Mamata Banerjee and her goons killed the 82-year-old woman
Guwahati: Politics has erupted over the death of an 82-year-old woman in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district and Union Textiles minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her TMC goons had brutally murdered the 82-year-old woman.
Mamata leaves wheelchair, stands up for national anthem at Nandigram
Nandigram/IBNS: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee left her wheelchair and stood on her feet to join her party members during the national anthem in a public meeting in Nandigram, said a Hindustan Times report.
Bengal polls: Ex-cricketer and BJP candidate in Moyna Ashoke Dinda attacked during election campaign
Moyna/East Medinipur/IBNS: Two days ahead of the second phase of West Bengal assembly polls, former Indian cricketer and BJP candidate from Moyna assembly seat, Ashoke Dinda, was attacked and his vehicle was vandalized allegedly by TMC workers near Moyna Bazar in East Medinipur district on Tuesday evening, reports said.