Kolkata/IBNS: Releasing a call recording, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday claimed that Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee had sought help from a BJP leader in the West Bengal assembly election.
Purulia/West Bengal/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report from its local machinery after Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Purulia candidate, Sujoy Banerjee, was seen in a video threatening a BJP leader to shoot outside a polling station in Purulia district of West Bengal on Saturday afternoon, officials said.
West Bengal Assembly Polls: First phase of voting underway in 30 seats
Kolkata: The first phase of voting in the high-decibel West Bengal Assembly polls is currently underway in Saturday.
'Suvendu Adhikari harbouring armed criminals': TMC writes to Bengal EC
Kolkata/UNI: The ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, saying that BJP's Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari is harbouring armed criminals at least in nine locations.
If 30 pc Muslims unite in India, four Pakistans can be formed: Bengal TMC leader Sheikh Alam
Kolkata/IBNS: Days ahead of the West Bengal assembly election, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader from Birbhum's Nanur, Sheikh Alam, has landed in a controversy after he said- "If 30 per cent of India's minority population unite, four Pakistans can be formed"- during a public rally in Nanur's Basapara area on Wednesday.
One killed, several injured in TMC-Sanjukta Morcha clash in West Bengal's Baruipur
Kolkata/IBNS: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) activist was killed and at least 10 others were injured as the workers of ruling TMC and Sanjukta Morcha, comprising of Left parties, Congress and Indian Secular Front (ISF), clashed in Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district of poll-bound West Bengal on Wednesday late night, reports said on Thursday.
ED quizzes retired IPS Surajit Kar Purayakayastha in Saradha scam
Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday interrogated former West Bengal DGP, retired IPS Surajit Kar Purayakayastha, in connection with its ongoing probe into the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, officials said.
Vote for Modi instead of Mamata if you want schemes over scams: Amit Shah
Kolkata/IBNS: Cornering the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government over the alleged corruption, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday appealed to people to vote for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) instead of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to choose schemes over scams.
West Bengal: Tension erupts in Dinhata after BJP leader's hanging dead body recovered
Cooch Behar/IBNS: A clash reportedly broke out between police and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Wednesday in Dinhata in Cooch Behar district of poll bound West Bengal after a local BJP leader's hanging body was recovered.
Didi defaming Nandigram people with false allegation of attack: Modi targets Mamata in Kanthi
Kanthi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "falsely accusing" people of Nandigram of conspiring an attack on her in the Midnapore district.
Bengal: Sisir Adhikari joins BJP in Amit Shah's rally
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari's father, Sisir Adhikari, on Sunday joined the saffron camp in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Bengal CID takes over probe into Mar 10 Nandigram incident that left Mamata Banerjee injured
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Saturday took over the probe into the March 10 Nandigram incident in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured during her campaign for the forthcoming assembly polls, officials said.
Actors Trina Saha, Neel Bhattacharya join TMC in West Bengal
Kolkata/IBNS: Television actor couple Trina Saha and Neel Bhattacharya on Saturday became the latest celebrities to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead of the assembly elections in West Bengal.
BJP is the only party rooted to Bengal: PM Modi in Kharagpur rally
Kolkata/IBNS: Countering the Trinamool Congress' bid to emerge as the crusader of the Bengali community, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pitched in his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the "only party which is rooted to Bengal".
Bengal: Babul Supriyo takes on Aroop Biswas from high-profile Tollygunge constituency
Kolkata/UNI: Union Minister Babul Supriyo will take on Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Aroop Biswas, a state minister who is close to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, from the high-profile Tollygunge assembly constituency in South Kolkata.