‘Fear psychosis’: EC chops Bengal campaign for Phase 7 by a day

A day after BJP and Trinamool Congress workers fought pitched battles during Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah’s road show in Kolkata, the Election Commission has decided to cut short the electioneering for nine Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, by a day. Read More
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Amid Bengal violence, Trinamool cites ‘evidence’ against BJP

A day after BJP and Trinamool Congress workers engaged in violent clashes during Amit Shah’s road show in Kolkata, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's party has claimed to have “irrefutable evidence” that BJP is responsible for the violence in rally. Read More
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TMC leaders change profile photos after Vidyasagar bust vandalization

Many TMC leaders, including party supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, changed their profile photos on Facebook and Twitter to Vidyasagar’s to express their protest and anguish over the vandalization of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's statue. Read More
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Amid Bengal violence, EC to hold review meeting for last phase

A day after BJP and Trinamool Congress workers fought pitched battles during BJP president Amit Shah’s road show in Kolkata, the Election Commission has decided to hold a review meeting, although the poll panel didn’t reveal anything specifically on the violence. Read More
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Violence during Shah’s Kolkata rally, Vidyasagar’s bust destroyed

In West Bengal, amid the last phase of Lok Sabha election 2019, campaigning took a violent turn during BJP president Amit Shah’s roadshow in Kolkata as bottles, bricks and stones were thrown freely and a bust of Bengal icon Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was destroyed. Read More
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Morphed Didi photo: BJP worker granted bail, but must apologize

The Supreme Court granted bail to Priyanka Sharma, who was arrested for sharing a morphed image of West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee. However, the bench also directed Sharma to tender an apology in writing for her act. Read More
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KCR invites Stalin, ‘Federal Front’ talks still remain inconclusive

Telangana chief minister and TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao called DMK chief MK Stalin to his residence, to discuss his proposal for a “Federal Front”. However, sources said Stalin was firm that the DMK would be with the UPA and urged Rao to extend TRS’s support to the Congress. Read More
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Alwar rape: Maya attacks Modi’s comments, drags in PM’s wife

BSP chief Mayawati assailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on Alwar gang rape. She alleged that women workers of the BJP were scared of their husbands meeting Narendra Modi fearing they might also “abandon their wives like the prime minister”. Read More
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BJP youth leader arrested for posting Mamata Banerjee meme

Bharatiya Janata Party youth wing leader Priyanka Sharma has been arrested for posting a morphed image of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on her Facebook account, in West Bengal. Read More
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BJP evokes 1984 riots, tweets Rajiv speech ahead of Delhi poll

Just two days before the voting in Delhi for the Lok Sabha election, the Bharatiya Janata Party tweeted a video of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots including a clip of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi saying, on the riots, “When a tree falls, the earth shakes.” Read More
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