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Saturday, May 18

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Nearly one in four candidates contesting in the sixth phase in West Bengal are crorepatis

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Actor-turned-politician and two-time TMC MP Dev is the richest candidate in this phase in the State, with declared assets of ₹37 crore; the BJP has the highest percentage of crorepati candidates in the fray in the sixth phase

EC issues two notices to West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar over advertisements 'targeting' TMC

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The ECI has sought West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar’s explanation on why two of the party’s advertisements should not be treated as violative of the Model Code of Conduct

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India News | Hours After Kharge''s Snub, Bengal Cong Chief Sticks to His Anti-Mamata Stance

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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. In a veiled reference to West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said he cannot speak in favour of someone who wants…

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India News | EC Issues Show Cause Notice to West Bengal BJP Chief Sukanta Majumdar over Ads Targeting TMC

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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Election Commission of India issued a show cause notice to West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar and asked him to submit a reply by May 21 after the Trinamool Congress…

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India News | TMC, BJP Activists Clash in Bengal, 2 Injured

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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Two persons were injured in a clash between activists of TMC and BJP in West Bengal's Nadia district on Saturday, police said.

India News | West Bengal: NIA Team Arrives Purba Medinipur to Investigate BJP Booth President's Murder

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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Friday reached Moyna, Purba Medinipur to investigate the murder case of BJP booth president Vijay Krishna Bhuiyan.

West Bengal Lok Sabha election phase 5: Key fights, constituencies

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West Bengal Lok Sabha election phase 5: Arambag, Bangaon, Barrackpore, Howrah, Hooghly, Serampore and Uluberia vote on May 20.

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EC issues show-cause notice to BJP's West Bengal chief Sukanta Majumdar over advertisements targeting TMC

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Election Commission (EC) has issued a show-cause notice to Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) West Bengal chief Sukanta Majumdar over advertisements targeting the Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC).

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India News | Campaigning Ends for Fifth Phase of LS Polls to Seven Seats in Bengal

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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Campaigning for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections to seven parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal ended at 6 pm on Saturday, a poll official said.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: INDIA Bloc Will Win LS Polls, BJP Will Not Even Cross 200 Seats, Claims West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that the INDIA bloc will come to power in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and BJP will "not cross the 200 mark" in the polls.

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Death of Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal | Accused arrested from Port Blair

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“A businessman was arrested from a lodge in Aberdeen Bazaar in Port Blair in a joint operation by the South Andaman Police and the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate,” police said.

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India News | Accused in Murder of TMC Leader in West Bengal Arrested from Port Blair

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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A man was arrested from Port Blair in connection with the murder of a TMC leader in Baguiati on the northern fringes of Kolkata, police said on Saturday.

Friday, May 17

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CAA, industries shape Bengal’s poll discourse in fifth phase

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Elections will be held across seven constituencies in three districts of West Bengal in the fifth phase on May 20. In 2019, the Trinamool had won four of these seats and the BJP had bagged three

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Will Remove NRC, CAA and Uniform Civil Code if INDIA Bloc Is Elected To Power, Says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

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Addressing a public meeting in the Paschim Medinipur district on Friday, ahead of the fifth phase of polling for Lok Sabha elections on May 20, CM Banerjee said, "If our INDIA bloc comes to power in Delhi, then we will remove the NRC, CAA,…

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India News | West Bengal: ED Attaches Fresh Assets in Money Laundering Case Against Shajahan Sheikh

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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has issued a fresh attachment order for seizing assets worth more than Rs 14 crore of suspended West Bengal TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh and…

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Trinamool Congress leader shot at in West Bengal's Cooch Behar

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“An investigation is under way and efforts were on to nab those behind the attack,” a police officer said.

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TMC leader shot at in West Bengal's Cooch Behar

COOCH BEHAR: A local TMC leader was shot at in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district, police said on Friday.

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West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024: With Three Poll Phases Remaining, Mamata Banerjee-Led Trinamool Resurrects ‘Outsider’ Campaign Against BJP

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Now, with polling for Asansol, Bardhaman-Durgapur, Baharampur and Darjeeling being over, the Trinamool is aggressively raising the outsider issue in its campaigns.

Thursday, May 16

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CPI(M) banks on new faces for a potential turnaround in West Bengal

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Young faces of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) contesting the Lok Sabha election in south Bengal have generated a curiosity amongst voters

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