West Bengal civic polls postponed to February 12 amid rising coronavirus cases

Elections to the municipal corporations of Bidhannagar, Chandannagar, Siliguri and Asansol were earlier scheduled to be held on January 22.

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· Jan 15, 2022 · 04:59 pm

Consider postponing Bengal civic elections, Calcutta HC tells state poll panel

Elections to the municipal corporations of Bidhannagar, Chandannagar, Siliguri and Asansol are slated to be held on January 22.

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· Jan 14, 2022 · 02:11 pm

BJP moves Supreme Court seeking deployment of central forces for Kolkata municipal election

The party said it fears widespread violence if the voting takes place under the supervision of the West Bengal police.

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· Dec 03, 2021 · 10:44 am

Bengali actor Srabanti Chatterjee quits BJP, cites lack of initiative and sincerity

She had joined the party in March ahead of the Assembly elections.

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· Nov 11, 2021 · 04:18 pm

Former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee returns to Trinamool Congress after quitting BJP

He joined the Trinamool Congress at a rally held by the party’s National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee in Tripura.

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· Oct 31, 2021 · 04:24 pm

West Bengal MLA Krishna Kalyani joins TMC weeks after quitting BJP

Kalyani told reporters that no self-respecting person can work freely in the BJP.

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· Oct 27, 2021 · 08:47 pm

Babul Supriyo resigns as Asansol MP month after switching to TMC from BJP

Supriyo said he will always remain indebted to the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and party chief JP Nadda.

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· Oct 19, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Officer appointed to probe charges against ex-Bengal chief secretary, says BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari

In June, the Centre had issued a show-cause notice to Alapan Bandyopadhyay after he and Mamata Banerjee allegedly kept Narendra Modi waiting during a meeting.

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· Oct 14, 2021 · 08:38 pm

Mamata Banerjee takes oath as an MLA of the West Bengal Assembly

On Sunday, Banerjee won the Bhabanipur bye-poll. She needed to get elected as an MLA so that she could continue as the chief minister of the state.

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· Oct 07, 2021 · 02:38 pm

Mamata Banerjee wins Bhabanipur bye-poll by a margin of 58,835 votes

The Trinamool Congress chief had to win the election to continue as the chief minister.

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· Oct 03, 2021 · 08:05 am

Bhabanipur bye-polls: 53.32% turnout recorded till 5 pm, results to be announced on October 3

Mamata Banerjee needs to get elected as an MLA from the constituency by the first week of November to continue as chief minister.

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· Sep 30, 2021 · 08:12 am

Election Commission imposes prohibitory orders in Bhabanipur till end of bye-polls on September 30

A BJP delegation had met EC officials earlier on Tuesday demanding the enforcement of Section 144 of the CrPC in the area.

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· Sep 28, 2021 · 10:49 pm