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May 19, 2021
Bimal Gurungâs waning political popularity reflects the economic struggles of Gorkhas Photographs and Text by On 14 April, after spending three years underground, Bimal Gurung addressed a mammoth gathering in Darjeeling. Gurung is one of the most recognisable faces of the Gorkhaland movement, which has long agitated for a separate state to represent the Nepali-speaking community along the northernmost reaches of West Bengal. He is the founder of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, t...
May 4, 2021
Assembly election results imply no policy shift towards populism: Nomura SECTIONS Last Updated: May 04, 2021, 08:11 AM IST Share Synopsis The BJP’s loss in the hotly contested West Bengal elections can be viewed as a referendum on the government’s mishandling of the second wave of Covid-19 infections spreading across the country, although state elections are largely affected by many local factors as well, the report said. PTI The results of the recently concluded elections in four states an...
April 17, 2021
Ground report: In West Bengals Barasat, jobs and economy take centre stage SECTIONS Share Synopsis The state government has worked on expanding village road networks, improved the infrastructure and the public distribution system, and provided Swasthya Sathi Health cards, but in this minority-dominated constituency, where tailoring, zari artisanship, construction work and jewellery designing are the main professions, people are looking for relief after the blow from Covid-19-led restrictions wh...
April 12, 2021
The blood-stained election story of Bengal, in four charts Premium Trinamool Congress supporters take out a motorcycle rally during a campaign for the West Bengal assembly polls at Gargaria in Birbhum district on Sunday. (PTI PHOTO.) (HT_PRINT) Rahul Verma, Ankita Barthwal More than a third of panchayat seats in the 2018 West Bengal elections went uncontested, suggesting unprecedented levels of coercion in rural areas Share Via Read Full Story The recent violence in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar...
April 11, 2021
Highlights The fourth phase of voting concluded for 44 constituencies on Saturday. The fifth phase of West Bengal elections for 45 assembly seats will be held on April 17. New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to address six public programs in poll-bound West Bengal on Sunday (April 11). The Home Minister will address three roadshows, one public gathering and two town hall meetings in the state. The senior BJP leader will carry out a roadshow in Santipur at 12:20 PM. The second...
April 3, 2021
22 pc candidates contesting in phase 4 West Bengal polls declared criminal cases against themselves: ADR Synopsis Records of Independent candidate Bishnu Chowdhuri from Saptagram constituency could not be analysed due to incomplete affidavit available on the ECI website at the time of making this report, the ADR said. Getty Images Twenty-two per cent of the 372 candidates in the fourth phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a report...
March 14, 2021
West Bengal Assembly elections | TMC postpones release of manifesto for third time Updated: Updated: March 14, 2021 13:32 IST West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was scheduled to release the manifesto at her residence in Kalighat this evening. Share Article West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was scheduled to release the manifesto at her residence in Kalighat this evening. The Trinamool Congress on March 14 ...
March 5, 2021
Mamata to contest from Nandigram, announces TMC candidates for 291 seats Updated: Updated: Party’s nominees’ list comprises people from different sections of society Share Article AAA Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee releases the list of candidates contesting in Assembly elections, in Kolkata on Friday. | Photo Credit: Subham Dutta Party’s nominees’ list comprises people from different sections of society West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced candid...
February 27, 2021
Assembly Election 2021: One of the key battles for democracy to be fought in Bengal, says Prashant Kishor IPAC head asserted that Bengal wants its daughter back & the public could hold him true to his last tweet on May 2, the day results will be declared. (Image Source: File Photo) Updated: Feb 27, 2021, 09:18 PM IST Political strategist Prashant Kishor in his latest tweet has said that one of the key battles for democracy in the country will be fought in West Beng...