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COVID-19 positive TMC candidate Kajal Sinha dies at Kolkata hospital

TMC candidate from Khardah Assembly constituency Kajal Sinha, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital here on Sunday morning, an official of the state health department said.

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West Bengal election: 7th phase of polling for 34 constituencies tomorrow, 284 candidates in fray

West Bengal to vote for its seventh phase of Assembly elections for 34 assembly constituencies, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's home turf Bhabanipur.

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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urges EC with 'folded hands' to curtail poll schedule amid COVID-19 crisis

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WB CM Mamata Banerjee urged the EC to curtail the poll schedule for the remaining three phases of the Assembly election.
She stressed that the last three phases of polls should be held on a single day or at the most in two days.
Kolkata: Amid a firece second wave of coronavirus in the country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday (April 19, 2021) urged the Election Commission (EC) to curtail the poll schedule for the remaining three phases of the ongoing Assembly election in the state.
Banerjee urged the poll panel to re-consider its decision to stick to the original poll schedule and stressed that the last three phases of polls on a single day or at

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Mamata Banerjee to hold dharna against EC's decision to ban her from campaigning for 24 hours

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Mamata Banerjee will hold dharna against EC's decision to ban her from campaigning for 24 hours
The poll panel had barred Mamata from any kind of campaigning for 24 hours, from 8 pm on Monday to 8 pm on Tuesday
Kolkata: In protest against the Election Commission’s decision to ban her from campaigning for the next 24 hours, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a dharna on Tuesday.
The TMC chief had called the EC move “undemocratic and unconstitutional” and vowed to protest it. The apex poll panel had on Monday barred the Trinamool Congress supremo from any kind of campaigning for 24 hours, from 8 pm on Monday to 8 pm on Tuesday.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to hold multiple election rallies in West Bengal today

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will address several public programs and roadshows in West Bengal on Tuesday (April 13) ahead of the fifth phase of assembly elections.

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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stages 'dharna' in Kolkata to protest EC's 24-hour campaign ban

Banerjee, still confined to a wheelchair owing to the injuries she sustained last month, arrived at Mayo road here around 11.40 am and began her sit-in next to a Mahatma Gandhi's statue at the venue.

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EC issues notice to Dilip Ghosh, seeks explanation for remark on Cooch Behar firing

The EC issued a notice to BJP's West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh over his remark on Sitalkuchi killings of four men at Cooch Behar district. The poll panel has sought a clarification on the issue by Wednesday.

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West Bengal Assembly polls: Union Home Minister Amit Shah to hold six public programs today

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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 roadshow will be held in Ranaghat Dakshin at 1:30 PM.
Schedule of Union Home Minister Shri @AmitShah's public programs in West Bengal tomorrow, 11th April 2021. pic.twitter.com/JnFq1pli8a

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Battle of Bengal not a 50-50 contest anymore, heading towards regime change

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TMC performed well in the third phase
Overall, it looks like there will be a regime change in Bengal
Kolkata: With the announcement of election dates on February 26, we entered Bengal. We started from Delhi, passed through Varanasi and Bodh Gaya and finally crossed Jharkhand border to reach Asansol. Our coverage of West Bengal elections started here. My cameraman and I boarded a bus to Durgapur and we started talking to people about the elections. Most people on the bus said that the elections seemed to be a 50-50 affair and that anything can happen. After this, we traveled on a bus from Hooghly to Howrah. Most people either avoided the question or appeared to be ‘playing’ safe when asked to predict the outcome by saying it’s a 50-50 contest. In the initial days, there were only a few people who spoke of ‘change’. Some even said that Mamata ‘didi’ will win again as she has done a lot of work for the poor and women.

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Puducherry assembly election 2021: Voting in 30 constituencies today, 324 candidates in fray

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Puducherry will vote in a single phase.
This election will be a keen contest between the AINRC-led NDA and Congress-led Secular Democratic alliance.
Puducherry: The polling for 30 assembly seats in the Union Territory will commence today (April 6). Puducherry will vote in a single phase and the election will be a keen contest between the AINRC-led NDA and Congress-led Secular Democratic alliance.
As many as 10,02,589 electors will exercise their right to vote in the 15 legislative Assembly of the Union Territory to decide the fate of 324 candidates in fray.
Security arrangements are being closely monitored by the Election Commission, which also announced that one all-women polling station is being set up in each Assembly constituency. "The DEO, #Puducherry inspecting the Model Polling Station at the Petit Seminaire School, Moolakulam. Overall, there are 30 Model Polling Stations, 1 in each Constituency, and 28 All-Women Polling Stations for #PuducherryElections2021," tweeted the Election Commission of India.

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