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High decibel campaign ends for fourth phase of polling in West Bengal

Campaigning for the high-decibel fourth phase of polling, for 44 assembly seats scheduled in five districts of West Bengal on April 10, ended at 5pm on Thursday. A total 1,15,81,022 voters including 58,82,514 men, 56,98,218 women and 290 members of the third gender, will decide the fate of 373 candidates in Friday's polling in constituencies spread over Howrah (Part II), South 24 Parganas (Part III), Hooghly (Part II) in south Bengal and in north Bengal's Alipurduar and Coochbehar. The polling will be held between 7AM to 6.30PM in 15,940 polling stations.At stake are nine assembly constituencies in Howrah, eleven in South 24 Parganas, five in Alipurduar, nine in Coochbehar and ten in Hooghly. Among those whose fate will be decided at the hustings are former Bengal Ranji captain Manoj Tiwary, TMC's candidate from Shibpur, state education minister and sitting MLA from Behala Paschim Partha Chatterjee and central minister Babul Supriyo of the BJP who has locked horns wit

BJP Bengal chief says TMC workers attacked his car in North Bengal

The BJP's West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday alleged that Trinamool Congress workers attacked his car with bombs and bricks

BJP is not 'poll winning machine', but a movement, says PM Narendra Modi

PM says false narratives on farm laws, CAA to create political instability

Wrong narratives are created to create political instability, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said lies and rumours are being spread by the opponents of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to create political instability in the country

BJP 41st foundation day: PM Narendra Modi to address party workers today

PM Modi will address Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers across the country on Tuesday on the occasion of the 41st foundation day of the party

Cong raises Rafale again after French media claims of 1-mn euro commission

The Congress sought a thorough probe in the Rafale defence deal and demanded answers from PM Modi, after French media reported that 1.1 million was paid to a "middleman" by the aircraft manufacturer

Five states go to Assembly polls today, may tilt balance of power

With this round of elections, the poll to the legislative Assembly of Assam will have concluded

Govt determined to end Naxal menace, says Home Minister Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the government is determined to take the ongoing fight against the unrest created by naxals to its logical conclusion

Assam and Bengal Assembly election results could stir up national politics

Whichever way the elections go, they should energise the anti-BJP parties to act concertedly. But there is no single national party that could play the sheet-anchor of a broad-based anti-BJP alliance

Won't conduct NRC exercise in Bengal, CAA to be implemented: Vijayvargiya

Countering opposition claims that the BJP, if voted to power in Bengal, will update the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Kailash Vijayvargiya reaffirmed that no such plan is on the radar

BJP slams Baghel for continuing campaign in Assam despite Naxal attack

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday expressed deep grief over the killing of five jawans in the encounter between the security forces and Naxalites

Passing PM-Kisan scheme BJP's first priority in Bengal: PM Modi

Modi said on Saturday that if the BJP comes to power in West Bengal, the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi will be passed in the first cabinet meeting

Modi spearheads BJP's campaign, addresses 23 rallies so far

Modi has addressed 23 rallies so far, 10 of them across four states over the last three days, including Saturday.

Reject the 'corrupt, dynastic' DMK-Congress combine, says Amit Shah

Shah on Saturday attacked the DMK-Congress combine over "corruption and dynasty"

BJP engineering communal strife in Bengal to win polls: Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee on Saturday accused the BJP of engineering communal strife in the state to win the assembly elections.

Bengal polls: Success doesn't come easily, BJP tells Rahul Gandhi

The BJP on Saturday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's absence from hectic campaigning

Congress doesn't know 'Lok Sewa', only guarantees 'Ghotala', says Nadda

Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Saturday attacked Congress party saying 'the only guarantee expected from them is that they will do scam wherever they go'

BJP, Trinamool on 'joint mission' to ruin Bengal: Jaiveer Shergill

Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill alleged the BJP and the Trinamool Congress are on a 'joint mission' to ruin West Bengal

BJP misuses central agencies for political interests: Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday alleged that the BJP misuses central agencies for its political interest and toppling governments in states. Misusing ED, CBI & IT for their political interests during attempts of toppling governments and at times of elections has become the BJP's modus Operandi, Gehlot tweeted. We all know using this method, the BJP has brought a large number of TMC leaders to its party in West Bengal, he added. In another tweet, he also demanded investigation into an EVM controversy in Assam that erupted when a polling party carried an EVM after voting in a vehicle that belonged to the wife of a BJP candidate. Gehlot said the Election Commission should take the petition filed by former law minister Ashwani Kumar seriously.

No intention to disrupt poll process: EC's spl observer on Assam EVM row

EC's special observer said there was no "deliberate or mala fide intention to disrupt the poll process after a controversy erupted in Assam when a polling party carried an EVM after voting