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West Bengal Exit Poll results: TMC walks tightrope; huge gain for BJP

West Bengal Election Exit poll 2021 highlights: Stay tuned for West Bengal election exit poll and result 2021

76% turnout recorded till 5:30 pm in last phase of West Bengal election

Among the four districts, Birbhum recorded the highest voter turnout of 81.82 per cent

Shiv Sena slams Centre over Covid-19 crisis, calls SC a 'spectator'

Shiv Sena on Thursday slammed the Central government over the 'Covid-crisis' across the country. It has also hit out at the Supreme Court for being a 'spectator' till now

BJP MLA Sharad Awasthi drives off with oxygen cylinders amidst crisis in UP

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Sharad Awasthi is among those who use their power to get favours while the common man battles for life

Mithun casts vote, congratulates security personnel for peaceful voting

Actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mithun Chakraborty on Thursday cast his vote at a polling station in Kashipur-Belgachia area of North Kolkata

Bengal polls: PM Modi asks people to cast votes following Covid protocols

With the eighth and last phase of the West Bengal assembly polls underway on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon people to cast their votes to enrich the festival of democracy

Congress leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla dies of Covid

Shukla, after having served the BJP for 32 years in different capacities had quit the party to join Congress in October 2013 ahead of the Assembly elections

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: 75.06% voter turnout recorded till 5.30 pm

West Bengal election live updates: All eyes will be on Bhabanipur constituency, of which TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is the sitting MLA and a resident. Stay tuned for Bengal election latest updates

West Bengal assembly polls: Stray violence marks first half of 7th phase

Stray incidents of violence were reported Monday from some areas where voting is underway for the seventh phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal

West Bengal election: 34 constituencies to go to polls in seventh phase

Over 8.6 million voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of 284 candidates on Monday

Govt must be held accountable for Covid-19 deaths: Anand Sharma

Noting that accountability of government is integral to democracy, Congress leader Anand Sharma on Saturday said the Narendra Modi dispensation must be held accountable for the death of patients

We'll have to find vaccine resources if Centre doesn't help: Amit Mitra

In an Q&A, the West Bengal finance minister says differential pricing is absurd and will result in a huge additional outgo for states

Manoj Tiwari, BJP MP from North East Delhi, tests positive for Covid-19

BJP Lok Sabha MP from North East Delhi, Manoj Tiwari, tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday

EC bans rallies in Bengal; restricts public meets to max 500 people

The order came on a day when the state registered highest single-day spike of 11,948 Covid-19 cases

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: EC imposes strict curbs on poll campaigns

West Bengal election live updates: Prominent names in the sixth phase of the Assembly polls include BJP's national vice president Mukul Roy. Stay tuned for Bengal election latest updates

WB polls phase six: PM Modi urges voters to exercise their franchise

As voting began for the sixth phase of West Bengal assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the voters to exercise their franchise

Illogic of EC logistics

The rest of WB elections should have been clubbed

BJP accuses Delhi govt of failing to shield people from Covid-19 spurt

BJP's Delhi unit on Monday accused the Arvind Kejriwal government of failing to protect the people from surging Covid-19 cases in the city

EC sets 24-hour campaign ban on BJP's Sayantan Basu, TMC's Sujata Mondal

The Election Commission imposed a 24-hour campaign ban on BJP leader Sayantan Basu and Sujata Mondal of the Trinamool Congress

Will not hold any major rally amid rise in Covid-19 cases: Bengal minister

Days after the Left Front said it would not hold any large-scale public meetings in Bengal amid the steep hike in COVID-19 cases, state minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, fielded by the TMC from the prized Bhawanipur seat, said on Sunday that he, too, would desist from organising any major rally. Chattopadhyay, who has been entrusted with the job of retaining the Bhawanipur seat after its sitting MLA and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee decided to contest the polls from Nandigram, is the first candidate from the ruling party to have made such a claim. "With the rise of Covid cases, I have decided not to hold any Central Rally in Bhawanipur AC for upcoming Election Campaign, which I have always held in previous elections. Requesting everyone to Wear Mask & stay safe," he tweeted. Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has also cancelled his public rallies in West Bengal in view of the worsening COVID-19 situation. Taking to Twitter, he wrote, "In view of the Covid situation, I