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Covid-19 surge: Rahul announces cancellation of poll rallies in Bengal

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday cancelled all his public rallies in poll-bound West Bengal following a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in the country. He also advised all other politicians to think about the consequences of holding large public rallies. "In view of the COVID situation, I am suspending all my public rallies in West Bengal. I would advise all political leaders to think deeply about the consequences of holding large public rallies under the current circumstances," he said on Twitter. "One has seen such a crowd of the sick and the dead for the first time," he said in another tweet in Hindi, apparently referring to the large crowds at Bengal rallies of BJP leaders. The Congress has been critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for holding political rallies amid the rise in coronavirus cases in the country. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has accused the prime minister of shocking callousness for holding big political rallies in ...

West Bengal assembly elections: 78.36% voter turnout until 5 pm

The fifth phase of the polls took place on Saturday

Didi will exit Bengal on May 2, BJP will win over 200 seats: Amit Shah

The fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections took place on Saturday

Bengal polls: Central forces allegedly open fire in Deganga constituency

The fifth phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections took place on Saturday

EC seeks report on claims central forces opened fire in Bengal district

The Election Commission on Saturday sought a report from poll observers

TMC broken, Mamata Banerjee playing politics with the dead, says PM

Modi asserted that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew would be vanquished by the end of polling in the state

My phone is being tapped, will order CID probe: Mamata Banerjee

This comes a day after a purported audio tape in which she is heard proposing a rally with the bodies of Cooch Behar firing victims surfaced

BJP urges EC to scan 'Mamata audio clip' on rally with Cooch Behar victims

A BJP delegation on Sunday urged Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Ariz Aftab to take note of the purported audio clip

West Bengal registers record one-day spike of 6,910 new Covid-19 cases

The Covid-19 tally in West Bengal mounted to 6,43,795 on Friday after the highest- single-day spike of 6,910 new cases was reported in the state, the health department said in a bulletin.

Mamata's purported chat with TMC nominee after Sitalkuchi firing stirs row

The BJP released an audio clip

Covid: EC bans rallies, public meetings in West Bengal from 7 pm to 10 am

This comes against the backdrop of rising Covid-19 cases

TMC seeks merging of last three phases of polls at all-party meet

This comes amid a rise in Covid cases in the state and across the country

BJP responsible for Covid surge in Bengal, says CM Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee said on Friday she will call upon the Election Commission to stop the BJP from bringing "outsiders" during campaigning

West Bengal elections: 45 constituencies to go to polls in fifth phase

The voters in the state will decide the political fate of 342 candidates on Saturday

CID takes over probe in Cooch Behar CISF firing that killed four

West Bengal CID Friday took over the case of killing of four people in firing by the CISF during polling in Cooch Behar district on April 10

EC should hold urgent all-party meeting to decide on Bengal polls: Yechury

Worried over a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in West Bengal, the CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Friday that the ECI should immediately call an all-party meeting

West Bengal logs highest one-day spike of 6,769 Covid-19 cases

West Bengal on Thursday recorded the highest single-day spike of 6,769 COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 6,36,885, the state health department said. At least 22 more people succumbed to the infection, raising the toll in the state to 10,480, the department said in its bulletin. Kolkata, too, registered its biggest one-day surge since the outbreak of the disease, with 1,615 people testing positive for coronavirus. Accordingly, the number of active cases rose to 36,981. Of the 22 deaths, 10 were due to the comorbidities where COVID-19 was incidental. Seven fatalities were recorded in the city, six in neighbouring North 24 Parganas, five in South 24 Parganas and one each in Howrah, Birbhum, Malda, and Jalpaiguri. Altogether 2,387 people recuperated from the disease in the past 24 hours, which took the total number of recoveries to 5,89,424. The discharge rate stood at 92.55 per cent. As many as 96,74,962 clinical examinations have been conducted in the state so far,

Ending speculation, EC says no plan to merge last 3 phases of Bengal polls

The Election Commission on Thursday dismissed speculation that the last three phases of assembly polls in West Bengal could be combined

BJP will not get even 70 seats in West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee

Many expect the election to be a cliff-hanger

BJP trying to destroy Bengal and its culture, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday termed BJP claims to build "Sonar Bangla" (golden Bengal) as a "mirage"