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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

No 'paribartan' in West Bengal under Trinamool Congress : Yogi Adityanath

Adityanath derided the TMC for failing to bring in any positive change in the ten years that it has been in power

AICC Incharge of West Bengal, Jitin Prasada tests Covid-19 postive

All India Congress Committee in charge of West Bengal, Jitin Prasada on Wednesday announced that he had tested positive for Covid-19.The former minister for State for Human Resource in a tweet said: "I have tested positive for COVID-19. Anyone who may have come in contact with me over the last few days, please get yourselves tested. I am presently in quarantine as advised by my doctors."On April 5, he was seen campaigning in Kolkata Port in the South Kolkata district of Bengal for the Congress candidate, MD Mukhtar ahead of phase four of the West Bengal assembly elections.Polling in the fourth phase in the eight-phased West Bengal Assembly election is scheduled to be held on April 10.Meanwhile, with 1,15,736 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India recorded its daily highest spike on Wednesday.With the surge, the total count of cases in India has reached 1,28,01,785. The country reported 630 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, while the active number of cases stands at ...

West Bengal polls: EC notice to Mamata for 'communal' appeal at poll rally

She has been asked to respond to the notice within the next 48 hours

West Bengal registered 84.61% polling in third phase: Election Commission

West Bengal registered 84.61 per cent polling during the third phase of polling on April 6 held in 31 assembly constituencies spread across its three districts

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

West Bengal elections: Women voters outnumber men in 4th phase polls

Women voters will become the deciding factor in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district during the state's fourth phase Assembly elections for 44 constituencies on April 10

Bengal polls: EC removes returning officers of eight Kolkata constituencies

The Election Commission has removed returning officers of eight constituencies in Kolkata that will go to the polls in the last two phases of the West Bengal assembly elections on April 26 and 29

Assembly polls: Amit Shah to hold 4 roadshows in West Bengal on Wednesday

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to conduct four roadshows in poll-bound West Bengal on Wednesday

Infecting public health

Politics and religion are Covid-19 super-spreaders

West Bengal elections: Sporadic violence, candidates attacked in 3rd phase

Sporadic violence was reported and some candidates were attacked during the third phase of West Bengal assembly elections on Tuesday, even as 68.04 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 3 pm, officials said. Voting is underway with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols in 16 seats in South 24 Parganas district (part II), seven in Howrah (part I) and eight in Hooghly (part I), they said. "Voter turnout of 68.04 per cent was recorded till 3 pm in 31 seats," an EC official said. Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee alleged "blatant misuse" of central forces to "influence voters". "The blatant misuse of Central forces continues unabated. Despite us repeatedly raising this issue, @ECISVEEP continues to be a mute spectator, while men in uniform are being misused at several places to openly intimidate TMC voters & influence many to vote in favour of one party," she tweeted. BJP MP Soumitra Khan's estranged wife and TMC candidate Sujata Mondal Khan was ...

WB polls: EVMs, VVPATs found at TMC leader's home, poll official suspended

Four EVMs and a similar number of VVPATs were found at the house of a Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal's Howrah district, following which a poll official was suspended

Earthquake of 4.1 magnitude hits north Bengal, second in less than 12hrs

A mild earthquake of 4.1 magnitude hit north Bengal on Tuesday morning, as per the National Center for Seismology

WB Assembly polls: Voting begins for 31 seats in third phase of elections

Polling began at 7 am on Tuesday for 31 seats in the third phase of the West Bengal assembly elections amid tight security, officials said

West Bengal Assembly polls: Nadda rallies cancelled due to "urgent meeting"

The BJP on Tuesday cancelled both the rallies of party president JP Nadda in Hooghly district after he had to rush back to New Delhi for an "urgent meeting"

No one has ever succeeded by intimidating Bengalis, says Jaya Bachchan

"Mamata is fighting all alone against the atrocities, and for democratic rights of the people of Bengal. Her leg is broken, but she is still fighting," Bachchan said

West Bengal polls: BJP's JP Nadda holds roadshow in Tollygunge area

In a show of might amid the ongoing assembly elections, BJP national president JP Nadda on Monday held a roadshow in Tollygunge area of the city

Confident of win in West Bengal now, later in Delhi: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asserted that she would win the ongoing state polls despite injury and eventually aim for power in Delhi

Religion vs Language: A volatile political atmosphere in West Bengal

The BJP cites the data from Census 2011 to point to the increase in the state's Muslim population share, attributing it to "infiltration" from Bangladesh

Coal smuggling scam: ED arrests Bankura Inspector in-charge Ashok Mishra

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday arrested Ashok Mishra, Inspector in-charge of Bankura in West Bengal, in connection with the coal smuggling scam