BJP leader Rajib Banerjee declares net worth of Rs 58 lakh

BJP leader Rajib Banerjee, who is contesting the West Bengal assembly election from the Domjur constituency, has declared that his net worth is Rs 58,02,006. Banerjee, who quit the Trinamool Congress to join the BJP in January, mentioned in an affidavit to the Election Commission of India that his movable and immovable assets are worth Rs 18,37,006 and Rs 39,65,000.

Mar 18, 2021 9:12 PM

Arun Govil, who played Lord Ram in TV series joins BJP

Days before Assembly polls begin in West Bengal and three other states, actor Arun Govil, who played the role of Lord Ram in the famous TV serial Ramayan, joined the BJP on Thursday, saying his…

Mar 18, 2021 8:56 PM

Assembly Elections 2021: Mamata appeals to Left supporters to vote for TMC to stop BJP

Banerjee is facing one of the most difficult political challenges of her life. She is facing a stiff challenge from BJP in the coming state poll after helming West Bengal for a decade. Get latest…

Mar 18, 2021 7:55 PM

TMC men attacked BJYM members in Nandigram, says Pradhan

Clashes broke out between supporters of the TMC and the BJP on Thursday during Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan's rally here in Purba Medinipur, leaving one or two of them injured, police sources said. Pradhan, however, claimed that five to six TMC men attacked BJYM workers who had taken out a rally in Sonachura area of Nandigram, minutes after the party's candidate from Nandigram, Suvendu Adhikari, passed by the area.

Mar 18, 2021 7:27 PM

West Bengal polls: BJP releases list of 148 candidates; Mukul Roy to contest from Krishnanagar Uttar

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released a list of 148 candidates for the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth phases of the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.Get latest Politics online…

Mar 18, 2021 7:11 PM

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Congress can go to any extent to mislead people and garner votes: PM Modi in Assam

Lashing out at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the grand old party can go to any extent to mislead people and garner votes. Addressing his first election rally in Assam after the announcement of poll dates, the PM said the Congress is moving around with "tala-chabi" (poll symbol of AIUDF) in the state, even as some of its workers were opposed to the idea.

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Election Commission appoints four special observers for Puducherry

The Election Commission has appointed four special observers for Puducherry in connection with the April 6 Assembly polls. Manjeet Singh, a retired IAS officer, has been apppointed as special general observer, Chief Electoral Officer of Puducherry Shurbir Singh said in a release Two retired IRS officers, Madhu Mahajan and B R Balakrishnan, have been appointed as special expenditure observers, while retired IPS officer Dharmendra Kumar chosen as the special police observer for Puducherry.

Mar 18, 2021 4:28 PM

PM Modi addresses rally in Assam

Mar 18, 2021 4:16 PM

Women's Manifesto by rights groups for Assam assembly polls

The priority of the elected representatives must be to ensure that the Women Reservation Bill is passed immediately and 33 percent reservation for women candidates in the legislative assembly and…

Mar 18, 2021 3:52 PM

Assembly Elections 2021: Mamata's appeasement politics behind infiltration, says PM Modi

Repeatedly accusing the TMC supremo of trying to appease a section of people for vote bank politics, Modi said, ”People of Bengal have a strong memory. Bengal remembers who accused the army of…

Mar 18, 2021 3:24 PM

BJP leaders lure voters with bagful of cash during polls, they are absent during crisis: Mamata

Admitting that the relief doled out after Cyclone Amphan by her government might have missed out "one or two" beneficiaries, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said BJP leaders were nowhere to be seen during the crisis. Addressing a rally in Paschim Medinipur, the TMC supremo claimed that BJP leaders "arrive here in choppers and planes from outside with bagful of cash to lure voters and loot votes" just ahead of elections.

Mar 18, 2021 3:03 PM

Mamata: I am like a tiger, won’t bow my head; only bow head before the public

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, in Amlasuli: “I'm like a tiger and I won't bow my head. I only bow my head before the public. But a party like BJP tortures women, Dalits - I don't support them.”

Mar 18, 2021 2:28 PM

Tamil Nadu: CM Edappadi K Palaniswami campaigns in Vedaranyam, Nagapattinam district, ahead of assembly elections

Mar 18, 2021 2:12 PM

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