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‘Didi’ Bets On ‘Didi No.1’ Star To Woo Women Voters Amid Sandeshkhali Row

March 13, 2024 admin

Rachna Banerjee has been fielded by the Trinamool Congress from Hooghly seat. PTI New Delhi: If there was an award for glitz quotient in announcing Lok Sabha poll candidates, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress would be a clear winner. While other parties, including the BJP and the Congress, put out lacklustre lists with names of candidates…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, March 12, 2024

March 12, 2024 admin

NSA Ajit Doval meeting Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. Photo: X/@IsraeliPM India test-fires Agni-V ballistic missile with multiple warhead technology under Mission Divyastra In a major technological breakthrough and building in redundancy into the country’s nuclear weapons programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced the successful test firing of Agni-V ballistic missile with…

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Will Try My Best To Win For 4Th Time, Says Trinamool MP Saugata Roy

March 10, 2024 admin

In the previous Lok Sabha polls, the TMC won 22 seats (File) Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy expressed confidence ahead of the upcoming general elections and said that he will try his best to win for the fourth time after his candidature was announced from Dum Dum on Sunday. TMC MP Saugata Roy…

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A Bengal Lok Sabha Seat To See Contest Between Former Couple

March 10, 2024 admin

Kolkata: A divorced couple will face off in the Lok Sabha election in Bengal — a situation that has become a talking point in the state as the ruling Trinamool Congress announced its candidates list today. Sujata Mondal will contest against her former husband Soumitra Khan, a BJP candidate from Bishnupur seat of Bandal’s Bankura…

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In Retaining Mahua Moitra As Poll Pick, Trinamool’s Defiant Message To BJP

March 10, 2024 admin

Mahua Moitra, expelled from the Lok Sabha three months ago, has been fielded again by Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress in what is seen as a message of defiance to the BJP. Trinamool has fielded her from Bengal’s Krishnanagar — the very same seat she represented — thumbing nose at critics who had predicted an end…

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Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool To Launch 2024 Lok Sabha Poll Campaign With Mega Rally In Kolkata Today

March 10, 2024 admin

Trinamool Congress will hold a mega rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata (File) Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress will launch its Lok Sabha poll campaign with a grand rally on Sunday at Kolkata’s famed Brigade Parade Grounds, where party supremo Mamata Banerjee is expected to set the tone for the upcoming elections. Christened ‘Jana…

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Bengal Government Directed To Hand Over Sheikh Shahjahan To CBI By 4.15 pm

March 6, 2024 admin

Kolkata: Adding a new twist to the face-off between Bengal police and the CBI over the custody of Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, the Calcutta High Court today set a new deadline for the Bengal cops to hand him over to the central agency. A bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya has now…

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High Court To Bengal Government

March 5, 2024 admin

Former Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan suspended for six years (File). Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday handed custody of Sheikh Shahjahan – the former Trinamool strongman accused of extortion, land grab, and sexual assault in Bengal’s Sandeshkhali – to the CBI. Bengal Police have till 4.30 pm to hand over Shahjahan and all…

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BJP’s Pawan Singh On Contesting Lok Sabha Polls

March 4, 2024 admin

In a post on X, Pawan Singh thanked the BJP leadership for his candidature. New Delhi: Bhojpuri actor-singer Pawan Singh on Monday said “time would tell” if he would contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Talking to media after meeting BJP president JP Nadda, Singh, who was to be the BJP candidate from Asansol…

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Pawan Singh, BJP’s Pick From Asansol, Says He Won’t Contest Lok Sabha Polls

March 3, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Amid a massive backlash over the BJP fielding him from Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, Bhojpuri actor-singer Pawan Singh has said he would not be contesting the election. “I thank the BJP leadership for trusting me and announcing my name as the candidate from Asansol, but I won’t be able to…

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