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Kolkata: Over 61 per cent of the 3.21 crore electors exercised their franchise till 1 pm of the second and final phase of polling in West Bengal amid attacks on a few candidates, while tension gripped the Bhabanipur seat briefly as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued a fresh notice to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on pleas by the ED challenging his acquittal in two separate cases lodged against him for not appearing before the agency despite summonses issued in the excise policy case....

Sabarkantha: At least six people were killed and eight others injured after a speeding private bus collided with a passenger van on a highway in Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district Wednesday, police said, with preliminary findings pointing to excessive speed as a key factor. The accident occurred...

Hardoi/Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday inaugurated the 594-km-long Ganga Expressway, a mega infrastructure project connecting Meerut to Prayagraj. The PM reached Hardoi district around noon and inaugurated the expressway with the touch of a button in presence of Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi...

Kolkata: TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien Wednesday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resign if the BJP loses the West Bengal Assembly elections to the Mamata Banerjee-led party. In a video message, O'Brien claimed that Modi had projected himself as the BJP's face across...

Kolkata: Nearly 40 per cent of the 3.21 crore electors voted till 11 am of the second phase of polling in West Bengal amid sporadic violence, while tension gripped the Bhabanipur seat briefly as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari took swipes at one...

Kolkata: NIA officials have been deployed in at least seven Assembly seats of West Bengal where the second phase of polling is underway Wednesday, after the Election Commission asked the federal probe agency to ensure bombs are not used to disrupt polling. The sleuths of...

Kolkata: A total of 18.39 per cent of 3.21 crore voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling to 142 constituencies in the second and final phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, a senior EC official said. Till 9 am, Purba Bardhaman...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday visited several polling booths in her Bhabanipur assembly constituency where voting is underway and alleged that central forces and election observers were acting at the behest of the BJP. The Bhabanipur assembly segment is Banerjee's political bastion,...

Kolkata: Incidents of violence and vandalism were reported from parts of West Bengal during the early hours of voting in the second phase of the Assembly elections Wednesday, police said. The incidents were reported from multiple locations, including Chapra, Shantipur, Nimtala and Bhangar, they said....