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Election

Stray incidents of violence disrupt West Bengal polls

May 19, 2019

Kolkata: An estimated 32.06 per cent of over 1.49 crore electorate exercised Sunday their franchise till 11.00am in nine Lok ...

Election

TMC lodges complaint with EC over Modi’s visit to Kedarnath

May 19, 2019

New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) wrote Sunday to the Election Commission (EC) and complained that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ...

Metro

Kolkata clashes: BJP brought goons from neighbouring states, says TMC

May 15, 2019

New Delhi: Launching scathing attacks on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over violence in Kolkata during the roadshow of BJP chief ...

In 2012, Ambikesh Mahapatra, a professor from Kolkata learnt the hard way that sharing TMC or Mamata Banerjee cartoons on social media can land one in jail.

Election

Priyanka Sharma’s arrest over a ‘meme’ one among many such cases

May 15, 2019

Mumbai: The arrest of BJP youth wing activist Priyanka Sharma for posting a morphed picture of West Bengal Chief Minister ...

The apex court's observation came after counsel for Sharma's brother mentioned the matter before it and said that despite the court's order Tuesday the activist has not been released from jail.

National

Arrest of activist who shared Mamata’s morphed image prima facie arbitrary: SC

May 15, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday termed as ‘prima facie arbitrary’ the arrest of BJP's youth wing leader Priyanka Sharma ...

The review meeting, to be held via video conference, comes a day after BJP and Trinamool Congress workers fought pitched battles on streets of Kolkata during a massive road show by saffron party president Amit Shah.

Election

LS Polls: EC set to review Phase-7 preparedness

May 15, 2019

New Delhi: The Election Commission will Wednesday hold a review meeting with observers and state chief electoral officers for the ...

The BJP leader was addressing a meet of intellectuals in the city Tuesday.

Election

I am not an outsider in West Bengal: Amit Shah

May 15, 2019

Kolkata: BJP national president Amit Shah has rebutted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's charge that he is an ‘outsider’ in West ...

Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) fought pitched battles on the streets of Kolkata during a massive road show by former's president Amit Shah.

Election

TMC seeks audience with EC following Shah roadshow violence

May 15, 2019

New Delhi: The TMC Tuesday sought a meeting with the Election Commission over the destruction of a statue of Bengali ...

A study by the Centre for Socio-Economic and Political Research (CSEPR) in Delhi at the conclusion of Phase VI of polling suggests that the NDA as a pre-poll alliance could muster 231 seats as compared to 174 seats of the UPA.

Election

BJP slow down but no UPA gain in Elections 2019: Pollsters

May 13, 2019

New Delhi: A survey of voters undertaken by institutions and calculations by independent psephologists have indicated a surprising unanimity of ...

This seemingly bizarre occurrence came to light at a booth in Shibpur Assembly segment of Howrah Lok Sabha constituency during the fifth phase of election Monday.

Election

Polling agent has no idea about candidates’ names

May 7, 2019

Kolkata: They are polling agents all right, but the problem is they can't recall the names of the candidates they are ...

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Editorial

The Protest Test

October 4, 2026

By Aakar Patel While Gandhi Jayanti is still fresh on our minds and the right to peaceful assembly is in...

October 3, 2026

By Dilip Cherian A 10-officer reshuffle at the Additional Secretary level may look like routine housekeeping, but if you look...

September 30, 2026

Lately, the Supreme Court’s intervention in high-profile cases does not necessarily arouse confidence and reassurance that wrongs may be righted....

September 29, 2026

The recent meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping turned out to be a rather tame...

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