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Bengal phase 1 turnout crosses 62% by 1 pm; bomb attack, clashes mar polls

Kolkata: West Bengal recorded a voter turnout of 62.18% till 1 pm in the first phase of Assembly elections on Thursday, even...

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India

Kapil Sibal slams EC over Bengal polls, calls it ‘experiment in disenfranchisement’

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal accused the Election Commission of voter suppression in West Bengal, targeting Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and...

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Elections

Violence mars Bengal Phase 1 polling; 41% turnout by 11 am as clashes, bomb attack reported

Sporadic violence, including a crude bomb attack in Murshidabad and clashes between rival party workers, marked Phase 1 of the West Bengal...

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India

BJP would rather sit in Opp for 20 years than ally with those building Babri Masjid in West Bengal: Amit Shah

Kolkata: Home Minister of India Amit Shah said the BJP would prefer to remain in the opposition for the next 20 years...

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India

Special Intensive Revision phase 1 likely this month across 10 states

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is gearing up to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across...

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India

Rahul Gandhi likely to launch Bengal poll campaign after Bihar elections: Congress

Kolkata: The Congress on Saturday said that Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and senior party leader Rahul Gandhi is expected to launch...

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Extremism

‘Dogs and Muslims not allowed’: Hate poster emerges at Bidhan Chandra Agricultural University

New Delhi: In the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people, a hateful and Islamophobic poster was found on the...

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India

MP duo branded as Kashmiris, suspected of suspicious activity in Baruipur; police say claim baseless

West Bengal: Baruipur Police on Thursday refuted claims made in a social media post that alleged suspicious activity involving two persons ‘ostensibly...