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With assembly polls knocking at the door, Banerjee also hinted that she was ready to implement the PMKisan scheme in Bengal, and said she had asked the Centre to share details of all those who have registered themselves on the Union government's portal fo...

Suvendu Adhikari said BJP will hold public meeting at Nandigram on January 8 which will see the gathering of one lakh people and dared Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee to hold a rally as big as it.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury warned Bihar CM and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar of the BJP's "poaching skill" and asked him to keep in touch with opposition parties as an "antidote to withstand the Arunachal Syndrome".

Those that will take part in the protest include painter Jogen Chowdhury, historian Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri, painter Subhaprasanna, poet Joy Goswami, actor Arindam Sil and songwriter Kabir Suman.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, though the BJP did not win either the Bolpur or adjacent Birbhum seat, out of the 11 assembly segments in the region, it was leading in five. Shah has strategically decided to pick Bolpur as his next destination to turn th...

He had hastily closed his shop in March when the lockdown was first imposed and had gone to Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh. He recently returned on December 15.

In the last 10 years, the TMC government has failed on all fronts -- economic growth, industry, health, education, security of women and creation of jobs, the BJP said.

Among others, Mohan Bhagwat will meet Sarod player Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar and renowned poets, classical singers and authors. He will also meet selective ‘Sangathan Pramukhs’, who are active in the state.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee also came down heavily on the BJP for staging a stir on November 26, "despite knowing that work has been completed and the bridge was to be inaugurated in a few days".

Banerjee said the country is going through a "suffocating phase" and slammed the BJP for demanding audits into the direct cash transfer scheme for Cyclone Amphan-hit families.

Noting that West Bengal has successfully reduced COVID-19 positivity and death rates, Banerjee said the recovery rate among the patients in the state has improved as compared to other parts of the country.

Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah is likely to visit the state yet again later this month to take stock of the party organisation ahead of the state polls, the sources said.

Though the onions missed the target, Kumar’s ‘arrow’ in alliance with the BJP hit bulls-eye by securing five of the six Assembly seats in Madhubani Lok Sabha constituencies – more hits than legendary dart player Alan Evans in the 1970s.

Observers say the decision to set up these battalions – especially the Narayani battalion – could be a disadvantage for the BJP amid demands from the Rajbongshi community in North Bengal to the Centre to establish a ‘Narayani Regiment’ .

The saffron party has set a target of winning more than 200 seats in the 294-strong Bengal assembly. With Bihar done and dusted, the BJP will now shift its focus to politically crucial West Bengal, which sends 42 MPs to the Lok Sabha, two more than Bihar,...

The court said that guidelines, which were in place during Durga Puja such as no entry to pandals, will also be in effect during Kali Puja.