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"This Isn't Ayodhya. Nobody Can Touch Babri Here": Humayun Kabir To NDTV
Suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir has said that a mosque named the Babri Masjid will be constructed in West Bengal's Murshidabad district within three years, and that no authority or political force will be able to prevent it.
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Amid 'G Ram G' Row, Mamata Banerjee To Rename Bengal Scheme After Mahatma Gandhi
Amid an ongoing political storm over the renaming of the MGNREGA scheme for rural jobs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said her government will bring a bill in the state Cabinet to rename the Karmashree scheme after Mahatma Gandhi.
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Suspended Trinamool MLA Floats Own Party, Will Contest In 135 Seats In Polls
Humayun Kabir, who was recently suspended by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after repeated clashes with the party's leadership, has decided to float his own political party ahead of the high-stakes assembly elections in West Bengal next year.
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58 Lakh Names Deleted In Bengal Draft SIR: 24 Lakh Dead, 12 Lakh Missing
In a development likely to raise a political storm in poll-bound West Bengal, a total of 58 lakh names have been deleted from the state's draft voter list after the Special Intensive Revision to weed out duplication and errors
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Bengal's 'Babri Mosque' Gears Up For Inaugural Friday Namaz, Thousands To Attend
The site for the proposed 'Babri' mosque in West Bengal's Murshidabad will host its inaugural Friday prayers today, in what is being seen as a new dawn in minority politics ahead of next year's state elections.
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The Ebb And Flow Of Muslim Politics In West Bengal: The Humayun Kabir Gambit
Berhampore, in West Bengal, serves as the administrative headquarters of the Murshidabad district. Nestled on the east bank of the Bhagirathi River (the local name for the Ganges as it flows into and divides Murshidabad), it was founded and fortified
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Mass Voter Deletion Allegations In Bengal "False": Poll Body To Supreme Court
Allegations of "large-scale voter deletion" in West Bengal are "false" and "fabricated" and an attempt to further vested political interests, the Election Commission has told the Supreme Court in an affidavit.
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Bihar Over, Rahul Gandhi And BJP Clash Over Bengal's New SIR Frontline
After the intense battles fought on the plains of Bihar and in the Supreme Court, the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise frontline has moved to West Bengal.
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Controversy Erupts Over Trinamool MLA Humayun Kabir's 'Babri Masjid' Remark
A major political controversy has broken out after Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir declared that he would lay the foundation stone of a 'Babri Masjid' on December 6 in Beldanga, Murshidabad district.
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Trinamool To Ramp Up Fight Against Voter Revision With Focus On Matuas
Amid the political tussle in West Bengal over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise between the TMC and the BJP, Trinamool National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee will virtually address over 10,000 party leaders on Monday.
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Amit Shah's "Saving Infiltrator" Jibe After Mamata Banerjee's SIR Plea
Some political parties are trying to "protect infiltrators" by hindering the process for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday.
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Opinion | For BJP, Bengal Won't Be As Easy As Bihar
It has been the BJPs singular weakness in West Bengal that it never quite gets the cultural, historical and political details right. And these details matter.
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West Bengal Party Keen To Join North East Leaders' United Political Front
The push to create a unified regional political front in the North East and North Bengal has gathered momentum, with West Bengal's Darjeeling district-based party, the Indian Gorkha Janshakti Front, expressing interest in joining the newly formed
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After NDA's Bihar Showing, BJP's Bengal Polls Warning To Mamata Banerjee
The BJP on Friday used its strong performance in the Bihar assembly election to signal its next political target -- Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal.
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SIR Forms Distributed On Bengal Streets, Complaint Filed With Poll Body
The Election Commission of India has received multiple complaints filed against Booth Level Officers (BLOs) by various political parties in West Bengal for distributing the enumeration forms for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) at public places.
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"This Isn't Ayodhya. Nobody Can Touch Babri Here": Humayun Kabir To NDTV
Suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir has said that a mosque named the Babri Masjid will be constructed in West Bengal's Murshidabad district within three years, and that no authority or political force will be able to prevent it.
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Amid 'G Ram G' Row, Mamata Banerjee To Rename Bengal Scheme After Mahatma Gandhi
Amid an ongoing political storm over the renaming of the MGNREGA scheme for rural jobs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said her government will bring a bill in the state Cabinet to rename the Karmashree scheme after Mahatma Gandhi.
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Suspended Trinamool MLA Floats Own Party, Will Contest In 135 Seats In Polls
Humayun Kabir, who was recently suspended by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after repeated clashes with the party's leadership, has decided to float his own political party ahead of the high-stakes assembly elections in West Bengal next year.
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58 Lakh Names Deleted In Bengal Draft SIR: 24 Lakh Dead, 12 Lakh Missing
In a development likely to raise a political storm in poll-bound West Bengal, a total of 58 lakh names have been deleted from the state's draft voter list after the Special Intensive Revision to weed out duplication and errors
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Bengal's 'Babri Mosque' Gears Up For Inaugural Friday Namaz, Thousands To Attend
The site for the proposed 'Babri' mosque in West Bengal's Murshidabad will host its inaugural Friday prayers today, in what is being seen as a new dawn in minority politics ahead of next year's state elections.
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The Ebb And Flow Of Muslim Politics In West Bengal: The Humayun Kabir Gambit
Berhampore, in West Bengal, serves as the administrative headquarters of the Murshidabad district. Nestled on the east bank of the Bhagirathi River (the local name for the Ganges as it flows into and divides Murshidabad), it was founded and fortified
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Mass Voter Deletion Allegations In Bengal "False": Poll Body To Supreme Court
Allegations of "large-scale voter deletion" in West Bengal are "false" and "fabricated" and an attempt to further vested political interests, the Election Commission has told the Supreme Court in an affidavit.
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Bihar Over, Rahul Gandhi And BJP Clash Over Bengal's New SIR Frontline
After the intense battles fought on the plains of Bihar and in the Supreme Court, the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise frontline has moved to West Bengal.
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Controversy Erupts Over Trinamool MLA Humayun Kabir's 'Babri Masjid' Remark
A major political controversy has broken out after Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir declared that he would lay the foundation stone of a 'Babri Masjid' on December 6 in Beldanga, Murshidabad district.
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Trinamool To Ramp Up Fight Against Voter Revision With Focus On Matuas
Amid the political tussle in West Bengal over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise between the TMC and the BJP, Trinamool National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee will virtually address over 10,000 party leaders on Monday.
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Amit Shah's "Saving Infiltrator" Jibe After Mamata Banerjee's SIR Plea
Some political parties are trying to "protect infiltrators" by hindering the process for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday.
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Opinion | For BJP, Bengal Won't Be As Easy As Bihar
It has been the BJPs singular weakness in West Bengal that it never quite gets the cultural, historical and political details right. And these details matter.
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West Bengal Party Keen To Join North East Leaders' United Political Front
The push to create a unified regional political front in the North East and North Bengal has gathered momentum, with West Bengal's Darjeeling district-based party, the Indian Gorkha Janshakti Front, expressing interest in joining the newly formed
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After NDA's Bihar Showing, BJP's Bengal Polls Warning To Mamata Banerjee
The BJP on Friday used its strong performance in the Bihar assembly election to signal its next political target -- Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal.
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SIR Forms Distributed On Bengal Streets, Complaint Filed With Poll Body
The Election Commission of India has received multiple complaints filed against Booth Level Officers (BLOs) by various political parties in West Bengal for distributing the enumeration forms for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) at public places.
