West Bengal Assembly Polls 2016
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Trinamool's Amit Mitra Wins West Bengal Assembly Polls
West Bengal Industry and Finance Minister and Trinamool Congress nominee Amit Mitra retained the Khardaha seat in North 24 Parganas district wining by a margin of 21,200 votes.
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Live: West Bengal Election Results Show Massive Win For Trinamool Congress
The six-phase West Bengal assembly election result will decide the fate of 1,961 candidates. Leaders of both the Trinamool Congress and the Left camps are far from confident whereas for BJP, the election is a test of fire.
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20,000 Personnel In West Bengal For Counting Of Votes, Says Election Commission
As many as 20,000 personnel will be deployed for the counting of votes in the assembly polls in West Bengal on Thursday, an Election Commission official said on Wednesday.
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7-Year-Old Beaten Allegedly By Trinamool Activists After Grandfather Votes
A seven-year-old girl was injured when she was beaten up allegedly by miscreants allied to West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress after her grandfather, a CPI-M supporter, voted in the fifth phase of the assembly polls in the southern outskirts of the city.
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Political Heavyweights In Fifth Phase Of West Bengal Polls Today
The fate of a number of political heavyweights, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and her party candidates who were purportedly seen in the Narada sting operation footage, will be decided in the crucial fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly poll tomorrow.
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Polling Ends For Fourth Phase In West Bengal
Polling officially came to an end at 6 PM on Monday for 49 constituencies spread over two districts in West Bengal in the fourth phase of the assembly elections in the state.
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Born With The Left, Living With Trinamool, Change Eludes Bengal Voters
The only thing Mridul Nandi was told about June 21, 1977, the day he was born, was that Kolkata bore a new red glow. "My father says the street lights were covered with red paper that night," he says.
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Facebook 360 Degree Used For First Time In India: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed her party Trinamool Congress was using the Facebook 360 degree technology in the ongoing assembly polls, a first for any election in India.
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West Bengal Polls Phase 3: Over 18 Per Cent Voter Turnout In First 2 Hours
Over 18 per cent voters have exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling in the third phase of West Bengal Assembly elections for 62 seats, seven of which are in northern Kolkata.
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'Mamata Banerjee A Patron Of Corruption,' Says Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Attacking Trinamool Congress on the issue of corruption, Union IT and Communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today accused party supremo Mamata Banerjee of being a "patron of corruption".
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Clash Between Trinamool And BJP Workers In Bengal's Birbhum Leaves 8 Injured
A clash between Trinamool Congress and BJP workers today left eight persons injured in Dumrut village in Birbhum district where polling is underway, police said.
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West Bengal Votes For 31 Seats Amid Stray Violence
West Bengal has perhaps seen worse on polling day. Today, sporadic clashes - mostly in the Asansol area - marred an otherwise uneventful 10 hours of voting in 31 seats of 294 in the state assembly.
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Voting In Remaining 61 Seats In Assam And 31 In West Bengal Today
Voting will be held today for the remaining 61 Assembly constituencies in Assam with the Congress, BJP-AGP-BPF alliance and AIUDF locked in a keen contest while 31 seats in West Bengal will also go to polls in the second part of the first phase of election in the state.
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Bengal Government Failed To Check Infiltration: Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said infiltration is on in Bengal and the state government has "failed" to check it.
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Mamata Banerjee Slams Congress-Left 'Rainbow Coalition' In West Bengal
Upping the ante against Congress and the Left, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today claimed both the parties have formed a "rainbow coalition" for the upcoming Assembly election in the state as they could not fight Trinamool Congress (TMC) alone and said the "people's alliance" would defeat them.
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Trinamool's Amit Mitra Wins West Bengal Assembly Polls
West Bengal Industry and Finance Minister and Trinamool Congress nominee Amit Mitra retained the Khardaha seat in North 24 Parganas district wining by a margin of 21,200 votes.
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Live: West Bengal Election Results Show Massive Win For Trinamool Congress
The six-phase West Bengal assembly election result will decide the fate of 1,961 candidates. Leaders of both the Trinamool Congress and the Left camps are far from confident whereas for BJP, the election is a test of fire.
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20,000 Personnel In West Bengal For Counting Of Votes, Says Election Commission
As many as 20,000 personnel will be deployed for the counting of votes in the assembly polls in West Bengal on Thursday, an Election Commission official said on Wednesday.
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7-Year-Old Beaten Allegedly By Trinamool Activists After Grandfather Votes
A seven-year-old girl was injured when she was beaten up allegedly by miscreants allied to West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress after her grandfather, a CPI-M supporter, voted in the fifth phase of the assembly polls in the southern outskirts of the city.
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Political Heavyweights In Fifth Phase Of West Bengal Polls Today
The fate of a number of political heavyweights, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and her party candidates who were purportedly seen in the Narada sting operation footage, will be decided in the crucial fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly poll tomorrow.
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Polling Ends For Fourth Phase In West Bengal
Polling officially came to an end at 6 PM on Monday for 49 constituencies spread over two districts in West Bengal in the fourth phase of the assembly elections in the state.
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Born With The Left, Living With Trinamool, Change Eludes Bengal Voters
The only thing Mridul Nandi was told about June 21, 1977, the day he was born, was that Kolkata bore a new red glow. "My father says the street lights were covered with red paper that night," he says.
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Facebook 360 Degree Used For First Time In India: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed her party Trinamool Congress was using the Facebook 360 degree technology in the ongoing assembly polls, a first for any election in India.
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West Bengal Polls Phase 3: Over 18 Per Cent Voter Turnout In First 2 Hours
Over 18 per cent voters have exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling in the third phase of West Bengal Assembly elections for 62 seats, seven of which are in northern Kolkata.
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'Mamata Banerjee A Patron Of Corruption,' Says Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Attacking Trinamool Congress on the issue of corruption, Union IT and Communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today accused party supremo Mamata Banerjee of being a "patron of corruption".
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Clash Between Trinamool And BJP Workers In Bengal's Birbhum Leaves 8 Injured
A clash between Trinamool Congress and BJP workers today left eight persons injured in Dumrut village in Birbhum district where polling is underway, police said.
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West Bengal Votes For 31 Seats Amid Stray Violence
West Bengal has perhaps seen worse on polling day. Today, sporadic clashes - mostly in the Asansol area - marred an otherwise uneventful 10 hours of voting in 31 seats of 294 in the state assembly.
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Voting In Remaining 61 Seats In Assam And 31 In West Bengal Today
Voting will be held today for the remaining 61 Assembly constituencies in Assam with the Congress, BJP-AGP-BPF alliance and AIUDF locked in a keen contest while 31 seats in West Bengal will also go to polls in the second part of the first phase of election in the state.
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Bengal Government Failed To Check Infiltration: Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said infiltration is on in Bengal and the state government has "failed" to check it.
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Mamata Banerjee Slams Congress-Left 'Rainbow Coalition' In West Bengal
Upping the ante against Congress and the Left, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today claimed both the parties have formed a "rainbow coalition" for the upcoming Assembly election in the state as they could not fight Trinamool Congress (TMC) alone and said the "people's alliance" would defeat them.
