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West Bengal polls: Election Commission’s vehicle set ablaze by miscreants in erstwhile Maoist stronghold, driver escapes narrowly

OpIndia Staff - 27 March, 2021

Reportedly, the polling station is located just half a kilometre away from the place, where the Election Commission's vehicle was torched

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Maulana Jarjis lauded Mamata Banerjee for standing up against ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans, urged Muslims in Bengal to vote for her: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2021

On 23 January 2021, Mamata Banerjee had walked out of the birth anniversary celebrations of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after being greeted with the slogans of "Jai Shri Ram"

Politics

TMC getting nervous in Nandigram? Delegation meets EC to complain about ‘voters being threatened’

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2021

TMC delegation comprised of Derek O' Brien and Kakoli Ghosh visited the Election Commission office in Kolkata regarding elections in Nandigram.

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Yogi Adityanath reminds Mamata Banerjee about the sacrifice of Kothari brothers for Ram Mandir movement, Suvendu Adhikari calls her ‘Begum’

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2021

CM Yogi accused Mamata Banerjee of showing concern only for infiltrators in West Bengal and hence no banning cow slaughter.

Opinions

Where is ‘Bengal model’: A non-intellectual response to the intellectuals of Bengal

Abhishek Banerjee - 26 March, 2021

As polling in Bengal draws near, a number of these artists and performers have taken to Youtube to tell us that they are not neutral.

News Reports

‘30% Muslims in India can form 4 Pakistans by coming together, rest 70% will have nowhere to go’: TMC leader in Birbhum

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2021

"If all the Muslims in India move to one side of the country, where the rest of the people go," asked TMC leader Sheikh Alam

News Reports

West Bengal: TMC minister Asima Patra faces public fury, voters threaten to beat her with brooms

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2021

When the TMC MLA and minister visited her constituency in Dhaniakhali, West Bengal, the infuriated locals threatened to beat her up with brooms.

News Reports

West Bengal Election Opinion Polls: Mamata Banerjee may lose Nandigram, BJP projected to form the government

OpIndia Staff - 24 March, 2021

According to recent opinion polls by different agencies, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress will face a major setback in West Bengal

News Reports

After her ‘Bengali vs Outsider’ rhetorics, Mamata Banerjee gets Congress ally Hemant Soren to campaign for her

OpIndia Staff - 24 March, 2021

In a bid to rake up Bengali sentiments, the Trinamool Congress had attacked several BJP leaders by dubbing them as 'outsiders' in the land of Bengalis.

Crime