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Assembly Polls: Congress Screening Panels Meet To Shortlist Candidates
The screening committees of the Congress continued their meetings on Thursday to shortlist candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. ....
Amit Shah Meets PM Modi Ahead Of BJP CEC Meet
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the crucial Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting of the BJP to discuss the names of party candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam. ....
Mamata Banerjee Releases List Of Trinamool Candidates, Will Contest From Nandigram
Setting the stage for a high-octane political battle, West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Friday released the candidates list for 291 assembly seats in the state. The remaining three seats in Darjeeling will be contested by Trinamool allies. The party will not be putting up candidates there, she said. ....
AIMIM Seals Alliance With AMMK In Tamil Nadu, To Contest 3 Seats
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has entered into a political alliance with the Amma Makkal Munnetra Katchi (AMMK) of T.T.V. Dhinakaran in Tamil Nadu. ....
Congress Releases 2nd List Of Candidates For Bengal Polls
The Congress on Sunday released its second list of candidates for the multi-phase West Bengal polls, with 34 names. ....
Mamata Banerjee Releases Trinamool Manifesto, Promises 5L Jobs Each Year
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday released the election manifesto of Trinamool Congress ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in the state to be held in eight phases from March 27 to April 29. ....
Parliament Budget Session Likely To Be Cut Short, Might Conclude On Thursday
As Assembly polls in four states and one union territory is to begin from March 27, the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament is likely to be cut short and concluded on Thursday, sources said. ....
Sharad Pawar To Campaign For Trinamool In Bengal
Despite being part of the Congress-Sena-NCP alliance in the Maharashtra government, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, who was named star campaigner in West Bengal from the MVA, Pawar will be campaigning for Trinamool Congress next week after Holi. ....
On Poll Rigging Claims, BJP Says ‘Mamata Under Pressure, TMC Knows It’s Losing’
The President of BJP's West Bengal unit Dilip Ghosh said the Trinamool Congress is aware that it is going to lose the assembly elections and is therefore is resorting to poll rigging allegations against them. ....
Nearly 80% Voter Turnout In First Phase Of Bengal Polls
Amid sporadic incidents of violence, an estimated 79.79 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise till 5.30 pm in the first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal on Saturday, the Election Commission (EC) officials said here. ....
