Election Commission bans roadshows, vehicle rallies for remaining phases of West Bengal Assembly polls
The Election Commission on Thursday banned roadshows and vehicle rallies in the state with immediate effect and said no public meeting having more than 500 people would be allowed, in view of the COVID safety norms being flouted during the poll campaign in West Bengal.
Apr 22, 2021, 21:31 PM ISTPM Narendra Modi cancels West Bengal visit, to chair COVID-19 review meetings on April 23
PM Modi said that he will chair high-level meetings on Friday due to which he will be unable to visit poll-bound West Bengal.
Apr 22, 2021, 19:42 PM ISTWest Bengal gears up for phase VI Assembly polls tomorrow amid rising COVID cases
The West Bengal electoral battlefield is gearing up for the next bout of `Khela` as the sixth phase of voting for Assembly polls will be held on Thursday.
Apr 21, 2021, 15:00 PM IST‘Second wave of COVID-19 is Modi-made disaster’: CM Mamata Banerjee hits out at PM
Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (April 21) alleged that the second COVID-19 wave in the country and its management is a "Modi-made disaster".
Apr 21, 2021, 14:24 PM ISTWest Bengal election 2021: BJP limits crowd at PM Narendra Modi, others’ rallies, 500 allowed
The BJP has decided to hold only small public meetings and to cap the maximum number of people allowed at public rallies to 500.
Apr 19, 2021, 21:57 PM ISTWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urges EC with 'folded hands' to curtail poll schedule amid COVID-19 crisis
WB CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the Election Commission to curtail the poll schedule for the remaining three phases of the ongoing Assembly election in the state.
Apr 19, 2021, 18:00 PM ISTWest Bengal election 2021: Silence period extended to 72 hours, campaign timings reduced amid COVID-19 surge
In an order, the Election Commission curtailed the time for the ongoing West Bengal Assembly elections campaign up to 7 pm. Earlier it was up to 10 pm.
Apr 16, 2021, 22:51 PM ISTWest Bengal Assembly Election 2021: Six candidates test COVID-19 positive, one dies ahead of fifth phase
Rezaul Haque, Congress nominee from Samsherganj assembly constituency in Murshidabad district, who had been infected with the virus, died at a hospital early on Thursday (April 15).
Apr 16, 2021, 15:44 PM ISTWest Bengal assembly election: Polling to be held in 45 constituencies in fifth phase, 342 candidates in fray
Voting will be held at 15,789 polling stations in the 45 constituencies 16 seats in North 24 Parganas, eight each in Purba Bardhaman and Nadia, seven in Jalpaiguri, five in Darjeeling and one in Kalimpong district.
Apr 16, 2021, 14:15 PM ISTMamata Banerjee urges EC to hold elections for remaining phases at one go citing COVID surge
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged the Election Commission to think about conducting polls for the remaining assembly seats at one go, in view of rising cases of COVID-19 in the state.
Apr 15, 2021, 21:52 PM ISTElection Commission cracks whip on 2 BJP leaders, puts 24-hour campaign ban on Dilip Ghosh
After taking action against TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Election Commission on Thursday evening (April 15) imposed a 24-hour campaign ban on the BJP's West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh for his remarks that "there will be Sitalkuchi in several places".
Apr 15, 2021, 20:16 PM ISTCOVID-19 is rising in Bengal due to ‘outsiders’ brought by BJP: Mamata Banerjee
Speaking at a rally in the Dabgram-Fulbari constituency in the Jalpaiguri district, the TMC supremo ridiculed PM Modi's recent claim that BJP had already won 100 seats in the four phases of the election to the 294-seat assembly.
Apr 15, 2021, 07:34 AM ISTBJP wants to destroy Bengal's culture, heritage and divide it: Rahul Gandhi in a West Bengal rally
Rahul Gandhi said, "BJP wants to destroy Bengal's culture, heritage and divide it. In Assam, they are doing the same thing; in Tamil Nadu, they are trying to do the same thing with their alliance partner AIADMK."
Apr 14, 2021, 19:11 PM ISTCongress leader Rahul Gandhi set to start his campaign in West Bengal from April 14, ahead of phase 5 polls
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will finally begin his campaign in poll-bound areas of West Bengal on Wednesday (April 14) with two public meetings in Goalpokhar and Matigara-Naxalbari, the party revealed on Tuesday.
Apr 14, 2021, 06:46 AM ISTEC issues notice to Dilip Ghosh, seeks explanation for remark on Cooch Behar firing
The EC issued a notice to BJP's West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh over his remark on Sitalkuchi killings of four men at Cooch Behar district. The poll panel has sought a clarification on the issue by Wednesday.
Apr 13, 2021, 16:38 PM ISTWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stages 'dharna' in Kolkata to protest EC's 24-hour campaign ban
Banerjee, still confined to a wheelchair owing to the injuries she sustained last month, arrived at Mayo road here around 11.40 am and began her sit-in next to a Mahatma Gandhi's statue at the venue.
Apr 13, 2021, 12:42 PM ISTMamata Banerjee to hold dharna against EC's decision to ban her from campaigning for 24 hours
The TMC chief had called the EC move “undemocratic and unconstitutional” and vowed to protest it. The apex poll panel had on Monday barred the Trinamool Congress supremo from any kind of campaigning for 24 hours, from 8 pm on Monday to 8 pm on Tuesday.
Apr 13, 2021, 07:47 AM ISTUnion Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to hold multiple election rallies in West Bengal today
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will address several public programs and roadshows in West Bengal on Tuesday (April 13) ahead of the fifth phase of assembly elections.
Apr 13, 2021, 06:34 AM ISTTamil Nadu Congress candidate, Madhav Rao, dies of COVID-19 after assembly elections
Indian National Congress party’s candidate from Srivilliputhur in Virudhunagar district, Madhava Rao, passed away at a hospital in Madurai on Sunday (April 11).
Apr 12, 2021, 11:23 AM ISTPM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah to hold multiple rallies in West Bengal today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address several public programs and roadshows in West Bengal on Monday (April 12) ahead of the fifth phase of assembly elections.
Apr 12, 2021, 08:59 AM IST