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New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday shared glimpses of his high-energy roadshow in Siliguri, highlighting the massive public turnout and support he received during his campaign in West Bengal ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.Posting on X, PM Modi wrote, “15 kms of unparalleled affection! Here are highlights from Siliguri. A BJP Government will address local developmental issues and at the same time bring new opportunities for the youth of West Bengal.”Ea…

Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the last of his three campaign rallies in West Bengal on Saturday amid the crucial two-phase Assembly polls in the state next month, gave a call to the people of the state to change the Trinamool Congress regime, which he said had been ruling the people “over lies” for the last 15 years.​ He said, “You gave a chance to the previous Left Front regime for 34 years. Then you gave three consecutive chances to the Trinamool Congress go…

Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Friday release the election manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this month.The BJP is describing the manifesto as the “Sankalp Patra”. HM Shah released a social media post in the morning announcing this development, where he also said that the people of West Bengal, who are saddled by the misrule of the Trinamool Congress-led state government, are now l…

Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Amid the hectic campaigning for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold three consecutive rallies in three districts on Thursday.Union Home Minister Amit Shah will also arrive in Kolkata on Thursday, with a packed campaign schedule for Friday and Saturday.The Prime Minister will start his campaign with his address at a rally in the industrial township of Haldia in the East Midnapore district. Thereafter, he will address two …

Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend seven campaign programmes in West Bengal this week, starting from April 9, amid the crucial two-phase Assembly elections in the state.“As per the tentative schedule of the Prime Minister fixed as of now on April 9, he might address three mega campaign rallies at Asansol in West Burdwan district, Suri in Birbhum district, and Haldia in East Midnapore district, one after another,” said a member of the Bharatiya Janata Par…

Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) As many as 30 people have been arrested by West Bengal Police in connection with tension and violence over a Ram Navami procession at Jangipur in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district, an official said on Saturday.Although the situation was quickly brought under control following prompt joint action by the state police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), the area had, for some time, virtually turned into a battlefield.Several people were injured in the clashes,…

Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Wednesday assigned new responsibilities to 19 IPS officers who were removed from their posts by the Election Commission. They have now been appointed to new positions, a senior officer at the state secretariat, Nabanna, said. ​ The state government issued a directive to this effect on Wednesday, keeping in mind the EC’s condition that none of the officers could be reinstated to any post related to the Assembly elections.​Indira Mukherj…

Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday, condemned the killing of a migrant worker from the state in Odisha and asserted that speaking in Bengali cannot be a crime. Taking to her official X account, Chief Minister Banerjee told that a zero FIR has been filed in West Bengal and six people have been arrested in connection with the incident.”We strongly condemn the brutal oppression and persecution unleashed upon Bengali-speaking people in every BJP-ruled stat…