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WB polls: EC reviews enforcement of Covid-19 guidelines during campaigning

Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Saturday reviewed enforcement of Covid-19 guidelines during campaigning in West Bengal

Shekhar Gupta: Because the virus doesn't vote

There are things a strongman leader never does, like admitting he has erred. Three recent instances show that Narendra Modi, for the first time in seven years, has blinked

Modi tempers attack on Mamata as he winds up West Bengal poll campaign

The PM's virtual meeting came a day after the EC banned road shows, motorcycle rallies and padyatras for the remaining two phases of the state assembly election campaign

We'll have to find vaccine resources if Centre doesn't help: Amit Mitra

In an Q&A, the West Bengal finance minister says differential pricing is absurd and will result in a huge additional outgo for states

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee skips Centre's Covid-19 meeting with CMs

Banerjee skipped Friday's meeting of CMs with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

WB polls: Cong takes dig at EC over restrictions announced on campaigning

The Congress said the direction has come late as the Assembly elections in four states and a Union Territory are almost over

EC bans rallies in Bengal; restricts public meets to max 500 people

The order came on a day when the state registered highest single-day spike of 11,948 Covid-19 cases

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: EC imposes strict curbs on poll campaigns

West Bengal election live updates: Prominent names in the sixth phase of the Assembly polls include BJP's national vice president Mukul Roy. Stay tuned for Bengal election latest updates

Election Commission dismisses TMC allegations of firing by central forces

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday dismissed allegations by Trinamool Congress that two of their activists were injured in firing by central forces in Ashok Nagar

Stray violence marks 6th phase of Bengal polls; 37.27% turnout till 11 am

Stray incidents of violence were on Thursday reported from various parts of Bengal where voting is underway in the sixth phase of assembly elections

WB polls phase six: PM Modi urges voters to exercise their franchise

As voting began for the sixth phase of West Bengal assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the voters to exercise their franchise

WB elections: 6th phase of polling to decide fate of 306 candidates begins

Polling began on Thursday morning for the sixth phase of the ongoing assembly elections in West Bengal

Assembly elections: West Bengal gears up for sixth phase of polls today

In this phase, election will be conducted in nine constituencies each in North Dinajpur and Nadia districts, 17 in North 24 Parganas and eight in East Burdwan

Not feasible to club remaining phases of West Bengal assembly polls: EC

EC on Wednesday told TMC leader Derek O'Brien that it is not feasible to club the remaining three phases of the ongoing West Bengal assembly elections amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Illogic of EC logistics

The rest of WB elections should have been clubbed

TMC urges Bengal CEO to club last three phases of polls amid Covid crisis

The TMC shot off a letter to Chief Electoral Officer Aariz Aftab on Tuesday

Bengal polls: Mamata cancels all big rallies in Kolkata amid Covid-19 surge

Considering the steep rise of Covid cases in the city, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has cancelled all 'big rallies' in Kolkata and has slashed the timing of the rallies in the districts

Covid-19 surge: Rahul announces cancellation of poll rallies in Bengal

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday cancelled all his public rallies in poll-bound West Bengal following a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in the country. He also advised all other politicians to think about the consequences of holding large public rallies. "In view of the COVID situation, I am suspending all my public rallies in West Bengal. I would advise all political leaders to think deeply about the consequences of holding large public rallies under the current circumstances," he said on Twitter. "One has seen such a crowd of the sick and the dead for the first time," he said in another tweet in Hindi, apparently referring to the large crowds at Bengal rallies of BJP leaders. The Congress has been critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for holding political rallies amid the rise in coronavirus cases in the country. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has accused the prime minister of shocking callousness for holding big political rallies in ...

Blame game begins between Centre and states over surge in Covid-19 cases

All through the campaign for the Assembly elections, both the BJP and Opposition are avoiding using Covid-19 as a campaign plank

EC sets 24-hour campaign ban on BJP's Sayantan Basu, TMC's Sujata Mondal

The Election Commission imposed a 24-hour campaign ban on BJP leader Sayantan Basu and Sujata Mondal of the Trinamool Congress