West Bengal

Banerjee said that she saved Swami Vivekananda's house in Kolkata from getting sold off by getting the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to acquire it.

Addressing a poll rally in Goghat on Saturday, Banerjee had claimed, "Some monks of the Ramakrishna Mission and Bharat Sevashram Sangha are working under the influence of BJP leaders in Delhi."

The West Bengal CM alleged Modi was trying to change the pluralistic values and secular ideals enshrined in the constitution and change the name of India to Bharat.

The Trinamool Congress MP also alleged that under the present dispensation at the Centre, the "poor are becoming poorer and the rich getting richer".

TMC leader and West Bengal minister Shashi Panja told reporters here that Gangopadhyay has crossed all limits of decency by making 'sexist' remarks against Mamata Banerjee.

"Poll is being held for two-and-half months, have you (poll officials) ever realised the struggle of the common people," said the CM.

The Sandeshkhali BJP leader had claimed in his petition that technology-aided videos mimicking his voice were being circulated in a bid to defame him.

Campaigning for the BJP’s Bongaon candidate Shantanu Thakur, Shah said Mamata would not be able to stop the implementation of the CAA as the matter lies with the Centre.

There will be no Modi in Delhi. Based on the numbers I received till yesterday; they will get around 190-195 seats. INDIA bloc will get 315 seats, she said.

The TMC on Monday submitted its list of star campaigners to the Election Commission and Ghosh's name was figured on the list.

The prime minister in his public meetings on Sunday alleged that the TMC was trying to hide its past misdeeds in Sandeshkhali where TMC leaders were accused of sexual assault and land grab.

Gangopadhyay, who resigned as a judge of the Calcutta High Court in March, is a BJP candidate from Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency.

In the latest tape that surfaced on Saturday night, Kayal was heard saying that 70 women got Rs 2,000 each for taking part in protests against Sheikh, who was arrested and later suspended by the police.

Addressing an election rally in Hooghly, Banerjee said, “Governor C V Ananda Bose should resign."

West Bengal minister Shashi Panja said that it is surprising that the BJP had taken a team from Sandeshkhali and gave a "false portrayal" to none other than the President of the country.

The employee raised her objections to the public screening of unedited footage where her identity was allegedly disclosed since her face wasn't blurred.

The CBI has lodged multiple FIRs in cases of post-poll violence in West Bengal, while the state government had vehemently objected to it.

The EC received 182 complaints by 9 am, most of which were from Murshidabad and Jangipur constituencies.

As the situation got tense with slogans and counter-slogans, a section of BJP workers allegedly vandalised the dais where the teachers were sitting.

West Bengal government had moved the SC against the Calcutta HC's order invalidating and cancelling the appointment of 25,753 teachers.