Kolkata Roadshow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow in the Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha seat in support of BJP nominee Tapas Roy on Tuesday evening touched three destinations associated with three iconic personalities of the state -- Maa Sarada, Subhas Chandra Bose,

Sharing an order issued by the Kolkata Police on May 22, state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Friday alleged that prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC were imposed in central Kolkata to stop PM Narendra Modi's roadshow in the city.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday held a roadshow in Kolkata as she sought to bolster the ruling Trinamool's campaign in the ongoing assembly elections, and wished people peace and prosperity on the occasion of Bengali New Year.

The BJP was denied permission to hold a roadshow of Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty, who had recently joined the party, in Behala area of Kolkata in West Bengal today, following which a group of activists held a demonstration.

Four days after Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured while campaigning in Nandigram, the 66-year-old Trinamool Congress chief will attend her first public event this afternoon. She will lead a huge roadshow in Kolkata in a wheelchair, her party has said. She will address the gathering at the end of the rally in Hazra.

The march in south Kolkata was a tit-for-tat show of strength against the BJP which had held a roadshow on Monday down the same route.

Stones were hurled at a BJP roadshow in Kolkata today hours after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's rally at Nandigram. Bottles were heard from rooftops and reports said some people carrying Trinamool Congress flags also were heard shouting "go back" slogans.

The BJP's first roadshow in Kolkata on January 4 had turned into a bit of a flop show. The police had given it only truncated permission and the star of the roadshow Sovan Chatterjee failed to show up.

The BJP held its first roadshow in Kolkata on Monday. But, the national party's show of strength did not get off to a smooth start as the police delayed giving permission. It then sanctioned a different route, where at least one shoe was reportedly thrown at the lead vehicle carrying in it top leaders including Kailash Vijayvargiya, Mukul Roy, Arju...

Actor-turned-politician Moon Moon Sen, a Trinamool Congress candidate for the national election, was again accused of making a comment that undermined the violence in Bengal on the last day of voting for the national election on Sunday. "This is a tiny bit of violence," Moon Moon Sen said as she responded to a question on the vandalism of a statue ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Trinamool Congress "goons" vandalised Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar statue in Kolkata and promised to build a grand statue at the same spot.

A day after the Election Commission cut short campaigning in Bengal for the last round of the national election over violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata, opposition parties closed ranks behind Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and accused the election body of submitting to the ruling party.

A day after the violence during BJP President Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a broadside against Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday saying that democracy has turned to "goondacracy" in West Bengal.

Finance Minister Arun Jatiley today targeted the Mamata Banerjee government over the Election Commission ordering the cutting short of campaigning in Bengal for the final phase of the national elections by a day and said it is a "classic case of breakdown of the constitutional machinery". For the first time in India's electoral history, the electio...

The Election Commissionon Wednesdayinvoked Article 324 of the Constitution to prohibit election campaigning in nine constituencies of West Bengal from 10 pm on Thursday until the conclusion of the Lok Sabha polls on May 19. It took the decision in view of clashes between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress over the last 24 hours, which resulted in l...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow in the Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha seat in support of BJP nominee Tapas Roy on Tuesday evening touched three destinations associated with three iconic personalities of the state -- Maa Sarada, Subhas Chandra Bose,

Sharing an order issued by the Kolkata Police on May 22, state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Friday alleged that prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC were imposed in central Kolkata to stop PM Narendra Modi's roadshow in the city.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday held a roadshow in Kolkata as she sought to bolster the ruling Trinamool's campaign in the ongoing assembly elections, and wished people peace and prosperity on the occasion of Bengali New Year.

The BJP was denied permission to hold a roadshow of Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty, who had recently joined the party, in Behala area of Kolkata in West Bengal today, following which a group of activists held a demonstration.

Four days after Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured while campaigning in Nandigram, the 66-year-old Trinamool Congress chief will attend her first public event this afternoon. She will lead a huge roadshow in Kolkata in a wheelchair, her party has said. She will address the gathering at the end of the rally in Hazra.

The march in south Kolkata was a tit-for-tat show of strength against the BJP which had held a roadshow on Monday down the same route.

Stones were hurled at a BJP roadshow in Kolkata today hours after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's rally at Nandigram. Bottles were heard from rooftops and reports said some people carrying Trinamool Congress flags also were heard shouting "go back" slogans.

The BJP's first roadshow in Kolkata on January 4 had turned into a bit of a flop show. The police had given it only truncated permission and the star of the roadshow Sovan Chatterjee failed to show up.

The BJP held its first roadshow in Kolkata on Monday. But, the national party's show of strength did not get off to a smooth start as the police delayed giving permission. It then sanctioned a different route, where at least one shoe was reportedly thrown at the lead vehicle carrying in it top leaders including Kailash Vijayvargiya, Mukul Roy, Arju...

Actor-turned-politician Moon Moon Sen, a Trinamool Congress candidate for the national election, was again accused of making a comment that undermined the violence in Bengal on the last day of voting for the national election on Sunday. "This is a tiny bit of violence," Moon Moon Sen said as she responded to a question on the vandalism of a statue ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Trinamool Congress "goons" vandalised Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar statue in Kolkata and promised to build a grand statue at the same spot.

A day after the Election Commission cut short campaigning in Bengal for the last round of the national election over violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata, opposition parties closed ranks behind Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and accused the election body of submitting to the ruling party.

A day after the violence during BJP President Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a broadside against Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday saying that democracy has turned to "goondacracy" in West Bengal.

Finance Minister Arun Jatiley today targeted the Mamata Banerjee government over the Election Commission ordering the cutting short of campaigning in Bengal for the final phase of the national elections by a day and said it is a "classic case of breakdown of the constitutional machinery". For the first time in India's electoral history, the electio...

The Election Commissionon Wednesdayinvoked Article 324 of the Constitution to prohibit election campaigning in nine constituencies of West Bengal from 10 pm on Thursday until the conclusion of the Lok Sabha polls on May 19. It took the decision in view of clashes between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress over the last 24 hours, which resulted in l...