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The winning streak of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee looks set to continue through the by-polls, where her Trinamool Congress is on track to wrest two seats won by the BJP in the April-May state polls. The party is ahead in all four seats.

The Trinamool Congress, eyeing re-election in Bengal for a third consecutive term, today alleged 'discrepancy' in poll turnout and malfunctioning of EVMs as voting began for 30 of 294 assembly seats this morning.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien today, in a veiled attack at BJP candidate from Bengal's Nandigram Suvendu Adhikari, said "Bengal's daughter (Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee) will defeat Bengal's traitor from the Assembly seat.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee upped her attack on the BJP today, questioning if the Election Commission's move to remove her security in-charge was part of a conspiracy to kill her. Pointing a finger at Union home minister Amit Shah, who has been behind the BJP surge in Bengal, she said,

Ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, the state unit of the BJPon Tuesday wrote to the state's chief secretary stating that "attempts are being made to use the postal ballot as a mode to ensure proxy votes in favour of the ruling party".

The blockbuster battle in Bengal has been declared. It will be Mamata Banerjee versus her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram. The BJP on Saturday announced names for 57 seats in the Bengal polls that begin later this month and Suvendu Adhikari is the BJP's choice to take Mamata Banerjee head-on.

A plea challenging the Election Commission's decision to conduct assembly elections over eight phases in West Bengal was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday.

In West Bengal, -double engine sarkar- is the BJPs latest slogan to woo voters in the run up to the Assembly elections. A BJP government each in the state and at the Centre will spur growth, so vote BJP, the logic goes. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, has, however, hit back now. Besides this one, he has also targeted -Jai...

The state of West Bengal will soon change its name to 'Bangla' after the state assembly approved the decision. Of course, with the central government yet to take a final decision on the name change, albeit as just a formality, there will be a fair few changes expected in the state soon. One of these of course, will be a change in the number plates ...

After an acrimonious campaign that saw her party confronting allegations of corruption, Mamata Banerjee today showed her rivals just who is the "Didi" in West Bengal by scoring an even bigger margin of victory than the previous polls.

The six-phase West Bengal assembly election result will decide the fate of 1,961 candidates. Leaders of both the Trinamool Congress and the Left camps are far from confident whereas for BJP, the election is a test of fire.

The Trinamool Congress (TC) has won the August 18 bypolls to both Bowbazar and Sealdah assembly constituencies.

The winning streak of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee looks set to continue through the by-polls, where her Trinamool Congress is on track to wrest two seats won by the BJP in the April-May state polls. The party is ahead in all four seats.

The Trinamool Congress, eyeing re-election in Bengal for a third consecutive term, today alleged 'discrepancy' in poll turnout and malfunctioning of EVMs as voting began for 30 of 294 assembly seats this morning.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien today, in a veiled attack at BJP candidate from Bengal's Nandigram Suvendu Adhikari, said "Bengal's daughter (Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee) will defeat Bengal's traitor from the Assembly seat.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee upped her attack on the BJP today, questioning if the Election Commission's move to remove her security in-charge was part of a conspiracy to kill her. Pointing a finger at Union home minister Amit Shah, who has been behind the BJP surge in Bengal, she said,

Ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, the state unit of the BJPon Tuesday wrote to the state's chief secretary stating that "attempts are being made to use the postal ballot as a mode to ensure proxy votes in favour of the ruling party".

The blockbuster battle in Bengal has been declared. It will be Mamata Banerjee versus her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram. The BJP on Saturday announced names for 57 seats in the Bengal polls that begin later this month and Suvendu Adhikari is the BJP's choice to take Mamata Banerjee head-on.

A plea challenging the Election Commission's decision to conduct assembly elections over eight phases in West Bengal was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday.

In West Bengal, -double engine sarkar- is the BJPs latest slogan to woo voters in the run up to the Assembly elections. A BJP government each in the state and at the Centre will spur growth, so vote BJP, the logic goes. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, has, however, hit back now. Besides this one, he has also targeted -Jai...

The state of West Bengal will soon change its name to 'Bangla' after the state assembly approved the decision. Of course, with the central government yet to take a final decision on the name change, albeit as just a formality, there will be a fair few changes expected in the state soon. One of these of course, will be a change in the number plates ...

After an acrimonious campaign that saw her party confronting allegations of corruption, Mamata Banerjee today showed her rivals just who is the "Didi" in West Bengal by scoring an even bigger margin of victory than the previous polls.

The six-phase West Bengal assembly election result will decide the fate of 1,961 candidates. Leaders of both the Trinamool Congress and the Left camps are far from confident whereas for BJP, the election is a test of fire.

The Trinamool Congress (TC) has won the August 18 bypolls to both Bowbazar and Sealdah assembly constituencies.