Topic: West Bengal election 2021
West Bengal election result live updates: Mamata set for Bengal sweep
The poll war in West Bengal has been the most dynamic state assembly polls in recent years in India. The eight-phased state assembly elections in Bengal ended on 29 April and now all eyes are on the counting of votes.
Bengal: Within 10 days, four candidates died of COVID-19
On Monday, independent politician Samir Ghosh, contesting the West Bengal Assembly polls, died due to COVID-19.
West Bengal polls: EC bans physical campaigning
The Election Commission in West Bengal has ordered curtains on road shows/pad yatras, cycle rallies and public meetings with up to 500 persons allowed with social distancing.
TMC worker’s 10-year-old son hit by BJP man for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Mahadev Pramanik, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker thrashed a 10-year-old boy Mahadev Sharma over his refusal to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on Monday afternoon in West Bengal's Nadia.
COVID-19: Mamata won’t campaign in Kolkata, rallies now just 30 minutes
With the poll-bound West Bengal reeling under the pressure of tackling the second wave of the coronavirus, Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien, late on Sunday, announced that Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee will not be campaigning in Kolkata anymore.
Rahul Gandhi suspends his Bengal rallies, urges political leaders to ‘think about consequences of holding large rallies’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that he will be suspending his remaining campaign rallies in the poll bound state West Bengal due to the COVID-19 surge and urged all political leaders to "think about the consequences of holding large public rallies."
