TMC not only holding fort but gaining in Bengal, BJP distant second
Initial trends show the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is not only holding fort in West Bengal, but gaining against the BJP.
Political news from city Kolkata
High-stakes Bengal battle concludes today with contest for Kolkata, adjoining seats
More than two months after theLok Sabha election dates were notified, polling concludes in West Bengal with voting in nine constituencies, including the seats in and around Kolkata, on Saturday.
In last Bengal phase, both TMC and BJP see a common threat: a rejuvenated CPM
After six phases of the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, during which the top two contenders – the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP – had their attention fixed on each other, the two have put the CPI(M) in their crosshairs for the seventh and last phase on June 1.
Local corruption trumps ‘Vishwaguru’, ‘democracy in danger’ on Bengal poll street
Aparajita Ghosh, an HR professional in a French multinational firm, who shuttles between Kolkata and Bangalore, is back in Serampore to cast her vote. Sipping cold coffee at Danish Tavern, the neat little cafe perhaps the only reminder of this Bengal area’s old colonial links to Denmark, she hasn’t warmed up to the BJP’s Vishwaguru campaign. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign trips are a drain on the exchequer and don’t add to much, she says.
Trump Compares Himself To Mother Teresa And Hilarity Ensues
Donald Trump’s pity party over his hush money trial in New York reached new heights on Wednesday when he compared himself to Mother Teresa.
Today in Politics: PM Modi to hold roadshow in Kolkata; Rahul-Akhilesh rally in Varanasi
Kolkata set to vote in the final Lok Sabha election phase on June 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold his first roadshow in this poll season in Kolkata on Tuesday evening.
Today in Politics: PM Modi to address rallies in UP and Delhi, Rahul to kickstart campaign in Haryana
The BJP’s top brass will continue its campaign for the Lok Sabha polls on Wednesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing rallies in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.