Centre upgrades BJP's Mukul Roy VIP security in West Bengal

The VIP security cover of BJP leader Mukul Roy has been upgraded to 'Z category during the polls process in West Bengal, official sources said on Wednesday. Roy, 66, was till now being covered under the 'y+' category cover of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

Mar 24, 2021 8:58 PM

Bengal BJP chief's 'Wear Bermudas' remark sparks outrage

A video of BJP state president Dilip Ghosh apparently suggesting West Bengal Chief Minister should wear bermuda shorts to display her injured leg has triggered controversy with the ruling TMC slamming it as a "distasteful comment" and women expressing outrage over the remark in social media. While no one was named in the purported speech by Ghosh, known for his controversial comments in the past, most commentators took the comments to be directed at Banerjee

Mar 24, 2021 7:58 PM

Canvassing through Whatsapp: Madras HC seeks Election Commission's reply

The Madras High Court on Wednesday sought a detailed reply from the Election Commission over allegations of the Puducherry unit of the BJP obtaining cell phone numbers of local voters to canvass through WhatsApp. In his public interest writ petition, Anand, Puducherry unit president of the Democratic Youth Foundation of India, alleged local BJP candidates had obtained the cell phone numbers from the Unique Identification Authority of India and created WhatsApp groups in their respective constituencies for campaigning.

Mar 24, 2021 7:09 PM

Ration cards have been digitized. With 'One Nation One Ration Card', the poor can buy ration from anywhere in country. Such a facility has been provided by the double engine govt. While Congress neither has 'neta' nor 'neeti', it's only spreading lies: PM Modi in Sipajhar, Assam

Mar 24, 2021 6:16 PM

Union Minister Prakash Javedkar releases NDA manifesto for Kerala Assembly polls

An array of promises from legislations for Sabarimala and against "Love Jihad", employment for at least one person from each family and free laptop to high school students, among others, have been listed in the poll manifesto of the BJP-led NDA, released by Union Minister Prakash Javedkar here on Wednesday. At a press meet, Javadekar claimed the BJP manifesto is progressive, dynamic and development-oriented and Kerala was awaiting such a manifesto.

Mar 24, 2021 5:47 PM

LDF, UDF govts in Kerala will only indulge in corruption and not do any good, says Amit Shah

The CPI(M)-led LDF and Congress-headed UDF will only indulge in corruption and not do any good for the state, Amit Shah said.Get latest Politics online at cnbctv18.com

Mar 24, 2021 5:06 PM

Kerala assembly polls: Amit Shah attacks CPI(M), Congress

Taking a swipe at the ruling CPI(M) in Kerala and the Opposition Congress, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the communists are 'extinct' in the world, while the Congress is over in India. Shah also attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who had campaigned in the state a day ago, saying he was on a "picnic". "Rahul Baba came to Kerala on a picnic. People of Kerala should ask him how Congress is fighting the communists in Kerala while in West Bengal they are allies", he said addressing a public meeting at Puttingal temple ground in Paravur in Kollam district. The CPI(M)-led LDF and Congress headed UDF will only indulge in corruption and not do any good for the state, he said.

Mar 24, 2021 4:37 PM

From Pinarayi Vijayan to metro man Sreedharan; Here's the list of key candidates in Kerala assembly polls

As Kerala is all set for the assembly elections that will decide the future of the state and the fate of two key political centres in the country-- Congress and the left-- here is a look at some key…

Mar 24, 2021 4:10 PM

Today there's development in Assam, it's free from infiltrators. Congress has joined hands with people (AIUDF) whose aim is to destroy Assam's identity. Do you want Assam's traditions to be ruined? Congress taking help from a group that promotes infiltrators: PM Modi in Lakhmipur

Mar 24, 2021 3:39 PM

Only those sent from other states to foment trouble in Bengal before polls are outsiders for TMC: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that her party considers only those people sent from other states to foment trouble before elections as outsiders and not those who have been living here for ages. While her party has labelled BJP leaders coming from other states for canvassing as outsiders, she said that those originally hailing from other parts of India but residing in West Bengal for ages are not outsiders but her "own people".

"Why should we label those living here for ages as outsiders? They are an integral part of our state. "We consider only those pan masala-chewing, tilak- sporting people sent from states like Uttar Pradesh to foment trouble in West Bengal before elections as outsider goons. We will continue to call them as such," the TMC chief said.

Mar 24, 2021 3:07 PM

Mar 24, 2021 2:27 PM

Assembly Elections 2021: No Indian is outsider in Bengal, BJP CM will be son of soil, says Modi

”Bengal brought together the people of India through Vande Mataram, and on that land, Mamata-didi is talking about ’bohiragoto’ (outsider). No Indian is an outsider here, they are children of Bharat…

Mar 24, 2021 2:03 PM

Union Minister Amit Shah hits streets, campaigns for BJP candidates in Kerala

Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Wednesday held a roadshow in nearby Tripunithura town as part of his election campaign for the NDA candidates contesting April 6 polls to the state assembly. Speaking to reporters during the roadshow, Shah targetted Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the gold smuggling case, asking him to explain whether his former Principal Secretary M Sivasankar was involved in the scam.

Mar 24, 2021 1:42 PM

There have been two floods in Kerala, and over 500 people lost their lives. Left govt calls our Army very late, only for their own political mileage. They do not care about the lives of the people of Kerala: Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah, in Kanjirappally, Kerala

Mar 24, 2021 1:26 PM

DMK chief MK Stalin hits out at Chief Minister Edapaddi Palaniswami during his campaign at Salem. "CM Palaniswami has begun blabbering in campaigns. It's all there on social media how he became CM by crawling. He says he isn't a snake or lizard that he would crawl, I say that he is more poisonous than a snake and lizard."

Mar 24, 2021 1:00 PM

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