Tuesday s general elections results found the proverbial Mamata magic tearing through the Modi blitzkrieg with the Trinamool Congress in Bengal literally handing down a humiliating defeat to the challenger BJP which on Tuesday slipped down to 11 seats from its 2019 tally of 18.
This, even as party
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Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal is set to face a three-cornered fight between CPI-M s youth face Srijan Bhattacharya, Trinamool Youth wing president Saayoni Ghosh, and BJP s Anirban Ganguly. The constituency, which is mostly located in the South 24 Parganas district, is predominantly rural and semi-urban. Trinamool candidate Ghosh is confident of winning, citing her extensive travel and understanding of the people s pulse.
Even as cyclone Remal hurtled towards the Bengal coast at great speed matching cyclone Amphan — that wrecked havoc in coastal Bengal a few years ago — the entire political fraternity of the State cutting across party lines geared up with relief plans, more so in view of the crucial last phase
The Bengal Police have registered an FIR bringing molestation charges against National Investigation Agency officials and CAPF men who had gone to Bhupatinagar in East Midnapore district to arrest some Trinamool Congress goons in connection with a blast in December 2022 leading to three deaths. The