• The Federal
    Samir K Purkayastha
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      Shah vs Mamata
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Exit polls Bengal: Mamata to retain domination with reduced margin

      29 April 2021 9:32 PM IST
      Bengal scurries to ramp up its rickety health & medical infrastructure
      COVID-19

      Bengal scurries to ramp up its rickety health & medical infrastructure

      29 April 2021 5:46 PM IST
      Phase 8 voting in Bengal today: Here’s how state polled amid COVID-19
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Phase 8 voting in Bengal today: Here’s how state polled amid COVID-19

      29 April 2021 7:39 AM IST
      Complaints galore against central forces even in 7th phase
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Complaints galore against central forces even in 7th phase

      27 April 2021 10:03 AM IST
      Seventh phase polling 5 Bengal districts today; all eyes on Left, Congress
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Seventh phase polling 5 Bengal districts today; all eyes on Left, Congress

      26 April 2021 7:08 AM IST
      BJP rally in West Bengal
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      As Bengal elections draw to a close, COVID is the new poll plank

      25 April 2021 6:30 AM IST
      Infighting, deserters keep TMC edgy in sixth phase of elections
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Infighting, deserters keep TMC edgy in sixth phase of elections

      22 April 2021 7:20 AM IST
      Apolitical outfits run parallel campaigns to thwart BJP’s Mission Bengal  
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Apolitical outfits run parallel campaigns to thwart BJP’s Mission Bengal  

      21 April 2021 6:30 AM IST
      Enough rallies, says Calcutta HC, asks EC to enforce COVID protocols
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Enough rallies, says Calcutta HC, asks EC to enforce COVID protocols

      20 April 2021 8:10 PM IST
      Phone-tapping charge hits BJP after Mamata’s private ‘chat’ made public
      India

      Phone-tapping charge hits BJP after Mamata’s private ‘chat’ made public

      17 April 2021 6:16 PM IST
      EC decision to curtail poll campaigning to curb COVID spread an ‘eyewash’
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      EC decision to curtail poll campaigning to curb COVID spread an ‘eyewash’

      17 April 2021 11:39 AM IST
      Mamata
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Gorkhas, Adivasis and SCs hold the cards in Phase 5 of Bengal polls

      16 April 2021 8:05 PM IST
      Amit Shah’s knowledge ’limited’, Bangladesh on ’not enough to eat’ comment
      India

      Amit Shah’s knowledge ’limited’, Bangladesh on ’not enough to eat’ comment

      15 April 2021 6:04 PM IST
      EC calls all-party meeting as COVID strikes one candidate after another
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      EC calls all-party meeting as COVID strikes one candidate after another

      15 April 2021 5:29 PM IST
      How the bitter Bengal polls turned into a catchy sloganeering game
      The Eighth Column

      How the bitter Bengal polls turned into a catchy sloganeering game

      15 April 2021 9:02 AM IST
      Stopped from canvassing, Mamata still makes a statement
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Stopped from canvassing, Mamata still makes a statement

      13 April 2021 7:44 PM IST
      What Asaduddin Owaisi’s foray means for Bengal’s polls
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      What Asaduddin Owaisi’s foray means for Bengal’s polls

      13 April 2021 6:30 AM IST
      tea growers, production, sales, Assam, protests, Citizenship Act, Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, north-east, immigrants, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan
      North East

      Ulfa spectre haunts Assam tea estates as Army diverts focus to Myanmar border

      13 April 2021 6:30 AM IST
      Prashant Kishor audio claims Modi popular in Bengal, Dalits backing BJP
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      'Prashant Kishor audio' claims Modi popular in Bengal, Dalits backing BJP

      10 April 2021 1:01 PM IST
      Singur, land of missed opportunities, in focus in Phase 4 of Bengal polls
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Singur, land of missed opportunities, in focus in Phase 4 of Bengal polls

      10 April 2021 7:59 AM IST
      Voting
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      EC role under scanner as violence mars each phase of Bengal poll

      9 April 2021 10:50 AM IST
      Elections or not, Assams Sattras are a political hotspot
      The Eighth Column

      Elections or not, Assam's Sattras are a political hotspot

      7 April 2021 7:00 AM IST
      Mamata Banerjee on Opposition unity and defeating BJP
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Mamata faces stiff challenge in South 24 Parganas, TMC’s heartland

      5 April 2021 9:22 PM IST
      BJP rally in West Bengal
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      The pan India climax to BJP’s Bengal story

      5 April 2021 6:15 AM IST
      Trinamool hopes to build narrative with its own ‘chai pe charchas’
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Trinamool hopes to build narrative with its own ‘chai pe charchas’

      3 April 2021 4:00 PM IST
      How this Bengal village became the home of Iyengars from South India
      The Eighth Column

      How this Bengal village became the home of Iyengars from South India

      1 April 2021 7:00 AM IST
      Mamata vs Suvendu
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Phase II: A fight between current and former Trinamool members

      31 March 2021 8:05 PM IST
      Nandigram
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Nandigram’s unity on test as BJP banks on polarisation to vanquish Mamata

      31 March 2021 6:30 AM IST
      Forced to go incognito, face of Nandigram movement runs undercover poll campaign
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      Forced to go incognito, face of Nandigram movement runs undercover poll campaign

      30 March 2021 6:30 AM IST
      Shah vs Mamata
      West Bengal Elections 2021

      First phase: TMC faces discontentment in Jangalmahal, BJP is also wary

      27 March 2021 8:11 AM IST
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