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    • Communal campaigns and crowded rallies don’t win you elections: Pradeep Gupta, CMD Axis My India May 22, 2021 07:23 AM IST

      Communal campaigns and crowded rallies don’t win you elections: Pradeep Gupta, CMD Axis My India

      Polarisation can never be the main reason for your victory. I have repeatedly asked voters what counts in an election and I can tell you with some certainty that I have never come across anyone who has prioritised temple construction or minority appeasement when they choose their representatives

    • The worst may not yet be over for Bandhan Bank even after weak Q4 show May 10, 2021 10:28 AM IST

      The worst may not yet be over for Bandhan Bank even after weak Q4 show

      Given the asset quality issues in the key states and the uncertainty induced by the second wave, Bandhan's valuation multiple is unlikely to jump to its previous level

    • Assam Election 2021: How BJP managed to stay ahead in tea belt and marched to victory May 03, 2021 02:35 PM IST

      Assam Election 2021: How BJP managed to stay ahead in tea belt and marched to victory

      The state government launched a string of welfare schemes such as free rice and a financial aid of Rs 12,000 for every pregnant woman aimed at the tea tribes, which play a decisive role in 40 of the Assam’s 126 constituencies.

    • Assembly Elections 2021 : Here’s a list of politicians who tested positive for COVID-19 this poll season April 15, 2021 05:42 PM IST

      Assembly Elections 2021 : Here’s a list of politicians who tested positive for COVID-19 this poll season

      Last week, Election Commission on asked politicians to follow in all seriousness the guidelines on COVID-appropriate behavior issued by it ahead of Bihar assembly elections last year.

    • Explained | How will Sitalkuchi firing deaths, a murder and lynching of Bihar cop shape Bengal elections April 13, 2021 08:50 AM IST

      Explained | How will Sitalkuchi firing deaths, a murder and lynching of Bihar cop shape Bengal elections

      The recent killings in the state have deepened polarisation along religious lines as politicians fish in troubled waters with four more phases of voting to go.

    • Assembly Election 2021 | Mamata Banerjee vs Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram: Voting for second phase underway in Assam, West Bengal April 01, 2021 08:00 AM IST

      Assembly Election 2021 | Mamata Banerjee vs Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram: Voting for second phase underway in Assam, West Bengal

      All eyes will, however, be on battleground Nandigram that is going to the polls today with chief minister Mamata Banerjee engaged in a fierce contest with her protege-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP.

    • Mamata Banerjee urges opposition leaders to unite against BJP’s ‘assault’ on democracy March 31, 2021 06:35 PM IST

      Mamata Banerjee urges opposition leaders to unite against BJP’s ‘assault’ on democracy

      The chief minister of West Bengal has urged prominent opposition leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Sharad Pawar to join hands for an action plan to counter BJP’s alleged strategy of making life difficult for states ruled by non-BJP parties.

    • West Bengal election 2021 | Mamata or BJP—employees can’t make up their mind March 27, 2021 04:19 PM IST

      West Bengal election 2021 | Mamata or BJP—employees can’t make up their mind

      They are not too sure if they can trust the BJP’s promise of implementing the seventh pay commission but they are also furious with Mamata over her ‘I have given you a lot, don’t bark' remark when they asked for DA arrears.

    • Assembly Elections 2021 | First phase of voting begins in Assam and West Bengal March 27, 2021 07:58 AM IST

      Assembly Elections 2021 | First phase of voting begins in Assam and West Bengal

      Polling is being held for 47 seats in Assam and 30 seats in West Bengal between 7 am and 6 pm today.

    • Congress-led Mahajot alliance will form the next government in Assam: Bhupesh Baghel March 26, 2021 12:20 PM IST

      Congress-led Mahajot alliance will form the next government in Assam: Bhupesh Baghel

      The feisty Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, who is party observer for the polls, says a `desperate’ BJP has taken three different positions on CAA in Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu respectively; predicts 100-plus for grand coalition

    • Opinion | Unmet promises could be ruling BJP’s Achilles’ heel in Assam March 21, 2021 02:08 PM IST

      Opinion | Unmet promises could be ruling BJP’s Achilles’ heel in Assam

      NRC, flood control and ST status to six communities are among the issues that will likely trouble the BJP, as the party’s showing has been far from satisfactory in the last five years.

    • West Bengal Election 2021: Mamata Banerjee’s fractured leg draws new battle lines March 12, 2021 11:02 AM IST

      West Bengal Election 2021: Mamata Banerjee’s fractured leg draws new battle lines

      A poll-time injury could have political consequences in an emotionally-charged state

    • COVID-19 vaccine certificates not to carry PM Modi's photo in poll-bound states: Health Ministry March 11, 2021 02:46 PM IST

      COVID-19 vaccine certificates not to carry PM Modi's photo in poll-bound states: Health Ministry

      This comes after the poll panel had directed Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to remove the photos from certificates in four poll-bound states and a Union Territory.

    • Explained | What does controversial cleric Abbas Siddiqui’s poll plunge mean for Bengal? March 07, 2021 03:03 PM IST

      Explained | What does controversial cleric Abbas Siddiqui’s poll plunge mean for Bengal?

      With his extremist views, Abbas Siddiqui is an influential but polarising figure. Siddiqui's decision to join hands with the CPI(M)-Congress to contest elections has created a buzz but is he really the 'star' that he is being made out to be?

    • Political violence in West Bengal: Home Ministry submits report to Election Commission March 04, 2021 03:57 PM IST

      Political violence in West Bengal: Home Ministry submits report to Election Commission

      The Ministry of Home Affairs has said in its report to the Election Commission that, in 2020 alone, West Bengal saw 663 incidents of political violence in which 57 people lost their lives.

    • West Bengal assembly polls 2021| Focus on booths to wooing women voters, BJP's election strategy in 5 points December 21, 2020 03:11 PM IST

      West Bengal assembly polls 2021| Focus on booths to wooing women voters, BJP's election strategy in 5 points

      With Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party’s president JP Nadda at the front, the party has embarked on a high-pitched campaign, challenging Mamata Banerjee who is seeking a third consecutive term as the chief minister.

    • How film stars in south India tread a different political path than their counterparts in the north December 10, 2020 06:39 PM IST

      How film stars in south India tread a different political path than their counterparts in the north

      Many credit MGR with starting the trend of superstars turning into mass political leaders when he broke away from DMK in 1972 to float AIADMK and went on to become the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for ten years.