Parwez Hafeez
Bengal witnesses‘quiet’ campaigns
Although campaigning for arguably the most crucial Assembly election has started in full swing, the accompanying sound and fury is missing.
The blaring of loud speakers at every nook and corner of Ko
HC ban leaves Bengal leaders ‘speechless’
Although election campaign for arguably the most crucial Assembly election has started in full swing, the accompanying sound and fury is missing. The blaring of loudspeakers at every nook and corner of Kolkata would have drowned any conversation in the past but today the city streets are free of noise pollution. No, the
Bow your head before people, Buddha tells partymen
Beleagured West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has repeatedly admitted in public meetings that CPI(M) leaders and cadres had made mistakes which had alienated the people. Mr Bhattacharjee believes that the unprecedent drubbing that the Left Front received in the Lok Sabha polls was due to this
reason.
Buddha, Didi vie to refurbish image
An interesting aspect of the upcoming Assembly election in Bengal is a remarkable attempt at role reversal by the principal rivals — Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.
Didi, polls and the Arab strife
On the face of it, the ongoing turmoil in the Arab world should have no relevance to the Assembly election in Bengal.
FM set to take on economist
The speculation doing the rounds in his Kharda constituency is that West Bengal finance minister and senior CPI(M) leader Asim Dasgupta will meet his match in this Assembly election.
Candidate’s list: Didi still unsure
Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who is seeking people’s mandate promising to usher in pariborton (change) by bringing to an end the 34-year Left Front rule in West Bengal, perhaps believes in
Nominations: Discontent in Trinamul
Serious discontent has surfaced in Trinamul Congress camp in several districts over the selection of a number of party candidates.
Trinamul keeps 228 seats, 64 for Cong
The Trinamul Congress on Friday unilaterally announced the names of candidates for 228 constituencies after a fortnight-long tug-of-war over seat-sharing for the West Bengal Assembly polls, leaving 64
Mamata on seats: I waited and waited...
Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee complained on Friday that she had waited 18 days for the Congress to come to an understanding on seat-sharing for the West Bengal Assembly polls but the latte
