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Bengal: With Covid cases surging, EC restricts political parties from campaigning between 7 pm and 10 am

Kolkata | Considering the steep rise of Covid cases in the state, the Election Commission(EC) has restricted all parties from conducting any kind of political rallies, meetings and political gatherings between 7 pm and 10 am during the days of campaign from Friday onwards. Invoking its powers under Article 324, EC also extended the silence hours […]

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Ex-Union Minister and former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha joins Trinamool

Kolkata: With just a few weeks remaining ahead of the crucial West Bengal Assembly elections, former veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Saturday joined the Trinamool Congress at its party headquarters in Kolkata. The octogenarian had quit the BJP in April 2018. Speaking to the media, Sinha said that […]