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In March this year, former Trinamool Congress leader Tapas Roy – “frustrated” at his party’s “silence” over raids at his residence by the Enforcement Directorate – quit the TMC and jumped ship to the BJP. But in the run up to the January probe, the BJP itself levelled corruption charges…

Amid the seventh and the last phase of the Lok Sabha election which began at 7 am on Saturday, Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) were looted by local mob and two VVPAT machines have been thrown inside a pond in South 24 Parganas. Read further on Dynamite News:

The counting of votes of all 7 phases will be done and results be declared on Tuesday, June 4. However Political Parties announce their 'predictions' with high confidence even before the 'official results'. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) challenging the order by the Calcutta High Court restraining it from publishing any kind of derogatory advertisement against the All India Trinamool Congress which violated the model code of conduct during the ongoing Lok…

Many see Prashant Kishor as not an ordinary political analyst. As cofounder of IPAC – a political consultancy he claims to not be involved with anymore – he has earlier worked on campaigns and parties across the spectrum, from Narendra Modi’s BJP to Mamata Banerjee’s TMC. 

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“We have done everything from blocking trains in Jangal Mahal to protesting in Delhi. Nothing has happened so far. Everyone is ignoring our demand for ST status.”

From incumbent MLAs under a central agency’s lens to a Bengal party hopper and Bihar’s turncoats hot seat – of the 15 turncoats in phase five of the Lok Sabha polls, eight are in the NDA and six in the INDIA bloc. 

The Calcutta High Court has restrained the BJP from publishing any “derogatory” advertisements against the TMC and pulled up the Election Commission of India for “grossly failing” to address the Trinamool’s complaints, Bar and Bench reported.

Jute, a major Indian export, is in a crisis. The vote of millions of industry workers in Bengal state is up for grabs.