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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.

Battlelines drawn for crucial Bengal Assembly poll

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Sailing against a strong wind of change, the Left Front is facing the toughest-ever challenge in its 35-year rule while Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in alliance with Congress and other fringe

Trinamool Congress complains against Sourav Ganguly

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The Election Commission's decision of selecting former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly for an audio-visual promo for West Bengal assembly elections has run into trouble with Trinamool Congress co

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.

West Bengal: EC ropes in stars to create awareness

Celebrities like former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly and popular percussionist Bikram Ghosh will be brand ambassadors for the Election Commission (EC) for the Assembly elections in Benga

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

EC issues notification for first phase of Bengal polls

The Election Commission on Thursday issued notification for the first phase of West Bengal Assembly Election to be conducted in the 54 Assembly constituencies of North Bengal on April 18.

Nominations: Discontent in Trinamul

Serious discontent has surfaced in Trinamul Congress camp in several districts over the selection of a number of party candidates.

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