West Bengal election results: At 82, MLA Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay wins a record 10th term, stands tall amid TMC defeat | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: Though his party, Trinamool Congress, was defeated, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, 82, won the Ballygunge seat, scripting history, becoming the only Bengal MLA set to serve his 10th consecutive term.This octogenarian Trinamool MLA is one of Mamata Banerjee’s closest associates since the party was founded on Jan 1, 1998. He was the only MLA in the…

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‘Fixed match’: Mamata Banerjee digs in after West Bengal defeat, claims EVMs showed ‘unusually high’ battery levels | Kolkata News

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refuses to step down after her party’s election defeat. KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Alleging “unusually high” battery levels in EVMs and calling the election a “fixed match”, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday refused to accept the assembly poll verdict, asserting that her party had secured a “moral victory” despite…

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Bhadralok candidates help BJP dent TMC bastions | Kolkata News

Kolkata: The ‘bhadralok’ neighbourhoods of Kolkata North and South decisively flipped and voted out the Trinamool govt. For over a decade, these very urban localities were considered impenetrable fortresses of the Trinamool. But the election results revealed a metropolitan electorate that traded its traditional allegiance for a “new beginning” under the BJP.Political science professor Maidul…

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New party in office sweeps hsg societies voting ‘for a change’ | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Voters living in high-rises and gated communities quietly reshaped the electoral map of Bengal, emerging as a decisive factor in the BJP’s surge in Kolkata.In Bhowanipore, long considered a Trinamool bastion, residents of high-rise on Park Street, Theatre Road, Lord Sinha Road, Allenby Road and neighbourhoods in Chakraberia turned out in notable numbers at…

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Death threats to tribunal judge | Kolkata News

Kolkata: A retired HC judge in the SIR tribunal reportedly got death threats, demanding the inclusion of certain names in the final voter roll. His daughter lodged a complaint on May 2, saying a letter was delivered to their Picnic Garden home on Saturday, threatening them with dire consequences if all “under-review” Muslim names were…

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Amid unease, hawkers in New Market down shutters, switch sides before return to business | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Hundreds of hawker stalls on roads and pavements around New Market, including Bertram Street, Humayun Place, Hogg Street, Chowringhee Place, Lindsay Street and Grand Arcade, were shut for the second successive day as hawkers tried to gauge the situation following the change of guard in the state.A 12-foot-high cut-out of PM Narendra Modi, clad…

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