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Bengal elections: Will voters dance to the tune of Disco Dancer?
As Mithun Chakraborty completes the journey across the political spectrum – from Naxalism to the fat right – the question is how far can his prese
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Former Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi joins BJP
He joined the BJP in the presence of its president JP Nadda, and Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Dharmendra Pradhan besides other leaders
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Bengal polls: Mamata Banerjee picks 12 new celebrity faces
ll the celebrities have been fielded from south Bengal, where TMC is considered to have a stronghold
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Rivals TMC and BJP to unleash star power to woo voters in upcoming polls; a bevy of entertainers switch roles to join politics
Local movie and TV personalities eye a meaty role beyond the stage act
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PM Narendra Modi attacks Mamata over ‘cut money’, insulting Bengali pride
He accused the TMC government of pursuing "appeasement politics" to protect its vote bank while neglecting its cultural heritage and icons
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Poll-bound states may lead with fuel tax cuts
Any long-term recalibration of the price Indian fuel consumers pay is unlikely given the dependence of state revenues on this form of taxation
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Amit Shah says bonanza for state government employees and fishermen if BJP is elected in Bengal
There are about 3.5 lakh government employees in West Bengal who are paid according to the Sixth Pay Commission
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Bengal polls: BJP and TMC trade barbs over ‘corruption’
BJP leaders have alleged that widespread corruption by TMC has prevented the benefits of the money from reaching the poor
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PM Modi says Bengal will have a new govt and its farmers will get PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
Narendra Modi said the BJP government would not only prospectively pay the benefits to the farmers but would also give them the entire amount retrospe
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Mamata loosens purse strings ahead of state elections, promises pensions for senior citizens and jobs for the youth
All Opposition leaders of the state criticised the chief minister’s speech with some describing it as a “string of hollow assurances” before the
