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Not allowed to meet Guv, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari to move HC today

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Kolkata: Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari would appeal to Calcutta High Court tomorrow after 200 BJP activists, headed by him, were denied entry to Raj Bhavan on Thursday afternoon to see Governor CV Ananda Bose amid postpoll violence. Kolkata police blocked them with multi-level barricading outside Raj Bhavan despite Bose’s signed authorisation. “The Governor had … Read more

Lok Sabha election: TMC’s stronghold south Bengal faces ‘old vs new’ battle amid spotlight on Sandeshkhali

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As south Bengal, a traditional TMC stronghold, heads to the polls on Saturday, the region faces a significant electoral battle testing the party’s dominance amid an ‘old versus new’ power struggle, with the national spotlight on Sandeshkhali in Basirhat due to allegations of atrocities on women and land grabs. The seventh and final phase of … Read more