Solo act or silent understanding? Congress and the Left in Bengal | India News – The Times of India

Solo act or silent understanding? Congress and the Left in Bengal | India News – The Times of India

The Congress and the Left are set to contest the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections independently after the Congress earlier this month ended their tie-up. The move has triggered fresh speculation in a state where politics is dominated by chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress and its principal challenger, the BJP.Also Read | Congress’s Bengal…

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Rs 65,000-crore jamboree: Why Bengal didn’t cancel Durga Puja’s closing act; even as floods raged up north | India News – The Times of India

Rs 65,000-crore jamboree: Why Bengal didn’t cancel Durga Puja’s closing act; even as floods raged up north | India News – The Times of India

Mamata Banerjee at the inauguration of a Durga Puja Pandal (ANI Photo), West Bengal CM inspects flooded area in Bengal (PTI Photo) A week after Kolkata’s Red Road staged its dazzling immersion carnival (Oct 5), North Bengal is still counting losses from the cloudburst-driven floods and landslides that began on Oct 4. The official toll…

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