Evening news wrap: Jahangir Khan exits Falta re-poll race in Bengal; WHO raises alarm over Ebola outbreak & more

Evening news wrap: Jahangir Khan exits Falta re-poll race in Bengal; WHO raises alarm over Ebola outbreak & more

Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan has withdrawn from the Falta re-poll after the Election Commission scrapped the original vote over alleged large-scale electoral irregularities, intensifying the political battle in West Bengal. The Supreme Court has refused to alter its stray dog management order and directed states to strengthen sterilisation and public safety measures amid rising…

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‘Pusha now my responsibility’: West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari warns TMC strongman Jahangir Khan ahead of Falta re-poll

‘Pusha now my responsibility’: West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari warns TMC strongman Jahangir Khan ahead of Falta re-poll

Suvendu Adhikari; Jahangir Khan NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said “so-called Pushpa” Jahangir Khan is “my responsibility” and called for a violence-free re-poll in the Falta assembly constituency, scheduled for May 21.“So-called Pushpa is my responsibility now; Falta repoll must be violence-free,” PTI quoted Adhikari as saying.In the run-up to…

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Video: Mamata Banerjee in lawyer’s gown faces sloganeering at Calcutta high court during post-poll violence case hearing | India News – The Times of India

Video: Mamata Banerjee in lawyer’s gown faces sloganeering at Calcutta high court during post-poll violence case hearing | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Former Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee faced heavy sloganeering at the Calcutta high court on Thursday when she appeared as counsel in a public interest litigation (PIL) concerning alleged post-poll violence following the recently concluded Assembly elections in the state.Dressed in a traditional black advocate’s jacket and white collar-band over her signature white…

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Has Mamata Banerjee accepted defeat? What her new X bio says | India News – The Times of India

Has Mamata Banerjee accepted defeat? What her new X bio says | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Just days after refusing to step down following the Trinamool Congress’ crushing defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee appears to have quietly acknowledged the end of her government.The West Bengal chief minister’s bio on X now describes her as “Founder Chairperson All India Trinamool Congress. Chief Minister of West Bengal…

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Watch: PM Modi bows down with folded hands before Kolkata crowd as BJP forms first govt in West Bengal | India News – The Times of India

Watch: PM Modi bows down with folded hands before Kolkata crowd as BJP forms first govt in West Bengal | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday bowed before the people of West Bengal with folded hands as the BJP celebrated the swearing-in of its first chief minister in the state at Kolkata’s iconic Brigade Parade Ground.The swearing-in ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari was attended by several senior NDA leaders and thousands of BJP supporters,…

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West Bengal polls: Election rigged by EC, won’t resign as CM, says Mamata Banerjee | India News – The Times of India

West Bengal polls: Election rigged by EC, won’t resign as CM, says Mamata Banerjee | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee Tuesday refused to resign as West Bengal chief minister, asserting that she does not recognise the election outcome and claiming a “moral victory” for her party. “I was on the streets, I will be on the streets. I won’t leave the battlefield,” she said. Addressing her first presser after BJP’s landslide…

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