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Mamata Banerjee defying constitution: Opposition

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 19:54

In the wake of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refusing to comply with the Election Commission`s order of transferring few officials of her state, the opposition accused her defying the constitution and creating a constitutional crisis.

Nine crorepati candidates in first phase of West Bengal LS polls

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 19:42

As many as nine of the 47 candidates in the fray in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal are crorepatis (millionaires), with football icon Bhaichung Bhutia of Trinamool Congress leading the pack.

Nitish Kumar derides BJP poll manifesto, justifies decision to split

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 17:45

Deriding the BJP manifesto, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar justified JD(U)`s decision to part company with it.

Mamata, an extended form of anarchism: BJP

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 14:22

Slamming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her outburst against the Election Commission, BJP spokesperson Siddharth Nath Singh on Tuesday said Banerjee doesn`t believe in democracy and is an "extended form of anarchism".

CM outbursts has created a constitutional crisis: Somanth

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 14:09

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee`s outbursts against the Election Commission over transfer of officials has created a "constitutional crisis" and set a bad precedent, former Lok Sabha speaker Somanth Chatterjee said on Tuesday.

EC asks West Bengal to transfer officials by 10 am Wednesday

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 19:15

The West Bengal government, Tuesday, wrote to the Election Commission urging it to reconsider its decision on transfer officials ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

Mamata Banerjee dares EC, says prepared to go to jail

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 06:44

Election Commission Monday ordered transfer of eight West Bengal officials including five district police chiefs and one district magistrate, but a defiant Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to carry out the instruction and said she was even prepared to go to jail.

Trinamool to fight alone against Congress, BJP and CPI(M): Mamata Banerjee

Last Updated: Monday, April 7, 2014, 22:25

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the party will fight the ongoing Lok Sabha polls alone and would emerge the third largest party.

Five SPs, one DM, other election officials transferred in West Bengal

Last Updated: Monday, April 7, 2014, 21:20

Chief Election Commissioner`s office on Monday ordered transfer of five SPs and one district magistrate ahead of the Lok Sabha poll in West Bengal.

Ready to die for Gorkhaland: Gurung

Last Updated: Monday, April 7, 2014, 15:21

Alleging that TMC government in West Bengal was conspiring to kill him after he announced support to BJP in Lok Sabha elections in Darjeeling, GJM chief Bimal Gurung Monday said he was "ready to die" for Gorkhaland.