TMC MP asks Sebi to investigate stock market manipulation through exit polls

TMC MP asks Sebi to investigate stock market manipulation through exit polls

Mumbai: TMC MP Saket Gokhale has asked securities market regulator Sebi to investigate the June 3 stock market manipulation triggered by election exit polls. In a letter to Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch, Gokhale said multiple exit polls predicted a landslide win for the BJP. But, one exit poll predicted “extremely strange” and “inflated seat … Read more

Mamata names Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo as TMC candidates for bypolls

Mamata names Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo as TMC candidates for bypolls

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday named Shatrughan Sinha as TMC‘s candidate for bypoll to Asansol parliamentary seat, and Babul Supiyo as nominee for Ballygunge assembly byelection. “Happy to announce on behalf of the All India Trinamool Congress that Sri Shatrughan Sinha, former Union Minister and famed actor, will be our candidate in … Read more

Trinamool rudderless, AAP BJP’s B team, Congress votes intact: Digambar Kamat

Trinamool rudderless, AAP BJP’s B team, Congress votes intact: Digambar Kamat

The people of Goa will vote in the Congress with a complete majority despite a multi-cornered contest in the state assembly elections, former chief minister and opposition leader Digambar Kamat told ET. Kamat, who is heading the party’s campaign in Goa, said the BJP will face defeat in the polls and the entry of the … Read more

80% vote in Tripura local polls; AITC, CPM allege rigging and intimidation

80% vote in Tripura local polls; AITC, CPM allege rigging and intimidation

The first phase of local body elections in Tripura were marred by allegations that ruling BJP workers attacked opposition All India Trinamool Congress and CPM workers and intimidated voters. Over 80% voted, by initial estimates, in elections to 51 seats to the Agartala Municipal Corporation and 171 seats in seven municipal councils and six nagar … Read more