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  "id": 8217922,
  "title": "Mamata's TMC faction gets football player symbol and new party name; Ritabrata camp gets envelope",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/mamatas-tmc-faction-gets-football-player-symbol-and-new-party-name",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T08:45:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/tmc-faction-symbols-mamata-football-player-symbol-new-party-name-ritabrata-camp-envelope-101789720921106.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The ECI on Thursday prohibited both factions from using the party name and its reserved \"Flowers and Grass\" symbol in the October 6 bypolls.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Mamata's TMC places new name, symbol choices",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/mamatas-tmc-places-new-name-symbol-choices",
        "published": "2026-09-18T03:48:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Congress backs Mamata as ECI freezes name and symbol of Trinamool Congress",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/congress-backs-mamata-as-eci-freezes-name-and-symbol-of-trinamool",
        "published": "2026-09-18T06:11:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Why did Election Commission freeze TMC symbol and name, allot new ones to rival factions?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/why-did-election-commission-freeze-tmc-symbol-and-name-allot-new-ones",
        "published": "2026-09-18T09:07:48.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}