West Bengal polls first phase: BJP's north Bengal citadel, deleted names and battle for momentumWest Bengal votes in the first phase of assembly elections on Thursday, covering 152 of 294 seats, with over 3.6 crore voters and heavy sec...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.09 AM IST
Bengal Election 2026 Dates: Phase 1 & 2 voting schedule, which districts vote when, exit poll timing & result dayBengal Election Dates: West Bengal gears up for a high-stakes 2026 Assembly Election, with the TMC seeking a fourth term against a resurgen...
08 Apr, 2026, 11.17 AM IST
Suvendu Adhikari urges ECI to exclude domicile certificates issued after July 25 from Bengal voter roll revisionBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari on Monday wrote to the Chief...
28 Jul, 2025, 10.10 AM IST
PM Modi lists 5 big problems Bengal is facing, says crises are plaguing the stateNarendra Modi spoke in Alipurduar, West Bengal, where he pointed out five key issues facing the state. Violence and safety concerns topped ...
29 May, 2025, 05.45 PM IST
TMC hits back at PM Modi's claims, poses 5 counter questionsThe Trinamool Congress has launched a fierce critique against Prime Minister Narendra Modi following his comments about West Bengal. TMC ra...
29 May, 2025, 04.18 PM IST
How vote politics & welfare schemes of West Bengal are helping 'Asurs' reclaim their surnameThanks to the poll politics and welfare schemes, the plight of these supposed descendents of a demon came to the forefront, and all politic...
19 Apr, 2024, 11.46 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee slams EC for working as per instructions of BJPMamata Banerjee criticizes Election Commission bias, threatens hunger strike over riots. Slams BJP for police appointments manipulation and...
15 Apr, 2024, 05.50 PM IST
Tea industry issues hold key in north Bengal pollsThe sector is plagued by the twin blows of rising production costs and lower price realisation at the auctions, former Tea Board chairman P...
11 Apr, 2024, 12.15 PM IST
Climate change takes centrestage as Bengal's tea junction prepares to voteDooars faces climate change impacts on tea estates, with Gorkha community seeking Gorkhaland. Political contests intensify in LS seats. Mam...
10 Apr, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
BJP bickerings in Alipurduars raise TMC hopes, CAA to remain saffron trump cardTMC and BJP battle for Alipurduars. BJP won in 2019 with CAA promise. Internal strifes challenge BJP stronghold. TMC aims for second victor...
29 Mar, 2024, 06.02 PM IST
Discontent grows in TMC, BJP ranks in Bengal over ticket distribution for LS pollsDiscontent is brewing within the BJP and TMC in West Bengal over candidate selections for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. TMC leaders lik...
24 Mar, 2024, 10.21 AM IST
Four MPs, actors, defectors, and an economist, BJP raises stakes in Bengal gameIn the ST-dominated Alipurduar constituency which has many tea estates, Lahiri is pitted against TMC’s sitting MLA Sourav Chakraborty who p...
15 Mar, 2021, 12.00 AM IST
Centre will use technology to seal Bangladesh borders in Bengal, Assam: Rajnath SinghThe move will help prevent infiltration as well as smuggling, and ensure safety and security of the nation amid a changing demographic prof...
02 Feb, 2019, 04.24 PM IST
- TMC MLA Wilson Chapramari abuses District Magistrate in a public meeting
Abusing senior government officials was nothing new to Trinamool Congress leaders when the party sat in the Opposition benches.
22 Jun, 2015, 08.55 PM IST
Ground zero Alipurduar: Duel of Tirkeys hinges on brews, booze & scam scarsLarge-scale alcohol distribution in tribal areas during election campaign helps political parties win over voters and despite all the effor...
26 Mar, 2014, 12.32 PM IST
- Mamata Banerjee convenes all party-meet, discusses rechristening West Bengal
An all-party meeting convened by Mamata Banerjee discussed the issue of rechristening West Bengal but could not finalise a new name.
03 Aug, 2011, 08.32 PM IST
- Post-poll violence in Dooars drives home eroding harmony
Conflicts between Nepalis and tribals as well as tribal groups in wide areas of the Dooars have exposed the eroding century-old harmony bet...
05 May, 2009, 09.59 PM IST