ECI team likely to visit Bengal on Aug 19At Saturday's meeting, it was also decided that from August 1, the poll panel would start examining the EVMs, he said, adding that a deadli...
Court orders framing of charges against IM operatives Yasin BhatkalIndian Mujahideen operatives and its frontal organisations had been receiving regular funds from abroad through hawala channels for their t...
EC seeks report after locals in Bengal district claim central forces opened fireDuring the fourth phase, on April 10, four persons were killed after the CISF personnel opened fire in "self defence" outside a booth in Co...
BJP urges EC to scan 'Mamata audio clip' on rally with Cooch Behar victims' bodiesThe TMC has already described the audio clip as "bogus" and said no such conversation took place.
TMC seeks clubbing of last three phases of polls at all party meetAfter Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had on the previous day mooted the idea of conducting polls for the remaining phases at one go, TMC Se...
No video of Cooch Behar episode, EC's clean chit to CISF based on hypothetical reports: Biman BoseFour persons were killed and as many injured on Saturday in Sitalkuchi area of Cooch Behar when CISF personnel opened fire outside a pollin...
West Bengal registered 79.90% polling in fourth phaseWest Bengal registered 79.90 per cent polling during the fourth phase of assembly elections held in 44 constituencies spread across five di...
Voting stopped in Cooch Behar polling booth after 4 killed in CISF firing"Going by the interim report of the special observer, the EC decided to stop the polling process at Jorpatki booth no 126/5 in Sitalkuchi a...
West Bengal registered 84.61 per cent polling in third phasePolling was held in 10,871 polling stations in 31 assembly constituencies -- 16 in South 24 Parganas (Part II), seven in Howrah (Part 1) an...
EC removes Bengal's ADG (law & order) a day after announcing poll datesThe shuffle came hours after a BJP delegation, which included MPs Swapan Dasgupta and Arjun Singh, met CEO Ariz Aftab and urged him to remo...
West Bengal home secretary's letter to poll panel triggered EC actionEC said the state home secretary tried to ‘instruct’ the election commission instead of following its orders.
Situation in Bengal like Bihar 15 years ago: EC spl observer; TMC demands his removalNayak, a 1984-batch IAS officer, was recently given the responsibility to oversee the last five phases of polls in West Bengal.
International election observers give thumbs up to Bangladesh poll processHead of the three-member Indian delegation and Chief Election Officer of West Bengal Ariz Aftab said they visited several centres and found...
NIA files charge sheet against five alleged IM operativesThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) today filed its charge sheet in a Delhi court against five suspected operatives of terror outfit In...
- Hyderabad blasts: NIA gets 7 days custody of suspected IM operative
A Delhi court today remanded suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Obaid-ur-Rehman in seven days of NIA custody in connection with the Febr...