West Bengal election results 2026: How BJP played a long game to bring down 'Didi’s durg' brick by brickWest Bengal Results 2026: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears poised to form the government in West Bengal for the first time, potenti...
04 May, 2026, 10.25 PM IST
Bengal turnout outpaces 2024 Lok Sabha pace in first six hoursWest Bengal's Assembly elections are witnessing strong voter participation, surpassing the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Polling is underway across...
24 Apr, 2026, 07.06 PM IST
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Key Issues: Jobs distress, welfare politics and identity battles shape high-stakes TMC vs BJP contestWest Bengal Election 2026: West Bengal is voting in its 2026 Assembly elections. The political battle is intense, focusing on economic hard...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.42 PM IST
West Bengal elections: Junglemahal’s 25 seats turn battleground as BJP targets TMC’s development pitchPurulia, Bankura, and Jhargram, the gateway to West Bengal's Junglemahal, are witnessing a fierce political battle. While Trinamool banks o...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.14 AM IST
At least eight migrant workers from West Bengal assaulted in Chhattisgarh, say Trinamool sourcesThese eight migrants from Purulia district (six from Mufassal Police Station and two from Arsha Police Station) had been working at Jai Dur...
06 Jan, 2026, 02.17 PM IST
BJP Matua leaders to meet in Kalyani“The meeting and a picnic have been called to bring together the dissident leaders. The recently suspended leaders-former state Vice-Presid...
27 Jan, 2022, 08.40 PM IST
Once Maoist den, Purulia looks towards development in coming pollsAs a villager Sambhu Majhi of Kashipur puts it, the development of the district through industrialisation is the only way for the people to...
25 Mar, 2021, 11.38 AM IST
A prestige battle for Trinamool Congress' heir apparentModi and Banerjee are scheduled to address rallies today & expected to escalate war of words
09 May, 2019, 07.10 AM IST
Purulia turns killing field, yet another BJP man Sishupal Sahis found deadSahis, an active member of BJP’s youth wing went missing last night, confirmed the district SP, Aakash Megharia.
19 Apr, 2019, 07.35 AM IST
SC seeks West Bengal govt's response on plea seeking CBI probe into killing of BJP workersA local BJP leader in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in Mandir Bazar area of the d...
24 Aug, 2018, 12.37 PM IST
Handle state before grand alliance: Amit Shah to Mamata BanerjeeBJP president Amit Shah, on a two-day tour visit to the state, has sounded the poll bugle ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Purulia...
29 Jun, 2018, 08.37 AM IST
Purulia death: Three weeks after BJP worker Dulal Kumar’s body found, police lodges fresh murder caseKumar’s body was found hanging from a high voltage electric tower in Purulia on June 2. Within hours of the incident, the then superintende...
29 Jun, 2018, 08.27 AM IST
TMC not a militant organisation like BJP: Mamata BanerjeeWe are not a militant organisation like the BJP. They are creating fights not only among Christians, Muslims but also among Hindus, said Ma...
21 Jun, 2018, 04.15 PM IST
SC refuses CBI probe into West Bengal BJP workers deathA vacation bench of Justices A K Goel and Ashok Bhushan asked the petitioners to approach the Calcutta High Court for the relief.
08 Jun, 2018, 03.06 PM IST
Surge in vote share in Bengal ignited hopes for BJP, Shah to oversee preparationsMamata Banerjee however clarified that the ministers were relieved as they wanted to invest more time in organisational work in their respe...
07 Jun, 2018, 12.17 PM IST
Another man found hanging in Purulia; BJP alleges political murder, demands CBI probeThe incident comes days after the body of another man, Trilochon Mahato (20), who the party said was a member of its youth wing, was found ...
02 Jun, 2018, 10.39 PM IST
WB govt has failed to maintain law and order: Shah after alleged murder of BJP worker35-year-old man's body, who the BJP said was its worker, was today found hanging from a high-tension tower in Purulia, triggering protests ...
02 Jun, 2018, 05.19 PM IST