West Bengal polls Phase 2: Mamata Banerjee vs Suvendu Adhikari in high-stakes Kolkata battleIn a crucial day for democracy, West Bengal is heading to the polls for the last round of assembly elections. Leading figures such as Mamat...
29 Apr, 2026, 03.54 PM IST
Security, voter verification in focus for Bengal phase 2 pollsAs Bengal gears up for the second phase of polling on April 29, authorities are emphasizing the importance of voter identification. The pol...
26 Apr, 2026, 11.34 PM IST
West Bengal Assembly Elections: TMC bastion under threat as BJP veteran Swapan Dasgupta takes on Debasish Kumar in RashbehariKolkata's Rashbehari constituency faces a heated election battle. Trinamool Congress MLA Debasish Kumar is up against Bharatiya Janata Part...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.28 PM IST
West Bengal Election 2026: Voting time, total seats and documents to carry on poll day2026 West Bengal Assembly Election: Voters are urged to be fully prepared by checking their names in the voter list, carrying valid ID proo...
22 Apr, 2026, 02.33 PM IST
Ballygunge braces for intense battle as TMC seeks 4th term with veteran leader Sovandeb ChattopadhyayThe Ballygunge Assembly constituency - 161 is a wholly urban legislative seat situated in South Kolkata in West Bengal. Known as one of the...
13 Apr, 2026, 11.26 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
Violence erupts at Bengal Congress headquarters over candidate selection, party worker injuredProtests turned violent at the West Bengal Pradesh Congress headquarters. Agitated party workers clashed over candidate selections for the ...
01 Apr, 2026, 05.07 PM IST
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: From Bhabanipur to Nandigram, 10 key seats that could shape the battleWest Bengal Election 2026: 10 Key Constituencies: West Bengal Assembly elections are announced. Key constituencies in Kolkata and surroundi...
15 Mar, 2026, 10.19 PM IST
Supriyo sworn in as MLA by Bengal assembly Deputy Speaker, Governor's decision prevailsThough Supriyo, who quit his job as a central minister and the BJP, was elected on April 16, confusion prevailed over his oath-taking cerem...
11 May, 2022, 02.35 PM IST
Trinamool's Babul Supriyo, Shatrughan Sinha script wins in bypollsInterestingly, Halim has overtaken BJP's Keya Ghosh who bagged just 13,220 votes, thus lending some credence to the communist party's claim...
16 Apr, 2022, 05.39 PM IST
TMC eyes clean sweep in both assembly and LS by-poll, Shatrughan leads by over 2.8 lakh votesIn Asansol former Union minister and popular veteran Bollywood star Shatrughan Sinha is leading by garnering a massive 6,26,511 votes again...
16 Apr, 2022, 03.10 PM IST
Moderate turnout in Bengal bypollsTill 5 pm, polling percentage recorded in Asansol Lok Sabha constituency was 64.03%, while in Ballygunge Assembly Constituency it was 41.01...
13 Apr, 2022, 12.50 AM IST
Ballygunge bypoll to witness triangular fight among Trinamool, CPM and BJPThe seat has been a stronghold of the Trinamool Congress for the last decade and was the home ground of Subrata Mukherjee, whose death in N...
04 Apr, 2022, 12.14 AM IST
TMC candidates Shatrughan Sinha, Babul Supriyo file nominations for by-polls in BengalSupriyo said: "I am thankful to 'Didi' (TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee) for giving me this opportunity to contest from the presitigious Ballyg...
21 Mar, 2022, 01.43 PM IST
West Bengal elections 2021: Covid-19 fear grips voters as party biggies lock horns“Offering better healthcare is our motto, if Sanyukta Morcha is voted to power,” he said. “He had helped people during Covid lockdown and h...
24 Apr, 2021, 07.02 AM IST
- Stormy petrel ahead of old warhorse
The CPM had earned the Congress’ wrath after Prakash Karat and others withdrew support to the Manmohan Singh government and tried to pull i...
11 May, 2009, 09.25 PM IST
- Post-delimitation, CPM chalks out plans to give Mamata poll blues
Delimitation of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal has stirred up a hornet's nest in the highest echelons of the CPM. The party is plann...
14 Jan, 2009, 03.30 AM IST