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West Bengal Phase 1 elections: EVM glitches, violence disrupt polling in several areasVoting began in West Bengal's assembly elections amid disruptions. Electronic Voting Machine glitches caused delays at several polling stat...
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: Baharampur poll battle hinges on religious divide, with Congress veteran Adhir Chowdhury a key variableBaharampur's assembly seat faces a keen contest. Incumbent MLA Subrata Maitra, TMC's Naru Gopal Mukherjee, and former MP Adhir Ranjan Chowd...
Zero tolerance for violence; repoll if any disruption: ECWest Bengal is preparing for elections with a focus on intimidation-free polling. Super-sensitive booths have been identified across distri...
West Bengal Polls: In Murshidabad's Beldanga, gamochas weave livelihoods amid election noiseBeldanga, Murshidabad, famous for its handwoven towels, faces religious polarization. Past incidents of violence and NIA probes have shifte...
SC: On what basis did NIA invoke UAPA in Beldanga violence?The Supreme Court questioned the National Investigation Agency's use of the UAPA law in a West Bengal violence case. The court noted the NI...
SC asks Calcutta HC to weigh NIA probe in Beldanga violenceThe Supreme Court has asked the Calcutta High Court to review the need for a National Investigation Agency probe into the Beldanga violence...
Bengal govt transfers 22 officers in IPS reshuffleThe West Bengal government has made significant changes in its IPS cadre. Twenty-two officers have been transferred and given new responsib...
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee creating situation to stop SIR process, says BJP's Locket Chatterjee on Murshidabad violenceBJP leader Locket Chatterjee on Sunday slammed the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of creating situations to stop ...
Murshidabad sees fresh unrest with highway, rail traffic blocked over migrant worker assaultProtests erupted again in Murshidabad, West Bengal on Saturday. Locals blocked National Highway-12 and railway tracks at Beldanga. This fol...
Conspiracies hatched to disrupt event linked to 'Babri Masjid' construction in Bengal: Humayun KabirThe proposed mosque, which Kabir has repeatedly described as being "modelled on the Babri Masjid", has stirred political unease in a distri...
Calcutta HC refuses to halt foundation ceremony for Babri-Style mosque in MurshidabadThe Calcutta High Court declined to halt the construction of a mosque in Murshidabad, modeled after the Babri Masjid, ahead of its foundati...
Raj Bhavan urges ECI to act against CEO officials for 'leaking' list of goons to political leadersThe Raj Bhavan in Kolkata has urged the Election Commission of India to identify and take strict action against officials in the office of ...
Bengal SEC orders repoll in over 690 booths amid protests and continued sporadic violenceThe West Bengal State Election Commission announced that repolling will be held on Monday in all booths where voting for the rural election...
Protests over West Bengal panchayat polls turn violentIn the district's Harishchandrapur area, state minister Tajmul Hossain's car was vandalised in Basta village by some miscreants around 10 p...
Prophet remarks row: After Howrah, internet services suspended in parts of MurshidabadInternet services have been suspended in entire Howrah district till June 13 and Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed in several areas such...
Trinamool Congress wins majority in 102 civic bodies in West BengalThe BJP suffered a jolt in Darjeeling, Alipurduar and other previous strongholds. It performed badly in state president Sukanta Majumdar's ...
21 held for vandalising rly property in anti-CAA stir; damages to be recovered from them: Railway Protection ForceOfficials said till now, the Government Railway Police (GRP) has registered 27 cases, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) 54 cases and the l...
Assam tense; protests against CAA In other statesBeldanga railway complex in in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district set ablaze by protestors; 5 CMs say will not implement Act; protests are ...
Uneasy calm in northeast, anti-citizenship law protests singe BengalCurfew was relaxed in Assam's Dibrugarh and Meghalaya capital Shillong, but the ripple effect of anger over the hugely divisive law was fel...
4 killed in West Bengal panchayat poll violence, 41% votes polled till 1 pmThe four were killed in separate incidents of violence in North 24 Parganas, Nadia, South 24 Parganas and Murshidabad districts.