CM Mamata Banerjee orders CID probe following reports of negligence by policeThe Chief Minister is learnt to have expressed serious grievances at police’s role and lack of coordination between police stations. She ha...
07 Sep, 2022, 08.50 PM IST
BJP picks giant killer Suvendu Adhikari to lead the party in Bengal AssemblyThe decision was taken in a meeting of the 77 newly elected party MLAs after discussions with national observers, law and IT minister Ravis...
10 May, 2021, 10.50 PM IST
Ground report: In Purba Medinipur, a test for Suvendu Adhikari, a bigger one for TMCWhile the TMC would want one to believe that voters are focusing on the disloyalty of Suvendu Adhikari who its leaders refer to as “Mir Jaf...
08 Jan, 2021, 10.10 PM IST
Suvendu Adhikari's resignation not a big issue for party: Trinamool CongressSpeaking to reporters here, senior TMC leader Subrata Mukherjee said "As far as my knowledge goes Suvendu is awaiting a meeting with Chief ...
17 Dec, 2020, 09.16 PM IST
I am an Indian first then a Bengali: Suvendu slams TMC's insider-outsider debateAdhikari, who had resigned from the state cabinet and had been distancing himself from the party over the last few months, said, he is firs...
15 Dec, 2020, 05.30 PM IST
Election Commission borrows from Satyajit Ray to draw Kolkata votersIt will shoot 12 documentaries on Ray’s short stories to prod voters into doing better than the 66% turnout they recorded in the 2014 LS po...
12 Mar, 2019, 11.14 AM IST
Bypoll result people's revolt against demonetisation : Mamata Banerjee"The by-election result is a befitting reply against the anti-people demonetisation by the Centre. It's a people's revolt, rather than a ma...
22 Nov, 2016, 04.31 PM IST
Election Commission to file FIR against BJP leader Locket ChatterjeeEC will file a police case against actor-turned-BJP leader Locket Chatterjee for threatening the presiding officer of a booth in West Benga...
18 Apr, 2016, 09.01 PM IST
EC examining Mamata Banerjee's outburst against showcause noticeTaking cognizance of Mamata Banerjee's outburst against the EC for slapping a showcause notice against her, the poll panel has decided to e...
15 Apr, 2016, 08.57 PM IST
Speeches by PM Narendra Modi, Mamata Banerjee under EC scanner, Abdur Razzak Molla censuredIn a poll rally two days ago, Modi had alleged that TMC stood for "terror, maut (death) and corruption" after which the party had raised ob...
09 Apr, 2016, 11.01 PM IST
79 per cent polling till 5 PM in WBRegistering a heavy turnout, an estimated 79 per cent electorate today cast their votes in the first part of the first phase of assembly po...
04 Apr, 2016, 07.11 PM IST
Over 63 per cent voter turnout recorded till 1 PM in West BengalSerpentine queues were seen in front of many polling booths since morning as villagers tried to avoid the scorching midday sun.
04 Apr, 2016, 04.30 PM IST
First 4 hours witness heavy turnout in West Bengal pollThe first four hours of polling in 18 constituencies of WB, many of which are in Left-wing extremism-hit areas, witnessed a heavy turnout a...
04 Apr, 2016, 12.32 PM IST
State must ensure law and order during poll: Election CommissionElection Commission has written to West Bengal Home secretary to ensure that no poll-related violence takes place during upcoming Assembly ...
26 Mar, 2016, 10.06 PM IST
Notification issued for April 4 polling in West BengalThe Election Commission issued notification for first part of the first phase of West Bengal Assembly election on April 4, filing nominatio...
11 Mar, 2016, 11.01 PM IST
Mahie Gill, Murali Sharma, Deepak Dobriyal are some of the new-age villians in BollywoodThey are the foils, friends and enemies of the hero. They exist not just in Bollywood movies but in a more risky and risqué world of unusua...
12 Nov, 2011, 11.19 AM IST
- West Bengal polls: 74% vote in Phase-I
Over 74% polling was recorded in the first phase of West Bengal's assembly elections on Monday, State Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Gupta s...
19 Apr, 2011, 04.48 AM IST