86.11% voter turnout recorded in re-polling at West Bengal's Falta constituencyVoters turned out in large numbers for the Falta Assembly constituency re-poll in South 24 Parganas district. The polling concluded peacefu...
21 May, 2026, 09.51 PM IST
Supreme Court questions Centre over ‘show of independence’ in Election Commission appointmentsThe Supreme Court has raised concerns about the independence of the Election Commission of India. Judges questioned the current selection p...
15 May, 2026, 12.23 AM IST
In BJP-EC's 'chor bazaar', bigger the theft, bigger the reward: Rahul Gandhi's dig at WB govt appointmentsCongress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the recent appointments in West Bengal, likening the situation to a 'chor bazaar' orchestrated by the ...
12 May, 2026, 12.21 PM IST
Who is IITian Manoj Agarwal, West Bengal’s new chief secretary, and why is the opposition criticising his appointment?Senior IAS officer Manoj Agarwal has been appointed as the new chief secretary of West Bengal. This appointment has sparked controversy, wi...
12 May, 2026, 09.20 AM IST
West Bengal Chief Election Officer Manoj Agarwal appointed state's chief secretaryManoj Agarwal, the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, has been appointed as the state's new Chief Secretary. A 1990 batch IAS officer,...
11 May, 2026, 09.32 PM IST
Bengal Poised to become a top state in five years: Subrata Gupta, adviser to CM, charts out the path aheadWest Bengal's new government, led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, aims to reverse the state's decline and position it among the top sta...
11 May, 2026, 12.05 AM IST
Tyranny of elected & majority: SC on delayed CEC-EC lawA bench comprising justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma termed Parliament's failure to enact a law governing the appointment o...
08 May, 2026, 12.17 AM IST
SIR Effect: 'Ineligible' voters exceed win margins in 25 BJP seats in West BengalA large number of assembly seats in West Bengal have reported that electors marked ‘ineligible’ under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR),...
05 May, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
EVM tampering, booth interference & voter intimidation: Inside the cause of repolling in West Bengal's FaltaThe Election Commission of India has ordered a complete repoll in West Bengal's Falta Assembly constituency. The April 29 election was decl...
03 May, 2026, 01.34 PM IST
EC orders fresh polls at all 285 booths in Bengal’s Falta constituencyFresh elections will be held in Falta Assembly Constituency on May 21, 2026. The Election Commission of India ordered the new polling acros...
02 May, 2026, 11.51 PM IST
No Supreme Court order on TMC plea as Election Commission assures counting rules complianceThe Supreme Court has closed a case regarding vote counting supervisors for West Bengal elections. The Election Commission assured the cour...
02 May, 2026, 11.10 PM IST
No order from SC on TMC plea against central staff deployment in West Bengal poll countingThe Supreme Court has not issued any orders regarding the Trinamool Congress's challenge to the Election Commission's directive on vote cou...
02 May, 2026, 11.03 AM IST
West Bengal re-polling today at 15 booths in South 24 ParganasCiting concerns over EVM manipulation and webcasting failures, the Election Commission of India has called for a repoll on May 2 at 15 site...
01 May, 2026, 11.15 PM IST
ECI gears up for Assam countingCounting for Assam assembly polls will take place on May 4 at 40 centers across 35 districts. The Election Commission of India has deployed...
30 Apr, 2026, 12.27 AM IST
West Bengal polls 2026: ‘Singham vs Pushpa’ face-off in Falta amid voter intimidation crackdownA high-profile IPS officer, Ajay Pal Sharma, is on the ground in Falta Constituency, South 24 Parganas. He is accompanied by a large CRPF c...
29 Apr, 2026, 06.44 AM IST
"Singham" under fire: Plea filed in SC to oust Ajay Pal Sharma from Bengal poll dutyThe petitioner alleged that Sharma, often nicknamed the "Singham of UP" for his record as an encounter specialist, has abandoned the neutra...
29 Apr, 2026, 06.34 AM IST
EC flags 12,000 sensitive booths in West Bengal polls, orders official removalsThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has identified around 12,000 polling booths—nearly 30% of the total 40,000—as critical and vulnerabl...
28 Apr, 2026, 10.22 PM IST