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
Election Commission reshuffles top police officials in poll-bound West BengalThe Election Commission has ordered the transfer of five IPS officers to new DIG positions in West Bengal. This move comes as the commissio...
18 Mar, 2026, 02.34 PM IST
Heavy rain likely in parts of West BengalWest Bengal braces for heavy rainfall. The IMD forecasts a low-pressure area over the Gangetic region. Purulia, Jhargram, and Paschim Medin...
05 Jul, 2025, 04.43 PM IST
Low pressure to bring heavy rain in several West Bengal districts: Met DepartmentThe Meteorological department has forecast heavy rainfall in several districts of West Bengal, with extremely heavy downpours expected in s...
25 Sep, 2024, 02.00 PM IST
Org weakness, switching candidates, stoppage of MNREGA funds hurt BJPWeaknesses in the organisational structure, candidate changes in previously-won seats, and the halt of central scheme funds contributed to ...
08 Jun, 2024, 09.58 AM IST
Jobs, migration, tea garden wages set Trinamool-BJP fightUnemployment, labor migration, tea garden struggles, and wage disputes dominate Jalpaiguri's election discourse. BJP-Trinamool rivalry acce...
19 Apr, 2024, 11.12 AM IST
Lok Sabha election: Tea workers, Rajbanshis hold key in North BengalNishith Pramanik is a representative of Rajbanshi community and had won Cooch Behar seat in 2019, after defecting from Trinamool. He is con...
15 Apr, 2024, 12.38 AM IST
Situation in Bengal like Bihar 15 years ago: EC spl observer; TMC demands his removalNayak, a 1984-batch IAS officer, was recently given the responsibility to oversee the last five phases of polls in West Bengal.
20 Apr, 2019, 10.58 PM IST
Amid sporadic incidents, West Bengal had second phase of general ElectionAmid reports of few violent incidents, vandalising EVM machines or vehicle of a candidate, attacks on journalists, firing of tear gas, Elec...
18 Apr, 2019, 07.24 PM IST
One-third of polls to be completed by end of dayPuducherry will be the only place to have single-phase polling, after the poll panel postponed the election to Vellore in TN
18 Apr, 2019, 07.37 AM IST
Election Commission doubles central forces in phase-2 polls in BengalEC has deployed around 15,000 troopers for 5,390 booths in the second phase; in the first, there were around 6,000 troopers for 3,844 booth...
17 Apr, 2019, 08.39 AM IST
NRC, Citizenship Bill to decide fortunes in North BengalIn the 2014 elections, BJP, TMC and CPM got one seat each in the region.
15 Apr, 2019, 08.18 AM IST
Non-fixation of minimum wages, closed gardens main poll issues in Bengal tea beltThe tea belt is located in Darjeeling, Terai and Dooars region of North Bengal where 3 lakh odd permanent workers are employed in around 30...
30 Mar, 2019, 11.34 AM IST
Three candidates in Bengal's phase 2 polls have zero assetsAt least three candidates trying their luck in the second phase of West Bengal assembly elections on April 17 next have declared zero assets
13 Apr, 2016, 12.19 PM IST
Election Results 2014: Trinamool Congress bags 34 of 42 seats in West BengalTMC recorded its best-ever performance in LS polls in Bengal as it swept 34 of 42 seats decimating Left in its victory march, while BJP mad...
16 May, 2014, 10.03 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Family members pitted against each other in West BengalIn this Lok Sabha polls relatives are divided on political lines with some even fighting against each other from their home constituencies.
25 Mar, 2014, 11.46 AM IST
West Bengal to have five-phase Lok Sabha polls from April 17The four Lok Sabha seats Coochbehar, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling would go to the polls on April 17.
05 Mar, 2014, 11.25 PM IST