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
BJP releases first list of 144 candidates for Bengal Assembly pollsThe Bharatiya Janata Party has released its first list of 144 candidates for the West Bengal Assembly polls. Suvendu Adhikari will contest ...
16 Mar, 2026, 11.55 PM IST
Smriti Irani calls for Amethi railway stations, airport to be named after 'temples and great personalities'Union minister Smriti Irani has written letters to various ministers urging them to rename railway stations and an airport in her parliamen...
20 Oct, 2023, 04.26 PM IST
More people in West Bengal working for al-Qaeda: National Investigation Agency"There are more members spread in other districts of West Bengal as well as other states having links to al-Qaeda. In fact, the two from Ma...
21 Sep, 2020, 05.43 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee to take out thanksgiving rallies to mark TMC victory in assembly by-electionsThe chief minister also said that she would begin with Kharagpur Sadar -- vacated by BJP state president Dilip Ghosh following his Lok Sabh...
02 Dec, 2019, 02.16 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee sends strong message with clean sweepA source close to Trinamool told ET that results show that the “NRC bogey raised by BJP was a non-issue” and went against the party while B...
28 Nov, 2019, 11.34 PM IST
BJP getting paid back for its arrogance: MamataDedicating the party's victory in the Kaliaganj assembly seat by-poll to the people of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thurs...
28 Nov, 2019, 12.51 PM IST
West Bengal bypoll: BJP's candidate Jay Prakash Majumdar heckled by TMC workersBJP candidate Jay Prakash Majumdar was slapped, kicked, punched and pushed into a roadside bush allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers whi...
25 Nov, 2019, 01.36 PM IST
West Bengal by-polls: 13.81 per cent votes recorded till 9 AMAmidst tight security, people stood in long queues before polling booths under Kharagpur Sadar, Kaliaganj and Karimpur constituencies since...
25 Nov, 2019, 09.49 AM IST
Bengal Bypolls: How the rise of BJP has forced TMC to change its strategyIn 2014 LS polls, the shocker for the TMC , was that the BJP did not even have a major presence in West Bengal until then, even though its ...
16 Nov, 2019, 11.31 PM IST
Assembly by-polls in West Bengal litmus test for BJP, TMCIt will be the first electoral contest between the BJP and TMC since this year's parliamentary polls, in which the saffron party bagged 18 ...
30 Oct, 2019, 12.08 PM IST
- Sonia Gandhi approves Congress-Left pact for Bengal bypolls
Move seen as bid to combat BJP surge in state; Congress to fight two seats and Left one.
26 Aug, 2019, 07.20 AM IST
Sonia Gandhi gives nod to Left-Congress alliance in BengalThe Congress and the CPI(M) had come together for the 2016 Assembly polls but had failed to impact TMC's performance.
24 Aug, 2019, 07.29 PM IST
After Lok Sabha debacle, Congress, CPI(M) share seats for Bengal bypollsCong will contest North Dinajpur district's Kaliaganj seat and West Midnapore district's Kharagpur seat, the CPI(M)-led Left Front will fig...
10 Aug, 2019, 11.02 AM IST
West Bengal assembly to have only 40 women MLAsOf the 40, 29 are from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress. Four from Congress, six from its ally CPI-M and one from Gorkha Janmukti Morch...
20 May, 2016, 08.19 PM IST
Railway Budget 2011: Bengal Minister asks Mamata for a new railway lineA Left Front minister has asked Mamata Banerjee to lay a new line from Krishnagar in Nadia district to Jiagunj in Murshidabad district.
24 Feb, 2011, 12.14 PM IST
- Govt to hike support price for jute
Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran on Wednesday said his ministry had constituted a working group to formulate a national fibre policy...
08 Oct, 2009, 06.09 AM IST