West Bengal polls: ECI cracks down on musclemen, 199 arrested ahead of Phase 1 votingAs West Bengal braces for electoral battles, state officials are implementing rigorous security strategies. With more than 199 arrests made...
21 Apr, 2026, 09.58 AM IST
ECI identifies over 8,000 'super sensitive' poll booths across West BengalAs West Bengal gears up for elections, authorities have identified more than 8,000 polling booths deemed sensitive. In a proactive approach...
20 Apr, 2026, 11.57 PM IST
PM Modi flags off 4 Amrit Bharat Express trains, adds Rs 3,250 crore infrastructure muscle to poll-bound West BengalPrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated multiple rail and road projects valued at over Rs 3,250 crore in West Bengal. He also launched Ind...
17 Jan, 2026, 04.08 PM IST
PM Modi to visit West Bengal today; to attend govt programme, address public rally amidst SIR, ED-IPAC rowPrime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal for back-to-back engagements, addressing rallies in Malda and Singur amidst political d...
17 Jan, 2026, 04.07 PM IST
Boyfriend of RG Kar medical student arrested after her mysterious death in Bengal's MaldaUjjwal Soren, a junior doctor, has been arrested in connection with the unnatural death of his girlfriend, Anindita Soren, a final-year med...
14 Sep, 2025, 03.42 PM IST
Minorities likely to support TMC in West Bengal during Lok Sabha PollsIn West Bengal, minority voters, comprising nearly thirty per cent of the electorate, are expected to support the TMC over the Left-Congres...
07 Apr, 2024, 11.30 AM IST
AAI team to visit 3 defunct north Bengal airports, check readiness for operationalisationOver 90 per cent of the work at Balurghat airport at Mahinagar in Dakshin Dinajpur district is completed, the official said.
20 Dec, 2021, 04.14 PM IST
In Bengal’s Amethi, Congress faces uphill taskIn 15 Lok Sabha polls spread over six decades, party has suffered defeat only twice, in 1971 and in 1977, when it lost to CPM.
22 Apr, 2019, 07.12 AM IST
Unused airports across India to be operationalized: Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati RajuThe government wants to develop strategies to operationalized unused airports in the country, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju s...
24 Sep, 2015, 06.14 PM IST
Adivasis block roads in Malda; hundreds of vehicles strandedThe agitators under the banner of 'Adivasi Sengel Abhiyan' blocked the Malda-Balurghat road and also Gajol-Bamungola road near Badnagra fro...
26 Dec, 2014, 01.49 PM IST
Lok Sabha Polls 2014: Nearly 82% polling recorded in West BengalA voter turnout of nearly 82 per cent was recorded in six parliamentary constituencies in the second leg of the five-phase elections in Wes...
24 Apr, 2014, 09.10 PM IST
Nearly 70 per cent polling recorded till 3 pm in West BengalBarring some stray incidents and replacement of 28 EVMs during mock polling and thereafter due to malfunctioning in a number of booths, vot...
24 Apr, 2014, 04.51 PM IST
Lok Sabha Polls 2014: Over 28 per cent polling in first three hours in WBAbout 28 per cent turnout was recorded in six Parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal in the first three hours of voting today.
24 Apr, 2014, 12.17 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee's Ahmedabad rally plan droppedTrinamool Congress circles here indicated that Mamata was unlikely to visit Gujarat immediately and will hold party workshops in five Benga...
15 Mar, 2014, 12.16 PM 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
AIUDF plans to expand its base in West BengalThe All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Assam’s main opposition party, plans to expand its base.
28 Nov, 2013, 06.09 AM IST
Vodafone to focus on data traffic in smaller towns of West BengalThe company generates only 3.3 per cent of the total revenue from data service in the Bengal circle while the same is about 10 per cent in ...
12 Aug, 2013, 11.05 PM IST