West Bengal Elections 2026: Factors that will decide the fate of the crucial polls in the Eastern stateWest Bengal gears up for a crucial 2026 election. The ruling TMC faces a strong challenge from the BJP. Key issues include voter rolls, law...
23 Apr, 2026, 03.10 PM IST
West Bengal elections: Can Didi hold the fort against Modi and BJP’s push in battle for Bengal's soul?Bengal's electoral war begins with the first phase of voting. The BJP and TMC are locked in a fierce contest, trading accusations and makin...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.30 PM IST
West Bengal polls 2026: Murshidabad sees highest voter deletions in Bengal roll revision; tribal belt reports lowestWest Bengal's voter rolls saw significant deletions. Shamsherganj and Lalgola in Murshidabad district reported the most removals. Purulia a...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.21 PM IST
EC to deploy 2,407 central forces for first phase of Bengal elections on April 23Central armed police forces will secure the first phase of West Bengal assembly polls on April 23. Over 2,400 companies will be deployed. M...
15 Apr, 2026, 03.47 PM IST
Guv defies Mamata Banerjee, meets riot victims; NHRC, NCW teams visit Malda relief campsAmidst tensions in Malda and Murshidabad following recent riots, NHRC and NCW teams visited relief camps to assess the conditions of displa...
18 Apr, 2025, 08.25 PM IST
INDIA bloc in turmoil as Congress and TMC clash over seat sharing in BengalAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a staunch critic of the TMC, launched a no-holds-barred attack, accusing Bengal's ruling party of being busy "servi...
04 Jan, 2024, 07.30 PM IST
Bengal SEC orders repoll in over 690 booths amid protests and continued sporadic violenceThe West Bengal State Election Commission announced that repolling will be held on Monday in all booths where voting for the rural election...
09 Jul, 2023, 10.58 PM IST
West Bengal Panchayat Polls: Voting gets underway; at least three killed after clashes break outViolence in West Bengal during local elections continues with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) reporting the deaths of three members and member...
08 Jul, 2023, 10.16 AM IST
21 TMC MLAs in touch with me, claims BJP's Mithun Chakraborty"I have said before and I stand by what I had said earlier even today. Please wait for some time, you will see. There is an objection withi...
25 Sep, 2022, 07.29 AM IST
Houses vandalised, crude bombs hurled as two TMC factions clash in MaldaCrude bombs were hurled and at least 12 houses were vandalised in the clashes, police said.
29 May, 2022, 10.06 AM IST
West Bengal: Silence reigns ahead of polling for final phaseThe campaigning for the last phase was marked by low-profile canvassing by candidates amid curbs on public rallies and roadshows by the Ele...
29 Apr, 2021, 09.17 AM IST
MHA finds West Bengal report on poll violence 'sketchy', tells them to resend itThe opposition has accused the TMC of "unleashing terror" and "destroying democracy" during the Monday’s polls that saw about two dozen kil...
18 May, 2018, 09.01 AM IST
Massive violence in Bengal on first day of nomination for Panchayat election, one deadLate in the evening yesterday, a violent clash broke out between two factions of TMC over the nomination for the upcoming Panchayat electio...
03 Apr, 2018, 05.49 PM IST
Over 70% votes cast till 3 PM in West BengalOverall, 70.82 per cent voters exercised their franchise in six north Bengal districts of Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Uttar Dinajpu...
17 Apr, 2016, 07.02 PM IST
55.28 pc votes cast till 1 PM in West BengalSenior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who was in Kolkata today, alleged that booth-capturing and false voting continued in the state.
17 Apr, 2016, 04.25 PM IST
Bombings, arson, killings on eve of 4th phase of Bengal panchayat pollsAnother Congress worker Repon Sheikh met a similar fate at Bharatpur in the same district during a clash between rival party supporters, po...
21 Jul, 2013, 07.13 PM IST
- One killed, 13 injured in political clashes in West Bengal
Clashes between rival political parties left one dead and 13 injured in two districts of West Bengal today.
10 Jun, 2013, 06.08 PM IST