Zero tolerance for violence; repoll if any disruption: ECWest Bengal is preparing for elections with a focus on intimidation-free polling. Super-sensitive booths have been identified across distri...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.10 AM 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
Will resolve Gorkha issue in constitutional manner without dividing Bengal: Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a rally in Gangarampur, West Bengal. He assured a constitutional solution for the Gorkha issue with...
14 Apr, 2026, 03.31 PM IST
West Bengal elections 2026: Modi promises women’s quota, police reforms, UCC pushPrime Minister Narendra Modi has promised 33% reservation for women in government jobs and stronger safety measures in West Bengal. Home Mi...
12 Apr, 2026, 07.39 PM IST
2 elderly Bangladesh infiltrators sent to Police custodyTwo elderly Bangladeshi women were arrested by the BSF in West Bengal for illegally crossing the Indo-Bangladesh border. Driven by fear of ...
13 Dec, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
Yet another Bengal woman claims she was stripped & hitThe woman, who has been hospitalised with head injury, told mediapersons that she was attacked by Trinamool workers when she had gone to fe...
04 Jul, 2024, 01.02 AM IST
PIL filed in Calcutta HC challenging Rajiva Sinha's appointment as SECRajiva Sinha was appointed as the SEC on June 7 and the panchayat elections were declared on June 8 for July 8. The opposition has consiste...
27 Jun, 2023, 12.21 AM IST
Calcutta High Court directs SEC to deploy central forces; 3 killed in pre-poll violenceThree persons allegedly died in West Bengal and several were injured in two separate incidents of pre-poll violence in South 24 Parganas di...
16 Jun, 2023, 06.23 PM IST
Calcutta High Court seeks action report from West Bengal governmentLeader of Opposition in state assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, filed a (PIL) on Friday seeking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into ...
04 Apr, 2023, 12.07 AM IST
Over 72% polling recorded in Phase-6 of West Bengal assembly polls amid stray violenceBJP’s national vice-president Mukul Roy, TMC ministers Jyotipriyo Mallick and Chandrima Bhattacharya and CPI(M) leader Tanmay Bhattacharya ...
23 Apr, 2021, 12.00 AM IST
RSS more aggressive than BJP: Mamata BanerjeeRSS had already sent a legal notice to the Trinamool for its leaders’ comments accusing the organisation for the death of two students in t...
06 Oct, 2018, 08.42 AM IST
Re-polling in 572 booths in Bengal largely peaceful, civil society condemns violenceTension erupted in Raiganj in North Dinajpur district where mutilated body of a polling officer Rajkumar Roy was recovered from the rail ta...
16 May, 2018, 09.47 PM IST
Centre seeks report on West Bengal panchayat poll violenceA Home Ministry official said the state government has been told to provide a report on the circumstances leading to the violence and the s...
14 May, 2018, 10.42 PM IST
West Bengal poll panel must act to restore faith in electoral process: CPI(M)Sitaram Yechury, the general secretary of the left party, made the remark in the wake of reports alleging violence during panchayat polls i...
14 May, 2018, 02.27 PM IST
Stray incidents of violence in West Bengal, 30% polling till noonAt least seven CPI(M) supporters were injured in clashes with Trinamool Congress workers since last night in Jalpaiguri district.
25 Jul, 2013, 02.32 PM IST
Left Front chairman Biman Bose demands proper security arrangement for fifth phase of local body electionsThe state government had kept its constitutional duties at bay to indulge in the destruction of democratic values.
23 Jul, 2013, 03.14 PM IST
- West Bengal polls: 74% vote in Phase-I
Over 74% polling was recorded in the first phase of West Bengal's assembly elections on Monday, State Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Gupta s...
19 Apr, 2011, 04.48 AM IST