Violence rocks Bengal's panchayat polls, 12 dead, allegations of strong arm tacticsAmid incidents of violence during voting for the Panchayat election across West Bengal, workers of the state BJP on Saturday staged a prote...
10 Jul, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
Bengal Panchayat polls: No information was provided on sensitive booths, says BSF DIGWest Bengal State Election Commission didn't provide information on sensitive polling booths to central security forces despite repeated re...
10 Jul, 2023, 11.53 AM IST
Eleven people killed as rural West Bengal votes in panchayat electionsEleven people were killed in election-related violence in West Bengal since midnight as voting was underway for the three-tier panchayat po...
08 Jul, 2023, 02.54 PM 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 rural polls: TMC heading for massive victoryState Election Commission (SEC) sources said of the 622 zilla parishad seats in which elections were held, the TMC won 522 seats and is lea...
18 May, 2018, 01.36 PM IST
Wake-up call for Trinamool after lotus blooms in tribal belts across north and south BengalBJP, in Purulia, has won 636 gram panchayat seats, 155 less than Trinamool’s 791. Next to BJP comes the Left Front with 162 and Congress wi...
18 May, 2018, 11.31 AM IST
West Bengal panchayat elections: Trinamool leads, BJP secondState Election Commission (SEC) sources said the TMC was also ahead in 2,317 gram panchayat seats for which counting is in progress.
17 May, 2018, 05.23 PM IST
BJP changes track, fields record Muslim candidates for West Bengal ruralState BJP president Dilip Ghosh said had the nomination process been peaceful, the party would have fielded more than 2,000 minority candid...
06 May, 2018, 01.31 PM IST
How Mamata Banerjee is planning for opposition-mukt West BengalWith Didi’s dictate, her party men have been poaching into the Congress and Left parties to an extent of having control over the districts.
20 Aug, 2016, 10.19 AM IST
Two killed, two injured making IED bombs in Malda Bengal in godown owned by TMC memberTwo men were killed while making bombs in a godown allegedly owned by a TMC leader in Malda district. The bombs exploded late in the mornin...
28 Dec, 2015, 07.41 PM IST
CPI(M) offers an indirect chance to Congress to form Malda zilla parishadThe CPIM on Tuesday offers an indirect chance to the Congress to capture Malda zilla parishad. The CPIM-led Left Front held a meeting on Tu...
06 Aug, 2013, 08.46 PM IST
Left will not intervene in hung Malda zilla parishad: Biman BoseLeft Front chairman Biman Bose said that Left Front had won 16 seats as also the Congress, with the TMC bagging six.
06 Aug, 2013, 05.13 PM IST
Poll vault: Mamata Banerjee's big win sparks some uncertaintiesBanerjee’s Trinamool (TMC) won 55.9% gram panchayats — the lowest tier of the three-tier panchayati raj— and the lifeline of rural Bengal.
31 Jul, 2013, 04.38 AM IST
Trinamool Congress wins 13 out of 17 Zilla parishads in West BengalMaintaining its wining spree, the ruling Trinamool Congress swept the three-tier panchayat polls in West Bengal capturing 13 out of 17 Zill...
30 Jul, 2013, 02.11 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress cruises to victory in West Bengal Gram Panchayat electionsHer partymen claimed that they will win 30 of the 42 lok sabha seats in West Bengal in 2014 and will play a crucial role in formation of th...
30 Jul, 2013, 06.23 AM IST
Panchayat poll result trends indicate Mamata Banerjee’s sweeping victoryMamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress is winning most of the gram panchayat seats, the counting for which is on.
29 Jul, 2013, 04.39 PM IST
Union Minister Abu Hashem Khan Chowdhury attacked near kaliachak in West BengalThe minister was holding a campaign rally for panchayat elections and travelling on a jeep. However, the minister escaped the attack.
17 Jul, 2013, 04.51 AM IST