West Bengal Phase 2 elections: Women voters outnumber men in 23 Bengal seats, defying SIR cutsWomen voters are outnumbering men in many West Bengal assembly segments for the second phase of polling. This trend is prominent in urban a...
28 Apr, 2026, 05.45 PM IST
West Bengal Phase 1 elections: EVM glitches, violence disrupt polling in several areasVoting began in West Bengal's assembly elections amid disruptions. Electronic Voting Machine glitches caused delays at several polling stat...
24 Apr, 2026, 07.09 PM IST
West Bengal elections: High-pitched campaign for 152 seats in first phase ends; voting on April 23The high-pitched campaign for West Bengal's first phase of assembly elections concluded Tuesday, with the BJP and TMC clashing over elector...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.30 PM IST
Cooch Behar: TMC, BJP jostle for Rajbanshi vote in Bengal Assembly pollsCooch Behar is set for a fierce electoral battle as BJP and Trinamool Congress vie for dominance. Both parties are focusing on securing the...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.20 PM IST
West Bengal Election 2026: Voting time, total seats and documents to carry on poll day2026 West Bengal Assembly Election: Voters are urged to be fully prepared by checking their names in the voter list, carrying valid ID proo...
22 Apr, 2026, 02.33 PM IST
West Bengal Polls: ECI transfers 184 OCs, 83 BDOs to curb violenceThe Election Commission of India has undertaken a major reshuffle of 184 police officers and 83 Block Development Officers across West Beng...
29 Mar, 2026, 09.50 PM IST
West Bengal Poll violence concerns dominate voters' psyche at Dinhata, Sitalkuchi assembly seatsAn eerie unease grips Cooch Behar's Dinhata and Sitalkuchi constituencies as elections approach. A history of political violence between TM...
27 Mar, 2026, 12.26 PM IST
Sitalkuchi probe: Local court summons six Central Industrial Security Force personnel on November 16The Court has asked the six CISF personnel to give attendance in the court on November 16 as they failed to respond to the CID summons. The...
20 Sep, 2021, 08.39 PM IST
West Bengal post-poll violence: CBI registers another caseThe case, which was registered today, was earlier registered by the West Bengal Police at Sitalkuchi at Police Station in Cooch Behar distr...
15 Sep, 2021, 09.45 PM IST
Bengal Guv's plan to visit violence-hit areas triggers row with state govtWest Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar’s planned visit to Sitalkuchi and other places in Coochbehar district on Thursday to take an overview...
13 May, 2021, 07.52 AM IST
Sitalkuchi killings: CISF personnel fail to turn up for CID questioningThe six CISF personnel, including two officers, were on duty at polling booth number 126 in Jorpatki in Sitalkuchi assembly constituency in...
11 May, 2021, 08.25 PM IST
EC notice to West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh for 'there will be Sitalkuchi in several places' remarksThe notice cited Ghosh's alleged remarks that "if someone crosses his limits then you have seen what happened in Sitalkuchi. There will be ...
13 Apr, 2021, 01.33 PM IST
Poor and polarised Sitalkuchi was always the big contest between TMC and BJP in Cooch BeharBoth TMC and BJP leaders that ET spoke with before the polls admitted that it was Sitalkuchi –– one of the two seats out of a total nine se...
12 Apr, 2021, 10.02 PM IST
Mamata's advice to gherao central forces instigated people to attack CISF in Sitalkuchi: Amit Shah"Mamata Banerjee had advised people to gherao central forces. Is that not responsible for the deaths in Sitalkuchi? Her advice had instigat...
11 Apr, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
EC orders adjournment of polls at polling station no. 126 in West Bengal's SitalkuchiA spokesperson of the poll panel said the decision was based on an interim report filed by special observers. Detailed reports have been so...
10 Apr, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee appeals for calm, alleges CRPF opened fire on voters in SitalkuchiClaiming she had long apprehended such a situation after watching the "high handedness" of central forces for long, Banerjee said "after ki...
10 Apr, 2021, 01.44 PM IST
West Bengal polls: First-time voter shot dead outside polling boothThe youth, identified as Anand Burman, was dragged outside polling booth number 85 in Pathantuli area of Sitalkuchi while voting was underw...
10 Apr, 2021, 11.59 AM IST