Bhabanipur: Why Mamata Banerjee's citadel remains a tough nut to crack for BJP's Suvendu AdhikariBhabanipur West Bengal Election 2026: The seat, a key West Bengal constituency, remains Mamata Banerjee's political anchor. She faces a str...
29 Apr, 2026, 06.38 PM IST
Bengal elections: Adhikari factor key in Tamluk-Kanthi battleground as BJP-TMC face offThe Adhikari family's political shift is heating up contests in Purba Medinipur's Tamluk, Kanthi Uttar, and Kanthi Dakshin seats. Once a TM...
29 Mar, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
Ex-judge & BJP MP Gangopadhyay admitted to ICU with gastrointestinal sepsisBJP Tamluk MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay, a former Calcutta High Court judge, was admitted to Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital in Kolkata on Sa...
15 Jun, 2025, 11.37 PM IST
West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 6: Tamluk , Kanthi, Ghatal and other constituencies vote on May 25. Key contests and other detailsThe BJP has replaced the incumbent MP of Medinipur, Dilip Ghosh, with the party's state Mahila Morcha president, Agnimitra Paul, as its can...
25 May, 2024, 09.46 AM IST
BJP strongholds in Bengal's Jangal Mahal region to go to polls in sixth phaseThe Jangal Mahal region, a stronghold of identity politics, braces for electoral battles as BJP-TMC rivalry intensifies. The penultimate ph...
24 May, 2024, 05.11 PM IST
Former Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay moves Calcutta High Court alleging police overactionFormer Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, BJP candidate, accused police of overaction. Calcutta HC to hear case. Malafide alleged to hinder electi...
13 May, 2024, 01.39 PM IST
Bengal to witness four-corner by-polls on April 9, BJP hopes to gainThe Contai (South) assembly seat fell vacant after Dibyendu Adhikary resigned from the state Assembly following his victory in Tamluk lok s...
21 Mar, 2017, 01.32 AM IST
Demonetisation helped to increase vote share in by-elections: Bengal BJPBJP Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh said during this year's assembly elections, they had got 12.29 per cent of the total votes polled in ...
23 Nov, 2016, 07.52 PM IST
By-elections conducted peacefully in BengalBJP has complained that one of their polling agents was kidnapped at Manteswar where assembly elections were on. Even though BJP has blamed...
19 Nov, 2016, 05.14 PM IST
Voting starts for bypolls in West BengalThe by-elections are being held in Cooch Behar and Tamluk Lok Sabha constituencies and Monteswar assembly constituency.
19 Nov, 2016, 09.28 AM IST
CPI(M) politbureau condemns attack on Bengal party chief, resorts to wildcat agitationThe politbureau issued a statement condemning attack on Mishra and said "What makes the attack reprehensible is that policemen watched."
17 Nov, 2016, 08.14 PM IST
Thirty companies of Central forces for November 19 Bengal by-pollsAll the key political parties---Trinamool Congress, BJP, Forward Bloc and Congress have fielded their candidates in Cooch Behar.
08 Nov, 2016, 07.04 PM IST
Congress not likely to field candidates in Bengal by-polls"Let the dates be announced, but we have not finalised anything yet. We will ensure that the TMC and the BJP do not get the benefit of divi...
17 Oct, 2016, 05.47 PM IST
198 nominations filed for fifth phase Lok Sabha polls in West BengalAltogether 198 candidates have filed nomination papers for the fifth and final phase of Lok Sabha election in West Bengal on May 12, Electi...
24 Apr, 2014, 10.34 PM IST
- Singur, Nandigram gear up for key roles in Act II
Singur and Nandigram voters will exercise their franchise in the second phase on Thursday when 17 constituencies in seven West Bengal distr...
06 May, 2009, 08.09 PM IST
- Nandigram debacle still haunts CPM
Killing of 14 people on March 14, 2007 at Nandigram over land acquisition for Salim Group’s SEZ is still fresh in memory. The CPM and the B...
04 May, 2009, 10.31 PM IST
- Post-delimitation, CPM chalks out plans to give Mamata poll blues
Delimitation of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal has stirred up a hornet's nest in the highest echelons of the CPM. The party is plann...
14 Jan, 2009, 03.30 AM IST