Trinamool wins big, BJP distant second in Bengal Panchayat PollsThe rural body elections were considered a key test for Bengal's ruling Trinamool and opposition BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Out...
12 Jul, 2023, 12.21 AM IST
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
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
WB panchayat polls: Mamata Banerjee to kick-start full-scale campaign on MondayWest Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will kick-start her full-scale campaign for the July 8 panchayat el...
24 Jun, 2023, 07.36 PM IST
West Bengal panchayat poll: Violence in various parts of the state over nomination filingSupporters of Indian Secular Front (ISF) and TMC clashed in Bhangore area of South 24 Parganas, nearly 30 km from Kolkata. A huge police co...
14 Jun, 2023, 04.06 PM IST
Controversy erupts after Mamata Banerjee asks Superintendent if he gets calls from GovernorFormer IPS officers objected to the CM's comments, made at an event in Kolkata, and said it will demoralise the morale of the senior IPS an...
04 Feb, 2022, 08.28 AM IST
BJP will face more disasters in Bengal if wrong candidates are chosen again: RoyThe tussle between former Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy and BJP Bengal leaders continues even as Roy cries foul and claimed that after t...
18 Nov, 2021, 08.37 PM IST
BJP's focus is UP polls instead of tackling COVID-19, claims Shiv SenaEarlier, there were demands that elections in Assam, West Bengal and other states be postponed or held in a single phase. But, the polls in...
26 May, 2021, 11.09 AM IST
WB panchayat polls: SC to pass order on BJP's plea on Apr 9In its plea, BJP sought an extension of the last date of nomination, which is April 9, and online availability of nomination papers.
06 Apr, 2018, 01.19 PM IST
Panchayat polls in Bengal will be quarter-final: BJPState BJP president Dilip Ghosh said that the party would put up a strong fight against the Trinamool Congress in the panchayat election
02 May, 2017, 09.09 PM IST
West Bengal seeks World Bank loan to finish projects before 2016 pollsThe minister, however, refused to comment on whether the loan appeal to World Bank had been lined up keeping in mind next year's Assembly e...
09 Nov, 2015, 10.30 AM IST
No chance of alliance with TMC : Shakeel AhmadThere is no chance of an alliance between Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the coming Lok Sabha poll, Shakeel Ahmad said.
23 Sep, 2013, 07.48 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee's veiled dig at Narendra ModiWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said only a person who loved all sections of people could be a national leader.
18 Jul, 2013, 05.32 PM IST
Left to win in fair poll: Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeCPM leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee claimed that a free and fair panchayat poll would see a political victory for the Left in rural West Ben...
10 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Hold panchayat polls in West Bengal after roll revision: Left to Election CommissionFour Left parties today asked the Election Commission not to allow panchayat elections in West Bengal to be held before the revision of ele...
28 Sep, 2012, 04.37 PM IST
- TC and CPI-M cadres clash in Nandigram
Stray incidents of violence were reported from trouble-torn Nandigram as CPI(M) and Trinamool Congress supporters indulged in clashes after...
22 May, 2008, 01.37 PM IST
- Notice for acquiring land near Nandigram spark protests
The WB government has issued a notice for acquiring nearly 500 acres of agricultural land at Geonkhali, near Nandigram sparking protest by ...
20 May, 2008, 03.29 PM IST