After losing power, security stepped down outside TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's residenceSecurity outside TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Kolkata residence has been reduced. Locals report a calmer atmosphere and freedom to move. This...
06 May, 2026, 02.10 PM IST
West Bengal: CEC orders patrolling across state, action amidst threats of violenceWest Bengal news: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has instructed security forces in West Bengal to conduct continuous patrolling ...
06 May, 2026, 07.53 AM IST
BJP takes firm lead in West Bengal assembly polls; Trinamool trails way behind in early trendsThe political winds seem to be shifting in West Bengal as the Bharatiya Janata Party has decisively forged ahead in the vote count. Festivi...
04 May, 2026, 10.20 PM IST
West Bengal Assembly Poll: TMC offices vandalised across Bengal, BJP denies involvementTrinamool Congress offices and party materials faced alleged vandalism across West Bengal after the BJP's Assembly poll win. Incidents were...
04 May, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
West Bengal elections: Ruckus outside counting centre in Mamata's constituency, TMC claims entry of car with BJP flagWest Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: TMC workers in Bhabanipur alleged BJP cars entered the EVM strongroom. This incident follows Chief Min...
03 May, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
Murshidabad violence: Bengal elections turn violent amid TMC-AUJP clashes, stone pelting, crude bomb attack and proxy voting claimsMurshidabad Violence: West Bengal elections face unrest. Murshidabad saw clashes between TMC and AUJP workers. BJP candidate Agnimitra Paul...
24 Apr, 2026, 07.08 PM IST
Assembly Elections 2026: Voting ends in two states, Bengal voter turnout tops 90%, Tamil Nadu hits 84%Voters in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu turned out in large numbers for Assembly elections. West Bengal saw over 90% participation, while Tami...
24 Apr, 2026, 07.07 PM 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
Stampede deaths: BJP leader Jitendra Tiwari remanded to eight days' police custodyBJP leader Jitendra Tiwari was on Sunday remanded to eight days' police custody in connection with the death of three persons in a stampede...
19 Mar, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
West Bengal: Stampede in blanket distribution programme, three killedThree persons were killed and five others were injured in a blanket distribution programme at Asansol in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman di...
14 Dec, 2022, 11.51 PM IST
Police arrests lawyer for sending threat letter to CBI Court judgeSudipto Roy, the lawyer, had faked the signature of one Bappa Chatterjee, head clerk of East Burdwan Executive Magistrate and wrote the let...
30 Aug, 2022, 08.01 PM IST
EC transfers police heads of two West Bengal districts ahead of sixth phase of pollingThe EC also appointed Mitesh Jain in place of Sukesh Jain as the police coomissioner of Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate, the order ...
19 Apr, 2021, 06.31 PM IST
Ram Navami clash in Bengal: death toll reaches fiveBanerjee was on four day trip to Delhi to garner support for a federal front to fight against the NDA government. The chief minister return...
30 Mar, 2018, 10.39 AM IST
- Ramnavami procession: Fresh violence erupts in Asansol-Raniganj
The state government has issued prohibitory orders in the area and a group of three senior officials have been sent to Asansol with huge fo...
28 Mar, 2018, 08.38 PM IST
Union minister Babul Supriyo attacked with bricksLocal TMC leader Shivdasan said the BJP workers should have lodged protest with the administration instead of deciding to hold an agitation...
19 Oct, 2016, 07.51 PM IST
18% voter turnout in civic polls; violence in Bidhannagar, AsansolThe polls are a precursor to next year's assembly elections in Bengal with ruling Trinamool Congress and its arch rival Left Front once aga...
03 Oct, 2015, 12.03 PM IST
One dies in CITU, INTTUC clash at West Bengals Burdwan districtOne person died in a clash between Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) trade union activists at Jamuria in Burdwan district.
18 Aug, 2015, 12.08 PM IST