West Bengal Assembly Election Phase 1 2026: Suvendu Adhikari, Dilip Ghosh & Humayun Kabir among key candidates across constituenciesWest Bengal Phase 1 Elections 2026: Polling for the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections commences on Thursday, April 23. This sig...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.15 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
Bengal Election 2026 Dates: Phase 1 & 2 voting schedule, which districts vote when, exit poll timing & result dayBengal Election Dates: West Bengal gears up for a high-stakes 2026 Assembly Election, with the TMC seeking a fourth term against a resurgen...
08 Apr, 2026, 11.17 AM IST
Bengal: Rail blockade withdrawn after 5 hours; 2 trains cancelled, several divertedTrain services in West Bengal were disrupted. A rail blockade was held at Jorai station. The Greater Coochbehar People's Association demand...
11 Dec, 2024, 01.53 PM IST
Yet another Bengal woman claims she was stripped & hitThe woman, who has been hospitalised with head injury, told mediapersons that she was attacked by Trinamool workers when she had gone to fe...
04 Jul, 2024, 01.02 AM IST
Probe initiated into alleged assault on woman in Coochbehar post-pollMajumdar, the State President, has constituted a seven-member team to investigate the “inhuman” incident in Coochbehar. The team, led by Pa...
28 Jun, 2024, 08.41 PM IST
Political speculations arise as Mamata Banerjee meets BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj in CoochbeharTrinamool Supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharj at his residence in Coochbehar, spark...
19 Jun, 2024, 11.24 AM IST
West Bengal elections: Sporadic violence reported, TMC polling agent beaten in CoochbeharDuring the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, incidents of violence were reported, including the beating of a polling agent...
19 Apr, 2024, 12.09 PM IST
Last phase of West Bengal Assembly poll beginsMaintaining a tight security cover, the poll panel has deployed 361 companies of central forces assisted by a contingent of 12,000 state po...
05 May, 2016, 08.01 AM IST
BJP trying to break Coochbehar, Darjeeling: Mamata Banerjee"The BJP is trying to break Coochbehar and Darjeeling for narrow political gains. It always tries to fuel separate statehood movements in t...
03 May, 2016, 04.27 PM IST
Banshi Badan Barman-led Coochbehar movement gains momentum, three days onBarman said that the blockade will be withdrawn, once they get a written assurance from the union home ministry to discuss the issue with t...
23 Feb, 2016, 11.42 AM IST
Re-consolidation of separate Coochbehar statehood demand may influence W Bengal politicsErstwhile princely state Coochbehar state was included within India on the 28th Aug 1949 under a treaty between the then GoI and the King o...
21 Feb, 2016, 04.19 PM IST
Greater Coochbehar statehood movement gets fresh blood from Telangana development“Formation of Telengana is an example. If center can allow that, why not statehood to Coochbehar that has been kept as a district illegally...
21 Feb, 2014, 06.12 PM IST
Re-ignition of yet another separate statehood demand in BengalThe activists demand immediate attention of state as well as center with the legal angles of incorporation of erstwhile princely state Cooc...
02 Jan, 2014, 04.36 PM IST
Incentives to airlines to boost trade and tourism in West BengalIn a bid to promote travel and tourism and attract investment to the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced spec...
06 Aug, 2013, 10.50 PM IST
- Yet another old separate statehood demand in West Bengal all set to have a new life soon
With the legal angles of incorporation of erstwhile princely state Coochbehar within union of India in 1948 as the basis, the activists dem...
20 Jun, 2012, 06.47 PM IST
- Coochbehar airport likely to be operational in three months
The Coochbehar airport in North Bengal is likely to be operational in about three months time, trailing behind the schedule by a year.
30 Mar, 2008, 11.49 AM IST