SIR exercise may boomerang for BJP in Bengal polls, people in support of Mamata: TMC's Firhad HakimFirhad Hakim of the All India Trinamool Congress said the voter roll revision could backfire on the Bharatiya Janata Party in the West Beng...
27 Apr, 2026, 07.38 PM IST
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Key Issues: Jobs distress, welfare politics and identity battles shape high-stakes TMC vs BJP contestWest Bengal Election 2026: West Bengal is voting in its 2026 Assembly elections. The political battle is intense, focusing on economic hard...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.42 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee alleges BJP planted 'cherry-picked' officers at airport to cause delay in flight opsWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accuses the BJP of obstructing her flight and targeting TMC workers. She criticises the central ...
21 Apr, 2026, 09.39 AM IST
Murshidabad’s forgotten crisis: Beedi workers struggle amid charged political debates, SIR deletionsIn Murshidabad's beedi belt, children work alongside mothers to meet daily targets. Families earn meager wages for rolling beedis. Contract...
20 Apr, 2026, 11.07 AM IST
Had Mamata Banerjee worked with ECI, SIR wouldn't be so complicated: Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryCongress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury criticizes Mamata Banerjee's role in voter list issues. He states the Congress will contest all asse...
18 Apr, 2026, 11.14 PM IST
Bengal Polls: Voting for any party other than TMC means vote for BJP, says Abhishek BanerjeeAbhishek Banerjee urged Murshidabad voters to support TMC for development and stability. He accused opposition parties of aligning with the...
18 Apr, 2026, 09.15 PM IST
ET Graphics: Bengal picture abhi bhi baaki hai; SIR’s changing playbookIndia's Election Commission is revising voter lists, removing over 5.98 crore names. The process, starting in Bihar, has changed significan...
18 Apr, 2026, 03.13 PM IST
"In name of women empowerment, BJP pushing dangerous delimitation exercise": TMCPolitical tensions in West Bengal are heating up ahead of the Assembly elections, as Trinamool Congress (TMC) slammed BJP over the Delimita...
17 Apr, 2026, 08.20 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
West Bengal elections: Mass deletions in Murshidabad spark identity and citizenship fearsIn Murshidabad district, the electoral landscape is shifting dramatically as thousands discover their names missing from voter rolls. Famil...
15 Apr, 2026, 12.25 PM IST
Indigenous identity absent in 2024 Lok Sabha elections: Prabajan Virodhi ManchPrabajan Virodhi Manch criticizes the lack of focus on protecting indigenous identity in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The political discou...
02 Apr, 2024, 09.07 AM IST
Biometric details locked, can’t have Aadhaar; blame it on NRCThose who already have Aadhaar are able to avail of the benefits of welfare schemes. But Aadhaar coverage is low in Assam compared with the...
17 Mar, 2021, 03.45 PM IST
Pan India NRC is a political rhetoric of BJP, can never be a reality : MamataThe National Register of Citizens - implemented in Assam, recently - is aimed at weeding out non-Indians; the BJP has been mulling a larger...
03 Dec, 2019, 07.59 PM IST
NRC list: No one will be harassed, Rajnath Singh tells Mamata BanerjeeThe NRC final draft list has left out names of several genuine Indian citizens for different reasons, including those whose claims could no...
01 Aug, 2018, 07.51 AM IST
Mayawati seeks all-party meeting on NRCIn a terse reaction, state BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey said the Bahujan Samaj Party leader was working in tandem with the Congress to sa...
01 Aug, 2018, 07.46 AM IST
Citizens security is our utmost priority: Amit Shah on NRC listTaking on the opposition, Shah said that the entire NRC exercise was done under the watchful eyes of the Supreme Court. He urged all the pa...
31 Jul, 2018, 06.20 PM IST
Assam's NRC update triggers war of words between Congress and oppositionThe AGP alleged that the Congress is hatching a conspiracy to replace the names of indigenous people with names of the illegal Bangladeshi ...
14 Jul, 2015, 12.29 PM IST