West Bengal polls phase 1: Candidates report asset surge since 2021; BJP''s Adhikari shows declineCandidates in the West Bengal Assembly polls are declaring significant asset increases. Jakir Hossain's wealth more than doubled to over Rs...
17 Apr, 2026, 02.57 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
BJP not to field candidate for WB RS bypoll, TMC's Sushmita Dev likely to be elected unopposedThe by-election has been necessitated as TMC's Manas Bhunia quit the Rajya Sabha after winning the assembly election from Sabang in Paschim...
20 Sep, 2021, 02.36 PM IST
BJP vote surge in bypoll forces TMC, Congress to look withinThe district Congress leadership feels that defection of Manas Bhunia to the TMC to become its Rajya Sabha member has dealt a huge blow to ...
02 Jan, 2018, 12.55 PM IST
Trinamool clinches Sabang by-pollTrinamool candidate Gita Rani Bhunia got 1,06,179 votes while her nearest rival Rita Mondal of the the Left Front backed CPI-M secured 41,9...
24 Dec, 2017, 11.56 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi hails BJP victories in UP, Arunachal Pradesh bypollsPM Modi also expressed happiness over the party's improved performance in a bypoll in West Bengal.
24 Dec, 2017, 08.36 PM IST
BJP's victory in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh unsettles political equations in West BengalParty sources said several TMC leaders were likely to join the BJP in the days to come and the ruling party would find it hard to keep its ...
19 Dec, 2017, 04.36 PM IST
BJP's Gau-Vikash Prakastha offers help in securing Mudra Bank loans to cattle ownersThe Gau-Vikash Prakastha is ready to go all out to ensure Mudra Bank loans to cattle owners. The group is using this route to prevent cattl...
01 Aug, 2016, 02.29 AM IST
Opposition parties allege 'match fixing' between BJP and TMC"In some places people have voted freely and fairly. In some places people couldn't do so because of the reign of terror let loose by TMC g...
12 Apr, 2016, 01.02 AM IST
Congress voices protest against law and order situation in West BengalOpposition Congress members in West Bengal Assembly today voiced their protest against the law and order situation in the state.
18 Sep, 2015, 04.46 PM IST
Mamta Banerjee to face Congress, Left heat in DelhiWith West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee arriving in Delhi on Monday on a three-day visit, the state's politics is likely to play ou...
11 Aug, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
Congress gives state-wide bandh call in West Bengal on August 20Congress in West Bengal today gave a call for a state-wide bandh on August 20 to protest against "ongoing terror and violence".
09 Aug, 2015, 03.14 PM IST
Student refuses to felicitate minister, TMC goons kill himAround 1.30pm, TMCP supporters and outsiders barged into Sabang Sajanikanta Mahavidyalaya, where CP controls the students' union.
08 Aug, 2015, 10.37 AM IST
Third year student beaten to death by TMCPA third-year college student was allegedly beaten to death today at Sabang in West Midnapore district by the members of TMCP, students wing...
07 Aug, 2015, 06.53 PM IST
- Congress for all-party meet on political violence
Congress today urged CM Mamata Banerjee to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the rising levels of political violence in the state.
17 Apr, 2013, 07.14 PM IST
- Pranab's son and West Bengal PCC chief figure in Cong list
Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee, PCC chief Manas Bhuniya and Abu Hena figure in the Congress' list of 65 candidates.
25 Mar, 2011, 03.44 PM IST
- Bengal floods claim 25 lives, 22 lakh hit
Flood situation in West Bengal's West and East Midnapore districts remained grim on Friday with the death toll mounting to 25.
21 Jun, 2008, 04.24 AM IST