Bengal: Hours before second phase polling, section 144 imposed in entire Nandigram
Apr 01, 2021, at 01:36 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Hours ahead of the polling, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday evening imposed CrPC section 144 in the entire Nandigram and Tamluk in East Medinipur district of West Bengal to avoid any untoward incident, officials said.
Bengal polls: Ex-cricketer and BJP candidate in Moyna Ashoke Dinda attacked during election campaign
Mar 31, 2021, at 01:07 am
Moyna/East Medinipur/IBNS: Two days ahead of the second phase of West Bengal assembly polls, former Indian cricketer and BJP candidate from Moyna assembly seat, Ashoke Dinda, was attacked and his vehicle was vandalized allegedly by TMC workers near Moyna Bazar in East Medinipur district on Tuesday evening, reports said.
Change is coming, says BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty after first phase of Bengal polls
Mar 28, 2021, at 09:48 pm
Bishnupur/UNI: The turnout in the first of the eight-phase West Bengal Assembly election indicates that 'poriborton' (change) is imminent, said veteran Bollywood actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty.
Will clinch over 26 seats in the first of Bengal polls: Amit Shah
Mar 28, 2021, at 08:25 pm
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party will clinch over 26 seats in the first phase of Assembly polls held in West Bengal.
Assembly polls: First Phase of voting underway in Assam, West Bengal
Mar 27, 2021, at 01:46 pm
Kolkata/Guwahati: The first phase of Assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam is currently underway amid tight security measures and maintaining protocols due to rising COVID-19 cases in the country on Saturday.
Mar 27, 2021, at 06:01 am
Purulia/West Bengal/IBNS: A vehicle requisitioned for poll duty was allegedly torched by unidentified miscreants in Bandwan in Purulia district of West Bengal on Friday night, hours before the first phase of the assembly election, reports said.
'Suvendu Adhikari harbouring armed criminals': TMC writes to Bengal EC
Mar 27, 2021, at 01:20 am
Kolkata/UNI: The ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, saying that BJP's Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari is harbouring armed criminals at least in nine locations.
Powers of Bengal SSA Surajit Kar Purakayastha to be kept in abeyance during polls: Officials
Mar 25, 2021, at 03:24 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After the Election Commission of India (ECI) had ordered the removal of West Bengal State Security Advisor (SSA), retired IPS Surajit Kar Purakayastha, Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay on Wednesday night directed to keep the functions and powers of the SSA in abeyance during the assembly election in the state, with an immediate effect, officials said.
Mar 20, 2021, at 02:35 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Demanding adequate security and voting rights for all sex-workers for the forthcoming West Bengal assembly polls, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee has called for a march in Asia's oldest and largest red-light area Sonagachi in Kolkata on Saturday (Mar 20).
West Bengal Assembly polls: Mamata Banerjee unveils TMC's manifesto
Mar 18, 2021, at 12:21 am
Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday unveiled its election manifesto, just days ahead of the first phase of the voting in the crucial assembly elections.
BJP workers protest outside party's election office in Kolkata over Bengal poll tickets
Mar 17, 2021, at 03:10 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The police on Tuesday used batons to disperse the protesters outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s election office in Kolkata as demonstrators resorted to stone-pelting after being upset with the party's choice of fielding candidates for some seats.
Mar 16, 2021, at 11:40 pm
Sabang/UNI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday claimed that the game of Mamata Banerjee was over and predicted a BJP's win in West Bengal Assembly polls.
Mar 16, 2021, at 05:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid agitations at multiple locations across West Bengal over BJP's candidates' list for the forthcoming assembly election in the state, Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah on Monday night chaired an emergency core meeting with the Bengal BJP leaders in a Kolkata five-star hotel, reports said.
Yogi Adityanath to address three election rallies in West Bengal tomorrow
Mar 16, 2021, at 01:06 am
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BJP's star campaigner Yogi Adityanath will address three election meetings in West Bengal on Tuesday.
Conspiracies cannot stop me: Mamata Banerjee
Mar 15, 2021, at 10:58 pm
Balarampur/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday said conspiracies cannot stop her and she will continue to fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Mar 14, 2021, at 11:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Nearly an hour after the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) released its candidates' list from its national headquarter in Delhi for the third and fourth phases of forthcoming West Bengal polls, BJP candidate from Howrah Dakshin assembly seat, Rantidev Sengupta, on Sunday evening expressed his unwillingness to contest in the polls.
Mar 14, 2021, at 09:19 pm
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday announced another round of candidates for the West Bengal Assembly polls.
After injury Mamata Banerjee to lead roadshow in wheelchair today
Mar 14, 2021, at 05:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Four days after Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured during a campaign trail in Nandigram, the Trinamool Congress supremo will attend her first public event on Sunday afternoon.
Farmers' leader Rakesh Tikait to hold Mahapanchayat in Nandigram against BJP
Mar 14, 2021, at 12:05 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Farmers' leader Rakesh Tikait, who is leading an massive protest against Centre's three new farm laws, will hold a Mahapanchayat in West Bengal's Nandigram, where Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is contesting polls against BJP's Suvendu Adikari.
'Full of insinuations': Poll body on TMC's letter over Mamata Banerjee protection
Mar 12, 2021, at 02:54 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission on Thursday reacted sharply to the allegations by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party that it had failed to provide protection to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was injured on Wednesday while campaigning in Nandigram.
Mar 11, 2021, at 02:42 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Left Front (LF), Indian National Congress (INC) and Indian Secular Front (ISF)'s alliance, Sanjukta Morcha, on Wednesday announced that CPI-M's youth wing, Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), leader Minakshi Mukherjee will take on TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and BJP's heavyweight candidate Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram seat in the forthcoming West Bengal assembly election.
PM Modi to address mega rally in Kolkata's Brigade ground, Mithun Chakraborty likely to attend
Mar 07, 2021, at 02:41 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will address a high-voltage rally in Kolkata's iconic Brigade Parade Ground which is expected to set the ball rolling ahead of the crucial Assembly elections in the state.
TMC MLA, former Asansol Mayor Jitendra Tiwari joins BJP
Mar 03, 2021, at 01:39 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (MLA) from Pandaveswar and former Asansol Mayor, Jitendra Tiwari, on Tuesday joined the BJP during the party's West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh's rally in Hooghly.
Feb 26, 2021, at 11:13 pm
New Delhi: The high-voltage Assembly polls in West Bengal will be held in eight phases from March 27 to April 29.
EC announcing poll dates for four states, one UT
Feb 26, 2021, at 10:38 pm
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India is currently announcing the dates for the upcoming Assembly polls in five states, including West Bengal.
Amit Shah visiting Rajbanshi leader with eye on Assam, West Bengal polls
Feb 11, 2021, at 05:01 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is on a visit to Rajbanshi community leader Ananta Rai in Chirang district of Assam, who is known to yield influence among his followers both in Assam and West Bengal.
Ahead of Bengal polls, Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui floats his own political party
Jan 22, 2021, at 03:16 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Few months ahead of the West Bengal assembly election, Pirzada of Furfura Sharif shrine, Abbas Siddiqui, on Thursday launched his new political party- Indian Secular Front (ISF), adding a new angle to the political battle for the state's minority vote-bank.
Did not want to continue as West Bengal CM: Mamata Banerjee says after TMC meeting
May 25, 2019, at 06:03 pm
Kolkata, May 25 (IBNS): At the end of the Trinamool Congress meeting following the Lok Sabha polls results which saw the party's seat getting reduced significantly from its 2014 tally of 34, Mamata Banerjee said she did not want to continue as the Chief Minister of West Bengal but her party insisted her to continue.
Lok Sabha Polls: Counting begins in Bengal at 8 AM
May 23, 2019, at 08:39 am
Kolkata, May 23 (UNI) Counting of votes for Lok Sabha elections today began at 8 AM in all the 42 seats in Bengal amid foolproof security arrangements to decide the fate of 466 aspirants.
West Bengal: BJP's Barrackpore candidate Arjun Singh engages in scuffle with police
May 06, 2019, at 10:18 am
Kolkata, May 6 (IBNS): BJP candidate from Barrackpore Arjun Singh on Monday allegedly engaged himself in a scuffle with the police during the polling in his constituency from the outskirts of Kolkata.