Elections
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Bengal: Repolling in 15 booths of 2 assembly seats concludes, nearly 87 pc turnout till 5 pm
Kolkata: Repolling in 15 booths of two assembly constituencies in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district concluded at 6 pm on Saturday, with around 87 per cent turnout recorded an hour before…
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Bengal: Over 72 pc turnout till 3 pm in repoll in 15 booths of 2 assembly seats
Kolkata: Over 72 per cent turnout was recorded till 3 pm in repoll in 15 booths of two assembly constituencies in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Saturday, an official said.…
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SC to hear TMC’s plea against Calcutta High Court order today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India is set to hear on Saturday, May 2, a petition filed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) challenging an order of the Calcutta High Court that…
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Bengal: EC orders repolling at 15 booths in South 24 Parganas district on May 2
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday, May 1, ordered a repoll at 15 polling stations spread across two Assembly constituencies in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, declaring the…
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Bengal polls: EC rules out malpractice, imposes curbs at strongrooms
Kolkata: A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spent hours at the EVM strongroom of her Bhabanipur constituency, alleging possibilities of malpractices, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal on Friday,…
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TMC–BJP clash at Kolkata counting centre; Mamata monitors strong room
Kolkata: A scuffle broke out between workers of the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) outside the counting centre at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata on Thursday, April 30 following…
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Day after Bengal polls ends, I-PAC chief gets bail with no objection from ED
Kolkata: A Delhi court on Thursday, April 30, granted Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) co-founder and director Vinesh Chandel bail a day after the West Bengal Assembly elections concluded on Wednesday, April 29.…
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Trinamool rejects West Bengal exit polls, cites 2021 miss
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, April 29, dismissed exit poll predictions indicating an edge for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the West Bengal Assembly elections, citing past instances where such…
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Who will win Bengal, Assam, TN, Kerala, Puducherry? Here’s what exit polls say
With elections coming to a close in West Bengal on Wednesday, April 29, as well as in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry, all eyes are now on exit poll predictions, with…
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BJP’s Pravesh Wahi elected Delhi mayor
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor from Rohini East, Pravesh Wahi, was elected mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday, April 29. Wahi secured 156 votes, with 14…
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Kolkata Port voter drop raises uncertainty for TMC stronghold
Kolkata: A sharp decline in the number of voters following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has injected an element of uncertainty into the Kolkata Port Assembly constituency, considered a…
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Bengal polls: Kejriwal urges 27 lakh deleted voters to support TMC
Kolkata: AAP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday, April 26, alleged that BJP-EC conspiracy led to the deletion of the names of 27 lakh voters from the West…
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BJP wiped out Mamata’s govt in the first phase of polls: Amit Shah
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday, April 26, said the BJP will end “goonda raj” and “syndicate raj” in West Bengal if the party comes to power in the state.…
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Bengal polls: Mamata carries out padyatra in Kolkata’s Bhabanipur
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday, April 26, led a ‘padyatra’ in her Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in south Kolkata, accompanied by thousands of party supporters, as the election campaign…
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TMC will uproot BJP, come back to power Bengal with 225 seats: Abhishek Banerjee
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday, April 25, asserted that his party will return to power in West Bengal after winning 225-odd seats in the 294-member assembly. Addressing…
