West Bengal Polls
- India
West Bengal: 7 arrested for murder during post-assembly elections
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested seven people in connection with the murder of a man in May last year during the incidents of violence that broke out after the West Bengal assembly…
- India
Naseeruddin Shah seeks support for niece contesting Bengal bypolls
Kolkata: Veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah come out in support for his niece Saira Shah Halim, who is the CPI(M) candidate bypolls for West Bengal’s Ballygunge Assembly constituency slated to take place…
- Opinions
BJP’s pitch for renaming Hyderabad shows party has learnt no lessons from Bengal
Before the 2021 assembly elections in West Bengal, most analysts gazing at the public mood perceived that Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress would be ousted at the hustings. They were quite sure of…
- India
Mamata Banerjee secures chief minister’s seat, wins Bhabanipur bypolls
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Mamta Banerjee on Sunday secured her seat as West Bengal chief minister after leading the crucial Bhabanipur assembly constituency with a record margin of 58,832 votes. “I have…
- India
Centre, EC, Mamata govt to file response on Bengal post poll violence
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea for a court monitored SIT probe into post-poll violence in West Bengal. A…
- India
SC to hear plea on exodus of people in Bengal over post-poll violence
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea seeking directions to the centre and the West Bengal government to prevent alleged exodus of people due to “state-sponsored” violence…
- Politics
Poll analysis: Bengal Tigress Didi fights off powerful opposition; emerges third time lucky
Three features stand out as highlights of the outcome of the Assembly election in West Bengal. 1- The new House is totally bipolar with Trinamool Congress at a commanding height with 213 seats…
- Opinions
Can Mamata Banerjee be a potential PM candidate for 2024?
Kingshuk Nag The comfortable win by Mamata Banerjee in the recently concluded West Bengal assembly elections, beating Modi and Amit Shah’s BJP has raised speculation whether she will be a Prime Ministerial…
- India
West Bengal violence: Fake news, old images widely shared on social media
Kolkata: Only hours after Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress registered a landslide victory in West Bengal polls, reports of party-versus-party violence that left at least 12 people dead so far, poured in. Prime…
- India
After Mamata’s victory, where is Prashant Kishor headed next?
Hyderabad: After Trinamool Congress (TMC) registered a landslide victory in West Bengal assembly polls, one would have expected the much-famed political strategist Prashant Kishor, who was majorly responsible for the party’s victory,…
- Hyderabad
Asaduddin Owaisi condemns post-poll violence in West Bengal
Hyderabad: Regarding the post-poll violence in West Bengal, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said he condemns the failure of any government, in any part of India,…
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Can a person who lost election be appointed as chief minister?
All India Trinamool Congress won the election to the legislature of West Bengal, while its leader Mamata Banerjee lost in Nandigram, where she contested. She is reportedly going to swear in as…
- India
‘Don’t wish to say that I respect people’s verdict’, BJP’s Babul Supriyo on Bengal loss
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and union minister Babul Supriyo said that he does not want to respect the people’s verdict in the West Bengal assembly polls, the results of which…
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Siasat special: People repose trust in regional parties; Didi sets example of fighting off BJP juggernaut
Seen cumulatively, the outcome of the Assembly elections in four major states has a common message: regional parties with tested antecedents are back in favour. Secondly, the farther the people are removed…
- Politics
Trinamool gains from stardom, glamour fails BJP
Kolkata: In a star-studded Assembly election battle in West Bengal, in which both the ruling Trinamool Congress and the principal opponent BJP fielded more than a dozen actors and actresses as candidates, the…
