West Bengal Polls
- 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…
- Elections
Bengal saved India today: Mamata on landslide victory
Kolkata: Thanking the people as the Trinamool Congress headed for a landslide victory in the assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that West Bengal has “saved” India with its…
- Elections
TMC consolidates lead in Bengal, trends hint at huge victory
Kolkata: The ruling TMC looks set to retain power in West Bengal with its candidates leading in 187 of the state’s 292 seats that went to poll against BJP’s 85, as trends were…
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Last phase of West Bengal assembly election
Kolkata: Voters stand in a queue outside a polling station to cast their votes during the last phase of West Bengal Assembly Elections, in Kolkata, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ashok Bhaumik))…
- Elections
Final phase polling peaceful in Bengal; over 76 pc turnout till 5 pm
Kolkata: At least 76.09 per cent voter turnout was registered till 5 pm in 35 assembly constituencies where voting was held for the eighth and final phase on Thursday and the polling was…
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Shiv Sena slams Centre over COVID-19 crisis, criticises SC for being ‘spectator’
Mumbai: In an editorial in its mouthpiece “Saamana”, the Shiv Sena on Thursday slammed the Central government over the ‘COVID-crisis’ across the country. It has also hit out at the Supreme Court…
- Elections
79% turnout in 6th phase of Bengal polls amid stray incidents of violence
Kolkata: Though there were some sporadic incidents, but in an overall peaceful day of polling on Thursday, 79.09 per cent voter turnout was recorded for the sixth phase of Assembly elections in West…
- India
PM Modi calls off West Bengal campaign on Friday to attend COVID review meeting
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be visiting West Bengal on Friday to address poll meetings as he will be chairing high-level meetings here to review the prevailing COVID-19 situation.…
- India
Can’t surrender Bengal to two goons of Delhi: Mamata
Dakshin Dinajpur: With polling underway for the sixth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stated that she cannot surrender the state to the “two goons…
- Elections
24-hour campaign ban on BJP’s Dilip Ghosh over his Sitalkuchi remarks
New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday evening imposed a 24-hour campaign ban on the BJP’s West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh for his “there will be Sitalkuchi in several places” remarks. The order said…
- Opinions
Opinion: Didi or Dada, will Bengal be the loser?
Kingshuk Nag Whether it is Didi or Dada, West Bengal will be the loser in the high decibel assembly election that is presently on and drawing massive national attention. If Didi’s Trinamool…
- Elections
Mamata stages dharna to protest EC’s move to ban her campaign for 24 hrs
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday sat on a dharna in the heart of the city to protest against the Election Commission’s “unconstitutional” decision to ban her…
- Elections
Mamata to stage dharna in Kolkata Tuesday to protest EC’s ban on her
Kolkata: Lashing out at the Election Commission over its decision to bar her from campaigning for 24 hours, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she would stage a dharna in the city…
- India
Rajasthan betting hub puts its money on BJP in West Bengal polls
Jaipur: Phalodi, a small Rajasthan town that is home to the famous betting market, predicts a clear victory for the BJP in the ongoing West Bengal polls, giving it 150-160 seats in the…
- Top Stories
Modi & the virus: Criminal confusion on Covid flows from the top
This story is about a virus and a major problem. Let’s start simple. It is popularly believed that a strong leader is always clear about what he is doing. He is never…
- Elections
Mamata demands Amit Shah’s resignation after 4 people were killed in Cooch Behar
Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday sought Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation over firing by central forces at Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar, killing four people. Banerjee, speaking at a public…
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Bengal polls: 4 killed as central forces open fire in Cooch Behar
Sitalkuchi (WB): Four persons were killed as central forces allegedly opened fire after coming under attack from locals, who “attempted to snatch their rifles”, in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district on Saturday, police…
- India
Highest force deployment for fourth phase of Bengal polls
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India has decided to deploy 789 companies of Central forces — the highest force concentration so far — in the fourth phase of elections in West Bengal when…
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West Bengal polls: AIMIM announces list of seven candidates
Hyderabad: The All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) will contest from seven assembly constituencies in the ongoing West Bengal elections. The party on Tuesday announced that it will be putting up candidates in…
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