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Mamata asks Trinamool agents to seek recount if BJP leads by 500-700 votes
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday, May 2, instructed party counting agents to promptly seek a recount in booths where the BJP is ahead by…
- Kolkata
Bengal polls: SC rejects TMC plea on EC counting personnel rule
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Saturday said no further order was necessary on the TMC’s plea challenging the Calcutta High Court’s dismissal of its petition against an Election Commission circular on…
- India
West Bengal: Nearly 37 pc turnout till 11 am in repoll in 15 booths of 2 assembly seats
Kolkata: Nearly 37 per cent turnout was recorded till 11 am in repoll in 15 booths of two assembly constituencies in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, an official said. Voting was…
- India
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…
- India
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.…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- Telangana
Telangana BJP chief applauds EC as Bengal votes in final phase
Hyderabad: As voting began in the second and final phase of the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Wednesday, April 29, praised the conduct of…
- India
West Bengal polls: TMC’s Firhad Hakim says SIR may boomerang for BJP
The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls could boomerang for the BJP in the West Bengal assembly polls, senior Trinamool Congress leader Firhad Hakim said on Monday, asserting that people of the…
- India
NIA probes 79 crude bombs found in poll-bound West Bengal
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday, April 26, registered a case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal, officials said. The move came following a…
- India
Rahul Gandhi to hold West Bengal rallies today after rescheduling dispute
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to address election rallies in West Bengal on Saturday, April 25, with public meetings scheduled in Kolkata and Serampore after an earlier setback when…
- India
ED raids Kolkata, Burdwan in West Bengal PDS scam case
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday, April 25, raided several locations in poll-bound West Bengal as part of its money laundering investigation into an alleged PDS scam, officials said. Searches were underway…
- India
SC applauds high voter turnout, lack of violence in West Bengal elections
New Delhi: While hearing cases regarding West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, the Supreme Court on Friday, April 24, lauded the 92 per cent voter turnout and lack of…
- India
SC declines relief to 65 Bengal election duty officers whose names were deleted in SIR
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 24, refused to entertain pleas filed by several individuals from West Bengal, including 65 persons on election duty, against the deletion of their names…
- India
EC issues fresh post-poll guidelines for West Bengal assembly polls
Kolkata: The Election Commission issued a fresh set of post-poll guidelines for the West Bengal assembly elections, laying down strict protocols for handling surveillance cameras and video data after voting concludes, a…
