West Bengal
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West Bengal polls: EC transfers 83 BDOs, AROs across 18 districts
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday, March 29, transferred 83 block development officers and assistant returning officers across 18 districts of West Bengal, officials said. The large-scale reshuffle covers…
- India
ECI to adopt stricter norms for repoll in West Bengal Assembly elections
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to adopt a stricter approach to ordering repolls in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, with officials indicating that re-polling may now be…
- India
Bengal: Fire breaks out at TMC leader Abhishek’s stage at end of poll rally
Suri: A fire broke out at a corner of a dais just after the completion of an election rally by senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Saturday,…
- Kolkata
No dispute now: Ex-Calcutta HC judge after name appears on SIR list
Justice Sahidullah Munshi, a retired Calcutta High Court judge, clarified on Saturday, March 28, that his name, along with his wife and son, has now appeared in the second supplementary Special Intensive…
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Bengal: Violence during Ramnavami procession, Muslim shops set on fire
Kolkata: Tension gripped parts of Murshidabad district in poll-bound West Bengal during Ramnavami processions on Friday, March 27, after communal clashes broke out, with incidents of stone-pelting, vandalism and arson reported from multiple…
- India
Beyond CAA-NRC: SIR emerges as new axis of polarisation in Bengal
Kolkata: Communal polarisation in West Bengal is acquiring a sharper edge ahead of the 2026 assembly polls, moving beyond campaign rhetoric into sustained street-level mobilisation, with the SIR exercise emerging as a…
- India
Ex-Calcutta HC judge to move tribunal after name deleted from Bengal voter list
Kolkata: After the first supplementary list of “under adjudication” voters was published on Monday, March 23, Calcutta High Court’s retired judge and West Bengal Waqf Board chairperson Shahidullah Munshi claimed that his…
- India
Second Bengal supplementary voter list likely by March 27–28: EC
Kolkata: The second supplementary list under the SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal is likely to be published by March 27-28, a senior Election Commission official said. Around 36 lakh voter…
- India
Tightened security in Bengal’s tension hotspots for Ram Navami processions
Kolkata: Tension-prone pockets across different districts of West Bengal have been kept under a blanket security cover since Thursday morning, anticipating tension and violence over Ram Navami processions later in the day.…
- India
WB polls: Got offers from BJP, says snubbed TMC minister Manoj Tiwary
Snubbed from the ruling Trinamool Congress candidate list for the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections, former India cricketer and state minister Manoj Tiwary said he has received an offer from the BJP…
- India
TMC urges EC to remove Bhabanipur returning officer
Kolkata: The TMC has demanded that the poll panel remove Surajit Roy as the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency’s returning officer, alleging he has close links with BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who is locked…
- India
TMC bagged Muslim votes but did nothing for community: Owaisi in Kolkata
Kolkata: Alleging that the TMC bagged Muslim votes but did nothing for the community, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday, March 25, claimed that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s politics helped the BJP…
- India
BJP chief holds meetings in Bengal to step up poll preparations
Kolkata: BJP president Nitin Nabin held a series of organisational and strategic meetings in Kolkata to sharpen the party’s preparations for the 2026 assembly elections. Leaders of the BJP’s state unit said…
- India
ECI removes 73 returning officers in poll-bound West Bengal
Kolkata: In a significant development late on Monday evening, the Election Commission of India (ECI) removed as many as 73 Returning Officers (ROs) in West Bengal, which is scheduled to go to…
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It may split votes: Opposition criticises Owaisi–Humayun Kabir poll tie-up
New Delhi: Opposition leaders on Monday, March 23, criticised the alliance between the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir, saying such moves could divide votes…
