Kolkata, March 31 – As the election season unfolds in West Bengal, Bhabanipur is gearing up for two processions, two rival political rallies, and possibly the most symbolic showdown of the 2026 assembly elections.On April 2, Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari is expected to file his...
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Kolkata, March 26 The Election Commission has asked the West Bengal government to submit a panel of three officials for appointment as returning officers (ROs) in the Bhabanipur assembly constituency after the ruling Trinamool Congress objected to the posting of an officer who, the party...
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New Delhi, March 23 – The Bhabanipur constituency in South Kolkata, representing the state of West Bengal, is set for a fierce contest between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. Despite outward confidence, the Trinamool Congress is taking no chances...
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Kolkata, March 22 With an eye on the high-stakes 2026 West Bengal assembly elections, the ruling TMC held an organizational meeting in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's home constituency of Bhabanipur on Sunday, where party leader Abhishek Banerjee set an ambitious target of securing her victory...
Kolkata, March 21 – Tension gripped Bhabanipur, the constituency of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday over allegations that posters belonging to the Trinamool Congress had been torn down. The ruling party claimed that the BJP was responsible for the incident.However, the...
Kolkata, March 19 – Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, accused the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in the state of engaging in "atrocities" on Thursday.He made the accusation upon his arrival in the state's Bhabanipur constituency to...
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Kolkata, March 18 Former TMC leader Humayun Kabir announced the first list of 15 candidates for his newly formed Am Janata Unnayan Party on Wednesday, stating that the party would contest 182 seats in the West Bengal assembly elections and field a Muslim candidate against Chief Minister Mamata...
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New Delhi, March 17 – Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee refused to fall for the bait offered by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to avenge her 2021 defeat in Nandigram, which forced her to contest from the safer seat of Bhabanipur so that she could continue to be the Chief Minister...
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Kolkata, March 17 In one of its biggest candidate reshuffles in recent elections, the ruling TMC dropped 74 sitting MLAs, nearly a third of its legislative strength, while announcing candidates for 291 of the 294 West Bengal assembly seats on Tuesday, signaling a calibrated anti-incumbency...
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Kolkata, March 17 – The Trinamool Congress released its first list of 291 candidates on Tuesday for the two-phase April elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly, setting the stage for a fierce battle in the Bhabanipur constituency in South Kolkata, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...
Kolkata, March 2 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged an “EC-BJP nexus” behind the deletion of 63.66 lakh names from the state’s electoral rolls following the SIR, claiming that the exercise was designed to help the saffron party ahead of the 2026 assembly polls.In her...
Kolkata, March 2 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission over deletions in the post-SIR rolls, alleging a "nexus" between the poll panel and the BJP to disenfranchise genuine voters, and help the saffron party in the upcoming...
Kolkata, March 2 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission over deletions in the post-SIR electoral rolls, alleging a "nexus" between the poll panel and the BJP to disenfranchise genuine voters and help the saffron party in the...
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Kolkata, February 28 The publication of West Bengal’s post-SIR electoral rolls has not only pruned 63.66 lakh names from the electorate, but it has also redrawn the state’s demographic and political landscape ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, reshaping voter profiles across districts, border...
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Kolkata, February 12 A recent study has highlighted what it calls a "striking anomaly" in Kolkata's voter roll revision process, claiming that Muslims are disproportionately represented on the lists of discrepancies (LDs) across four assembly constituencies during the ongoing Systematic Area...