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Kolkata, April 10 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the transfer of 149 lower-level police officers, including inspectors and sub-inspectors, and their removal from any poll-related duties in West Bengal.Among the 149 officers transferred and removed from poll-related...

Kolkata, April 7 – A total of 1,586 candidates have filed nomination papers from 152 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, which will go to the polls in the first phase on April 23.Monday was the last day to file nominations for the first phase in West Bengal. According to an insider from...

Kolkata, April 6 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of maintaining a deliberate silence at his election campaign rally in Cooch Behar district on Sunday regarding the threat issued by Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, who said that...

April 05, New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an election rally in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, on Sunday, and also held a roadshow in the area.A large number of people gathered to see Prime Minister Modi during the roadshow, with enthusiastic crowds seen waving and greeting him...

Patna, April 5 – BJP National Spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain remarked on Sunday that it is not the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) that will be at fault during the upcoming two-phase elections in West Bengal, but rather the outcome of the ruling Trinamool Congress will be "negative"...

Kolkata, April 3 The IMD on Friday forecast thunderstorms in some districts of West Bengal starting from April 5, which is likely to provide relief to citizens from the prevailing hot and humid weather.Hot and humid weather is expected to continue in some southern districts of Bengal until...

New Delhi, April 2, Acting on the directions of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) requesting it to conduct an inquiry into the recent incident in West Bengal’s Malda district, where judicial officers deputed for...

In Sitalkuchi, West Bengal, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee criticized the Union government over the increase in commercial LPG prices, claiming that while the Mamata Banerjee administration was providing relief to people, the Narendra Modi-led Centre was "taking from them."Addressing an election...

Sitalkuchi (WB), April 1 Criticizing the Union government over the increase in commercial LPG prices, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee claimed that while the Mamata Banerjee administration was providing relief to people, the Narendra Modi-led Centre was "taking from them."Addressing an election...

Kolkata, March 30 The Election Commission has transferred officers-in-charge and inspectors-in-charge of 173 police stations across West Bengal, including 31 under the Kolkata Police, as part of measures to ensure free and fair Assembly polls, officials said.Officers posted in key...

Kolkata, March 24 Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress leader and former MLA Arghya Roy Pradhan joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.Rajbanshi leader Banshibadan Barman, associated with the Greater Cooch Behar People's Association (GCPA) faction and one of...

Kolkata, March 20 The IMD has forecast rain and hailstorms with strong winds in several districts of West Bengal on Friday and Saturday.Day temperatures are likely to fall by two to three degrees Celsius across most districts over the next couple of days, it said.Lightning, thunderstorms...

Kolkata, March 16 – The prospects of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition party in West Bengal, to strengthen its position in the state assembly largely depend on the results from the 152 constituencies across 16 districts that will vote on April 23 in the first phase of the...

Kolkata, March 14 – The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Kolkata's Alipore on Saturday predicted rain accompanied by thunderstorms and strong winds across several districts of South Bengal, including Kolkata, for the next few days.The impact of the rainfall is expected to be relatively...

Kolkata, March 12 Heavy thunderstorms accompanied by intense rainfall hit Kolkata and neighboring districts on Thursday evening, as the Met Department forecast similar weather conditions in parts of West Bengal over the next seven days.Heavy rainfall in Kolkata and the adjoining Salt Lake area...

Puri, March 10 A woman from Puri, Odisha, appealed to the state and central governments on Tuesday to rescue her daughter, alleging that she was kidnapped five years ago and has been held captive in Bangladesh since then.The woman claimed that her daughter had fled to the neighbouring country...

Kolkata, March 8 – The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Alipore, Kolkata, has forecast the possibility of thunderstorms and rain across the state, including Kolkata, starting from Sunday evening.The Met Office stated that despite the thunderstorms, the temperature will remain relatively...

Kochi, March 2 Two individuals were arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of a migrant worker at Kottachira near Kuruppampady, police said.The arrested individuals are identified as Pranjal Boruah (29) from Sibsagar, Assam, and Babul Bharali (26) from Lakhimpur, Assam.According to...

Kolkata, March 2 Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will launch different segments of the BJP's 'Poriborton Yatra' (Change Campaign) in West Bengal on Monday afternoon, as the party intensifies its campaign ahead of the 2026 assembly elections.Shah is scheduled to...

In a coordinated political offensive launched a day after the publication of West Bengal's post-SIR electoral rolls, the BJP on Sunday sought to use the deletion of names as a central political platform, alleging that "over 50 lakh infiltrators" had been removed and declaring that "the time has...