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New Delhi, April 10 The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a fresh plea along with existing ones challenging the Election Commission's freezing of electoral rolls ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal on April 13.The election panel has finalized and frozen the electoral...

Kolkata, April 10 For years, the BJP’s relationship with the Matua refugees in Bengal was based on a single promise: if you support the party, we will resolve the long-standing uncertainty about your citizenship.However, the final electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)...

New Delhi, April 9 – Welcoming the high turnout in the first phase of Assembly elections on Thursday, which may be the highest in five decades, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar greeted voters and poll officials, emphasizing that the impressive voting figures reflect the people's trust...

Kolkata, April 9 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the BJP had deleted over 90 lakh names from voter lists during the SIR exercise to gain power in the state and asserted that her party would still win the upcoming Assembly elections.Addressing a public rally...

New Delhi, April 9 The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has raised serious concerns over large-scale deletions from electoral rolls in West Bengal, with its General Secretary M A Baby writing to the Election Commission seeking urgent intervention.In a letter addressed to Chief Election...

Kolkata, April 9 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP of deleting the names of over 90 lakh people from the voter lists to seize power in the state and asserted that her party will win the upcoming elections.Addressing a public rally in Minakhan, North 24...

New Delhi, April 9 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered 12 cases on Wednesday to investigate the siege of judicial officers, who were deputed for work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Malda, West Bengal.The move came following a directive...

New Delhi, April 8 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered 12 cases on Wednesday to investigate the siege of judicial officers, who were deputed for work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Malda, West Bengal.The move came following a directive...

New Delhi, April 8 Political activist Yogendra Yadav on Wednesday alleged that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is being used to "rewrite" voter lists, terming it a "targeted" exercise that may influence electoral outcomes in several constituencies.Addressing a...

Nadia (West Bengal), April 8 – The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President, Samik Bhattacharya, described the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in the state as a political contest pitting "the public against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee."Speaking to reporters during a BJP...

Kolkata, April 8 "At times, I feel like starting to practice law again," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday, targeting the BJP and the election panel over large-scale deletions of names from voter rolls under the SIR, while asserting that the TMC would move court over...

Kolkata, April 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday criticized the BJP and the Election Commission over the deletion of voters' names during the SIR exercise and said her party would move a court again to resist the removal of electors from the electoral rolls.Her comments...

New Delhi, April 8 A Trinamool Congress delegation's meeting with the Election Commission on Wednesday ended on a contentious note, with the leaders saying the Chief Election Commissioner asked them to "go away" and the commission accusing them of "shouting".A TMC delegation – comprising its...

Kolkata, April 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday criticized the BJP and the Election Commission over the deletion of voters' names during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and said her party would move court again to resist the removal of electors from the...

Kolkata, April 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday criticized the BJP and the Election Commission over the deletion of voters' names during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and said her party would file another petition in court to resist the removal of voters...

Kolkata, April 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination papers as the TMC candidate for the Bhabanipur assembly seat, and said that everything in her life began from here.Amid a crowd of supporters raising slogans of 'Mamata Banerjee zindabad' and 'TMC...

New Delhi, April 7 A Trinamool Congress delegation will meet the Election Commission on Wednesday and raise the issue of people being "deprived of their right to vote" due to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the party said here and slammed the deletion of around 27 lakh...

Kolkata, April 7 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday accused the BJP-led Centre of undermining the “pride and self-esteem” of the Rajbanshi community in north Bengal by failing to fulfill key election promises.Addressing a meeting in the Natabari Assembly constituency in Cooch Behar...

Kolkata, April 7 The TMC and the BJP are two sides of the same coin, and West Bengal needs a new coin, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday, as he hailed his party's decision to go solo after 20 years and offer the state a "third path."Addressing a press conference on the launch of...

In Kolkata, nearly 91 lakh voters were removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal after the completion of the process to review voter information, according to data from the Election Commission. This could have a significant impact on the upcoming state assembly elections.Chief Minister...