Kolkata, April 6 The Trinamool Congress and the BJP have filed complaints with the Election Commission against each other over alleged threats, hate speech, and abusive remarks, just weeks before the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections.The central issue is the BJP's candidate in Panihati, the...
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Kolkata, April 5 The TMC and the BJP filed complaints against each other with the Election Commission on Sunday over alleged threats, hate speech, and abusive remarks in the latest flare-up of an increasingly venomous battle weeks ahead of the 2026 West Bengal assembly polls.At the centre of...
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Kolkata, March 31 The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the transfer of administrative and police officers by the election panel in West Bengal, saying the petitioner could not establish that the actions were arbitrary and had harmed public...
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Kolkata, March 31 – A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed two public interest litigations (PILs) filed by a Trinamool Congress leader challenging the decisions of the Election Commission of India regarding the large-scale transfers of bureaucrats and police officers in...
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Kolkata, March 23 – The preliminary hearing at the Calcutta High Court on the public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to transfer several senior bureaucrats and police officers in poll-bound West Bengal concluded on Monday. The ECI’s counsel...
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Kolkata, March 20 TMC MP and senior lawyer Kalyan Banerjee moved the Calcutta High Court on Friday, questioning the Election Commission's transfer order of several IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal shortly after the announcement of assembly elections in the state.The petitioner named Chief...
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Kolkata, March 10 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee welcomed the Supreme Court order to set up Appellate Tribunals to hear voters' appeals on Tuesday, saying that a door closed by the Election Commission has now been opened.She described the order as a new ray of hope for people...
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Kolkata, March 9 – A delegation from the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday urged the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take action against four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member and Calcutta High Court senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee for...
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Kolkata, March 9 – The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in West Bengal, which will review the ongoing judicial proceedings on voter documents identified as having "logical discrepancies" as well as the preparedness for the upcoming crucial Assembly elections, will begin on...
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Kolkata, March 6 TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee sparked a political controversy on Friday after saying he would have "cut off the finger" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar if the latter had not been holding the constitutional post, alleging that the election panel chief had behaved "very...