murshidabad district

New Delhi, March 25 In West Bengal, where Assembly elections are scheduled for April 23 and 29, there is a rush to "secure the spoils" from a direct political battle between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the principal opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – the minority mandate...

Kolkata, March 25 – Alleging that the TMC has gained votes from Muslim voters but has not provided adequate support to the community, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday claimed that Mamata Banerjee's politics have inadvertently benefited the BJP in West Bengal.Addressing a press...

Kolkata, March 25 Alleging that the TMC has gained Muslim votes but done little for the community, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi claimed on Wednesday that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's politics has helped the BJP grow in West Bengal.Addressing a press conference in Kolkata, Owaisi said that...

Kolkata, March 24 – Police seized a large quantity of cannabis from two districts in West Bengal on Tuesday, while firearms were recovered from another district.The Government Railway Police (GRP) recovered approximately 13 kilograms of cannabis from Platform No. 2 of Kharagpur Station in the...

Kolkata, March 23 – The Congress and All India Secular Front (AISF) are likely to release their respective candidate lists on Monday.The Congress party is expected to release its first list of 100 candidates for the 294-seat West Bengal Assembly. The AISF, which will have a seat-sharing...

Kolkata, March 18 – Like the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, suspended Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir, who recently floated his own political party, will contest simultaneously from two Assembly constituencies in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district in...

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...

Kolkata, March 16 – The judicial review process has been completed for almost one-third of the cases referred under the "logical discrepancy" category during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal said on Monday...

New Delhi, March 16 – The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain an appeal filed by the West Bengal government challenging an order of the Calcutta High Court that had refused to stay the investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the violence at Beldanga in the...

Kolkata, March 15 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Sunday a two-phase polling schedule for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections – April 23 and April 29 – even as the fate of over 42 lakh voters referred for judicial adjudication after being classified under the "logical...

Kolkata, March 15 With the assembly polls now announced, West Bengal is officially on track to chart the course of its government for the next five years. The following provides a look at some of the key constituencies in the districts, which could significantly influence the political landscape...

Siliguri (WB), March 14 Accusing the Trinamool Congress and the BJP of engaging in divisive politics in poll-bound West Bengal, CPI(M) state secretary Mohammed Salim said on Saturday that to love the country, one must shun politics based on religion, caste, or creed and speak for all.He...

Kolkata, March 13: The sensitivity mapping will determine the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the deployment of police observers in each district for the upcoming state assembly elections in West Bengal, which are scheduled to be held later this year.An insider from the...

Kolkata, March 11 – The Supreme Court has ordered the formation of a tribunal to hear appeals from those whose names were removed from the voter list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. However, Aam Janata Unnayan Party chairman Humayun Kabir said on Wednesday that he is not...

Kolkata, March 5 The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal’s voter list has created a major challenge for the Trinamool Congress (TMC), particularly in areas with a Muslim-majority population and the crucial 24 Parganas districts, ahead of the assembly elections. The ruling party is...

Kolkata, March 4 Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir, who was constructing a mosque modeled after Ayodhya's Babri Masjid in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, was provided with Y-Plus category security by the central government, a source close to the politician said.A central security team...

Kolkata, March 4 Humayun Kabir, the suspended Trinamool Congress legislator from the Bharatpur Assembly constituency in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal, said on Wednesday evening that he had received communication from the Election Commission of India (ECI) granting...

Kolkata, March 4 Alleging attacks on BJP workers in several districts ahead of the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, the main opposition BJP on Wednesday accused the ruling TMC of resorting to violence and intimidation to retain power in the state.Addressing a press conference, state...

Mathurapur (WB), March 2 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday intensified the BJP's campaign against infiltration, stating that while "only the names of infiltrators are being removed now" from the voter rolls, they would be "expelled from the state" once the party comes to power with a full...

Kolkata, March 2 The Election Commission of India (ECI) has provided details of the advance deployment of the 480 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) in two phases in West Bengal before the announcement of the polling dates for the Assembly election.Of these 480 companies, 240...