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Murshidabad (WB), April 11 TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday labelled political rivals as "agents" of the BJP and promised to restore voting rights of disenfranchised citizens within a month of returning to power.Addressing a rally here, Banerjee identified three...

Murshidabad (WB), April 11 TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday labelled political rivals as "agents" of the BJP and promised to restore voting rights of disenfranchised citizens within a month of returning to power.Addressing a rally here, Banerjee identified three...

Kolkata, April 11 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address three rallies in West Bengal, which is heading for elections, on Saturday, as the BJP intensifies its campaign.Modi will hold the rallies in Katwa in Purba Bardhaman, Jangipur in the Muslim-majority district of Murshidabad...

Kolkata, April 10 Throwing down what could become the defining ideological battle of the West Bengal election, the BJP promised in its manifesto on Friday to implement the Uniform Civil Code within six months of coming to power, a move that may consolidate Hindu votes even as the TMC seeks to...

Patna, April 5 AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday criticised West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for the "unsatisfactory" representation of Muslims in the government sector in the state, and questioned their socio-economic conditions during the TMC rule.He also said that Muslims in some parts...

Kolkata, March 30 According to official data, a total of 78 nominations were filed on Monday across 152 assembly constituencies going to polls in the first phase of the West Bengal elections.Purba Medinipur was among the districts that saw a higher number of filings, with three candidates each...

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...

New Delhi, March 25 AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday alleged that the government has been "caught off guard" in handling the "energy crisis" amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, as it failed to build adequate strategic petroleum reserves.The Hyderabad MP said that India is facing...

Kolkata, March 24 West Bengal's minority vote bank, the political bedrock that powered the TMC's rise and helped the party sustain through election battles in the past 15 years, is showing signs of change ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, with smaller Muslim outfits, a resurgent Congress in...

In Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) focuses its 2026 election manifesto on women, minorities, and Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SC/STs) in an effort to counter the BJP's challenge and secure a fourth consecutive term.The manifesto, which includes 10 pledges, combines welfare...

New Delhi, March 20 Union minister Jayant Chaudhary allegedly received a death threat from an unknown caller, prompting a review of his security and a police investigation based on a complaint filed in the matter, officials said on Friday.Police said the caller has been traced to Murshidabad...

Kolkata, March 20 TMC MLA Humayun Kabir, who has been suspended from the party, said that the proposal to build a new Babri Masjid in Murshidabad, at his urging, could significantly influence the political landscape ahead of the 2026 West Bengal state assembly elections. He asserted that the...

Kolkata, March 20 Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir believes that the emotionally charged issue of constructing a new Babri Masjid in Murshidabad, along with the growing sense of political assertion among Muslims, could influence the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections.In an interview with

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...

Patna, March 7 – Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, on Saturday, dismissed the claims made by Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, an Independent Member of Parliament from Bihar's Purnea seat, regarding the alleged creation of a new Union Territory by merging districts of Bihar...

Patna, March 7 Union Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai, on Saturday dismissed speculations that a move was afoot to form a new centrally administered territory by carving districts out of Bihar and West Bengal.Rai, who is also a former Bihar BJP president, responded to claims made by...

Kolkata, March 6 Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of holding a sit-in in the heart of the city to protect infiltrators belonging to the minority community and labeling her as "anti-Hindu."Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a...

Kolkata, March 2 Ahead of the announcement of the West Bengal Assembly poll schedule, the Election Commission on Monday released the district-wise list for the deployment of 480 companies of central forces across the state.While 240 companies of central forces have already reached the state...

Kochi, February 28 Police on Saturday said they arrested five migrant workers and allegedly seized 30 kilograms of ganja from them in Puthencruz.Ashraf Mandal (56), Nuhunabi Mandal (45), Rofiqul (26), Ripan Mandal (41), and Yanus Ali Molla (42), all natives of Murshidabad in West Bengal, were...

New Delhi, February 23 – The ruling Trinamool Congress of West Bengal has intensified its political activities ahead of the state's upcoming Assembly elections, at a time when a multi-party contest for the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vote share seems inevitable.This includes conferring...