north 24 parganas district

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)...

Kolkata, April 9 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a "factory of outsiders" which has no place in the poll-bound state.Addressing an election rally in Panihati of North 24 Parganas district, Chief Minister Banerjee criticized...

Kolkata, April 9 Amid the intense campaigning for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold three consecutive rallies in three districts on Thursday.Union Home Minister Amit Shah will also arrive in Kolkata on Thursday, with a packed campaign...

Kolkata, April 8 The Calcutta High Court granted bail to multi-crore Saradha Ponzi scam accused Sudipta Sen in the last two of the over 300 criminal cases against him, paving the way for his release from jail after 13 years.A division bench of the high court granted bail to Sen in two cases...

Kolkata, April 8 – At least three people died, and ten others were injured in a head-on collision between a speeding four-wheeler and an auto-rickshaw carrying passengers on Wednesday in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.The horrific road accident occurred on the Basanti Highway in the...

Kolkata, April 8 The West Bengal state assembly elections in 2026 will be held on a newly drawn electoral map by the Election Commission, which has removed over 90.83 lakh names from the voter rolls, significantly altering the electoral landscape in numerous constituencies and creating...

In Kolkata, nearly 91 lakh voter names were removed from the electoral rolls following the completion of the Systematic Identification of Voter Eligibility (SIVE) exercise in West Bengal. This move, according to the Election Commission, has further polarized the political landscape, turning the...

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...

Kolkata, April 7 The Election Commission's disclosure on Tuesday that around 91 lakh names had been deleted from West Bengal's electoral rolls after the Special Intensive Revision triggered a political uproar, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the BJP of targeting Matuas and...

Barrackpore (WB), April 7 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the ruling Trinamool Congress, accusing them of pursuing "politics of appeasement", encouraging infiltration for electoral gains, and allowing Bengal to descend...

Kolkata, April 7 – Nearly 91 lakh voters have been removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal following a special revision exercise in the state, according to data released by the Election Commission.The election panel has not yet officially announced the final voter list after the...

In West Bengal, the Election Commission has released the complete list of voters under judicial review as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) for the electoral roll. For the first time, details have been published at the district level, clearly indicating whether voters are eligible or...

Kolkata, April 7 – With the judicial process for voters in West Bengal concluding after midnight on Monday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has estimated that the total number of deleted voters in West Bengal has risen to approximately 91 lakh.However, the number might increase slightly...

Kolkata, April 6 Thousands of people whose names were removed from the electoral rolls queued up across West Bengal since Monday morning to present their cases before judicial officers, as tribunals for the adjudication of appeals began functioning in the state.Monday is the last day for...

Kolkata, April 5 The IMD on Sunday forecast thunderstorms in some districts of West Bengal until April 9, which would bring down maximum temperatures by a few degrees.Favorable wind patterns and strong moisture from the Bay of Bengal are likely to bring light to moderate rain over most...

Kolkata, April 4 The ruling TMC on Saturday announced election committees for 29 assembly constituencies in six districts.Committees were announced for the constituencies of Panskura Purba, Moyna, Nandakumar, Mahisadal, and Haldia in Purba Medinipur.The party also named committees for Haroa...

Kolkata, March 31 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its fourth list of party candidates for the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal on Tuesday.The fourth list includes a total of 13 new names. In addition, the BJP also changed the party candidate for the Maynaguri...

New Delhi, March 30 A day after resigning from the Trinamool Congress, West Bengal MLA Qazi Abdur Rahim joined the Congress on Monday, saying he has "returned home".Rahim, the sitting MLA from the Baduria constituency in North 24 Parganas district, had resigned from all his party posts on...

Kolkata, March 29 – Driven by resentment over being denied a party ticket to contest the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, Quazi Abdur Rahim, the outgoing MLA from the Baduria Assembly seat in the North 24 Parganas district, quit the Trinamool Congress on Sunday.In a lengthy post on his...

Kolkata, March 28 Communal polarization in West Bengal is intensifying ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, moving beyond campaign rhetoric into sustained mobilization at the grassroots level, with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise emerging as a key flashpoint in the state's...