south 24 parganas district

Kolkata, April 11 – The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday drew the attention of the Election Commission of India (ECI) over alleged appointments of contractual staff as sector officers/assistants in the Kasba Assembly Constituency in South...

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 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 6 – The Calcutta High Court on Monday quashed a first information report (FIR) filed by the West Bengal Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) against the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a coal smuggling case, which the central agency was investigating.The FIR...

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 6 The Kolkata Police have filed an FIR against TMC candidate from the Behala West Assembly constituency, Ratna Chattopadhyay, and six others in connection with alleged vandalism in the Parnasree area of South Kolkata, officials said on Monday.The case was registered on April 5...

Kolkata, April 6 An FIR has been filed against the Trinamool Congress candidate for the Behala Paschim assembly constituency, Ratna Chattopadhyay, in connection with alleged vandalism in the Parnasree area of South Kolkata, police said on Monday.The case was registered on April 5 following...

Kolkata, April 4 – Following the arrest of a Trinamool Congress leader in Berhampore, West Bengal, another Trinamool Congress leader was arrested on Saturday in the town of Canning in the South 24 Parganas district, acting on the orders of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The arrest was...

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...

Kolkata, March 29 The Election Commission on Sunday transferred 83 block development officers and assistant returning officers across 18 districts of West Bengal, officials said.The large-scale reshuffle covers blocks ranging from Dinhata-II in Cooch Behar to Diamond Harbour-I and II in South...

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...

Kolkata, March 27 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday claimed that the violence and clashes in Basanti, in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, in which a police sub-inspector was also attacked by a group of miscreants allegedly linked to the ruling Trinamool Congress, were a...

Kolkata, March 26 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday sought a detailed report from the Kolkata Police regarding the murder of Trinamool Congress worker Rahul Dey (36), who was killed in a shootout between two rival groups while they were sitting and allegedly consuming alcohol...

Kolkata, March 26 Clashes erupted between BJP and TMC supporters during an election campaign by a saffron party candidate in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, with several police personnel also coming under attack while trying to control the situation.Eight people were detained in...

Kolkata, March 26 – Bharatiya Janata Party workers were allegedly attacked by Trinamool Congress activists in Basanti, South 24 Parganas district, on Thursday during an election campaign.Several police personnel were injured while trying to control the situation. The Bharatiya Janata Party has...

Kolkata, March 26 Clashes erupted between BJP and TMC supporters during an election campaign in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, with several police personnel also coming under attack while trying to control the situation.The incident occurred when BJP candidate from Basanti...

Kolkata, March 24 Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee outlined five key welfare pledges as he began campaigning for the West Bengal Assembly polls on Tuesday from Patharpratima in the South 24 Parganas district, setting a target of winning the seat by a margin of more than 40,000 votes...

Kolkata, March 24 Trinamool Congress All-India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee alleged on Tuesday that the BJP is attempting to intimidate Trinamool Congress booth-level agents (BLAs) by calling them and offering money.He claimed that the Election Commission has leaked the list of...

Kolkata, March 23 – The All India Secular Front (AISF) announced the names of its candidates for 23 assembly constituencies for the two-phase West Bengal Assembly elections, which are scheduled to be held next month.Although the AISF initially indicated that it would announce candidates for...