Kolkata, March 3 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for "holy harmony" among the people on Dol Yatra and Holi on Tuesday.She posted on her social media account, quoting two lines from a song about the Dol Yatra festival, written by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, in which the...
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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...
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Garbeta (WB), March 1 Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Sunday that the BJP's "Poriborton Yatra" (Change March) will lead to the overthrow of the Mamata Banerjee regime in West Bengal and bring the "double-engine" BJP government to accelerate development in the state.Before launching...
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Kolkata, March 1 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) aims to mount a strong challenge to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her Assembly constituency, Bhabanipur, in the upcoming Assembly elections.The leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and veteran BJP leader...
Kolkata, February 28 In a scathing attack on the Election Commission after the publication of post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal removing over 63 lakh names on Saturday, the ruling Trinamool Congress accused the poll panel of "invisible rigging" in collusion with the BJP.The saffron camp...
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Kolkata, February 28 – The final list of voters in West Bengal, as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, was published on Saturday.According to statistics, the names of approximately 47,000 voters were removed from the list for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's...
Kolkata, February 28 Ahead of the 2026 state assembly elections in West Bengal, the publication of the post-SIR electoral rolls on Saturday triggered fresh political ripples in Bhabanipur, a constituency represented by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, with over 47,000 names struck off and more...
Kolkata, February 27 – After a prolonged dispute, the West Bengal Police agreed on Friday to hand over the case diary in the recent Beldanga violence case in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The NIA is investigating the matter following...
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New Delhi, February 27 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been leading a sustained protest against the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, recently claiming that the poll exercise may lead to the removal of 1.2 crore voters.The State...
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Kolkata, February 27 – The Calcutta High Court, on Friday, sought a report from the Kolkata Police regarding the alleged heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, by a group of booth-level officers (BLOs) in front of the office of the Chief Electoral...
Kolkata, February 25 – Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, approached the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, raising serious concerns regarding his personal security and alleging a lack of adequate vigilance and protection by the state police authorities.His...
Kolkata, February 25 – The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Wednesday sought a detailed and comprehensive report from Kolkata Police Commissioner, Supratim Sarkar, regarding the incident involving the heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in...
Kolkata, February 24 Activists from the Trinamool Congress and the BJP clashed outside the CEO's office in Kolkata on Tuesday evening after TMC activists allegedly showed shoes to Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, and raised "go back" slogans.The BJP alleged...
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Kolkata, February 24 – Members of the Adhikar Raksha Committee, a representative body for Booth Level Officers (BLOs), were accused of throwing shoes at the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, after he arrived at the office...
Kolkata, February 23 – Mourning poured in from all corners of West Bengal's political spectrum on Monday for veteran leader Mukul Roy as both Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari mourned the death of the state's "Chanakya."Roy, 71, died of cardiac arrest...
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Kolkata, February 23 – Following the circulation of a video purportedly showing a civic volunteer engaging with West Bengal Police beating up a truck driver after he allegedly refused to pay extortion money, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, criticized the state...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his deep sorrow over the death of former Railway Minister Mukul Roy. In a social media post, the Prime Minister stated that Mukul Roy would be remembered for his political experience and his efforts to serve society.Union Home Minister Amit Shah also...
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Kolkata, February 23 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a statement on Monday mourning the death of Mukul Roy, a senior politician from West Bengal, who had served with both the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).In a message shared this morning on his official X...
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trinamool congress founding
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west bengal politics
Kolkata, February 21 – Various associations of West Bengal government employees, excluding the one affiliated with the ruling Trinamool Congress, are set to launch a two-pronged offensive against the state government ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections later this year over the issue of...
Kolkata, February 18 Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the ISKCON headquarters in Mayapur, West Bengal, on Wednesday.Shah arrived at the Kolkata airport and then took a helicopter to Krishnanagar in the Nadia district for his journey to Mayapur.State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya and...
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