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Kolkata, March 9 – The ongoing political battle over the voter identification and registration (SIR) process in West Bengal spilled over into consultations with the Election Commission (EC) on Monday, as political parties met with the election panel separately. The Trinamool Congress (TMC)...

Kolkata, March 8 – The special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal has introduced a new political variable ahead of the assembly polls, with Election Commission data showing a marginally sharper decline in women electors than men – a shift analysts say could influence outcomes...

Kolkata, March 6 In a dramatic return to street politics that defined her rise, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday launched a protest in central Kolkata against large-scale deletions in the state's voter rolls following the SIR exercise, escalating the TMC's confrontation with...

Kolkata, March 6 – The political atmosphere in West Bengal intensified on Friday as TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee called for a "social and political boycott" of the BJP, accusing the Election Commission of attempting to disenfranchise over one crore voters through the Systematic Voters'...

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 As the West Bengal assembly elections approach, an unlikely political alignment is taking shape, with the ruling TMC, the opposition CPI(M) and Congress raising similar concerns about the post-electoral roll revision process.The key issue is the Election Commission's roll...

Kolkata, March 2 – A 28-year-old man died of a stroke in Birbhum district, West Bengal, with his family alleging that he had been under stress after his name was placed in the “under adjudication” category in the final electoral rolls published following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)...

Kolkata, March 2 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged an “EC-BJP nexus” behind the deletion of 63.66 lakh names from the state’s electoral rolls following the SIR, claiming that the exercise was designed to help the saffron party ahead of the 2026 assembly polls.In her...

Howrah (WB), Mar 2 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday asserted that criminals in West Bengal would be "in jail or God knows where" within a month of a BJP government coming to power in the state.However, he said eliminating joblessness in Bengal, from where a significant number of people...

Kolkata, March 2 Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will launch different segments of the BJP's 'Poriborton Yatra' (Change Campaign) in West Bengal on Monday afternoon, as the party intensifies its campaign ahead of the 2026 assembly elections.Shah is scheduled to...

Krishnanagar, March 1 Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of aiding infiltrators, Union minister JP Nadda on Sunday claimed that the original inhabitants of West Bengal will become a minority due to this.Addressing a rally in Krishnanagar, in the Nadia district, from where...

Kolkata, February 24 Both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP hailed the Supreme Court's order on Tuesday, allowing the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to deploy judicial officers from neighboring Jharkhand and Odisha to deal with claims and objections in the ongoing Special Intensive...

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...

Kolkata, February 23 Mukul Roy, a key strategist once hailed as the "Chanakya" of West Bengal politics, defined an era of silent political coups and shifting loyalties as a master of defection, yet ironically, he came to embody the very politics he perfected.With the passing of the founding...

Kolkata, February 23 Mukul Roy, a key strategist who was once hailed as the "Chanakya of West Bengal politics," died early Monday after a prolonged illness, bringing to an end a career marked by both engineering and participating in defections.One of the founding members of the Trinamool...

New Delhi, February 21 Union Minister Kiren Rijiju described the Supreme Court's order for the deployment of judicial officers to assist in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal as a "very significant directive" and stated that the Mamata Banerjee...

New Delhi, February 19 The Election Commission on Thursday asked 22 states and Union Territories, including Delhi, to complete preparatory work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) at the earliest, as the exercise is "expected to begin from April".Once the exercise is completed, all...

New Delhi, February 19 – The Enforcement Directorate has alleged "gross abuse of power" by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the state machinery for "illegally intruding" into raids at the I-PAC office and the premises of its director, in connection with an alleged coal pilferage...

Kolkata, February 19 Bishnu Prasad Sharma, a rebel BJP MLA, joined the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday, dealing a blow to the saffron camp just two months before the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections and creating further political tension in the Darjeeling Hills.Sharma, the...

Kolkata, February 18 With numbers firmly stacked in its favor, the ruling TMC is set to win four of the five Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, while the opposition BJP is expected to secure one, as the announcement of the election schedule set off political maneuvering and administrative...