west bengal assembly elections

Kolkata, February 13 The Election Commission on Friday appointed retired IPS officer NK Mishra as the special observer for the ongoing Systematic Area Verification (SAV) exercise and the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.In an official communication, the EC stated that Mishra was...

New Delhi, February 13 The newly appointed chief secretary of West Bengal will meet the Election Commission's top brass here on Friday, officials said.Nandani Chakravarty assumed office as the state's chief secretary in January."It is natural that a relatively new chief secretary of a state...

Kolkata, Feb 12 The Centre’s directive mandating that all six stanzas of the national song, 'Vande Mataram', be sung before the national anthem, 'Jana Gana Mana', at official functions has triggered a sharp political face-off in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections.While the TMC has...

Kolkata, February 12 The number of phases for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections will be decided based on the availability of central armed police forces, a senior official at the state chief electoral officer's office said on Thursday.The CEO's office is in favor of conducting the...

Kolkata, February 12 West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose said on Thursday that the "Special Intensive Revision (SIR)" was now a "closed chapter" following the Supreme Court's verdict and expressed confidence that the Election Commission will conduct the upcoming Assembly elections in the state...

Kolkata, February 11 The Congress' decision to contest the West Bengal assembly elections independently has narrowed the opposition space, reinforced the state’s existing TMC-BJP dynamic, and shifted the focus from coalition arithmetic to vote consolidation in an increasingly two-cornered...