west bengal assembly elections

Kolkata, April 10 The BJP on Friday unveiled its manifesto for the West Bengal Assembly polls, promising to tackle infiltration, implement a Uniform Civil Code, and provide extensive welfare packages for women, youth, farmers, and state government employees if the party wins.Union Home...

The review of nomination papers for the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections will take place today. The deadline for filing nominations for the 142 seats in this phase ended yesterday, with April 13 set as the final date for withdrawing candidacies. Prominent figures such as BJP...

New Delhi, April 10 The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a fresh plea along with existing ones challenging the Election Commission's freezing of electoral rolls ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal on April 13.The election panel has finalized and frozen the electoral...

Kolkata, April 10 Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata on Friday to release the BJP's election manifesto for the West Bengal assembly polls, and to campaign for the party.He was received at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport by BJP state president Samik...

New Delhi, April 10 – The political controversy escalated in West Bengal on Friday after Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) President Humayun Kabir strongly rejected allegations following the release of a purported video by the Trinamool Congress, which claimed his proximity to BJP leaders and...

Kolkata, April 10 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah will release the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election manifesto for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal, scheduled later this month, on Friday.The BJP is referring to the manifesto as the "Sankalp Patra". HM Shah announced this...

New Delhi, April 10 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared glimpses of the enthusiasm witnessed in Asansol on Friday, stating that the people of West Bengal are supporting the BJP's development agenda and will not support the Trinamool Congress.In a post on the social media platform X, PM Modi...

Kolkata, April 10 – The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), led by Asaduddin Owaisi, announced on Friday its decision to withdraw from its previously announced alliance with former Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir and the new political outfit floated by the latter for the...

Thiruvananthapuram/Guwahati, April 9 Assam recorded a record voter turnout of over 85.64 per cent, while Kerala witnessed impressive polling with more than 78 per cent in the assembly elections on Thursday, according to the latest Election Commission figures. The ruling parties in both states...

Kolkata, April 9 Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand on Thursday directed senior officers to maintain strict vigilance and conduct night patrols from 10 pm to 2 am in preparation for the upcoming assembly elections.In a meeting with senior officers, including joint commissioners and deputy...

Kolkata, April 9 – A striking visual emerged during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public rally in Asansol on Thursday, as a person in the crowd held up a poster directly appealing to the Prime Minister, with the message, "Respected Modi ji, please save West Bengal."The moment occurred as the...

Kolkata, April 9 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that every leader of the Trinamool Congress involved in corruption and exploitation of ordinary people in West Bengal will be identified and held accountable after May 4, the day on which the upcoming state assembly elections will...

Kolkata, April 9 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has searched the premises of Kolkata-based realty company Merlin Group and its promoters as part of a money laundering investigation, an official of the central probe agency said.It was learned that about seven premises linked to the group...

Kolkata, April 8 The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday ordered the deployment of 150 additional companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and state armed police battalions in West Bengal to ensure free and fair Assembly elections, according to an official communication.This brings the...

Kolkata, April 8 – The Ministry of Home Affairs informed the West Bengal government on Wednesday that, following the direction of the Election Commission of India (ECI), it has decided to deploy 150 companies of additional forces, including personnel from the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)...

Nadia (West Bengal), April 8 – The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President, Samik Bhattacharya, described the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in the state as a political contest pitting "the public against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee."Speaking to reporters during a BJP...

Jalpaiguri (WB), April 8 BJP national president Nitin Nabin led a roadshow in the town of Mainaguri in the Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday, in support of the party's candidates in the West Bengal Assembly elections.The streets were filled with slogans of "Jai Mataji" and other chants in...

Kolkata, April 8 – The upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal, scheduled for later this month, are not just a challenge for the Trinamool Congress, but also for the common people of West Bengal, as all will be forced to become vegetarians if the BJP comes to power in the state...

Kolkata, April 8 – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar ordered the immediate removal of an Election Commission of India (ECI)-appointed poll observer for the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal later this month, as the observer in question lacked practical knowledge...

New Delhi, April 8 The BJP on Wednesday announced Rakesh Singh as its candidate for the Kolkata Port constituency in the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections.With this, the party has announced the names of 293 candidates out of the 294 seats in the state.West Bengal will go to the polls...