west bengal assembly elections

Kolkata, April 5 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released a list of its key campaigners, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, for the West Bengal Assembly elections.According to the official list, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Defence...

Campaigning has intensified in West Bengal, with top leaders stepping up outreach efforts across the state ahead of the upcoming assembly polls. Two-phase polling in the state will be held on the 23rd and 29th of this month.Senior BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a massive...

Kolkata, April 5 Police recovered approximately ₹38 lakh in cash from a vehicle in the Tollygunje area of Kolkata on Sunday, officials said.The cash was seized from an SUV parked near Plywood House More on N S C Bose Road in the Netajinagar area, a senior Kolkata Police officer said.The...

Kolkata, April 5 Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan alleged on Sunday that West Bengal is gradually moving out of constitutional control and claimed that the state is no longer safe under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, citing the Malda incident as an example.The remarks came amid...

Samserganj (WB), April 5 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday urged people to cast their votes to take revenge for the deletion of people's names from the electoral rolls.The Trinamool Congress chief urged people whose names have been deleted from the voter list during the...

New Delhi, April 5 – Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday over her remarks questioning Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), alleging that her statements reflect “frustration” amid electoral pressure.Reacting to...

Kolkata, April 5 Amid speculation about the BJP's chief ministerial candidate in the West Bengal assembly elections, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said the party had not made any decision on the matter and would instead seek votes in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his...

The BJP has released its fifth list of five candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections. Anupam Biswas will contest from Kalyani (SC), Taraknath Chatterjee from Krishnanagar Uttar, Saurav Sikdar from Dum Dum Uttar, Anindya Raju Banerjee from Madhyamgram, and Rudraprasad Banerjee from the...

New Delhi/Kolkata, April 4 The BJP announced its fifth list of five candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections on Saturday.According to the list, Saurav Sikdar will contest from Dum Dum Uttar, Taraknath Chatterjee (Krishnanagar Uttar), Anupam Biswas (Kalyani), Anindya Raju Banerjee...

Kolkata, April 4 – The Left Front, led by the CPI(M) in West Bengal, released its manifesto for the upcoming state assembly elections on Saturday, with a focus on industrial development and job creation.The manifesto promised to create jobs in both the public and private sectors. This would be...

New Delhi, April 4 The BJP on Saturday announced its fifth list of five candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.According to the list, Saurav Sikdar will contest the Dum Dum Uttar seat, Taraknath Chatterjee will contest from Krishnanagar Uttar, Anupam Biswas from Kalyani...

Kolkata, April 4 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday appealed to voters to halt polling wherever instances of malfunctioning electronic voting machines (EVMs) are reported during the upcoming two-phase state assembly elections later this month.She also urged voters to...

Kharagpur, April 4 – Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta joined BJP's star campaigners for the West Bengal Assembly elections on Saturday, criticizing the Mamata Banerjee government for its failure to prevent violence against women."It is time to eliminate the politics of fear, corruption, and...

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, April 4 – In turning the West Bengal assembly elections into a larger ideological battle over identity, demographics, and national security, BJP state chief Samik Bhattacharya has said that if the party comes to power in the state, it will take action against what he calls "Love Jihad"...

New Delhi, April 4: In the lead-up to the West Bengal Assembly elections, the BJP has welcomed recent action against Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders accused of intimidating voters, calling it a sign that the elections will be "free and fair."Amit Malviya, Chief of the BJP's Information...

Kolkata, April 4 – The CPI(M)'s brief alliance with Humayun Kabir's Aam Janata Unnayan Party was seen by many as undermining the Left's secular credentials.Clarifying the CPI(M)'s awkward courtship attempt with Kabir's outfit, Left leader Md Salim said the one-on-one talks were aimed at...

New Delhi, April 3 – The Congress intensified its criticism of the Centre on Friday over the proposed three-day special session of Parliament from April 16 to 18, alleging that the government's motives behind bringing amendments to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (Women's Reservation Bill) are...

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, blamed the AIMIM and ISF for the gherao of judicial officers in Malda district and accused the Congress and the BJP of instigation.She stated that the mastermind behind Wednesday's gherao of the judicial officers in Mothabari, Malda district...

Kolkata, April 2 BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination for Bhabanipur in West Bengal on Thursday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, turning the contest in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's political stronghold into the centerpiece of the assembly elections.For the BJP...