west bengal assembly elections

Kolkata, March 19 – There were clear indications leading up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections that a section within the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal intended to promote younger faces among their elected representatives. However, it was said that Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata...

Kolkata, March 19 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its second list of candidates for the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal on Thursday, naming nominees for 111 more constituencies.With this, the party has announced a total of 255 candidates for the 294-member...

New Delhi, March 19 AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal voiced his support for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, stating that she is fighting to protect democracy and accusing the BJP of using the Election Commission (EC) to win the upcoming state assembly elections.The former...

New Delhi, March 19 The BJP on Thursday released its second list of 111 candidates for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, fielding Rekha Patra from Hingalganj and Roopa Ganguly from Sonarpur Dakshin.According to the list, Sabita Barman will contest from Itahar, Dilip Saha from...

Kolkata, March 19 The mother of the victim of the RG Kar case said on Thursday that she intends to contest the West Bengal Assembly elections as a BJP candidate, asserting that her aim is to use the political route to remove the TMC government.Speaking to reporters, the mother of the deceased...

Kolkata, March 19 – Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, accused the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in the state of engaging in "atrocities" on Thursday.He made the accusation upon his arrival in the state's Bhabanipur constituency to...

Kolkata, March 18 The Election Commission intensified preparations for the West Bengal Assembly elections on Wednesday, ordering a fresh reshuffle of senior officers, assigning two secretaries as observers in other states, and deploying 13 IAS and five IPS officers in key poll management roles...

Kolkata, March 18 Police on Wednesday apprehended a man and seized over Rs 1 lakh in cash from him during a vehicle checking drive in the South 24 Parganas district ahead of the assembly elections, an officer said.The incident took place in the Jayatala area under the Baruipur police station...

Kolkata, March 18 The Election Commission has directed tight coordination among central forces deployed for the West Bengal Assembly elections, a senior official said on Wednesday.Under the new directives, all central security personnel, including those from the CRPF, BSF, CISF, and other...

Kolkata, March 18 The Election Commission intensified preparations for the West Bengal Assembly elections on Wednesday, ordering a fresh reshuffle of senior officers, assigning two secretaries to other states as observers, and deploying 13 IAS and five IPS officers in key poll management roles...

Kolkata, March 18 Signs of simmering rebellion emerged within the ruling TMC a day after the party unveiled its candidate list for the West Bengal assembly polls, with several sitting MLAs and leaders openly expressing resentment over being denied tickets in what the party describes as a...

Kolkata, March 18 – Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Kolkata Police have taken key steps to strengthen the city’s security apparatus. According to a directive issued by Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Kumar Nand on Wednesday, Additional Commissioner of Police (I) Devendra Prakash Singh has...

Kolkata, March 18 Former TMC leader Humayun Kabir announced the first list of 15 candidates for his newly formed Am Janata Unnayan Party on Wednesday, stating that the party would contest 182 seats in the West Bengal assembly elections and field a Muslim candidate against Chief Minister Mamata...

Kolkata, March 18 – Days after the notification for the West Bengal Assembly elections was issued, a large quantity of explosives was recovered in Birbhum district, police said on Wednesday.Villagers intercepted a tractor carrying a large consignment of explosives on Tuesday night while it was...

Kolkata, March 18 Three-time Trinamool Congress MLA from Amdanga, Rafiqur Rahman, urged the party leadership on Wednesday to reconsider its decision to field a new candidate from the constituency.Protests erupted after the party announced Peerzada Kasem Siddiqui as its candidate for the seat...

Kolkata, March 18 – After a prolonged period of internal party conflict, senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh has regained prominence after the party nominated him from his preferred constituency, Kharagpur Sadar, in the West Midnapore district, for the upcoming Assembly elections.Speaking to...

Kolkata/Jalpaiguri, March 18 Signs of discontent emerged within the TMC as MLA Khageswar Roy of Rajganj resigned from his position in the Jalpaiguri district party after being denied a ticket in the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections.Roy, a three-time MLA from Rajganj in Jalpaiguri and a...

Kolkata, March 18 Facing anti-incumbency after 15 years in power while attempting a calibrated generational shift within its ranks, the TMC is entering the West Bengal assembly elections banking on its welfare-driven social coalition, strong grassroots organization, and Mamata Banerjee’s...

New Delhi, March 18 – The Supreme Court of India is scheduled to hear a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday, alleging interference by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, during its search operations at the office of the Indian Political Action...

Kolkata, March 17 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has focused on both youth and experience when selecting candidates for the upcoming assembly elections, in order to continue the party's development agenda.After releasing the list of...