west bengal elections

Kolkata, March 30 According to official data, a total of 78 nominations were filed on Monday across 152 assembly constituencies going to polls in the first phase of the West Bengal elections.Purba Medinipur was among the districts that saw a higher number of filings, with three candidates each...

Kolkata, March 30 TMC MLA Debasish Kumar appeared before the Enforcement Directorate on Monday for questioning in connection with a land fraud case, officials said.Kumar, who has been renominated from the Rashbehari seat in south Kolkata, appeared before the ED amidst his election campaign...

Kolkata, March 30 – Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee visited the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in West Bengal on Monday and protested against what he alleged were widespread irregularities in voter registration, accusing BJP operatives of colluding...

Kolkata, March 30 TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee met Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal on Monday and alleged that the BJP was submitting a large number of Form 6s to make residents of other states voters in poll-bound West Bengal.Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Banerjee said that...

Kolkata, March 30 Alleging attempts to interfere with the democratic rights of voters in West Bengal, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday voiced concerns over the alleged large-scale submission of Form 6 applications from other states and sought an explanation from the...

Kolkata, March 30 Four senior officials of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer's office were transferred on Monday as part of a reshuffle of five WBCS (Executive) officers ahead of the Assembly elections, an official said.The reshuffle was undertaken following a proposal by the poll panel...

New Delhi, March 30 – Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Monday that a delegation from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) met with the Election Commission of India to submit a petition alleging widespread electoral malpractice and intimidation in West Bengal.The delegation included Union...

Kolkata, March 30 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to announce a second round of reshuffles in the lower levels of the bureaucratic and police administration structures in poll-bound West Bengal this week.An insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West...

Kolkata, March 29 The Election Commission (EC) released the fourth supplementary voter list on Sunday, following the completion of inquiries by the SIT in West Bengal, which is heading towards elections, an official said.However, there was no information from the EC regarding the total number...

Kolkata, March 29 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Sunday evening the transfer of a total of 184 inspector-level police officers in West Bengal, amidst the crucial two-phase state assembly elections.Out of the 184 officers transferred, 153 are attached to the West Bengal...

Kolkata, March 29 CPI(M) state secretary Md Salim said on Sunday that the Left Front will stage demonstrations outside BDO and SDO offices across West Bengal from March 30 to April 1, demanding that no genuine voter's name be left out of the supplementary electoral lists published by the...

Kolkata, March 29 – The judicial process for adjudicating the claims of 40 lakh voters, which constitutes approximately 67 per cent of the total electorate of over 60 lakh, has been completed by Sunday evening, according to an insider from the office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer...

Kolkata, March 28 Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee described the BJP as a "party of rioters" on Saturday and accused it of inciting violence during Ram Navami rallies in the state.Addressing a poll rally in Birbhum district's Labhpur, the senior TMC leader said that the...

Kolkata, March 28 The process of establishing tribunals to hear appeals from voters whose names were missing from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal has not yet been finalized, a senior official said on Saturday."The Supreme Court has...

New Delhi, March 28 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence on Saturday that the NDA will once again receive the mandate of the people in Puducherry, stating that the "double-engine" government has fulfilled the aspirations of the Union Territory over the past five years. PM Modi...

Kolkata, March 28 The Election Commission released the second supplementary list under the Systematic Area Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, an official said.However, the poll panel did not provide details on the total number of deletions or inclusions in the second list that...

Kolkata, March 27 The Election Commission released the second supplementary list under the Systematic Repolarization of Electoral Rolls (SIR) in West Bengal on Friday night, an official said.However, the poll panel did not provide details on the total number of deletions or inclusions in the...

Kolkata, March 27 The Election Commission released the second supplementary list under the Systematic Area Verification (SAV) process for electoral rolls in West Bengal on Friday night, an official said.However, the poll panel did not provide details on the total number of deletions or...

Kolkata, March 27 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday directed the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police to execute all pending arrest warrants without bail in the state within the next 10 days and take into custody all those against whom such warrants have been issued within that...

Kolkata, March 27 The Election Commission issued two separate directives on Friday evening, clearly outlining the responsibilities of police officers, from station officers to SDPOs, as part of intensified poll preparedness in West Bengal, an official said.This move comes shortly after the...