west bengal elections

Kolkata, March 11 – A public interest litigation was filed before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, seeking free, fair, and violence-free elections in West Bengal in the upcoming state assembly elections, scheduled later this year.The division bench, comprising Chief...

Kolkata, March 10 Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said that the Supreme Court's intervention in the SIR exercise was a "victory for democracy and the people of Bengal", while launching a sharp attack on the Election Commission and the BJP over the alleged deletion...

Kolkata, March 10 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee welcomed the Supreme Court order to set up Appellate Tribunals to hear voters' appeals on Tuesday, saying that a door closed by the Election Commission has now been opened.She described the order as a new ray of hope for people...

Kolkata, March 10 TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Tuesday that the Supreme Court's intervention in the SIR exercise was a "victory for democracy and the people of Bengal", while launching a sharp attack on the Election Commission and the BJP over the alleged deletion of...

Kolkata, March 10 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called off her protest against the "flawed SIR" on the fifth day, stating that the demonstration was being temporarily suspended following the Supreme Court's order to establish an appellate mechanism regarding the revision of the...

Kolkata, March 10 Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said on Tuesday that over 6,000 centenarian voters and 5.23 lakh new electors in the 18-19 age group will be eligible to vote in the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal.Kumar also said that approximately 1.31 crore voters in...

The Supreme Court today directed the West Bengal government and the Election Commission to provide all logistical support to judicial officers involved in the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the state. A three-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices...

Kolkata, March 10 – Asserting that no eligible voter's name would be removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday said the EC's priority was to ensure free, fair, and peaceful polls in the state, amid preparations for the upcoming assembly...

Kolkata, March 10 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was seen on Tuesday symbolically drawing "SIR" and "Vanish" on a piece of paper during the fifth day of her protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, to express her opposition to the alleged deletion of...

Kolkata, March 10 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar stated on Tuesday that no eligible voter's name would be removed from the electoral rolls and that the Election Commission's priority is to ensure free, fair, and peaceful elections in West Bengal.Addressing a press conference in...

Kolkata, March 10 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar faced protests from a group of people who raised "go back" slogans and showed black flags to him during his visit to the Dakshineswar Kali Temple near here on Tuesday morning.A similar protest over alleged arbitrary deletions in the...

New Delhi, March 10 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, which is heading towards...

New Delhi, March 9 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, which is heading towards...

Kolkata, March 9 – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar cautioned district magistrates, superintendents of police, and commissioners of various police commissionerates in West Bengal on Monday that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has the authority to initiate departmental...

Kolkata, March 9 Representatives from various state and central agencies faced the ire of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at a crucial meeting between the Election Commission of India's (ECI) full bench and the nodal officers of different state and central agencies...

Kolkata, March 9 – The ongoing political battle over the voter identification and registration (SIR) process in West Bengal spilled over into consultations with the Election Commission (EC) on Monday, as political parties met with the election panel separately. The Trinamool Congress (TMC)...

Kolkata, March 9 – Following the lead of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, North Bengal Development Minister Udayan Guha began a hunger strike in Dinhata on Monday to protest what he described as the arbitrary removal of names from the electoral rolls of West Bengal following the Special Intensive...

New Delhi, March 9 – The busting of the Faridabad module and the recent terror plot targeting temples revealed that Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba are increasingly engaging in home-grown activities.Officials from the Delhi police's Special Cell say that Lashkar-e-Taiba has been scouting...

Kolkata, March 9 Representatives from various political parties in West Bengal met the full bench of the Election Commission on Monday, and several of them sought a maximum of two-phase polling for the upcoming assembly elections, a senior official said.Representatives from the TMC, BJP...

Kolkata, March 9 – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar faced protests and demonstrations with black flags and “Go-Back” posters by Trinamool Congress activists on Monday morning while he was leaving after offering prayers at the iconic Goddess Kali temple in Kalighat, South Kolkata...