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Kolkata, April 8 – At least three people died, and ten others were injured in a head-on collision between a speeding four-wheeler and an auto-rickshaw carrying passengers on Wednesday in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.The horrific road accident occurred on the Basanti Highway in the...

Kolkata, April 8 – The BJP announced on Wednesday that Rakesh Singh would be its candidate for the Kolkata Port Assembly constituency, days after he received bail from the Calcutta High Court. This move has raised eyebrows in the political circles.There were speculations that the Bengal BJP...

Kolkata, April 8 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee filed her nomination from her native Assembly constituency of Bhabanipur in South Kolkata on Wednesday.The list of proposers on her nomination form reflected the “cosmopolitan” nature of Bhabanipur, which is considered a melting pot...

New Delhi, April 8 The meeting between a Trinamool Congress delegation and the full bench of the Election Commission on Wednesday ended on a contentious note, with the TMC saying the panel's chief asked them to "go away" at the end of the seven-minute meeting, while the EC accused them of...

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...

Kolkata, April 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday walked from her residence in Kalighat to file her nomination papers for the Bhabanipur assembly seat, amidst a large crowd of supporters chanting slogans in support of the TMC supremo.With folded hands and her trademark...

Lucknow, April 7 Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav stated on Tuesday that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would win the upcoming elections, despite what he alleged were attempts by the BJP to manipulate the process.He also questioned the basis of the proposed women's...

Kolkata, April 7 – A large sum of money was recovered in Kolkata on Tuesday ahead of the assembly elections. Approximately ₹19 lakh was seized from the Shyambazar area in north Kolkata.Two individuals have been arrested in connection with the incident, according to a senior officer of the...

New Delhi, April 7 – Since the Trinamool Congress came to power in 2011, it has steadily consolidated its position, starting with 184 seats in 2011, reaching 211 in 2016, and finally securing 215 in the 2021 Assembly elections.Murshidabad, a district that has been in the news for violent...

New Delhi, April 7 As many as 43 delegates from 23 countries, including representatives from five foreign missions here, will be visiting Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry to observe the assembly elections firsthand.The delegates are part of the International Election Visitors' Programme-2026, the...

New Delhi, April 7 A Trinamool Congress delegation will meet the Election Commission on Wednesday and raise the issue of people being "deprived of their right to vote" due to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the party said here and slammed the deletion of around 27 lakh...

Kolkata, April 7 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday accused the BJP-led Centre of undermining the “pride and self-esteem” of the Rajbanshi community in north Bengal by failing to fulfill key election promises.Addressing a meeting in the Natabari Assembly constituency in Cooch Behar...

Kolkata, April 7 – The Congress party released its manifesto for the upcoming two-phase assembly elections in West Bengal later this month, prioritizing an alternative economic model to improve fiscal health, attract investment, and generate employment, rather than distributing handouts under...

Kolkata, April 7 – The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, will hold a virtual meeting with all Election Commission of India (ECI)-appointed poll observers for West Bengal on Wednesday to discuss the current polling booth infrastructure in the state for the upcoming two-phase...

Kolkata, April 7 The Congress party released its manifesto for the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal on Tuesday, promising, among other things, free education for women up to the postgraduate level and filling all vacant government positions within one year.The manifesto, released by...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 – At 6 PM on Tuesday, the final day of campaigning for the April 9 Kerala Assembly elections came to a close, bringing to an end more than three weeks of intense, high-stakes campaigning. The state was left buzzing with anticipation and political activity.The finale...

New Delhi, April 7 Ahead of the elections to five state assemblies this month, Election Commission (EC) officials on Tuesday reminded that a returning officer can recommend a re-poll at a polling station if webcasting is deliberately interrupted.The EC officials were responding to a question...

Kolkata/New Delhi, April 7 – Strongly condemning the alleged attack on judicial officers in Malda district, West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court Bar Association passed a resolution on Tuesday suspending one of its members and calling for strict action against those involved.In a resolution...

Malda (WB), April 7 Congress candidate from Malda's Malatipur assembly seat, Mausam Benazir Noor, has declared assets worth over Rs 2.5 crore in her nomination affidavit, stating that no criminal case is pending against her.Noor's annual income increased from Rs 7.23 lakh in the 2020-21 fiscal...

Kolkata, April 7 Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee accused the BJP government of failing to honor its promises to the Rajbanshi community in North Bengal, alleging that their pride has been hurt.Banerjee addressed the issue while campaigning in Natabari, Cooch Behar...