As the Election Commission (EC) limited the number of phases in this year’s West Bengal elections to just two, down from eight in 2021, the move triggered sharp reactions from across the political spectrum in the state.While the Opposition ...
16 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Kolkata Police arrested five people on Sunday in connection with the clashes between TMC and BJP workers and the attack on state minister Shashi Panja’s residence in Girish Park a day earlier. With this, the total number of ...
16 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe culmination of the BJP’s Parivartan Yatra Saturday saw a rare and significant display of unity at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground. The rally brought together the party’s “old guard” and newer high-profile entrants in a show of strength just ...
16 March 2026 Indian ExpressMinutes before the Election Commission on Sunday announced the Assembly poll dates for West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced two big sops for the state in quick succession.In a post on X, the chief minister said the government ...
16 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission on late Sunday night replaced the Chief Secretary and Home Secretary of West Bengal, hours after announcing the dates for the Assembly elections in the state.The EC has removed Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty and replaced her ...
16 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, accusing him of acting more like BJP’s “prachar mantri” (BJP campaigner) rather than PM and alleged he has been skipping ...
16 March 2026 Indian ExpressWith the poll schedule for Bengal expected to be declared in the next few days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mounted an all-out attack on the ruling TMC at the Brigade Parade Ground rally in Kolkata on Saturday.Pointing to the ...
15 March 2026 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade ground on Saturday, ahead of the Assembly elections in West Bengal, marked a significant shift in tone and tenor as compared to his pre-poll address at the same venue five ...
15 March 2026 Indian Express“The countdown has begun,” declared Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the stage at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata during his first visit to West Bengal after the publication of the post-SIR electoral rolls on February 28. The message ...
15 March 2026 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for multiple connectivity projects worth around Rs 18,680 crore in West Bengal and said a new chapter of India’s development was being written from the state.“Today, from ...
15 March 2026 Indian ExpressA major clash broke out between BJP and TMC workers in Kolkata on Saturday, less than half an hour before Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to arrive at Brigade Parade Ground. Both BJP and TMC workers sustained injuries.The ...
15 March 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Jigisha SealThe Kolkata Traffic Police has issued an advisory for Friday as the city prepares to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his rally at Brigade parade ground. Here’s a roadmap of the places to avoid if ...
15 March 2026 Indian ExpressReluctant to pay the Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears to the state government employees, the Mamata Banerjee government moved the Supreme Court seeking an extension of the deadline for paying Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears to December 31, 2026, while citing ...
15 March 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Jigisha SealThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for heavy rain and thunderstorms in some North Bengal districts including Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong, Alipurduar and Cooch Behar.It also issued a yellow alert for Alipurduar and Cooch ...
15 March 2026 Indian ExpressAmid reports that the Union home ministry may seek the services of Siliguri police commissioner C Sudhakar and Darjeeling DM Manish Mishra on central deputation following the row over “protocol breach” during President Droupadi Murmu’s recent north Bengal visit, ...
14 March 2026 Indian ExpressA “cease-work” agitation called by a section of state government staffers over pending dearness allowance (DA) witnessed mixed outcomes on Friday. The protest was called by the Sangrami Joutha Mancha (Joint Movement Forum) to press the West Bengal government ...
14 March 2026 Indian ExpressAs the conflict in West Asia following the attack on Iran has triggered a fuel crisis, especially the rationing of LPG distribution, in the country, the West Bengal government on Thursday formed a high-level team to monitor the situation.At ...
14 March 2026 Indian ExpressFrom households to top restaurants and temples, the Centre’s rationing of LPG cylinder supplies in the wake of the West Asia conflict has left everyone in West Bengal in disarray.“For the last three days, we have been cooking on ...
14 March 2026 Indian ExpressAs Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address a public event, lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple projects during his visit to the state on Saturday ahead of the Assembly elections, the BJP’s Central Election Committee met ...
14 March 2026 Indian ExpressAmid the nation feeling the pinch of the LPG crisis in the wake of the US-Israel-Iran conflict, many households are beginning to worry about how long their gas supply will last. Some might be tempted to call their agency ...
14 March 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Jigisha SealThe restaurant sector in Kolkata and West Bengal is facing an existential crisis as a shortage of commercial Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the wake of the West Asia crisis forces iconic eateries to prune menus, ...
14 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe LPG supply crisis in India owing to the West Asia conflict has hit the distribution of bhog-prasad among devotees in temples and ashrams in West Bengal.The ‘Mayer Bari’, located in Bagbazar in North Kolkata, has suspended distribution of ...
13 March 2026 Indian ExpressDays after describing him as “BJP cadre” and warning him against repeating “what he did in Tamil Nadu”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday welcomed newly sworn-in Governor R N Ravi with a pointed message: “Bengal loves ...
13 March 2026 Indian ExpressA nurse died after allegedly being set on fire by her husband in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar town on Thursday night.The deceased has been identified as Chhanda Roy, 35. Her husband, Ranjit Roy, a driver, also suffered burn injuries ...
13 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Division Bench of Justice Debangshu Basak and Justice Md Shabbar Rashidi of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday released all the three petitions related to the 2024 RG Kar rape-murder case, saying it would not be able to ...
13 March 2026 Indian ExpressTension gripped West Bengal’s Gangasagar early Wednesday after a BJP worker was shot at by two assailants on a motorcycle near a bus stand. According to police sources, Trilokesh Dhali sustained gunshot wounds to his chest.According to witnesses, the ...
12 March 2026 Indian ExpressAam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chairperson and suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir’s wife, Mira Sultana, was summoned to the Shaktipur police station in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Wednesday, in connection with allegations that their house was ...
12 March 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed the Centre over disruptions in Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) supply amid the West Asia conflict alleging that the government imposed restrictions without first ensuring adequate reserves of cooking gas and petroleum products ...
12 March 2026 Indian ExpressBy Jigisha Seal The hike in cooking gas price amid the escalating West Asia tensions has increased the sale of induction cookers in retail stores across the city as people have started to take pre-emptive measures for possible future LPG supply ...
12 March 2026 Indian ExpressFormer governor C V Ananda Bose issued a letter to the people of West Bengal on Wednesday, stating that while his official tenure at Lok Bhavan had ended, his “journey” in the state was “far from over”.The letter, posted ...
12 March 2026 Indian ExpressAttacking the TMC government for putting democracy in danger, Haryana Chief Minister and BJP leader Nayab Singh Saini asserted that they have turned Bengal into a “safe haven for infiltrators”. Singh made these remarks while addressing the gathering ...
12 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe usual roar of three-wheelers on BT Road in north Kolkata has given way to an anxious silence, with a long line of green-and-yellow autorickshaws stretching from Belgharia CSTC bus depot to Baranagar Metro station.Behind each wheel sits a ...
12 March 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Jigisha SealSouth Bengal witnessed very light to moderate rain with gusty winds in Purulia district early Tuesday, while north Bengal also experienced similar conditions in isolated areas. The rest of the state remained dry. However the India ...
11 March 2026 Indian ExpressA Calcutta High Court advocate Monday filed a police complaint against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee for allegedly issuing a public threat against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.The complaint by advocate Manabendranath Bandhopadhay followed ...
11 March 2026 Indian ExpressAs many as 75 candidates are contesting for 23 seats in the election to the West Bengal Bar Council, which began on Monday. Lawyers backed by various political parties are also in the fray — 23 candidates backed by ...
11 March 2026 Indian ExpressChief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, leading the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI), concluded a high-level review of poll preparedness in West Bengal on Tuesday with a stern warning against electoral malpractice and a commitment ...
11 March 2026 Indian ExpressSoon after the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the formation of tribunals to hear appeals against exclusions from voter lists during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called off her ...
11 March 2026 Indian ExpressAsserting that the Election Commission (EC) has “zero tolerance for violence and voter intimidation”, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday warned of strict action against anyone, including political figures and poll officials, found to be involved in poll ...
11 March 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on Monday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of shouting at her and disrespecting women when she raised the issue of deletion of voters in the SIR exercise during a meeting between the EC ...
11 March 2026 Indian ExpressOn the first day of the Election Commission’s (EC) three-day tour of West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections, the poll body held talks with political parties on the conduct of elections, including on the number of voting phases. ...
11 March 2026 Indian ExpressA three-member BJP delegation met the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in Kolkata on Monday. During the meeting, the BJP team, comprising Sisir Bajoria, Tapash Roy, and Jagannath Chattopadhyay, is learnt to have submitted a ...
10 March 2026 Indian ExpressLaunching a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led government, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Sunday said the ongoing “hooliganism” in West Bengal is similar to the one under the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) dispensation in the neighbouring ...
10 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI), led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, began a three-day tour of West Bengal Monday ahead of the Assembly polls. The Opposition parties, the BJP and the CPI(M), ...
10 March 2026 Indian ExpressChief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar faced demonstrations Monday during his visit to the Kalighat Temple to offer prayers as a group of protesters surrounded him, waved black flags, and shouted “Go Back” slogans, marking the second such incident after ...
10 March 2026 Indian ExpressLaunching a counter-attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for slamming her over the state government’s handling of President Droupadi Murmu’s event, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said it was the PM who “insulted” the country’s highest Constitutional chair ...
10 March 2026 Indian ExpressFormer West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Sunday said that his resignation was a “conscious decision” and asserted that the reasons for his exit will remain confidential till the right time comes.Speaking to reporters at the Kolkata ...
10 March 2026 Indian ExpressIt was on March 27, 2023, when the then-Governor C V Ananda Bose welcomed Droupadi Murmu on her maiden presidential visit to West Bengal. Almost three years later, this Saturday (March 7), a visit by President Murmu to West ...
9 March 2026 Indian ExpressTwo Bangladeshi nationals accused in the murder of prominent Bangladeshi political activist Sharif Osman Bin Hadi have been arrested in West Bengal’s Bongaon area, the state’s Special Task Force (STF) said on Sunday.Hadi was shot dead in Dhaka on ...
9 March 2026 Indian ExpressBJP MP Khagen Murmu, who is also the party’s Bengal ST Morcha chief, Sunday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for alleged lapses in protocol while receiving President Droupadi Murmu in the state a day earlier.On Saturday, ...
9 March 2026 Indian ExpressLaunching a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said those who had won the trust of the people of West Bengal a few years back are now attacking the very pride of the ...
9 March 2026 Indian ExpressSpeaking from the dharna site at Esplanade in Kolkata, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced to hold a procession on Sunday to protest the increase in the price of cooking gas amid the escalating conflict in West Asia. ...
9 March 2026 Indian ExpressA war of words erupted over a “protocol breach” during President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to West Bengal on Saturday for the 9th International Santal Conference after she pointed out that neither Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee nor other ministers were ...
9 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe TMC has urged the Election Commission to cancel BJP leader Rahul Sinha’s candidature in the Rajya Sabha elections for allegedly “concealing information” in his nomination paper affidavit.In a letter to the Election Commission (EC), TMC MLA Aroop Biswas ...
8 March 2026 Indian ExpressStating that Mamata Banerjee may be angry with her, President Droupadi Murmu expressed her disappointment over the West Bengal Chief Minister and other ministers not giving her a formal welcome when she visited the state for the 9th international ...
8 March 2026 Indian ExpressPanic spread across Paikpara in North Kolkata early Saturday morning after multiple blasts ripped through the abandoned tin-roofed Yubashakti Club building.According to locals, the building caught fire after the blasts, but the situation was swiftly brought under control by ...
8 March 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday called newly appointed Governor R N Ravi a “BJP cadre” and alleged that outgoing governor C V Ananda Bose was forced to resign.“Have you seen how C V Ananda Bose was ...
8 March 2026 Indian ExpressIn his first remarks since he resigned as the governor of West Bengal, C V Ananda Bose said in a post on X on Friday night that he was shifting to Kerala “to work towards Viksit Bharat”.Bose had submitted ...
8 March 2026 Indian ExpressIN A week since the release of the voters’ list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll in West Bengal, only 6.5 lakh or 10.82% of the total 60.06 lakh names put under scrutiny for “adjudication” have ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at the protesting para teachers, who had gathered during her dharna in central Kolkata, asking them “to do politics at some other place”.The CM launched the dharna on Friday against the large-scale deletions ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressTMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal seeking publication of the supplementary electoral rolls with the status of ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe full bench of the Election Commission (EC), led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, will visit Kolkata from March 8 to 10 to review electoral preparations and security arrangements ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections. The EC ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressDefence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday issued a stark warning regarding the volatile security situation in West Asia, describing the escalating conflict as “highly unusual” and a direct threat to global energy security.Speaking at the ‘Sagar Sankalp – Reclaiming ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressOn the eve of her dharna against what the Trinamool Congress (TMC) alleges are “arbitrary deletions” in the revised electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched an attack ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Kolkata airport is planning a dedicated zone for chartered flights and helicopters in a bid to handle the surge in “non-scheduled” flight movements ahead of the high-octane Assembly elections in West Bengal.According to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressAmid allegations of attack on BJP’s Parivartan Yatra — the party’s outreach programme in poll-bound West Bengal — in Cooch Behar on Wednesday evening, Uttarakhand Chief Minister and BJP leader Pushkar Singh Dhami flagged off the Yatra in Basirhat’s Hingalganj area ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressBy Oishiki BhattacharjeeThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted scattered thunderstorms and light rain across the state, with a yellow alert issued for Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and Kalimpong districts from next week.According to the weather office, a dry weather spell ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressWhile all eyes were on the queues to get into electoral rolls in West Bengal ahead of completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise last month, more than 65 lakh were lining up before other camps in the ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday attacked the BJP over ‘high voter deletions’ in Matua-dominated areas during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.Taking to X on the death anniversary of Matua Mahasangha matriarch ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe stage is set for Rajya Sabha elections in West Bengal with five candidates—four from the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and one from the BJP—filing their nominations at the Assembly on Thursday.With five seats vacant and the TMC holding ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor resigns: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has resigned on Thursday after serving 3.5 years in office. The resignation comes ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.Sharing a post on X, Chief Minister Mamata ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose resigned on Thursday (March 5), weeks ahead of Assembly elections in the state.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed “shock” at Ananda Bose’s resignation, and said that she had been informed by Home Minister ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Left Front leaders on Thursday ended their 24-hour dharna outside the Election Commission office in Kolkata after they met state Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal over the alleged discrepancies in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Left Front leaders, who had marched to the office of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon over the alleged discrepancies in the SIR exercise in West Bengal, decided to sit on a night-long ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe BJP on Wednesday accused the ruling TMC of carrying out attacks on party workers across West Bengal even before the announcement of the dates for the Assembly elections in the state.Addressing a press conference in Kolkata, state BJP ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe BJP alleged on Thursday that Trinamool Congress (TMC) party workers vandalised a chariot being used for its Parivartan Yatra—a part of the party’s outreach programme in poll-bound West Bengal—in Cooch Behar late Wednesday evening. The TMC denied the ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe gruelling two-and-a-half-hour commute between Kolkata and the industrial hub of Kalyani has officially come to an end. In a landmark infrastructure milestone for West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the upgraded 44.2-km Kalyani Expressway on March 2, ...
5 March 2026 Indian ExpressVeteran Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy launched a scathing attack on the Central Government’s foreign policy on Wednesday, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of maintaining a “calculated silence” on the escalating West Asia war to avoid upsetting US President ...
5 March 2026 Indian ExpressTwo persons have died by suicide in West Bengal over the past 24 hours, allegedly from the “mental stress” following the publication of the voters’ list post the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state on ...
5 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Government on Monday decided to set up a help desk for the applicants of the ‘Banglar Yuva Sathi’ Scheme, launched to support unemployed youths.Following the overwhelming response to the scheme, the Sports and Youth Affairs Department ...
5 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has published a final voter list prepared after the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal. If your name is missing from the list, you still have an opportunity to apply ...
5 March 2026 Indian ExpressAs senior BJP leaders flagged off the party’s Parivartan Yatra in different parts of West Bengal, they hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over alleged infiltration from Bangladesh and cases of corruption against her TMC ministers.Defence Minister Rajnath ...
4 March 2026 Indian ExpressAlleging a “BJP-EC nexus” behind the deletion of 63.66 lakh names from West Bengal’s electoral rolls following the SIR exercise, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed that BJP leaders ensured that 10,000 to 30,000 voters’ names ...
4 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe long-standing friction between West Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal and the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led West Bengal Government has reached a boiling point this week. What began as an administrative dispute over the ‘under adjudication’ status of ...
4 March 2026 Indian ExpressFlagging off the BJP’s Parivartan Yatra from Mathurapur in South 24 Parganas district, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday urged the people of West Bengal to throw the TMC out of power in the upcoming Assembly elections and ...
4 March 2026 Indian ExpressAn incident of alleged child abuse has surfaced from a preschool in Kolkata where a three-and-a-half-year-old student was locked inside a cupboard by two teachers as a form of “punishment”, leading to a police complaint, probe by the West ...
4 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, Manoj Agarwal, on Monday engaged in a war of words with the association of state civil service officers over the 60 lakh pending adjudication cases in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ...
3 March 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee will lead a sit-in demonstration at Kolkata’s Metro Channel on March 6 to protest the alleged discrepancies in the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary ...
3 March 2026 Indian ExpressAs the Opposition BJP in West Bengal on Sunday rolled out its Parivartan Yatra from several places across the state ahead of the Assembly elections, its leaders targeted the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government over a wide range of issues ...
3 March 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Oishiki BhattacharjeeA major change in West Bengal’s weather is underway just before Holi. Temperatures are rising, shaking off the last lingering chill of winter. The minimum temperature in Kolkata hit 25 degrees Celsius on Monday morning, 4 ...
3 March 2026 Indian ExpressSince the West Asia conflict began, many tourists have been stranded in Dubai, and many more who had pre-booked their tours are either postponing their visits or cancelling the trips altogether.Travellers who had planned trips to Dubai or even ...
3 March 2026 Indian ExpressFrom stranded tourists and grounded business travellers to families sheltering in hotel basements, people from West Bengal say their ties to home have been strained by cancelled flights and “48-hour silences” as the conflict in West Asia intensifies.But in ...
3 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe escalation of the Middle East crisis following strikes on Iran has sent shockwaves through Kolkata’s travel sector, grounding passengers and throwing international flight schedules into complete disarray. With key air corridors over Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait closed, the ...
2 March 2026 Indian ExpressAreas dominated by Matuas, a Scheduled Caste community, witnessed large-scale deletions in the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, just as they did in the first phase of the exercise by ...
2 March 2026 Indian ExpressNational Award-winning director, actor, and music director Goutam Ghose has been appointed the new Sheriff of Kolkata for 2026, after the post remained vacant for five years. Sources indicate that Ghose received the official appointment letter Friday.The Sheriff of ...
2 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) published the final electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on Saturday. According to Manoj Agarwal, Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, 63 lakh, 66 thousand nine hundred and fifty-two ...
2 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe publication of the electoral list of West Bengal by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday has sparked a heated row between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).The list shows over 60 lakh ...
2 March 2026 Indian ExpressAt Gojgiri village, in Belpahari block of Jhargram district in West Bengal, 37-year-old Haripada Singh holds up an iron spike with a bulbous tip made of jute.Whenever elephants venture into a human habitat, these iron spikes tipped with fire ...
1 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe final electoral roll in West Bengal after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is likely to have around 7 crore electors, after the deletion of about 8 lakh names included in the draft roll and around 60 lakh names ...
1 March 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced two initiatives — ‘Pink Booths’ and ‘SHINING’ — to bolster Kolkata’s reputation as one of the safest cities in the country.The two services that will be operational from Saturday evening ...
1 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission is set to publish the electoral list on February 28 following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal. The list, including all 7.08 crore names, will also include the names that are “under adjudication”, ...
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