The Election Commission of India transferred Tiruchirappalli district Collector, superintendent of police and sub-collector to non-election posts following the seizure of Rs 1 crore from the district
The heightened social media activity ahead of an election, whether local or national, has been of concern for governments across the world
Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentary delegation is scheduled to meet the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday in Delhi at 12 noon
The Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday
The CM also said that she would be forced to stage a protest outside the poll panel's office if the BJP continues to ''interfere'' in its day-to-day functioning
Gold ornaments worth Rs 2 crore have been seized from a vehicle by election department officials at the border village of Gorimedu here
ECI has asked Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay to elaborate
In a related development, Banerjee was discharged from state-run SSKM Hospital on Friday evening after doctors found her recovery to be "satisfactory"
Six TMC MPs from both the Houses of Parliament have flown to the capital to be part of the delegation which will meet the EC at 12 noon
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging the Election Commission's (EC) decision to conduct the West Bengal Assembly polls over eight phases
The ECI on Monday removed SP Howrah (Rural) Soumya Roy after his wife became a candidate of the ruling Trinamool Congress for the assembly elections in West Bengal, an official said.
The Election Commission must ban loan waiver poll promises by all political parties. If their hearts bleed for the poor, they can always use the party funds to pay off the lenders
The use of the prime minister's photograph in such hoardings violates the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), the official of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said
The symbol of a "ship" has been allotted to the newly formed Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) for the three-phase assembly elections in Assam.
The West Bengal Assembly polls will be held in eight phases, up from seven the last time, beginning with polling for 30 seats on March 27
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A total of 824 assembly seats with 186 million electors will vote in 270,000 polling booths, says CEC Sunil Arora
The terms of the legislative assemblies of the four states is coming to an end in May and June
ECI will follow the Bihar model, taken up last year for conducting the assembly polls amid the coronavirus pandemic, during the upcoming election in West Bengal
The UP panchayat polls are perhaps the world's largest local body elections, which will comprise a nearly 120-million electorate, eligible to elect the members of nearly 59,000 panchayats in the state