West Bengal Assembly Polls

Even as CM Mamata Banerjee has vowed to fight to restore the electors' rights, a sense of abandonment is surfacing among those who have been disenfranchised

The committee will inquire into the rights of the displaced persons for rehabilitation and to return to their place of abode and place of work

A demonstration was also staged at India Gate, where the families raised slogans, Save West Bengal and We want President's Rule in Bengal

The counting of votes, which began at 8 am, for the Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge Assembly seat bypolls is underway in West Bengal on Saturday.

The bypolls are scheduled on April 12 and the counting of votes will take place on April 16

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary, and launched another attack on the Mamata Banerjee government

The Supreme Court granted interim protection from arrest to SK Supiyan, who was the election agent of Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, in connection with a murder case under the CBI's investigation.

Mamata Banerjee's battle cry 'Khela Hobe' (game will happen) was emblematic of the hostility and confrontation that lay in store for West Bengal in 2021 amid a raging pandemic and political turmoil

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Friday that it has registered one more case against 25 persons in connection with the post-poll violence in West Bengal.

The Calcutta High Court quashed a police case alleging that cine star Mithun Chakraborty's uttering dialogues from his films at a public meeting here had caused political violence in West Bengal

The former state finance minister has acquired a new powerful advisory role that must build on his earlier achievements

Voting began at 7 AM on Saturday for by-polls to the four assembly constituencies

The CB has arrested Ravi Baske, a local TMC leader in Birbhum district, in connection with its investigation into the murder of BJP worker Gaurav Sarkar, sources in the agency said

The West Bengal BJP on Sunday said the results of the three Assembly by-polls in state are not in line with their expectations, and they are accepting the outcome gracefully.

Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee on Sunday secured her seat as West Bengal chief minister after leading the crucial Bhabanipur assembly constituency with a record margin of 58,832 votes.

Bhabanipur byelection results 2021 live: In a must-win bypoll, Mamata Banerjee beat her nearest rival with more than 58,000 votes. With this, Banerjee will continue as West Bengal chief minister

Early trends coming in showed that TMC was leading in all the three constituencies, including Bhabanipur where CM Banerjee is up against BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal and CPI(M)'s Srijib Biswas

Counting of votes for the Bhabanipur bypoll as well as Jangipur and Samserganj assembly elections in West Bengal began at 8 am on Sunday amid tight security, an official said

Voting has largely been peaceful in Bhabanipur assembly constituency, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting, with 35.97 pc turnout till 1 pm, officials said. A high voting rate at 57.15 per cent and 53.78 per cent was recorded in Murshidabad's Samserganj and Jangipur seats, respectively, where polls had to be countermanded during the April-May assembly elections following the death of two candidates. A total of 6,97,164 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the three constituencies. Voting will continue till 6 PM. Banerjee, who is also the Trinamool Congress supremo, is pitted against BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal and CPI(M)'s Srijib Biswas in Bhabanipur. Tibrewal claimed that TMC forcibly stopped the voting process at a polling booth in ward number 72, and that state minister Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee were trying to influence the voters in the constituency. The BJP has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against Hakim and ...

Trivedi says the elections in Bengal do not reflect the spirit of democracy and claims the state is on the downslide