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Kolkata: For decades, elections in West Bengal have carried a grim footnote – political violence, often resulting in deaths and serious injuries. From the turbulent years of the late 1960s to the fiercely contested multi-party battles of the present, control over territory and the exclusion of rivals have shaped the state’s electoral culture. But the…
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress’s arguments that a central government employee would necessarily go against them has a fallacy, the Supreme Court said today. That fallacy, the court pointed out, is the assumption itself and instead, the Trinamool should “give the government employees some credence”. The Supreme Court’s observation comes just days after the Calcutta…
Kolkata: Repolling is being held today in 15 polling stations in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, where voting was held on April 29 in the second phase of the assembly electionsafter the Election Commission (EC) received complaints of irregularities. The voting is being conducted in 11 polling stations in the Magarhat Paschim assembly constituency…
Last Updated:May 01, 2026, 7:59 PM IST This came after the Calcutta High Court dismissed the TMC’s petition challenging the appointment of central government employees as supervisors in vote-counting centres. The Supreme Court of India. (File) The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday moved the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing, challenging the Election Commission of…
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday paused an Election Commission order to identify nearly 800 Trinamool Congress workers and leaders ahead of the April 23 and 29 West Bengal Assembly polls, directing that they cannot be preventively arrested until June 30. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen said…
BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was on a campaign trail in West Bengal on Friday, took potshots at the Congress in an exclusive interview with NDTV, saying neither janata (people) nor Mamata (West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee) pay any attention to the Mallikarjun Kharge-led party. “The Congress’s situation is such…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar, calling the Malda incident a symbol of “Maha jungle raj” and alleging a breakdown of law and order in the state. Addressing a rally in Cooch Behar, PM Modi said the Malda incident, where…
The BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, who beat West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from Nandigram in the last assembly election, wants a rematch — this time in Bhabanipur, her current constituency. In the first list of the BJP for the Bengal election announced today, Adhikari has been named as the candidate from the seat in Kolkata,…
In the maze of Indian parliamentary politics, the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) stands out for adopting a deliberate strategy. The party’s recent slate of Rajya Sabha nominees – Supreme Court advocate Menaka Guruswamy, top cop Rajeev Kumar, singer-turned-politician Babul Supriyo, and Bengali actress Koel Mallick – highlights how Mamata Banerjee leverages the Upper House….
The second phase of Parliament’s Budget Session begins on Monday, and the first debate is expected to be on a no-confidence motion against the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Om Birla. The Opposition has filed a notice against the Speaker in the first phase of the budget session, which was signed by 118 members. At…