BJP president JP Nadda on two-day trip to Bengal amid violence
The BJP said on Monday that its president JP Nadda will be on a two-day trip to West Bengal in view of the post-poll violence that broke out in the…
TMC MPs meet EC; list ‘shortcomings’ of poll body during Bengal polls
Stepping up its criticism of the Election Commission, a delegation of TMC MPs on Wednesday met its officials and submitted a memorandum alleging shortcomings of the apex poll body during…
EC notice to Mamata Banerjee over remark on central forces
The Election Commission (EC) has issued a notice to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee for her alleged statements against central armed police forces deputed on…
Abbas, Amphan, local strong men: Buzz words among voters in Diamond Harbour, S24 Parganas
Over the past few years, Bhangar, a constituency in TMC’s stronghold of S24 Parganas, has been notorious for political violence –– it has seen hundreds of crude bombs being unearthed…
TMC dismisses PM’s speculation, says Mamata not contesting polls from another seat
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a dig at TMC boss Mamata Banerjee, sought to know if she would contest the polls from another seat, implying her loss in…
High polling percentage proof change of guard imminent in West Bengal: J P Nadda
BJP national president J P Nadda on Wednesday asserted that the high percentage of polling in the first phase is proof enough of a change of guard in West Bengal,…
Mission Bengal: Kolkata, the city where centuries and cultures intersect, is the epicentre of an epic fight
Joyanti Sen, an 82-year-old women’s rights activist in south Kolkata, remembers what she calls the last five “dreadful years” of the Left Front rule in West Bengal. “If the first…
EC to take call on reports on Mamata Banerjee incident on Sunday: Sources
The Election Commission will take a call on Sunday on the reports submitted by the West Bengal chief secretary and two special poll observers on the injuries sustained by Chief…
Why Mamata Banerjee’s decision to contest from Nandigram is steeped in political symbolism
In a country where sad, nondescript, and decrepit towns are strewn across the countryscape, the impending assembly elections in West Bengal proclaims Nandigram’s second tryst with history, but with a…
West Bengal Elections 2021: Congress caught between two stools
ET Analysis: It may be tempting, yet simplistic, to view the latest Congress tiff over the electoral tie-up in West Bengal with Furfura cleric Abbas Siddiqui-led Indian Secular Front (ISF)…