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Guwahati, Apr 9 (PTI) A voter turnout of nearly 76 per cent was recorded till 3 pm on Thursday in the assembly elections in Assam, where the BJP-led NDA is seeking a third consecutive term in power, while the Congress is looking to reclaim a state it lost a decade ago. Polling began at 7 am for the 126-member assembly, and 75.91 per cent of the state's 2.5 crore voters had exercised their right till 3 pm, defying overcast skies and rains in many parts of the state. The polling will continue til ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A meeting between a delegation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Election Commission (EC) turned tense on Wednesday, with both sides trading sharply conflicting accounts of what transpired.According to sources in the poll body, TMC leader Derek O'Brien allegedly raised his voice during the interaction and told the Chief Election Commissioner not to speak."Trinamool Congress meeting lasted barely a few minutes. EC sources said Trinamool MP Derek O Brien shouted at the Election Co ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 8 (PTI) West Bengal's 2026 assembly elections will be fought on an electoral map radically redrawn by the SIR, which has wiped out over 90.83 lakh names from the rolls, upending the arithmetic in scores of constituencies and throwing both the TMC's citadels and the BJP's expansion zones into fresh uncertainty. The state's electorate has shrunk from 7.66 crore to 6.77 crore, forcing the TMC and the BJP to fight the two-phase elections later this month on terrain very different from ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 7 (ANI): Leader of the Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday emphasised that a legal recourse exists for any legitimate citizens affected by the deletions of their names in Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Speaking to the media, he said, "Those who believe that their names have been wrongly deleted may go to the tribunal," Adhikari stated, referring to the Appellate Tribunals set up by the Election Commission of I ...Read More >
Kerala's capital city sees intense assembly election battles. Vattiyoorkavu and Kazhakootam are set for fierce contests. The BJP seeks to build on its recent corporation victory. The LDF and UDF aim to fight back. Local leaders face challenges and voter sentiment will be crucial. The outcome remains uncertain. Vattiyoorkavu | Kazhakootam: Assembly elections in Kerala's capital city are being followed in the immediate context of BJP, for the first time, winning the mantle to rule the Thiruvanant ...Read More >
Also Read | Nandigram to Bhabanipur, 5 key seats that will define West Bengal elections "TMC is bringing back that episode in history. A specific religious group will make it impossible for you to survive. There is a conspiracy to wipe out Bengal's culture and honour. Enough is enough. Those who are trying to change the identity of Bengal have to leave for good," Modi said. To be sure, the English version of TMC's document is called "Manifesto 2026" and in Hindi it is titled "Ghoshana Patra, 2 ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: AIADMK general secretary Edapaddi K Palaniswami on Saturday announced that if the party comes to power following the Tamil Nadu assembly elections on April 23, his government would investigate a viral video in which senior DMK leader A Raja allegedly claimed that chief minister and DMK supremo MK Stalin kept his late father, M Karunanidhi, under "house arrest" during the DMK veteran's final days. Palaniswami insisted that Stalin should direct his anger at Raja, not at him. "Mr. Stalin ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 4 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Cooch Behar district on Sunday to launch the BJP's campaign for the West Bengal assembly elections, a senior party leader said. Modi is scheduled to address the BJP's 'Bijoy Sankalpa Sabha' at the historic Ras Mela grounds in the afternoon, marking the start of the party's intensified outreach in north Bengal, with the aim of consolidating grassroots support in a region that has become a saffron stronghold over the years and a cr ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the state government to suspend four officers of the Kolkata Police, including a divisional deputy commissioner, and initiate disciplinary proceedings against them over chaos outside a nomination centre, where senior Suvendu Adhikari and other BJP candidates filed their papers a day earlier amid clashes and alleged slogan-shouting by ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers. "The ECI has directed the state government to suspend four off ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Saturday suspended and initiated disciplinary action against four Kolkata Police personnel in connection with a law and order issue infront of the Survey Building in Alipore on April 2, when BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The suspended officers are Siddhartha Dutta, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DC-II), South Division, Kolkata Police; Priyankar C ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Saturday suspended and initiated disciplinary action against four Kolkata Police personnel in connection with a law and order issue infront of the Survey Building in Alipore on April 2, when BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The suspended officers are Siddhartha Dutta, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DC-II), South Division, Kolkata Police; Priyankar C ...Read More >
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday asserted that a "storm, a tsunami of the people" is set to sweep the TMC from power on election day. Addressing supporters, Adhikari said, "The people will uproot and throw them (TMC) out, root and all. As soon as our government is formed, we will withdraw all fake cases against the BJP in the first cabinet meeting. The BJP government will give Rs 5,000 as a fighte ...Read More >
Kolkata Police on Friday registered two cases following a complaint by the Election Commission of India over chaos outside a nomination centre, where senior Suvendu Adhikari and other BJP candidates filed their papers a day earlier amid clashes and alleged slogan-shouting by ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers. "Two cases were registered against unidentified people at the Alipore and Kalighat police stations," a police officer said, requesting anonymity. After addressing a rally at Hazra, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: As many as 500 companies of central armed police forces (CAPFs) will stay deployed in Bengal for post-poll law and order duties after the poll results are out, "till further orders of the Election Commission", EC said on Friday.Each CAPF company comprises 80-100 personnel. A total 2,400 CAPF companies have been assigned for poll deployment in Bengal and 1,700 will leave the state after polling gets over on April 29.EC officials said besides the 500 companies that will stay back to mai ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 3 (PTI) A former AIMIM candidate was arrested on Friday over the gherao of the seven judicial officers in Malda district, adding a fresh political twist to the case as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Asaduddin Owasi-led party, the BJP, and the ISF for "engineering" the unrest. An NIA team visited Mothabari and Kaliachak police stations in Malda to probe the Wednesday incident. The federal anti-terror probe agency has been tasked by the Election Commission to investigate t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Russia's First Deputy Chairman Denis Manturov reaffirmed that Russian companies have the capacity to steadily increase supplies of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the Indian market amid the energy crisis due to the conflict in West Asia, underlining deepening energy cooperation between the two countries during his official visit to the country. According to a statement issued by the Russian Embassy in India on Telegram on Thursday, Manturov highlighted t ...Read More >
KOLKATA/MALDA: The Bengal police on Friday arrested former AIMIM candidate and lawyer Mofakrul Islam from Bagdogra airport in Siliguri in connection with the violence and hostage situation occurred in Malda district.Mofakrul Islam was allegedly trying to board a flight and flee.Investigators have termed him a key conspirator in the Kaliachak gherao of judicial officers, as the case snowballed into a major law-and-order and political flashpoint ahead of the West Bengal elections. Islam, who conte ...Read More >
Kannur: Left Democratic Front (LDF) will prioritise expanding public healthcare access if it retains power in Kerala after the April 9 assembly polls, CPI(M) leader and former health minister KK Shailaja said. LDF, which is seeking a third consecutive term that would be unprecedented in the state's history, would build on interventions made during its previous tenures, said Shailaja, the Left Front candidate for Peravoor constituency in Kannur district. "We focused on improving the public heal ...Read More >
Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced that he will continue to stay in West Bengal for the next fifteen days for campaigning and preparing his party for the two-phase assembly elections scheduled to be held on April 23 and 29. "I will stay in Bengal for 15 days for the elections. I will have many opportunities to talk with you all. But today I am here for the nomination filing of our four leaders," Amit Shah said while addressing a ...Read More >
Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced that he will continue to stay in West Bengal for the next fifteen days for campaigning and preparing his party for the two-phase assembly elections scheduled to be held on April 23 and 29. "I will stay in Bengal for 15 days for the elections. I will have many opportunities to talk with you all. But today I am here for the nomination filing of our four leaders," Amit Shah said while addressing a ...Read More >
Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): BJP candidate from Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, Suvendu Adhikari, filed his nomination for the West Bengal elections on Thursday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP West Bengal President Samik Bhattacharya were seen accompanying Adhikari during the process. Also Read | 'Couldn't Live With Guilt': Techie Dies by Suicide After 11-Month-Old Son Accidentally Drowns in Bucket in Bengaluru. Suvendu Adhikari is contesting the two-phase West Be ...Read More >
Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): BJP candidate from Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, Suvendu Adhikari, filed his nomination for the West Bengal elections on Thursday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP West Bengal President Samik Bhattacharya were seen accompanying Adhikari during the process. Suvendu Adhikari is contesting the two-phase West Bengal assembly polls on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket from Bhabanipur and Nandigram constituencies. This time, the West Benga ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday held a massive roadshow in Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, urging voters to support BJP's ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections. The rally, attended by party workers and supporters in large numbers, marked a high-profile show of support for the BJP in the key constituency. Also Read | Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026: Udhayanidhi Stalin Files Nomination From Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni, Says 'Will Crea ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday held a massive roadshow in Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, urging voters to support BJP's ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections. The rally, attended by party workers and supporters in large numbers, marked a high-profile show of support for the BJP in the key constituency. Earlier, speaking at the nomination filing event of senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, Shah highlighted issues he said were aff ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday urged the people of West Bengal to vote fearlessly and remove the Trinamool Congress (TMC) from power ahead of state Assembly elections. Speaking at the nomination filing event of senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, Shah electrified the crowd with his declaration, "This time no one should fear; no goon can stop the voters of Bengal. Everyone must vote without fear to uproot and throw TMC into the Bay of Beng ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Wednesday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying it had made plots to trigger violence in the state, similar to those in Uttar Pradesh and Manipur, but said that the plans were effectively thwarted by the DMK. "There are no caste clashes in Tamil Nadu, no communal riots like in BJP-ruled states, no mob violence like in Uttar Pradesh, and no continuous unrest like in Manipur," he said while addressing a rally in Trichy. "We have als ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: Former AIADMK minister and Thondamuthur MLA SP Velumani, on Tuesday, said that Coimbatore South constituency has changed into a VIP constituency and they have to win the elections, as it is a dignity issue. Velumani made the statement in reference to DMK Western Region incharge Senthil Balaji being in the race for Coimbatore South constituency. Speaking at a meeting organised at a marriage hall in Puliyakulam in the city to introduce Coimbatore South candidate Amman Arjun on Tuesday ...Read More >
The Bharatiya Janta Party on Monday (March 30) put up a united front as Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. Former BJP State president Dilip Ghosh accompanied the Leader of Opposition as he filed his nomination for his candidature in Nandigram. For these high-stakes polls, the BJP has fielded him from two seats, one in Nandigram, from where he defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2021. He is also contesting from Bhawanipur, the home const ...Read More >
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026: West Bengal votes in two phases on April 23 and 29, 2026. All 294 seats mapped, candidates declared. Results on May 4. Full breakdown here. West Bengal is gearing up for one of the most fiercely contested state elections in recent years. The Election Commission of India announced the schedule on March 15, 2026, confirming that voting across all 294 assembly constituencies will be conducted in two phases, on April 23 and April 29, 2026. Results will be declare ...Read More >
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: As the state moves closer to the 2026 assembly elections, Banerjee faces one of the most consequential tests of her political career West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: Clad in a simple white sari and rubber slippers, Mamata Banerjee has long cultivated the image of an outsider in Indian politics. Over decades, that outsider has become one of the system's most durable power centres, reshaping the political landscape of West Bengal and carving out a national ...Read More >
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