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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 >
Maulana Muhammad Shahjahan Ali Qadri, the Indian Secular Front (ISF) candidate from the Mothabari assembly seat in Malda district, was arrested along with 17 others, including his two sons, on charges of disturbing peace, obstructing government staff from discharging duty, destroying public property, among other charges. Seven judicial officers, two of whom were women, were trapped inside the office of the Mothabari 2 block development officer from 4 pm to 10 pm, until police escorted them out. ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 5 (ANI): Trinamool Congress on Sunday escalated its poll campaign in Purba Bardhaman, vowing a decisive electoral rejection of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the West Bengal Assembly elections. At a janasabha, Abhishek Banerjee introduced the party's 'Maa-Mati-Manush' candidates and appealed for support to oust "Bangla-Birodhi, Bohiragoto Zamindars" from Bengal. "Purba Bardhaman is ready to respond to BJP in the only language they understand. The power ...Read More >
Malda: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that while the real culprits behind the violence and gherao of judicial officers in Malda district's Mothabari have escaped, the NIA is picking up innocent local people and harassing them. Addressing an election rally at Manikchak in Malda, she urged the gathering not to approach judicial officers scrutinising 'under adjudication' cases post-SIR, instead submit applications before tribunals for re-inclusion of names of those ...Read More >
KOLKATA, April 4: The TMC sought the immediate removal of the returning officer for the Bhabanipur assembly constituency in West Bengal, alleging he has proximity with BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari. In a representation submitted to Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Friday, the ruling party raised objections to the appointment of RO for the Bhabanipur seat in southern Kolkata. The party alleged that the returning officer has a "documented and close association" with Adhikari, who ...Read More >
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee fiercely criticises the BJP's 'double engine' governance model in West Bengal, accusing them of misusing democratic institutions and fueling communal tensions for political gain. Photograph: Shrikant Singh/ANI PhotoKey PointsAbhishek Banerjee accuses the BJP of misusing democratic institutions and the Election Commission to manipulate elections in West Bengal.Banerjee alleges the BJP is recruiting local agents to incite communal discord and divide votes in Bengal.Ba ...Read More >
Malda, Apr 4 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that while the real culprits behind the violence and gherao of judicial officers in Malda district's Mothabari have escaped, the NIA is picking up innocent local people and harassing them. Addressing an election rally at Manikchak in Malda, she urged the gathering not to approach judicial officers scrutinising 'under adjudication' cases post-SIR, instead submit applications before tribunals for re-inclusion of nam ...Read More >
New Delhi: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team from Delhi reached Kaliachak in Bengal's Malda on Friday following the Election Commission of India's orders to investigate the mob siege at a block development officer's (BDO) office the night before that held seven judicial officers hostage for hours and attracted the ire of the Supreme Court. The 20-member NIA team reached Mothabari in the afternoon in 12 cars kept at the Kolkata airport - about 315 km away - hours after the state Crimina ...Read More >
New Delhi: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team from Delhi reached Kaliachak in Bengal's Malda on Friday following the Election Commission of India's orders to investigate the mob siege at a block development officer's (BDO) office the night before that held seven judicial officers hostage for hours and attracted the ire of the Supreme Court. The 20-member NIA team reached Mothabari in the afternoon in 12 cars kept at the Kolkata airport - about 315 km away - hours after the state Crimina ...Read More >
The political battle has intensified in West Bengal ahead of the assembly polls in April. The Election Commission of India had announced earlier that voting in the Bengal elections will be conducted in two phases on April 23 and 29. The first phase in the state will cover 152 constituencies, and the second phase will cover 142 seats. The battle, largely, will be between the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), to stake claim of the CM seat. Since the announcement o ...Read More >
Harirampur: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday blamed the AIMIM and ISF for the gherao of judicial officers in Malda district and accused the Congress and the BJP of instigation. Stating that the mastermind behind Wednesday's gherao of the judicial officers for several hours in Malda district's Mothabari was arrested by the state's CID, Banerjee claimed that this police organisation is still under her control and not of the Election Commission. "The BJP loaned him (the accused ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrived at the Block Development Officer's (BDO) office in Malda in connection with the recent incident, where thousands of people on April 1 blocked the two gates of the Kaliachak-II BDO, holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. Earlier in the day, the anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday a ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrived at the Block Development Officer's (BDO) office in Malda in connection with the recent incident, where thousands of people on April 1 blocked the two gates of the Kaliachak-II BDO, holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. Earlier in the day, the anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday a ...Read More >
New Delhi: The crucial two-phased West Bengal Assembly elections will be held on April 23 and 29, and the results will be out on May 4. The battlefield is ready and political heat is building up. The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will cross swords and fight a pitched battle on most of the seats. Several constituencies are emerging as key battlegrounds that could sway the balance of power in favour of either party. The first phase of the elections will cov ...Read More >
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of targeting her residence in Kolkata's Kalighat, alleging that the attack came a day after protests in Malda district in which seven Special Intensive Revision (SIR) officers were gheraoed for over nine hours. While addressing an election rally in Bengal, Banerjee accused the BJP of fomenting violence, and alleged that "yesterday they have also attacked my residence," though she did not provide any de ...Read More >
Harirampur (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): In a high-stakes political environment as the state prepares for Assembly elections on April 23 and 29, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the BJP of conspiring to create unrest in Malda, alleging they brought in outsiders to provoke violence. She alleged that the recent incident in Malda, where seven judicial officers, including three women, were held hostage by villagerson Wednesday, was a pre-planned conspiracy orches ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Kumar Jha on Friday condemned the Malda hostage crisis, where seven judicial officers were held by villagers, expressing concern that West Bengal is being pushed toward a cycle of election violence. Speaking to ANI, the RJD MP asserted that if elections become marred by violence, the nation's leaders must engage in self-reflection. He warned that the damage to national harmony cannot be easily compensated. "What has happened is co ...Read More >
Protests erupt in Malda over alleged voter roll deletions, highways blocked and police vehicle vandalised, driver injured, 10 cases filed as security is tightened Tensions flared across parts of West Bengal's Malda on Thursday, with protesters blocking highways, vandalising a police vehicle and clashing with security forces over alleged discrepancies in voter rolls, sources told News18. In the Jadupur Bypass area of English Bazar, a police vehicle was attacked after a group of protesters attem ...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 >
Bengaluru, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Royal Challengers Bengaluru wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma said last season's title has only strengthened the team's hunger to build something lasting at the franchise. Jitesh continues to be an integral part of the RCB. Not just with the bat has he been impressive in the last season, but his heroics with the gloves have been equally brilliant. Jitesh continues to be an integral part of the RCB. Not just with the bat has he been impressive in the last seas ...Read More >
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): West Bengal Congress President and Serampore assembly candidate Subhankar Sarkar on Friday blamed the Election Commission of India for the recent incident in Malda, asserting that the situation highlighted lapses in law and order under the current state and central governments. "The Election Commission is fully responsible for the Malda incident," Sarkar told ANI. Recalling the achievements of the Congress regime in the past, Sarkar said, "During t ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started probe by registering a "preliminary enquiry" into Malda violence case in which thousands of people on Wednesday blocked the two gates of the Kaliachowk-2 Block Development Office (BDO), holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. The anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday after the Election Commission of India (ECI) formally referred the matter, sen ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Congress Member of Parliament Pramod Tiwari on Friday condemned the recent violence in West Bengal's Malda, stating that democratic elections must remain free from any form of intimidation or fear. Speaking to ANI, Tiwari accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of "misusing" the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. "In a democracy, elections should be fair, without any fear or intimidation. In Bengal, the BJP is misusing the entire ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started probe by registering a "preliminary enquiry" into Malda violence case in which thousands of people on Wednesday blocked the two gates of the Kaliachowk-2 Block Development Office (BDO), holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. The anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday after the Election Commission of ...Read More >
KOLKATA: 18 persons were arrested on Thursday on charge of their alleged involvement in the the gheraoing of seven judicial officers in West Bengal's Malda district over voter deletions during the SIR in the state. They were produced before the court and remanded to police custody for 10 days. The arrested persons include an Indian Secular Front (ISF) candidate, Moulana Shahjahan Ali, contesting from Mothabari. Ali claimed that he had no involvement with the Kaliachak incident. "I was not ther ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 2 (PTI) Police on Thursday arrested at least 17 people, including a poll candidate, for their alleged involvement in the gherao of seven judicial officials in West Bengal's Malda district over the deletion of names from electoral rolls, a senior officer said. Indian Secular Front (ISF) candidate Maulana Shahjahan Ali and 16 others were arrested and produced before a district court, he said, adding that they were remanded to 10 days of police custody. ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 2 (PTI) Police on Thursday arrested at least 17 people, including a poll candidate, for their alleged involvement in the gherao of seven judicial officials in West Bengal's Malda district over the deletion of names from electoral rolls, a senior officer said. Indian Secular Front (ISF) candidate Maulana Shahjahan Ali and 16 others were arrested and produced before a district court, he said, adding that they were remanded to 10 days of police custody. "These people were involved in ...Read More >
Anti-SIR protests in West Bengal. Pictures: Sourced by our correspondent. Nearly 24 hours after seven court-appointed judicial officers, including three women, were gheraoed and held hostage in Malda, Bengal Police arrested Maulana Shahjahan Ali, the Indian Secular Front's candidate for the Mothabari Assembly constituency, along with 17 others. The accused have been remanded to 10 days' police custody. Security forces rescued the seven judicial officers after protesters gheraoed them for seve ...Read More >
West Bengal Elections 2026: Key Leaders Who Could Shape Bengal Assembly Polls Outcome Completely West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 Key Candidates: 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls will feature key battles featuring Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari and others. As West Bengal heads into a high-voltage Assembly election, the contest is once again being shaped not just by party symbols but by a handful of powerful political faces whose battles could define the state's future. The 2026 election w ...Read More >
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