West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the Election Commission for transferring top state bureaucrats and police officers shortly after announcing the assembly polls. Banerjee, the Trinamool chief, branded the EC and the ruling BJP as “anti-women and anti-Bengal”. Speaking at a rally at Dorina crossing in central Kolkata following a march to…
Day after the Election Commission announced the voting dates for West Bengal Assembly election 2026, the Left Front has announced its first list of 192 candidates, with outgoing Rajya Sabha MP Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya and CPI(M) central committee member Minakshi Mukherjee among key nominees. While Bikash Bhattacharya has been fielded from the Jadavpur constituency in…
At least 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs have signed a notice seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, news agency PTI said. The notice is likely to be submitted in at least one of the two Houses on Friday, the agency said, without making it clear in which House…
The Supreme Court has stayed criminal proceedings initiated against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on a complaint filed by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) alleging disobedience/failure to appear on its summons in connection with a land acquisition case. A bench led by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant passed the order and also…
Budget 2026: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, 1 February, presented her ninth consecutive Union Budget 2026 in Parliament. The Union Budget 2026 is coming ahead of assembly elections in four states and one Union Territory this year. The Budget presented by the Finance Minister focused on at least these poll-bound states, which are scheduled…
The Congress on Wednesday appointed former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar as senior party observers for the Assam Assembly polls. Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot has been named as a senior observer for the election in Kerala. Karnataka minister KJ George, Rajya Sabha MP Imran Pratapgarhi…
