Trinamool Congress has released a list of contesting candidates for 291 seats in the West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been fielded against Bharatiya Janata Party’s Suvendu Adhikari from the Bhabanipur seat. Mamata Banerjee is an incumbent MLA from Bhabanipur. In 2021 Bengal election, Mamata Banerjee was defeated by Suvendu…
Assembly Elections 2026: West Bengal is all set for the assembly elections to be held in two phases – 23 and 29 April. The votes will be counted on 4 May. The Election Commission announced the poll schedule for West Bengal, along with Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry, on Sunday, 15 March. Also Read…
About an hour before the announcement of the polling schedule for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared that her government would start clearing the pending dearness allowance (DA) arrears of state employees and pensioners from March this year. The move will cover teachers, non-teaching staff and employees of grant-in-aid institutions….
Election Schedule 2026 LIVE Live Updates: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is all set to announce the dates for assembly polls in four states and a Union Territory later today. Assembly elections are due in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry. The poll panel, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar,…
Assembly Elections 2026: The stage is set for the Election Commission of India to announce the dates for assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry at 4 PM today, 15 March. The poll panel, comprising Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, will address…
The Election Commission of India is visiting West Bengal to review preparedness for the upcoming Assembly polls. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, held a detailed and comprehensive review of poll preparedness for the upcoming West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections in Kolkata on Mondaythe first…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stepped up his attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in West Bengal over the treatment meted out to President Droupadi Murmu. The PM said that the “enlightened people” of the state will never forgive the party for “insulting” a woman tribal leader and the President of the…
The Trinamool Congress on 27 February evening announced the names of minister Babul Supriyo, former Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar, senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy and actor Koel Mallick as candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. The Election Commission had declared that polling for 37 Rajya Sabha seats across multiple states, including West Bengal, will be…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned a letter in Bengali urging people of West Bengal to vote wisely in the upcoming polls. The letter, which begins with ‘Joy maa Kali’, is being distributed door-to-door, months ahead of the high-stakes assembly polls in the state. A Hindi language version was also shared online. Also Read |…
Veteran West Bengal politician and former Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy died in Kolkata in the early hours of Monday (23 February), according to family members and local reports. He was 71. According to available information, Roy suffered a cardiac arrest, following which he passed away. Once regarded as one of the most influential strategists…
