Bengal announces partial lockdown: Malls, cinema halls, restaurants to remain closed
New Delhi/IBNS: As the eight-phased assembly election concluded in Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee government on Friday announced a partial lockdown in the state amid a massive spike in the Covid-19 cases.
Bengal polls: BJP Malda candidate Gopal Chandra Saha shot at, hospitalized
Malda/West Bengal/IBNS: BJP candidate in Malda assembly seat, Gopal Chandra Saha, was shot at by unidentified miscreants in Old Malda's Sahapur area on Sunday late evening, reports said.
Bengal CID takes over probe into Apr 10 Sitalkuchi firing case
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday took over a probe into the Sitalkuchi firing case in Cooch Behar that left four people dead on Apr 10, officials said.
Election Commission removes 3 senoir police officials ahead of 3rd phase of Bengal polls on Apr 6
Kolkata/UNI: Ahead of the 3rd phase of polling on April 6, the Election Commission has removed three senior police officers (IPS), including one from Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas with immediate effect and they have been barred from doing any poll related duty.
Bengal polls: BJP candidate Deepak Haldar allegedly attacked by TMC, hospitalised
Kolkata/IBNS: Days before the third phase of West Bengal assembly polls, BJP candidate in Diamond Harbour, Deepak Haldar, was allegedly attacked and assaulted by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers during an election campaign in Parulia's Haridevpur area on Friday morning, reports said.
Change is coming, says BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty after first phase of Bengal polls
Bishnupur/UNI: The turnout in the first of the eight-phase West Bengal Assembly election indicates that 'poriborton' (change) is imminent, said veteran Bollywood actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty.
BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya thanks EC for conducting peaceful polls in Bengal
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal on Saturday witnessed the first phase poll to 30 seats in five Jangalmahal districts - Medinipur East and West, Purulia, Jhargram and Purulia where nearly 55 per cent polled was recorded upto 1 pm.
Around 70.17 pc electorate cast votes in West Bengal till 1600 hours
Kolkata/UNI: Amidst sporadic violence, an estimated 70.17 per cent electorate cast their votes in Bengal till 1600 hours on Saturday, an Election Commission (EC) official here said.
Didi defaming Nandigram people with false allegation of attack: Modi targets Mamata in Kanthi
Kanthi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "falsely accusing" people of Nandigram of conspiring an attack on her in the Midnapore district.
Mamata cannot stop BJP from embarking on development in Bengal: Amit Shah
Gosaba/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said Mamata Banerjee cannot stop BJP from embarking on development in Bengal.
Bengal: Sisir Adhikari joins BJP in Amit Shah's rally
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari's father, Sisir Adhikari, on Sunday joined the saffron camp in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Mamata Banerjee's emotional card will not work in Bengal: Rita Bahuguna Joshi
Etawah/UNI: Exuding confidence of the party's victory in the West Bengal elections, BJP MP and former Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi said here on Wednesday that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's emotional card will not work in the Assembly elections this time.
Bengal CID makes first arrest in illegal coal mining case
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday night nabbed a businessman in connection with its ongoing probe into an illegal coal mining scam, officials said on Saturday.
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress-turned-BJP leader, Firoz Kamal Gazi aka Babu Master, and his driver have suffered multiple splinter injuries as his vehicle was reportedly attacked and bombed by unidentified miscreants on Basanti Highway under Minakhan Police Station limits in North 24 Parganas district of poll bound West Bengal on Saturday night.
Left-Congress Bengal Bandh partially effects life in Murshidabad district
Baharampur/UNI: The normal life in Murshidabad district was partially affected due to the 12 hour Bangla Bandh called by the Left and the Congress in protest against the crackdown on students and activists.