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.
Kolkata/IBNS: Releasing a call recording, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday claimed that Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee had sought help from a BJP leader in the West Bengal assembly election.
Purulia/West Bengal/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report from its local machinery after Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Purulia candidate, Sujoy Banerjee, was seen in a video threatening a BJP leader to shoot outside a polling station in Purulia district of West Bengal on Saturday afternoon, officials said.
West Bengal Assembly Polls: First phase of voting underway in 30 seats
Kolkata: The first phase of voting in the high-decibel West Bengal Assembly polls is currently underway in Saturday.
Assembly polls: First Phase of voting underway in Assam, West Bengal
Kolkata/Guwahati: The first phase of Assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam is currently underway amid tight security measures and maintaining protocols due to rising COVID-19 cases in the country on Saturday.
Bomb attack on Bengal Minister Jakir Hossain: NIA raids three locations in WB, Jharkhand
Kolkata/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted search operations at three locations in West Bengal and its neighbouring state Jharkhand in connection with its ongoing probe into the bomb attack on state minister Jakir Hossain, officials said on Thursday.
Amit Shah threatened press to manipulate opinion polls in favour of BJP: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata/IBNS: Targeting a few opinion polls which showed a clear victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah had threatened the news channels to manipulate the survey results.
One killed, several injured in TMC-Sanjukta Morcha clash in West Bengal's Baruipur
Kolkata/IBNS: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) activist was killed and at least 10 others were injured as the workers of ruling TMC and Sanjukta Morcha, comprising of Left parties, Congress and Indian Secular Front (ISF), clashed in Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district of poll-bound West Bengal on Wednesday late night, reports said on Thursday.
Mithun Chakraborty holds first roadshow for BJP in Bengal
Kolkata/IBNS: Actor-turned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mithun Chakraborty on Thursday held his first roadshow at Saltora in poll-bound West Bengal.
West Bengal: Tension erupts in Dinhata after BJP leader's hanging dead body recovered
Cooch Behar/IBNS: A clash reportedly broke out between police and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Wednesday in Dinhata in Cooch Behar district of poll bound West Bengal after a local BJP leader's hanging body was recovered.
Will form SIT to probe into Amphan corruption: Amit Shah in Bengal
Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, if formed, will constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the alleged corruption over the Amphan relief by the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
West Bengal: 7-year-old dies, another injured as crude bomb blasts in East Burdwan
Kolkata/IBNS: A 7-year-old boy was killed and another was seriously injured as a crude bomb exploded at Rasikpur area in East Burdwan district of poll-bound West Bengal on Monday morning, reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: In a bid to reach out to the women voters, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised reservations for women in government jobs in the West Bengal poll manifesto unveiled on Sunday.
Actors Trina Saha, Neel Bhattacharya join TMC in West Bengal
Kolkata/IBNS: Television actor couple Trina Saha and Neel Bhattacharya on Saturday became the latest celebrities to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead of the assembly elections in West Bengal.
BJP is the only party rooted to Bengal: PM Modi in Kharagpur rally
Kolkata/IBNS: Countering the Trinamool Congress' bid to emerge as the crusader of the Bengali community, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pitched in his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the "only party which is rooted to Bengal".