New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday transferred Howrah Rural Police Chief, IPS officer Saumya Roy, to a non-election related post as his wife, actress Lovely Moitra, has been declared as a Trinamool Congress (AITC) candidate in Sonarpur assembly seat for the forthcoming West Bengal polls, officials said.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress party on Wednesday wrote to the Election Commission to delete Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikar's name from the electoral roll in Nandigram as he filed false residence details.
Now Mamata Banerjee is visiting temples: Yogi Adityanath taunts Trinamool Congress chief in Bengal
Kolkata/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday taunted his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee over her temple visits ahead of the state polls due to be held between Mar 27 and Apr 29.
BJP president JP Nadda to campaign in poll-bound West Bengal today
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda will on Tuesday campaign in poll-bound West Bengal, where the saffron party is aiming to wrest power.
Lok Janshakti Party declares name of candidates for Bengal polls
Kolkata/IBNS: The Lok Janshakti Party has declared the name of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal.
Corruption was taken to next level by Trinamool Congress: Amit Shah
Kolkata/IBNS: Cornering the Trinamool Congress in poll-bound West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said corruption was taken to the next level by the ruling party.
Bengal: Raidighi MLA Debashree Roy quits Trinamool Congress
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MLA from West Bengal's Raidighi, Debashree Roy, quit the ruling party on Monday.
Trinamool Congress govt took Bengal to new lows in 10 years: Amit Shah
Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the Trinamool Congress government took West Bengal to new lows in its two terms, in another attack on the incumbent in poll-bound state.
Amit Shah to address twin rallies in poll-bound West Bengal today
Kolkata/IBNS: With his eyes on polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Monday hold twin rallies in West Bengal, which is witnessing a close fight between the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
BJP will form govt in Bengal by winning over 200 seats, says Amit Shah during Kharagpur roadshow
Kharagpur/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reiterated that BJP would form the next government in West Bengal with a win over 200 seats in the assembly polls and implement all the Central welfare schemes.
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday announced another round of candidates for the West Bengal Assembly polls.
'Don't vote for BJP': Farmers' leader Rakesh Tikait tells people in his Nandigram Mahapanchayat
Nandigram/IBNS: Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait, who is one of the prominent faces of the farmers' protest against the three agriculture laws, is in West Bengal to hold Mahapanchayats (public meetings) to urge people to vote against the BJP in the upcoming assembly polls.
Will wheelchair bound Mamata fall heavier on BJP or remain optics in Bengal Polls 2021?
Kolkata/IBNS: In Indian politics, optics and emotions often play a major role. Be it the Congress' sweeping victory in 1984 General Elections post Indira Gandhi's assassination or Narendra Modi's resounding win in 2019 amid the nationalist wave after the Balakot airstrike. But simultaneously, the Indian politics is too fluid to be generalised.
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha joins Trinamool Congress ahead of Bengal Polls
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and an ex-Finance Minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, Yashwant Sinha, on Saturday joined the Trinamool Congress days ahead of the commencement of West Bengal elections.
BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari files nomination from Bengal Poll epicentre Nandigram
Hadia/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Suvendu Adhikari Friday filed his nomination from the Nandigram constituency, which has turned out to be the epicentre of the West Bengal elections 2021.