Bengal: Hours before second phase polling, section 144 imposed in entire Nandigram
Kolkata/IBNS: Hours ahead of the polling, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday evening imposed CrPC section 144 in the entire Nandigram and Tamluk in East Medinipur district of West Bengal to avoid any untoward incident, officials said.
Bengal polls: Ex-cricketer and BJP candidate in Moyna Ashoke Dinda attacked during election campaign
Moyna/East Medinipur/IBNS: Two days ahead of the second phase of West Bengal assembly polls, former Indian cricketer and BJP candidate from Moyna assembly seat, Ashoke Dinda, was attacked and his vehicle was vandalized allegedly by TMC workers near Moyna Bazar in East Medinipur district on Tuesday evening, 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.
Will clinch over 26 seats in the first of Bengal polls: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party will clinch over 26 seats in the first phase of Assembly polls held in West Bengal.
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.
Purulia/West Bengal/IBNS: A vehicle requisitioned for poll duty was allegedly torched by unidentified miscreants in Bandwan in Purulia district of West Bengal on Friday night, hours before the first phase of the assembly election, reports said.
'Suvendu Adhikari harbouring armed criminals': TMC writes to Bengal EC
Kolkata/UNI: The ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, saying that BJP's Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari is harbouring armed criminals at least in nine locations.
Powers of Bengal SSA Surajit Kar Purakayastha to be kept in abeyance during polls: Officials
Kolkata/IBNS: After the Election Commission of India (ECI) had ordered the removal of West Bengal State Security Advisor (SSA), retired IPS Surajit Kar Purakayastha, Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay on Wednesday night directed to keep the functions and powers of the SSA in abeyance during the assembly election in the state, with an immediate effect, officials said.
Kolkata/IBNS: Demanding adequate security and voting rights for all sex-workers for the forthcoming West Bengal assembly polls, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee has called for a march in Asia's oldest and largest red-light area Sonagachi in Kolkata on Saturday (Mar 20).
West Bengal Assembly polls: Mamata Banerjee unveils TMC's manifesto
Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday unveiled its election manifesto, just days ahead of the first phase of the voting in the crucial assembly elections.
BJP workers protest outside party's election office in Kolkata over Bengal poll tickets
Kolkata/IBNS: The police on Tuesday used batons to disperse the protesters outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s election office in Kolkata as demonstrators resorted to stone-pelting after being upset with the party's choice of fielding candidates for some seats.
Sabang/UNI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday claimed that the game of Mamata Banerjee was over and predicted a BJP's win in West Bengal Assembly polls.
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid agitations at multiple locations across West Bengal over BJP's candidates' list for the forthcoming assembly election in the state, Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah on Monday night chaired an emergency core meeting with the Bengal BJP leaders in a Kolkata five-star hotel, reports said.
Yogi Adityanath to address three election rallies in West Bengal tomorrow
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BJP's star campaigner Yogi Adityanath will address three election meetings in West Bengal on Tuesday.
Conspiracies cannot stop me: Mamata Banerjee
Balarampur/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday said conspiracies cannot stop her and she will continue to fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party.