Politics

Cooch Behar: There has been widespread violence in the ongoing West Bengal assembly elections, which is being conducted in eight phases with the help of a massive posse of central...

Kolkata: Violence marred the fourth phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls with five people being reportedly killed in two incidents in Cooch Behar district on Saturday. While a first-time...

Guwahati: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), a partner of Congress-led alliance in Assam, on Friday flew 18 of its 20 candidates who contested the assembly elections to Jaipur. Reason?...

Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday issued a notice to Mamata Banerjee over her for her ‘Muslim vote split’ remark during an election meeting on April 3. The West...

Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi stopped his speech at an election rally in Bengal on Tuesday afternoon when he saw a woman who needed medical attention. The PM asked his...

Guwahati: Senior minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that people in Assam need not wear mask any longer as the state is free of COVID-19. His outrageous claim attracted widespread...

New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi on Friday cancelled her election campaign schedule in Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala after husband Robert Vadra tested positive for coronavirus. Though she tested COVID negative,...

Kolkata: With the second phase of West Bengal assembly elections underway on Thursday, the focus was very much on Nandigram where chief minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting against former aide Suvendu...

Kolkata: A three-member BJP delegation, led by Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, visited the state Election Commission (EC) office to lodge their objection against Mamata Banerjee’s ‘inflammatory’ statements. “We have...

Kolkata: A day ahead of arguably her toughest election contest, Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote to major Opposition leaders that time has come for a “united and effective struggle” against...