Politics

New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting being held today (Friday) may consider holding the much-awaited organisational elections, between May 15 and 30. A new president may also be...

Kolkata: On the second day of their West Bengal visit, the full bench of Election Commission of India (ECI) held meetings with leaders of all political parties. During his talks...

Kolkata: Abbas Siddiqui, a Muslim cleric of Furfura Sharif in West Bengal, on Thursday launched a political outfit called the Indian Secular Front. Slamming chief minister Mamata Banerjee, the 34-year-old...

Beijing: Once Joe Biden had been sworn in as America’s 46th President on January 20, China wasted no time in imposing sanctions against outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and...

Washington: Soon after being sworn in as the 45th President of the US, Joe Biden pledged to be a “president for all Americans,” including those who did not vote for...

Kolkata: The political temperature in election-bound West Bengal kept soaring as the major parties pointed at each other for chanting ‘violent’ slogans at their rallies. After the opposition slammed the...

Kolkata: The full bench of the Central Election Commission (CEC), headed by chief election commissioner Sunil Arora, arrived in the West Bengal capital on Wednesday. The CEC members held a...

Kolkata: A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that she would contest from Nandigram constituency, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said he would not allow her to contest...

Kolkata: Amidst anti-Suvendu Adhikari chants by alleged Trinamool Congress (TMC) cadres, stones were pelted and vehicles damaged at the BJP leader’s rally in Tollygunge area of south Kolkata, which is...

Kolkata: The Left Front-Congress alliance is already in place for the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal, but there is no agreement yet on seat sharing. There was another closed-door...