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Joydeep Thakur

Joydeep Thakur

Joydeep Thakur is a Special Correspondent based in Kolkata. He focuses on science, environment, wildlife, agriculture and other related issues.

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Bengal Assembly Polls: Clashes reported from several districts in phase 1 voting

Violence reported in Murshidabad, Birbhum and other districts during Phase 1 polling. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 23, 2026 11:53 IST

HC stays EC’s preventive action order against ‘troublemakers’

HC stays EC’s preventive action order against ‘troublemakers’

Updated on Apr 23, 2026 01:18 IST

Only 139 of 1.4 million get tribunal clearance for Bengal’s 1st phase voting

Kolkata: People gather to appeal before a tribunal over issues related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at Alipore

Updated on Apr 23, 2026 02:52 IST

93.3 million to decide fate of 5,501 candidates in Bengal, Tamil Nadu polls

The Election Commission has deployed around 2,400 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for the West Bengal polls, officials said.

Updated on Apr 23, 2026 24:45 IST

Calcutta HC stays EC order against 800 ‘troublemakers’ list ahead of Bengal polls

A division bench of chief justice of Calcutta high court Sujoy Paul and justice Partha Sarathi Sen have put an interim stay on the EC order on Wednesday

Updated on Apr 22, 2026 15:43 IST

Bengal assembly polls: The Congress hopes to regain lost ground in 4 districts

Murshidabad: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury campaigns ahead of state assembly elections in Murshidabad district (PTI FILE)

Updated on Apr 21, 2026 13:15 IST

In Bengal, the continuing confusion over SIR voter appeal tribunals

Names of at least 73 voters were deleted from the polling station in Purba Beliayari village. (HT File Photo)

Updated on Apr 20, 2026 10:10 IST

Bengal Assembly polls: TMC, BJP’s sharp focus on the Rajbanshi community

BJP, TMC battle for Rajbanshi support in north Bengal as community’s influence grows across 20 key assembly seats in upcoming elections (Representative Image)

Updated on Apr 17, 2026 12:07 IST

West Bengal polls| No personal attacks, focus on local issues — BJP changes campaign tactics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah have expectedly launched blistering attacks against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal

Updated on Apr 16, 2026 10:47 IST

Mamata Banerjee accuses CAPF of selectively searching vehicles used by TMC leaders

Mamata Banerjee claims CAPF bias in vehicle searches targeting TMC. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 15, 2026 17:13 IST

Decibel levels peak in Bengal campaign as leaders lash out ahead of polls

Parties have launched attacks at each other as the poll campaign in Bengal intensifies.

Updated on Apr 15, 2026 01:48 IST

West Bengal polls: Hundreds of ex-enclave dwellers lose voting rights

India and Bangladesh ended a decades-old border dispute and exchanged 162 landlocked islets (enclaves) in 2015. (AP/Representative)

Updated on Apr 13, 2026 07:13 IST

Bengal mining belt records sharp voter decline after SIR; Paschim Bardhaman at 15.55%

West Bengal voter rolls shrink after Special Intensive Revision, with mining and industrial districts showing the steepest decline in EC data.

Updated on Apr 12, 2026 09:02 IST

BJP filed fake affidavits to cancel my Bhabanipur nomination: Mamata Banerjee

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of affidavit fraud (ANI)

Updated on Apr 11, 2026 14:54 IST

PM Modi, Shah attack TMC over women’s safety, corruption; Mamata hits back

PM Modi, targeting the Banerjee-led government, said that the work of granting citizenship to refugees in the state would be expedited if the BJP comes to power.

Updated on Apr 11, 2026 11:42 IST

2021 Nandigram history to be repeated in Bhabanipur, across Bengal: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally in support of BJP candidates ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at Suri in Birbhum, Thursday, (PTI)

Updated on Apr 10, 2026 02:42 IST

Highest adjudication cuts from voter rolls in Murshidabad, Malda in Bengal

Voters show their voter-ID card. (Representative photo/ANI)

Updated on Apr 10, 2026 02:27 IST

Mamata Banerjee's income grew nearly 50% between 2020 and 2025, shows affidavit

File photo of Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

Updated on Apr 9, 2026 02:25 IST

9 mn names deleted in Bengal SIR, Murshidabad fares worst in adjudication cuts

Murshidabad: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a roadshow in support of a TMC candidate on April 5.

Updated on Apr 10, 2026 16:14 IST

Names of 45% of ‘discrepancy’ voters found in West Bengal SIR may be cut

People queue up to submit their petitions before the Special Tribunal after their names were deleted from the Special Intensive Revision final voter list ahead of the West Bengal Assembly Election, at Ranaghat town, in Nadia, Monday, April 6, 2026.

Updated on Apr 7, 2026 13:59 IST

Malda hostage culprits fled, youths harassed by NIA: Mamata Banerjee

Mamata claims probe is harassing locals while real culprits fled; BJP counters with “victim card” charge. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 4, 2026 15:15 IST

ECI orders suspension of 4 Kolkata police officers over chaos during Suvendu’s nomination

This came after Shah addressed a rally at Hazra, barely 300 metres from the chief minister’s Kalighat residence. (ANI)

Updated on Apr 4, 2026 13:35 IST

ECI tasked poll officers to reject Oppn nominations, claims Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee with tribal artists during a public rally in support of TMC candidate from Hasan constituency, Kajal Sheikh, ahead of the assembly elections on Wednesday (PTI)

Updated on Apr 1, 2026 15:00 IST

Mostly filed since quitting TMC, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari faces 25 criminal cases

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s 2021 poll affidavit showed only one criminal case pending against him. (X)

Updated on Mar 31, 2026 07:51 IST

Large-scale attempts to enrol outsiders as voters in Bengal, says TMC

Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee addresses the media after meeting the Chief Electoral Officer in Kolkata on Monday. (ANI)

Updated on Mar 30, 2026 17:27 IST

Mamata Banerjee alleges BJP triggered Ram Navami clashes in Bengal’s Murshidabad

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee claims BJP triggered Murshidabad Ram Navami clashes, vows justice as 20 injured and dozens arrested. (PTI)

Updated on Mar 28, 2026 09:11 IST

ECI suspends Bengal police officer after poll campaign violence

Basanti police inspector-in-charge suspended by Election Commission following TMC-BJP clash that injured workers and police ahead of West Bengal assembly elections. (Representative photo/IStock)

Updated on Mar 27, 2026 18:34 IST

Poll official assaulted in Bengal’s Nadia during training session

A polling official was allegedly assaulted during an election training session at a Block Development Office in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Friday after he flagged a violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). (Representative photo)

Updated on Mar 27, 2026 15:35 IST

TMC asks ECI to remove Malda police observer, Bhabanipur RO over ‘BJP links’

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee being greeted by people at Chalsa, in Jalpaiguri district. (@AITCofficial)

Updated on Mar 25, 2026 14:46 IST

Bengal elections 2026: In battleground Bhabanipur, Mamata banking on loyalists

Bhabanipur has been a TMC bastion since 2011 and Mamata Banerjee represented it in 2011 and 2016.

Updated on Mar 25, 2026 04:18 IST

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