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BJP’s ground game in West Bengal covered booths, bastis and high-rises

Updated on May 05, 2026 07:21 am IST

BJP workers and supporters in Kolkata celebrate the party’s success in the Bengal assembly elections on Monday. (AFP)

‘This is BJP’s plan’: Mamata asks party leaders not to abandon counting centres

Mamata Banerjee took a lead of 17,371 votes in Bhabanipur. (Utpal Sarkar/ANI)

Published on May 04, 2026 02:03 pm IST

Missing CCTV footage, proxy voting in Bengal’s Falta: Poll observer’s report

The observer’s report details violations across dozens of polling stations in Falta constituency, derived from CCTV footage review. (ANI)

Updated on May 04, 2026 06:41 am IST

Party has left the building: The rise of parallel politics in Bengal

Parties have not disappeared but have been functionally repurposed, with a parallel informational and mobilisational infrastructure built alongside them(PTI FILE)

Updated on May 04, 2026 06:20 am IST

Four questions that are set to shape the election verdicts

Security personnel stand guard outside the strong room of Khudiram Anushilan Kendra on the eve of counting and results of the West Bengal Assembly polls, in Kolkata(PTI)

Updated on May 04, 2026 06:29 am IST

Mamata says TMC will cross 200 seats in Bengal polls, accuses BJP of manipulation

The TMC chief directed party workers to guard the strongrooms and counting centres and not to leave until the winning candidate is handed over the certificate.

Published on May 02, 2026 08:46 pm IST

Tributes pour in for Satyajit Ray on 105th birth anniversary, Mamata hails maestro's immortal works

Tributes pour in for Satyajit Ray on 105th birth anniversary, Mamata hails maestro's immortal works

Published on May 02, 2026 04:33 pm IST

Over 50% turnout by 1pm in repolls at 15 Bengal booths

Repolling was conducted under tight security at 15 polling stations in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas on Saturday (ANI)

Published on May 02, 2026 03:49 pm IST

Extra forces deployed to secure strongrooms in Bengal amid EVM tampering allegations

Officials aware of the matter said that additional forces have been added to the three-layer security outside strongrooms, comprising state police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). (ANI Video Grab)

Published on May 01, 2026 10:40 pm IST

ECI orders repoll on May 2 in 15 polling stations in 2 Bengal assembly seats

ECI orders repoll in 15 booths in South 24 Parganas on May 2

Updated on May 01, 2026 07:45 pm IST

Calcutta HC dismisses TMC pleas on Bengal Assembly poll counting centres

HC dismisses TMC pleas on Bengal poll counting, backs use of central PSU staff and shifting of counting centre

Published on Apr 30, 2026 11:11 pm IST

Mamata Banerjee claims 226 seats in Bengal Assembly polls, BJP says ‘game over’

The TMC chief alleged that the BJP pressured a section of the media to publish fictitious exit poll data showing its landslide victory so that share prices do not crash. (ANI)

Updated on Apr 30, 2026 08:44 pm IST

West Bengal polls close with historic 92.59% turnout in phase 2

The second phase turnout at 92.59% was significantly higher than the previous record of 84.72% in the 2011 assembly polls. (@ECISVEEP/ANI)

Updated on Apr 30, 2026 07:36 am IST

Kolkata records 88% turnout in second phase of West Bengal assembly elections

Voters queue up as they wait to cast their votes at a polling station in Howrah on Wednesday. (@ECISVEEP/ANI)

Updated on Apr 30, 2026 03:12 am IST

West Bengal: ECI seeks Falta report as EVM tampering charge mars Phase 2 polls

A polling official marks a voter's finger with indelible ink during the second and final phase of the West Bengal assembly elections on Wednesday. (PTI)

Published on Apr 29, 2026 03:17 pm IST

Can BJP’s rise breach Bengal electoral wall?

An armoured vehicle and CAPF personnel patrol in the Bhawanipur Assembly constituency on the eve of the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata (ANI)

Updated on Apr 29, 2026 07:28 am IST

Beyond numbers, how WB’s voter roll revision is redrawing citizenship lines

People submit their applications to the appellate tribunal set up to hear appeals related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, at Suri, in Birbhum district, West Bengal. (PTI FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 29, 2026 06:30 am IST

ECI adds 1,468 names to West Bengal voter list ahead of phase-2 voting

Polling officials leave after collecting Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units for voting in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 29, 2026 06:37 am IST

HC slams Bengal govt for delay in handing over land to BSF for fencing India-Bangladesh border

HC slams Bengal govt for delay in handing over land to BSF for fencing India-Bangladesh border

Published on Apr 28, 2026 01:59 pm IST

West Bengal polls: 1,468 voters get SC tribunal clearance for second phase voting

People, whose names were deleted from voters' lists in the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal, queue up to present their cases before judicial officers, ahead of the state Assembly elections, at Krishnanagar. (PTI)

Published on Apr 28, 2026 01:59 pm IST

How did SIR impact electoral rolls across states?

People submit their applications to the appellate tribunal set up to hear appeals related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in Suri, in Birbhum district, West Bengal on April 11.(PTI)

Updated on May 04, 2026 08:31 pm IST

NIA to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in West Bengal ahead of phase-2 polls

A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered. (Representative Photo)

Updated on Apr 27, 2026 04:45 pm IST

Centre grants six-month extension to West Bengal DGP Siddh Nath Gupta

West Bengal director general of police Siddh Nath Gupta. (Sourced photo)

Updated on Apr 27, 2026 04:34 pm IST

Mamata Banerjee walks off stage at Bengal’s Bhabanipur rally, blames BJP for disruption

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee cut short her speech at a rally in her Bhabanipur constituency on Saturday (ANI)

Published on Apr 26, 2026 12:58 pm IST

Mamata is paving the way for BJP in Bengal: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressed an election rally in Bengal’s Hooghly district. (AFP)

Published on Apr 25, 2026 09:44 pm IST

Bengal Assembly polls: Mamata claims 100+, Shah predicts 110 for BJP in phase 1

After phase 1 voting, Mamata claims 100+ seats while Shah predicts BJP sweep as Bengal heads into crucial second phase.

Published on Apr 25, 2026 09:17 pm IST

Bengal: ED searches 9 sites under PMLA in 2020 public distribution system case

ED conducts PMLA searches at nine sites in Bengal PDS case; TMC alleges political vendetta amid ongoing assembly elections.

Published on Apr 25, 2026 06:54 pm IST

Modi slams TMC over ‘anarchy’ at Jadavpur University; Mamata says it’s democracy

The high-decibel face-off over the university came as top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the TMC addressed more than a dozen rallies and road shows across seven districts.(PTI)

Updated on Apr 25, 2026 06:57 am IST

Polling for 152 of the 294 seats in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly

People wait in queues to cast votes during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district(PTI)

Updated on Apr 24, 2026 07:25 am IST

In Bengal’s Phase 1 record voting, PM Modi and Mamata Banerjee read contradictory messages

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah echoed that the BJP would secure its first victory in the eastern state with an absolute majority. (@AmitShah)

Published on Apr 23, 2026 10:15 pm IST

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