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West Bengal Election 2026 News

Why 20 Trinamool leaders joining a party with no MPs is a constitutional puzzle

Why 20 Trinamool leaders joining a party with no MPs is a constitutional puzzle

Updated 28 days ago

What is forged signature scandal rocking TMC, Mamata after Bengal poll defeat?

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee walks towards the residence of party MP Kalyan Banerjee, at Kalighat in Kolkata.

Updated 41 days ago

Bengal repoll: How TMC's Jahangir Khan, who withdrew, also got votes in Falta

Jahangir Khan, 41, announced on May 19 that he was backing out of the May 21 repoll.

Updated 50 days ago

Falta repolling today: Double security measures, TMC's Jahangir Khan out of race

Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Jahangir Khan withdrew from the Falta repoll contest on Tuesday.

Updated 53 days ago

Don’t slaughter cows on Eid, urge Bengal's Muslim clerics

Maulana Shafique Qasmi, the Imam of Kolkata’s Nakhoda Masjid, said Muslims should not offer cows for Qurbani. (Getty file photo)

Updated 54 days ago

Why Jahangir Khan from Mamata's party backed out before repoll in Bengal's Falta

In a statement after the withdrawal by Jahangir Khan, seen here during poll campaign with TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, the party said it was his “personal decision".

Updated 54 days ago

TMC's Jahangir Khan cites CM Adhikari’s promise, withdraws from Falta re-poll

TMC candidate Jahangir Khan.

Updated 55 days ago

File separate pleas on SIR’s impact on West Bengal polls: SC tells TMC

The court said ECI’s objections would be considered once the fresh applications are filed.

Published 62 days ago

Bengal poll chief becomes new BJP govt’s top bureaucrat, TMC slams appoinment

Outgoing West Bengal chief secretary Dushyant Nariala welcomes Manoj Kumar Agarwal as he takes over as chief secretary

Updated 62 days ago

TMC's ‘2%, 15%’ reminder in SC plea: ‘SIR deletions higher than BJP win margin’

A man dismantles an election billboard bearing a portrait of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee after the party lost the assembly elections, in Kolkata.

Updated 63 days ago

Congress, Left parties reject Mamata Banerjee’s offer for anti-BJP alliance

Mamata Banerjee released a video message urging opposition parties to unite against the BJP. (REUTERS)

Published 63 days ago

Trinamool ex-spokesman is apologising to UP IPS officer Ajay Sharma. Here's why

Riju Dutta issued an apology on X for IPS Ajay Pal Sharma, who had been sent as an "observer" in the Bengal elections.

Updated 63 days ago

Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as Bengal’s first BJP CM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi warmly hugged chief minister of West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari after swearing-in ceremony at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata, India, on Saturday, May 9, 2026.

Updated 64 days ago

With a pick of five, BJP carefully assembled its first cabinet in West Bengal

Nisith Pramanik was with the TMC until 2019, when he defected to the BJP and won the Cooch Behar Lok Sabha seat.

Published 64 days ago

‘We’ll fight the battle': Mamata urges Oppn to form ‘joint platform’ against BJP

Mamata Banerjee also alleged that the state government suddenly withdrew the cellular services she enjoyed as a CM.

Updated 64 days ago

Suvendu Adhikari’s rise as Bengal CM lands on Bangladesh's front pages

Newly elected Chief Minister of West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari takes an oath during his swearing-in ceremony in Kolkata on May 9, 2026.

Updated 65 days ago

Jangalmahal's tribal leader to BJP's Bengal cabinet: All about Kshudiram Tudu

BJP MLA Kshudiram Tudu takes the oath as a West Bengal cabinet minister during the swearing-in ceremony, at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.

Updated 65 days ago

Who is Agnimitra Paul, the only woman in BJP's first-ever Bengal cabinet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP leader Agnimitra Paul, second left, during a rally, at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.

Updated 65 days ago

Agnimitra, Dilip Ghosh: List of BJP leaders who took oath as Bengal ministers

Here is the full list of BJP ministers who took the oath of office as the next government of West Bengal.

Updated 65 days ago

Suvendu Adhikari is the new Bengal CM, BJP's first in the state

Suvendu Adhikari is the first BJP chief minister of Bengal.

Updated 65 days ago

WB assembly dissolved after Mamata's 'won't resign' stance, TMC plans counter

Outgoing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, leader of Trinamool Congress (TMC), speaks during a press conference

Updated 66 days ago

‘Bengal has never believed in culture of hatred’: Dev urges people to stay alert

Dev has issued a statement after videos of him went viral on social media.

Updated 66 days ago

‘Didi, you have not lost’: Akhilesh Yadav backs Mamata, TMC after poll debacle

**EDS: THIRD PARTY IMAGE** In this image posted on May 7, 2026, Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav during a meeting, in Kolkata. (@AITCofficial/X via PTI Photo) (PTI05_07_2026_000205B)

Updated 67 days ago

‘He was busy over oath ceremony’: Murdered Suvendu aide's grieving family

Chandranath Rath's unconsolable younger brother Dev Kumar said that he had no enmity with anyone. His mother asked for life sentence for the accused

Published 67 days ago

Mystery car, fake plates, ambush: Inside the killing of Suvendu Adhikari aide

Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's aide Chandranath Rath was shot dead late Wednesday in North 24 Parganas

Updated 67 days ago

Ex-IAF employee to Adhikari's ‘Mr dependable’ PA, who was Chandranath Rath?

Chandranath Rath wasn't a regular PA. He once served in the Indian Air Force before he became one of Suvendu Adhikari's most trusted political associates.

Updated 67 days ago

‘Killing planned over 3-4 days’: What we know on Suvendu Adhikari PA murder

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath shot dead in West Bengal’s Madhyamgram

Updated 67 days ago

Suvendu Adhikari shares key details in PA's ‘cold-blooded murder’

BJP winning candidate of Bhabanipur and Nandigram constituency Suvendu Adhikari arrives at BJP West Bengal office

Published 67 days ago

TMC, BJP demand ‘strong action’ after Suvendu Adhikari's PA shot near Kolkata

Security beefed up after BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant Chandranath Rath was shot at from close range

Updated 67 days ago

Suvendu Adhikari's aide shot dead in Bengal's North 24 Paraganas

Rath played a key role in Adhikari’s election management both in Nandigram and Bhabanipur. Adhikari won both the seats.

Updated 67 days ago

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