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Nano long gone, Singur is back: PM's ‘real change’ vs Mamata's ‘poriborton’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the gathering during a public meeting at Singur in Hooghly district, West Bengal, on Sunday, January 18, 2026. (PTI )

Updated on Jan 18, 2026 08:49 pm IST

'Paltano darkar, chayee BJP sarkar': In Bangla, PM steps up Bengal offensive

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the flag off programme of Vande Bharat sleeper train connecting Howrah and Guwahati, in Malda on Saturday(Narendra Modi Photo Gallery/ANI Photo)

Updated on Jan 17, 2026 03:48 pm IST

Cricketer Mohammed Shami asked to appear for SIR hearing in Kolkata

Mohammad Shami did not appear in court on Monday as he is currently in Rajkot, representing Bengal in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.(PTI)

Published on Jan 06, 2026 12:24 pm IST

Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh back in spotlight after meeting Amit Shah

Dilip Ghosh said he held a special organisational meeting at the BJP Salt Lake office with state chief Samik Bhattacharya and state general secretary (organisation) Amitabh Chakraborty. (X/DilipGhoshBJP)

Published on Jan 01, 2026 08:58 pm IST

Draft voter rolls released after SIR in 3 states, 2 UTs

The enumeration exercise was conducted between November 4 and December 11 and the draft rolls have been uploaded on the websites of the respective Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) and District Electoral Officers (DEOs), besides being shared in hard copy with recognised political parties. (ANI)

Published on Dec 17, 2025 04:00 am IST

BJP ups the ante in West Bengal after Bihar election results, TMC hits back

West Bengal chief minister and All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee at a public gathering in Kolkata. (Samir Jana/ HT Photo)

Published on Nov 14, 2025 04:50 pm IST

Pan-India SIR of voter rolls to begin next week: Which states likely in Phase 1?

Officials with documents of voters during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Oct 25, 2025 08:56 pm IST

EC to begin training poll officials in Bengal as part of SIR of electoral rolls

Assembly polls are due in West Bengal next year.(HT Photo/Representational Image)

Published on Sept 16, 2025 11:12 am IST

Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more(X/@Borderlands)

Published on Sept 08, 2025 09:30 pm IST

Mamata giving protection to ‘rioters’ for 2026 Bengal polls, says BJP

Banerjee termed the recent communal violence in Murshidabad district

Published on Apr 17, 2025 10:16 pm IST

Duplication of card numbers doesn’t mean fake voters: EC

The poll panel said that while EPIC numbers of some of the voters “may be identical”, the other details including demographic details, assembly constituency and polling booth are different. (HT PHOTO)

Published on Mar 03, 2025 06:42 am IST

Mamata declares TMC to go solo in Bengal election, INDIA bloc ally weighs in

TMC chief Mamata Banerjee blamed AAP-Congress rift for opposition's failure in the Delhi election. (Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Feb 11, 2025 11:13 am IST

Mamata Banerjee thanks those backing her for INDIA leadership: ‘I also want…'

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.(PTI)

Updated on Dec 11, 2024 10:42 pm IST

Raiganj bypoll: BJP candidate accuses TMC of disrupting Bengal election process

Along with Raiganj, other assembly constituencies in the state that went to the poll in the by-polls on Wednesday are Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda, and Maniktala.

Published on Jul 10, 2024 12:32 pm IST

Break the vicious cycle of violence in every poll

The violence during West Bengal’s panchayat elections has reignited an old debate.(HT)

Published on Jul 16, 2023 09:49 pm IST

Campaign for West Bengal rural body election ends, toll at 18

Security personnel conduct a route march ahead of the West Bengal panchayat elections, in Nadia, Thursday. (PTI)

Updated on Jul 07, 2023 04:35 am IST

Trinamool worker dies in crude-bomb blast in Bengal's North 24 Parganas: Report

Earlier, six people were injured in a clash between workers or two parties at Gosaba in South 24 Parganas. (Representational Image)(HT_PRINT)

Published on Jul 03, 2023 12:28 pm IST

Calcutta high court: “Jobs are being sold like a commodity”

While cancelling the appointments of 32,000 primary school teachers recruited in 2016 by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education for allegedly violating recruitment norms, the Calcutta high court last week observed that “jobs were sold like a commodity.”(HT File Photo)

Published on May 22, 2023 03:36 pm IST

Political slugfest takes centre stage ahead of West Bengal panchayat polls

Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee during the Bhumi Pujan for the new Trinamool Bhavan on the party's foundation day, in Kolkata on Sunday. (ANI)

Updated on Jan 02, 2023 08:41 am IST

Ruled Bangladeshi by Calcutta HC, TMC's Alo Rani Sarkar says ‘I was born in…’

Alo Rani Sarkar, TMC candidate from West Bengal’s Bongaon Dakshin constituencyi in 2021 assembly election.(ANI)

Published on May 22, 2022 09:58 am IST

Amid Bengal by-elections, Trinamool claims poll violation, BJP alleges attacks

Kolkata: A security officer stands at guard outside a 'strong room', where Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are kept, on the eve of the Ballygunge Assembly by-polls, (PTI)

Published on Apr 12, 2022 11:08 am IST

AAP to contest 2023 panchayat polls in Mamata-ruled Bengal

Delhi chief minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann.(HT_PRINT)

Published on Mar 14, 2022 05:04 pm IST

After UP, can BJP return to power in K'taka? War of words breaks out in assembly

The southern state, where no ruling party has returned to power since the 1980s, will be taken to vote next year, with Bommai-led government targeting over 130 seats in the state.( (Wikimedia Commons))

Updated on Mar 12, 2022 03:06 pm IST

TMC sweeps West Bengal civic polls, wins 102 out of 108 municipalities

‘Heart-felt gratitude to Ma-Mati-Manush for according yet another overwhelming mandate to us,’ TMC supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted as the civic body polls results started pouring in. (PTI)

Updated on Mar 02, 2022 11:57 pm IST

West Bengal Municipal polls: Mamata thanks ‘maa, maati, manush’ for TMC’s win

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. (PTI)

Published on Mar 02, 2022 02:21 pm IST

West Bengal civic polls: Counting of votes today

People commuting on a road displaying flags of various parties during the West Bengal civic polls, at Chandannagar, in Hooghly on Sunday. (ANI PHOTO.)

Updated on Mar 02, 2022 10:06 am IST

Bengal civic polls: Counting of votes tomorrow

Polling started at 7 am in 2,171 wards of the 108 civic bodies and went on till 5 pm.(HT file photo. Representative image)

Published on Mar 01, 2022 01:18 pm IST

Left to hold demonstrations in Bengal against election malpractices

West Bengal civic body elections were held to 107 municipalities across the state. (ANI PHOTO.)

Updated on Feb 28, 2022 12:07 am IST

Bengal civic polls: Voting on amid violence fears, tight security

Bengal civic polls: Voting is being held on Sunday for 103 municipalities. (ANI)

Published on Feb 27, 2022 10:34 am IST

Will break booth machine: BJP leader on post-poll violence in WB civic elections

Arjun Singh (L), a former TMC leader and four-time legislator from West Bengal, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party in 2019. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 20, 2022 10:55 pm IST

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