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The Election Commission (EC) is set to announce on Sunday schedule for the high-voltage Lok Sabha elections, which is likely to be spread over seven to eight phases in April-May. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Senior EC officials to visit West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Manipur...

The decision to send Deputy Election Commissioner comes a day after BJP urged the poll watchdog to declare WB a 'super...

14 March 2019 6:34 PM IST

Accused doused daughter in kerosene and put her on fire

WB man burnt to death after woman he raped, set ablaze grabs him while...

The woman is now under treatment at the Malda Medical College and Hospital with burn injuries in her face and hands,...

6 March 2019 10:14 AM IST

A man throwing a crude bomb in Murshidabad, West Bengal during LS polls. (Photo: ANI)

West Bengal violence claims life of man waiting to vote

Violence between the workers of the Congress and ruling TMC sparked on allegations of proxy voting at the booth.

23 April 2019 4:47 PM IST

Mr Sibal, supplemented by saying this (triple talaq) is something which is not permanent or immutable. (Representational image)

Triple Talaq would not yield votes: BJP candidates in WB

BJP's Muslim candidates say their outreach was not based on the triple talaq but on issues such as domestic violence and...

23 April 2019 5:20 PM IST

Nimse was found hanging with a nylon rope.

Reserve polling agent found dead in West Bengal

In another incident in Odisha, a polling official at booth number 41 in Kantapal, Dhenkanal district, passed away after...

23 April 2019 4:33 PM IST

Three Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers were injured after a crude bomb was hurled at them. (Photo: ANI).

Bomb hurled at three TMC workers in West Bengal's Murshidabad

'Among the injured, one person is a husband of Domkal's councillor. The injured have been admitted to hospital,'...

23 April 2019 12:43 PM IST

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a rally Maidan in Cooch Behar on Monday. (Photo: Asian Age)

People of Bengal will pay back 'notebandi' with 'votebandi': Mamata...

Taking potshots at Modi, Banerjee claimed that the people did not want BJP to return power at the Centre.

21 April 2019 5:00 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he needs to be thrown out of both the chair but politics for the betterment of the country. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Communal politics takes centrestage in WB as TMC, BJP fight for...

Both the TMC and the BJP are working hard to woo the Matuas, a Scheduled Caste community, mostly comprising backward...

20 April 2019 1:19 PM IST

Addressing an election rally in South Dinajpur district, Modi accused the chief minister of fooling people in the name of ma, mati and manush (mother, land and people). (Photo: ANI)

Speedbreaker didi lost sleep after 2 phases of LS polls: Modi

PM criticised Banerjee for seeking proof of the Balakot air strikes, and asked her to collect evidence against those...

20 April 2019 12:12 PM IST

The chief minister reiterated that she will not allow National Register of Citizens in West Bengal. (Photo: File)

Mamata Banerjee criticises Ram Navami rallies, says BJP disturbing...

She slammed the BJP for trying to gain political advantage by using religion as a tool to mislead people.

13 April 2019 7:07 PM IST

Bhobishyoter Bhoot poster.

SC imposes Rs 20 lakh fine on WB govt for 'virtual ban' on film...

The film was allegedly withdrawn from single-screen theatres and multiplexes a day after its release.

11 April 2019 12:11 PM IST

Three polling teams, after trekking for almost three hours, reached their designated polling stations situated approximately 3000 feet above ground level to conduct elections in Buxa Fort on Wednesday. (Photo: ANI)

Polling teams trek 10kms to conduct voting in West Bengal's Buxa hills

This time, polling staff had staged protests in various districts of West Bengal demanding central forces to be deployed...

11 April 2019 7:06 AM IST