WB polls: Mobile app to help voters plan their visit to booths
The app, 'Q4U', will facilitate electors by informing them how long the queue is.
Apr 29, 2016, 18:37 PM IST
West Bengal polls: Roopa Ganguly surrenders before court in assault case
The actress-turned politician was later granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 500.
Apr 29, 2016, 18:23 PM IST
Campaigning ends for Bengal polls fifth phase
Campaigning ended on Thursday for the fifth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections involving 53 seats in three districts where balloting will take place on April 30.
Apr 28, 2016, 23:34 PM IST
West Bengal polls fifth phase to decide fate of four Narada 'stung' Trinamool biggies
With four of the Trinamool Congress leaders "caught" accepting "illegal money" in the purported Narada sting operation contesting the fifth phase of assembly polls on Saturday, it is seemingly a litmus test for West Bengal's ruling party which has been battling corruption charges levelled by the opposition.
Apr 28, 2016, 23:28 PM IST
Buddhadeb, Rahul share stage, call for saving West Bengal from TMC
Striking a rare show of bonhomie, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday shared the stage with veteran CPI-M leader and former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee amid slogans calling for long life for the Congress-Left unity to save Bengal.
Apr 27, 2016, 22:49 PM IST
West Bengal polls: Mamata rakes up 2G scam, slams Congress, BJP, CPI(M)
Facing Opposition heat on the Saradha scam and Naradha sting, Trianamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit back at the Congress by raking up 2G and coal scams which surfaced during the UPA regime and accused the Modi government of undermining the federal structure.
Apr 27, 2016, 21:33 PM IST
EC deploys more police observers for 5th phase of poll in West Bengal
Election Commission on Wednesday deployed more police observers for the fifth and penultimate phase of election to West Bengal assembly on April 30.
Apr 27, 2016, 21:18 PM IST
Post-poll violence won't be tolerated: EC
The Election Commission on Monday said that no post-poll violence will be tolerated and strict action will be taken against the perpetrators.
Apr 25, 2016, 23:20 PM IST
Over 78 percent turnout in fourth phase of West Bengal polls
Amid sweltering heat, sporadic violence and allegations of electoral malpractice, over 78 percent of the 1.08 crore voters on Monday exercised their right to franchise across 49 constituencies bordering Kolkata in the fourth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections.
Apr 25, 2016, 22:01 PM IST
Mamata holds road show in her constituency Bhowanipore
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Sunday held yet another mammoth road show in the city, this time in her constituency Bhowanipore, urging people to bring her to power again.
Apr 25, 2016, 00:07 AM IST
West Bengal assembly election: Will move election panel against TMC for morphed picture, says BJP
Only three of the scheduled six phases in West Bengal assembly elections have been completed so far.
Apr 24, 2016, 19:44 PM IST
West Bengal polls: Political brickbats over Rajnath's doctored photo; BJP says it's proof TMC losing ground
In a tweet on Saturday evening, Hussain said, “Such irresponsible act not expected from a political party and it shows TMC is losing ground in Bengal.”
Apr 23, 2016, 21:26 PM IST
West Bengal polls: 670 companies of central forces for fourth phase
A total of 672 companies of central forces and 23,000 state police personnel will be deployed, in addition to other measures, to ensure free and fair polls.
Apr 23, 2016, 18:48 PM IST
West Bengal polls: TMC asks EC to restrict broadcast of Narada scribe's programmes
In its complaint before the poll panel the party said since the Narada sting operation is now sub-judice no broadcast of it should be allowed.
Apr 22, 2016, 21:39 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee defends Trinamool MP seen in Narada sting video
Stoking yet another controversy, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday defended Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar who was allegedly seen in the Narada sting operation video while accepting a bribe.
Apr 20, 2016, 23:36 PM IST
CPI-M worker dies in Bengal violence
A CPI-M worker on Wednesday succumbed to injuries sustained in an attack allegedly by cadres of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress in North 24 Parganas district, an Election Commission official said.
Apr 20, 2016, 22:59 PM IST
62 seats up for grabs in Bengal polls third phase
The high-octane West Bengal assembly election reaches an exciting leg on Thursday, with the poll caravan moving to the historic Murshidabad district that was once the capital of the Nawabs of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha, and reaches upto a part of Kolkata in the third phase of the staggered month-long exercise.
Apr 20, 2016, 22:54 PM IST
Probe Opposition's income from unknown sources: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded an investigation into the opposition parties' assets, alleging that the lion's share of the income of the Congress, BJP and CPI-M were from unknown sources.
Apr 20, 2016, 22:53 PM IST
West Bengal Assembly elections: Over 1.37 crore electorates to decide fate of 418 candidates in 3rd phase
More than 1.37 crore electorates will decide the fate of 418 candidates, including 34 women, in 62 constituencies on Thursday as campaign for the third phase of polling for the West Bengal assembly elections came to end on Tuesday evening.
Apr 20, 2016, 00:16 AM IST
Ailing Buddhadeb hits campaign trail, leads huge road show
With the red flag fluttering alongside the Congress tricolour, an ailing former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday hit the campaign trail leading a huge road show in support of CPI-M candidates through the city's southern outskirts.
Apr 19, 2016, 22:01 PM IST
