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Governor dissolves West Bengal Assembly amid Mamata refusing to resign as CM
May 08, 2026 3:48 am
The current Assembly was constituted in May 2021 after the Trinamool Congress, under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee, returned to power for the third consecutive term in the state.
Tasting success: BJP celebrates historic mandate with fish, jhaalmuri
May 05, 2026 4:48 am
At the BJP’s office on 6, Murlidhar Sen Lane in Kolkata, however, the mood was more local in flavour as supporters tucked in jhaalmuri, echoing a moment from the campaign trail when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had stopped to eat the snack in Jhargram.
How Mamata’s urban bastion of bhadraloks was besieged by BJP
May 05, 2026 4:23 am
Out of the 11 Assembly seats in Kolkata city, BJP won 6 – from Tollygunge to Kashipur-Belghachia
Fadnavis: BJP's Bengal win will help uproot infiltration from Bangladesh
May 05, 2026 12:14 am
“With the defeat of the TMC, infiltration will end. The terror activities which were unleashed for several years will also end,” he added.
For Mamata Banerjee, why West Bengal polls are a battle of a lifetime
April 30, 2026 7:17 pm
Car bonnets to courtrooms, all Mamata Banerjee needs is a stage and a cause. As West Bengal votes today in one of its most decisive elections, The Indian Express on the 71-year-old who likes a good fight.
More than Didi vs BJP/EC/SIR, it’s Didi vs Didi: In silences, you also hear talk of ektu poriborton
April 30, 2026 7:36 pm
She, the uprooter of the Left, is the provider of cash transfers and welfare schemes. This second contest may be playing out not so much as Didi vs SIR/EC/BJP. It is, more, Didi vs Didi.
Mamata Banerjee’s economics doesn’t work. Will her politics swing the election?
April 25, 2026 7:14 am
A record turn-out helps the challenger, but the discontent induced by SIR could also help the incumbent
TMC’s southern fortress: For BJP, its path to power in Bengal runs through 111 Presidency seats
April 17, 2026 1:47 am
In 2021, the Mamata Banerjee-led party won 96 of these seats while the BJP bagged only 14. In 2024 LS polls, the BJP led in 21 of these Assembly segments, while the TMC was ahead in 90.
‘Fighter Didi’, ‘Chakri Koi’: Political parties take to memes, reels and videos for voter outreach in Bengal
April 17, 2026 5:10 am
Parties resorting to symbolism and targeted messaging through social media platforms
‘BJP will ban beef trade if voted to power in Bengal’: Himanta attacks Mamata over ‘misleading’ people on fish, meat consumption
April 17, 2026 5:06 am
The TMC wants cattle smuggling to Bangladesh to continue so that they can fill the state coffers, alleges the Assam CM
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