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TMC loses its Assam face, former Rahul Gandhi aide: Who is RS MP Sushmita Dev?
June 10, 2026 6:46 pm
A former Congress leader who hails from a prominent political family in Assam’s Barak Valley, Dev quit from the TMC amid its ongoing rebel crisis
BJP’s first month in power in West Bengal: Evaluating the hits and the misses
June 09, 2026 11:44 pm
Opposition parties have criticised the CM Suvendu Adhikari-led government over its “bulldozer culture”, flagging several recent demolition and eviction drives
Facing imminent split, Mamata overhauls party, brings in old-timers
June 06, 2026 11:28 am
Senior leader, MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy says: “I have never seen around 60 MLAs leave in such a short span of time. What I am saying is that a similar reaction is likely in the Lok Sabha too”
Naveen Patnaik’s full-circle moment: Former CM turns to old playbook to take on BJP
June 04, 2026 3:46 pm
Twenty-six years after using public-safety concerns to unseat the Congress, the former Odisha CM is deploying the same strategy against the BJP government.
Drug routes, tribal corridors, political faultlines: Inside Manipur’s new Naga-Kuki conflict
May 23, 2026 4:59 pm
What began as a drunken brawl in a small village in February has spiralled into a widening and increasingly militarised ethnic conflict between Nagas and Kukis, as a hostage crisis involving six missing Naga men continues to keep Manipur on edge
As Dhaka summons Indian envoy to protest Himanta Sarma’s remarks, a look at his Bengal poll pitch
May 03, 2026 5:00 am
During his campaign for BJP in West Bengal, Sarma raked up polarising issues like “cross-border infiltration” and “demographic shifts” besides border security
Decode Politics: Amid delimitation storm, how 2023 exercise shaped Assam elections
April 23, 2026 1:00 pm
Opposition accuses BJP of using delimitation in Assam to “gerrymander” seats to “split anti-BJP regions and communities for electoral dividends”
TMC tops Bengal parties in women candidates at 27%; Cong, Left, BJP all below 15%
April 16, 2026 3:19 am
TMC has consistently made space for women’s representation compared to other state Assemblies. Women account for 13.4% of the outgoing Bengal Assembly, well above the national average of 8%
In TMC crosshairs amid SIR storm, Bengal’s top election officer: Who is Manoj Agarwal
April 11, 2026 10:36 pm
EC appointed 1990-batch IAS as Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer in 2025 to oversee SIR and Assembly polls after it rejected Mamata Banerjee govt’s first shortlist of candidates and sought a revised panel
What led to record turnout in Assam polls: Roll revision, polarisation key factors
April 11, 2026 4:21 am
At 85.91%, turnout exceeds previous record of 84.67% set in 2016. Seven constituencies saw turnout cross 95%
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