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WEST BENGAL ASSEMBLY POLLS NEWS
In Bengal, Left, ISF talks for poll tie-up run into Forward Bloc bump
February 15, 2026 12:07 am
CPI(M)’s old partner Forward Bloc is unwilling to give up its traditional constituencies for Indian Secular Front, which is seeking to contest 45 seats
Bengal SIR hearings end, nearly 5 lakh didn’t turn up
February 15, 2026 8:34 am
After deletion of 58 lakh names in the first phase, over 6 lakh more names likely to be out of the voters’ list
Sleepless in fear: Why vigilant groups, guards walk the night in Bengal's tribal villages
February 15, 2026 10:28 am
Police say yet to trace origin of the rumour; step up vigil and awareness programmes
Who are BJP’s Bengal ‘peacekeepers’? As Assembly poll looms, party calls in reinforcements
January 20, 2026 2:43 pm
The “pravasi sadasyas” from Hindi heartland states, Karnataka are supervising campaign prep and outreach. “Larger focus, however, is on resolving differences between local workers.”
PM to address Singur rally today: Why Modi's big pre-poll message to Bengal will come from place linked to Mamata's rise to power
January 18, 2026 10:59 am
Ahead of Bengal polls, BJP is looking to target TMC govt's “failed” industrialisation bid, invoking the spectre of Tata's scrapped Singur Nano project in 2008 following Mamata's agitation
2026 Assembly Polls | No home districts, no 3-year tenures: CEO sets norms for West Bengal police overhaul, issues directives
January 15, 2026 3:27 am
The order targets officers directly connected to the election processes, including: ADGs, IGs, DIGs, and SSPs/SPs; Additional SPs, sub-divisional police officers, and circle inspectors; police sub-inspectors and inspectors in charge of police stations.
Bengal elections 3 months away, a new BJP team in place
January 08, 2026 7:51 am
No big surprises in the 34-member team formed six months after Samik Bhattacharya was appointed state unit chief
PM Modi sounds poll bugle in West Bengal: ‘End TMC jungle raj, bring double-engine govt’
December 21, 2025 8:12 am
Addressing a gathering in Taherpur over the phone, as his helicopter was unable to land due to low visibility, Modi also accused the TMC of opposing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to protect “infiltrators”.
West Bengal draft rolls: Seats with sizable Hindi speakers see high voter deletions, Muslim-dominated seats largely unaffected
December 17, 2025 7:05 am
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s constituency Bhabanipur and Mayor Firhad Hakim's seat Kolkata Port among 10 seats with most deletions
BJP MP's gaffe over Bengali freedom fighter gives TMC fresh ammo: Who was Matangini Hazra?
December 14, 2025 11:10 am
Seizing on Dinesh Sharma's remark in Parliament that Matangini Hazra had raised the Vande Mataram slogan “despite being a Muslim”, TMC called BJP “Bangla birodhi (anti-Bengali)” and “bahiragoto (outsiders)”
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In Pictures: Amit Shah mounts full-scale attack on TMC at Barrackpore BJP meet
January 31, 2026 4:50 pm
Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a massive BJP workers’ meeting at Barrackpore, West Bengal, targeting the TMC government ahead of the 2026 assembly elections.
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