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SIR issue: Election Commission to meet Mamata-led TMC delegation next week

January 30, 2026 4:12 am

Mamata Banerjee has accused the EC of functioning at the behest of the BJP, saying that electors aged above 85 years of age and persons with disabilities were being summoned for the hearings to prove their credentials.

“The entire Court proceeding will be on 'Live Streaming', and the same will be recorded for future purposes, the Calcutta High Court said. (Express Photo)

‘Live-streamed, only counsels to be present’: Calcutta High Court’s restrictions on ED I-PAC raids hearing today

January 14, 2026 11:18 am

Last Friday, when the Calcutta High Court was to hear the petitions of ED and the TMC, chaos and overcrowding in Justice Suvra Ghosh's courtroom led to the matter being adjourned.

On Tuesday, Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition, filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court requesting a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the attack on his convoy, which he claims was carried out by TMC goons in Chandrakona. (Express Photo)

I-PAC ED raid row: BJP moves Calcutta High Court seeking nod to protest outside Nabanna against CM Mamata Banerjee

January 13, 2026 1:51 pm

The BJP's request for permission for a protest rally outside Nabanna in Kolkata was denied by the police due to security concerns.

Putatundu began his political career with the Left student movement and later served as the state president of the Student Federation of India (SFI) in 1979. (Source: X/@PutatundaSamir)

Samir Putatundu, West Bengal Left leader who joined Mamata Banerjee for Singur, passes away at 74

January 12, 2026 11:48 am

Samir Putatundu co-founded the Party for Democratic Socialism along with Saifuddin Choudhury and contested the 2011 Assembly polls against Buddhadeb Bhattacharya.

Putatundu, a prominent figure in the Left movement in West Bengal, was an influential CPI(M) leader. (Source: X/@PutatundaSamir)

Veteran Left leader Samir Putatundu dies following prolonged illness

January 12, 2026 11:25 am

Over the years, he played a significant role in several political struggles, including the anti-land acquisition movement in Singur and Nandigram, led by Mamata Banerjee, in the late 2000s.

Adhikari, who is the TMC supremo's protege-turned-adversary, defeated Mamata Banerjee in the 2021 Assembly elections from Nandigram by 1,956 votes. Later, in a by-poll, she won by a margin of over 56,000 votes in the Bhawanipur seat. (Express Photo)

I-PAC raids: BJP demands arrest of Mamata, DGP Rajeev Kumar

January 12, 2026 11:04 am

Suvendu names 11 police officers, demands their suspension

Pointing out that the final voters’ list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is due to be published on February 28, Kabir alleged that while most names deleted have been those of Hindus, Muslims were being singled out and harassed through repeated hearings.

Humayun Kabir accuses Mamata of ‘appeasing Hindus’, says Muslim voters shifting towards him

December 29, 2025 7:30 pm

The suspended TMC MLA alleges police harassment since he laid the foundation stone for Babri-like mosque in Bengal

Banerjee laid out detailed instructions for BLAs during SIR hearings.

Mamata asks party BLAs to collect details on micro-observers; says ECI ‘appointed them without telling the state’

December 22, 2025 3:47 pm

Alleging political bias, the Bengal Chief Minister said, ‘They (ECI) are updating the BLO app every day. Whatever the BJP is saying, they are doing the next day’

On Tuesday, around 200 members of a BLO Forum protested outside the Bengal CEO's office, alleging deletion of thousands of genuine voters in the draft electoral roll under the SIR. (Source: File Photo)

BLO forum holds protest near Bengal CEO's office over 'deletion of genuine voters' in draft rolls

December 16, 2025 6:53 pm

The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday published West Bengal's draft electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), deleting the names of more than 58 lakh voters on various grounds, including death, migration and non-submission of enumeration forms, officials said.