The Sandeshkhali issue has taken a new turn. Now, some women have come up saying they were forced by local BJP leaders to lodge false rape cases against TMC leaders.

Polling in Birbhum will be held on May 13 along with Baharampur, Krishnangar, Ranaghat, Asansol, Bardhaman-Durgapur, Bardhaman-Purba and Bolpur.

Raising the slogan “Modi Hatao Desh bachao”, Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP is conspiring to implement the Uniform Civil Code which will make SCs, STs, OBCs and Muslims lose their identity.

EC says polling peaceful; political parties file over 400 complaints

West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu, too, hailed the SC order that stayed the Calcutta HC verdict of invalidating the appointment of 25,753 school jobs. The BJP, meanwhile, criticised the TMC-led government for trying to stop a probe into the case by the CBI.

The verdict has sparked furore across the state with the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) finally moving the apex court to challenge the order.

Kunal Ghosh had also alleged that apart from former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee, another state minister was involved in the school jobs ‘scam’.

The Trinamool Congress national general secretary, while speaking at a rally in Raniganj, also referred to Modi participating in a rally in support of JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who has been accused of sexually abusing women.

Talking to The Indian Express, Chowdhury said, "I have given the full video to the media. Better see it and try to understand what (I was) intending to spell out.

Claiming that there has not been any communal tension or curfew in Uttar Pradesh in the last seven years during his tenure as CM, Adityanath said that, “Earlier, UP was known for regular riots and curfews.

Later, a large number of students staged a protest outside Choubey’s office, alleging that Ghosh died because of “medical negligence”.

Voting in Kolkata Dakshin will be held in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections on June 1. The Trinamool Congress has fielded sitting MP Mala Roy from the seat.

Addressing a TMC rally in Kaliachak in Malda district, Mamata said: “In Bengal, we don't have any alliance with the Congress. Here, the CPI(M) has an alliance with the Congress.

Kalaikunda at 45.8 degree Celsius recorded the highest maximum temperature in the state on Sunday, followed by Panagarh at 44.6 degree Celsius

Tension prevailed in Baguiati after the death of the TMC worker as his relatives and local residents took to the streets demanding the immediate arrest of the accused.

“Don't vote for the BJP. They are anti-Bengal. They lack reverence for luminaries like Swami Vivekananda, they smash the bust of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, they don't know where Rabindranath Tagore was born,” Banerjee said.

BJP spokesman Samik Bhattacharya said, “The TMC must clarify the source of the arms in Sandeshkhali. Regarding the incident at Hasnabad, there should be a proper probe.”

The senior CPI(M) leader had last won the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 from Raiganj in Uttar Dinajpur district.

Union Minister nisith pramik's constituency voted in the first phase on April 19 (File Photo)

VHP’s Kolkata area convenor Amiya Sarkar and the regional convenor of Muslim Rashtriya Mancha, West Bengal and Sikkim, S A Afzal, are the petitioners in the two PILs.

The election in Birbhum is scheduled for May 13, with TMC's Satabdi Roy as the main rival against the BJP.

An orange alert has been issued for North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Kolkata, Hooghly, Purulia, Murshidabad, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda, Nadia, and Kolkata, which recorded a maximum of 40 degree Celsius on Friday.

As Raiganj braces for a triangular contest, there’s a bit of confusion over who is who – the BJP nominee was once with TMC, and the TMC candidate just resigned as a BJP MLA

More than 15,000 dismissed teachers have been trained as presiding officers, who play a crucial role in managing polling stations.