In a significant hearing before the Supreme Court on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) alleged that large-scale deletion of voter names had materially influenced election outcomes in the state.
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee is officially now a “former Chief Minister” of West Bengal, following Governor R.N. Ravi’s announcement of the dissolution of the state Legislative Assembly, which also means the automatic end of the previous state Cabinet led by her. The Governor announced this on Thursday evening. However, in her official social media handles (both.
Kolkata: The body of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to BJP leader and outgoing Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, was taken to his residence in Chandipur in East Midnapore district on Thursday evening for the last rites. After the post-mortem examination at Barasat Medical College and Hospital, Chandranath Rath’s close associates.
For nearly half a century, political rulers in West Bengal defied, challenged and even ridiculed those at the Centre while fiercely defending their fortress — much like the tiny Gaulish village imagined by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo in the popular Asterix-Obelix series. As depicted in the immensely popular comic books, the inhabitants often fought.
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday took a swipe at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying that she exploited the Muslim community in the state as a vote bank. “This image of Mamata Banerjee outside of West Bengal that she is liberal and secular is wrong. She has exploited the.
New Delhi: The 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections have delivered a significant blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC), as the long-held assumption of a consolidated Muslim and secular vote bank has crumbled. A surge of regional and identity-based parties has successfully fractured the TMC’s traditional support base, paving the way for a dominant.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh on Monday mounted a strong attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), alleging that law and order had completely deteriorated in West Bengal under its administration. Speaking to reporters as counting of votes began for the state elections, Ghosh claimed that “law and order didn’t even exist.
