2016 West Bengal Assembly Elections

West Bengal poll results: TMC bags Shyampukur, Chowringhee seats in Kolkata

Trinamool Congress on Thursday won both Shyampukur and Chowringhee Assembly seats by comfortable margins even as the party is leading in 212 seats across the state.

West Bengal Polls: Confident Mamata skips Nandigram, but TMC faces infighting elsewhere

TMC chief Mamata Banerjee did not campaign in battleground Nandigram, the seat that was pivotal in her rise to power.

TMC targets Gandhi in Parliament: Why this is a huge deal and what it means for Bengal politics

With TMC on Monday hitting Congress where it hurts the most — by mentioning Sonia Gandhi and AgustaWestland in the same sentence — indications are that Mamata Banerjee has finally moved on.

Election Commission removes district magistrate, superintendent of police in West Bengal

The Election Commission on Friday removed the district magistrate of South 24 Parganas and superintendent of police in North 24 Parganas in West Bengal where six-phase assembly polls are underway.

Rahul Gandhi shares stage with Left Front leaders in West Bengal, accuses Mamata Banerjee of dictatorship

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi shared stage with the Left Front, and expressed confidence about the formation of a coalition government in the state

If Trinamool detects real injustice, we will take responsibility: Mamata Banerjee hits back at Congress, BJP

With Trinamool Congress facing fire over the Kolkata flyover collapse, Mamata Banerjee asserted that her government acts in instances of real injustice

ED files first chargesheet in Saradha chit fund scam case, names TMC MP Srinjoy Bose, Sudipta Sen

Four days before West Bengal goes to polls, the Enforcement Directorate filed its first chargesheet in the multi-crore rupee Saradha chit fund scam case

West Bengal Polls: Criminal cases pending against one in every five candidates

As high as 39 per cent of the candidates contesting in the upcoming two-part first phase Assembly election in West Bengal have criminal cases pending against them.