Bengal Elections

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: Amit Shah, JP Nadda to lead meetings, roadshows in West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of making false promises to the people

West Bengal polls 2021: Relying on defectors will exacerbate existing tensions, BJP will have to reinvent itself

The AIMIM foray may not amount to much in Bengal, given the distinctly Bengali identity of Bengali Muslims. Nevertheless, that will play into the equation. But BJP can't rely on Owaisi to mount a challenge to the TMC, especially with Banerjee’s latest slew of welfare schemes pulling a lot of popular heft.

Bengal BJP delegation meets President over violence during state muncipal elections

The West Bengal BJP unit today met President Pranab Mukherjee and complained about the "lawless situation" in the state under TMC regime

Bengal polls: Under new top cop Soumen Mitra, Kolkata Police discovers its lost spine

Much maligned and a subject of utter contempt and ridicule, the Kolkata Police baton on Thursday shook off the accumulated dust of inertia and came crashing down on troublemakers to ensure a largely free and fair election in the city's seven constituencies, leaving a disgruntled ruling party in its wake.

Seven killed in Bengal bus accident

Seven people were killed and many others were injured when a bus carrying around 30 pilgrims overturned in West Bengal's Hooghly district Sunday, police said.

Marxists caught in time-warp as Mamata juggernaut rolls by

Bengal's Marxists are trapped inside their own Time Machine that has got stuck in a hoary past populated by Marx, Mao and the peasant revolution. This is why they are unable to counter Mamata Banerjee's eloquent call for paribartan (change).