West Bengal Assembly Elections 2016

West Bengal goes to polls: What the BJP, TMC and Left Front have promised in their manifestos

The CPI(M) and Congress are in alliance and here are the number of seats each party is contesting across 18 constituencies in three districts - Purulia (9), West Midnapore (6) and Bankura(3)

Assembly elections: Voters line up to cast their ballot in Assam, West Bengal

Final phase of Assam Assembly polls ends as 82.02% voters decide the fate of 525 candidates

West Bengal polls: CM Mamata takes on Modi, calls BJP 'Bhayanak Jali Patry, dares him to arrest her

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said Modi's comments do not behove the office he holds and termed his BJP "Bhayanak Jali Party (Dangerously Fraud Party)" while daring him to arrest her.

West Bengal elections 2016: CM Mamata Banerjee files nomination papers

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday filed her nomination papers for the state assembly elections from the Bhowanipore constituency in South Kolkata district.

West Bengal polls first phase turnout tops 80 %

Braving the sweltering heat and oppressive humidity, nearly 81 percent of the 40 lakh voters exercised their franchise in three Maoist-affected districts on Monday in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls covering 18 constituencies.

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

West Bengal: Jaitley questions Left's economic model

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday questioned the economic model pursued by the left parties, especially in West Bengal, claiming the data indicated "extremely inadequate" living conditions of minorities in the state.

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.