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  Haqiqat Kya Hai : BJP's election will be finalized on the 23rd!

  Hakikat Kya Hai | April 22, 2026 2:55 IST

  Riding bikes or scooters will not be allowed between 6 pm and 6 am in all 152 assembly seats in Bengal for the first phase. Bike rallies have also been completely banned. Pillion riding will also not be permitted during the day.

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  West Bengal to get Muslim Deputy CM, claims suspended TMC leader Humayun Kabir ahead of elections

  March 19, 2026 8:58 IST

  Humayun Kabir slammed Trinamool Congress for marginalising Muslim candidates, pointing to a clear downward trend- fewer in 2016 versus 2011, still fewer in 2021 and the lowest ever in 2026.

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  West Bengal's electoral map: A decade of dramatic shifts from 2016 to 2021 to 2026 | EXPLAINED

  March 12, 2026 8:44 IST

  West Bengal electoral map: The 2021 elections triggered a political earthquake, as the BJP surged dramatically to 77 seats riding a Hindutva and NRC wave, making major inroads in Junglemahal (across Paschim Medinipur, Jhargram, Purulia, and Bankura with around 30 seats) and North Bengal.

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  Prashant Kishor enrolls himself as voter from Mamata's Bhabanipur constituency

  India | September 26, 2021 10:27 IST

  Kishor with an EPIC number of IUI0686683 has been shown as a permanent resident of the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency and has the polling station at Booth No- 222 in Rani Shankari Lane under the constituency.

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  'Won't step back': JP Nadda vows to eliminate political violence, appeasement from West Bengal

  India | May 05, 2021 14:25 IST

  The BJP has emerged as the main opposition party in West Bengal with 77 seats in the just-concluded Assembly polls. The TMC won 213 seats, securing a third consecutive term in office.

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  Bengal violence: PM Modi speaks to Governor Dhankar

  News | May 04, 2021 15:00 IST

  PM Narendra Modi speaks with West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar over the political violence in the state and deteriorating law and order.

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  Bengal violence: PM Modi speaks to Governor over deteriorating law and order situation

  India | May 04, 2021 14:46 IST

  The BJP has claimed that nine of its workers have lost their lives in the last 24 hours during violence unleashed by TMC workers following the party's win in the just-concluded Assembly polls in West Bengal.

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  'State-sponsored': BJP launches no-holds-barred attack on TMC over post-poll violence in West Bengal

  India | May 04, 2021 16:50 IST

  BJP has claimed that 9 workers have lost their lives in widespread violence unleashed by TMC in West Bengal.

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  Remarks 'uncalled for, blatant and disparaging': EC moves SC against Madras High Court observations

  India | May 02, 2021 0:07 IST

  The Election Commission (EC) moved the Supreme Court on Saturday, challenging the critical observations made by the Madras High Court holding it responsible for a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, saying the remarks were "uncalled for, blatant and disparaging".

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  Bengal Polls 2021: Mamata Banerjee Casts Her Vote, says 'TMC will win'

  Politics | April 26, 2021 20:12 IST

  Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday cast her vote at a polling booth in south Kolkata's Bhabanipur. Banerjee, a resident of Harish Chatterjee Street, exercised her franchise at a polling booth in Mitra Institution school around 3:50 pm. On a wheelchair, she briefly paused before photojournalists while coming out amid shouts of "Didi, Didi", before boarding her car. She also showed a victory sign towards the cameras.

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  Bengal polls 2021: CM Mamata Banerjee casts vote in Bhabanipur

  India | April 26, 2021 16:56 IST

  Banerjee is a two-term MLA from Bhabanipur, but is contesting the elections this time from Nandigram in the Purba Medinipur district, taking on BJP's Suvendu Adhikari

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  Bengal Polls 2021: Bengal to go for 7th phase of the election, Who will win the battle of Bhabanipur?

  Politics | April 24, 2021 23:26 IST

  Bhabanipur is one of the four seats from Kolkata that will be voting in phase seven. Apart from that, there are six seats from Dakshin Dinajpur district, six from Malda, 11 from Murshidabad, and nine seats from Pashchim Bardhaman district, that are up for polls in the seventh phase of West Bengal Assembly elections.

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  Bengal Polls 2021: Will muslim voters of Greater Malda vote for BJP?

  Politics | April 18, 2021 23:49 IST

  The BJP has emerged as the ruling TMC's main rival in West Bengal. BJP leaders are upbeat that the party will end Mamata Banerjee's 10-year rule in the assembly polls but the question is Will muslim voters of Greater Malda vote for BJP? watch ground report.

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  Bengal Polls 2021 | BJP polling agent gets allegedly beaten-up by TMC workers in Bardhman

  Politics | April 17, 2021 9:40 IST

  The BJP polling agent on Saturday got allegedly beaten-up by TM workers in Bardhaman. Polling for the fifth phase of election in West Bengal in underway.

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  Didi clean-bowled, BJP has scored century in Bengal's 4 phases: PM Modi

  India | April 12, 2021 18:14 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the people of West Bengal have cleaned bowled TMC and hit so many fours and sixes that BJP has already scored a century of seats in the last four phases of the Assembly polls.

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  Bengal sees over 76% voter turnout in phase 4, 5 killed in Cooch Behar violence

  Elections | April 10, 2021 23:32 IST

  A voter turnout of 76.16 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in the fourth phase of West Bengal assembly polls Saturday, amid incidents of violence that prompted the Election Commission to suspend voting at a booth in Sitalkuchi constituency of Cooch Behar.

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  EC adjourns polling at PS 126 of Sitalkurchi after 4 killed

  India | April 10, 2021 14:43 IST

  Election Commission on Saturday adjourned polling at one booth in Sitalkurchi Assembly constituency under Cooch Behar district where four people were killed in the firing by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel.

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  'Is she creating anarchy?' Amit Shah slams Mamata over central forces 'gherao' remark

  Elections | April 09, 2021 14:25 IST

  Amit Shah said that Mamata Banerjee's appeal for minority unity during assembly polls shows that minority votes drifting away from Trinamool Congress.

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  JP Nadda to hold 3 roadshows in West Bengal today

  India | April 09, 2021 8:08 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party national chief Jagat Prakash Nadda will hold three roadshows in poll-bound West Bengal on Friday.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: Why PM Modi said today, Mamata is desperate because her Muslim vote bank has been divided

  Aaj Ki Baat | April 06, 2021 23:28 IST

  Amid the third phase of voting in West Bengal on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a sharp attack on Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee over her appeal to Muslim voters to back her party in the ongoing Assembly elections. PM Modi said that Mamata's statement is a clear indication that she has lost the support of minority voters as well.