Kolkata: The BJP’s “outsider” tag in West Bengal, which had already weakened over the past one and a half years, ostensibly withered away as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah started campaigning for their party candidates. Both focused on hyper-local issues to move away from the high-decibel “outsider” narrative that hit…
Kolkata: Fifteen years after she stormed Writers’ Buildings, scripting history as Bengal’s first woman chief minister, Mamata Banerjee on Sunday missed another brush with history — to be the country’s longest-serving woman chief minister.Banerjee changed Bengal politics in 2011, ending the Left’s 34-year term. Her Singur’s 2006 anti-land acquisition movement—which later helped reshape India’s land…
Kolkata/Howrah: BJP made significant gains in the Barrackpore and Howrah industrial belts, with results shaped largely by economic grievances linked to industrial decline and factory closures.In Barrackpore, Bhatpara, Noapara, Jagaddal, Naihati and Bijpur, BJP’s performance marked one of the sharpest reversals for Trinamool in a region it had dominated since 2011. Voters in these densely…
Kolkata/Nandigram: For Suvendu Adhikari, the architect of the 2021 giant-slaying of Mamata Banerjee, Nandigram has once again proven that “Dada’s backyard” remains impregnable.Hours after the election results confirmed his second consecutive victory from this high-stakes battlefield, BJP insiders said it was a foregone conclusion and that it had been “game, set and match” in favour…
KOLKATA: An uncharacteristic silence descended upon the otherwise bustling arteries of central and north Kolkata on Monday. As the television screens across the state flashed saffron, signalling a historic and decisive victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party, the vibrant chaos of Smith Lane, Deedar Bux Lane and Abdul Hamid Lane in central Kolkata was replaced…
Kolkata: Non-industrialisation, joblessness and often unchecked corruption triumphed over cultural-culinary fears on Monday.Trinamool Congress went to polls with party chief Mamata Banerjee framing the contest as a battle for Bengali identity against a hostile central govt. Tactics included how Bengali migrant workers were being targeted in other states, the BJP‘s alleged dictates on non-veg food…
Arjun Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party), Asoke Bhattacharya (Congress), Gargi Chatterjee (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), Trinankur Bhattacharjee (Trinamool Congress), Mina Majumdar (Bahujan Samaj Party), Biplob Mitra (Aam Janata Unnayan party), Amit Kumar Shaw (Independent), Izaharul Haque (Independent), Jayanta Kumar Banerjee (Independent), Banti Rajak (Independent), Vikash Kumar Ram (Independent), Bishal Kumar Mandal (Independent), Maqsud Hasan (Independent),…
Mother of the RG Kar rape-murder victim and BJP candidate Ratna Debnath was leading by 5067 votes over the Trinamool Congress nominee in Panihati assembly constituency after the second round of counting, EC data said. Debnath bagged 13784 votes while the TMC’s Tirthankar Ghosh secured 8717 votes. Her daughter, a doctor on duty, was raped…
Entally Election Results 2026: TMC’s Sandipan Saha leads by over 21,000 votes In the Entally constituency of West Bengal, TMC’s Sandipan Saha is currently leading with 74,408 votes, holding a margin of 21,663 over BJP’s Dr. Priyanka Tibrewal, who has accumulated 52,745 votes and is trailing at this stage of counting. The seat is currently…
Darjeeling Election Results 2026: BJP’s Noman Rai leads with 6,057-vote margin In the Darjeeling constituency of West Bengal, BJP candidate Noman Rai is currently leading with 62,076 votes, holding a margin of 6,057 over BGPM’s Bijoy Kumar Rai, who has accumulated 56,019 votes and is trailing at this stage of counting. The seat is currently…
