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Kolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee‘s residence in Kolkata’s Kalighat and her office in Nabanna were placed under an unprecedented security lockdown on Monday, even as Bengal’s chief secretary Dushyant Nariala instructed all departmental heads to ensure no official documents are removed, damaged or copied without authorisation.Long before the final results of the assembly polls were…

In the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, Mayna Murmu of the Bharatiya Janata Party secured a convincing win in Manbazar (Assembly Constituency 243), defeating Trinamool Congress candidate Sandhya Rani Tudu by a margin of 27,283 votes.Murmu polled 1,20,487 votes after all 16 rounds of counting, while Tudu secured 93,204 votes.Manbazar (ST), Assembly Constituency No. 243,…

KOLKATA: Bhowanipore eventually turned its back Monday on Mamata Banerjee after three terms as the Bengal CM was sliced out of her Kolkata home turf in a knife-edge contest that saw her protege-turned-foe Suvendu Adhikari vanquish her by 15,105 votes.Mamata struggled to accept the outcome, claiming she and her TMC had been defeated “by force”,…

In West Bengal’s Harirampur, Trinamool Congress’ Biplab Mitra won by 93,098 votes. Bharatiya Janata Party’s Debabrata Majumder lost by 1,986 votes, getting 91,112 votes.Harirampur in 2026 will see a contest between incumbent TMC MLA Biplab Mitra, BJP’s Debabrata Majumder, and Congress candidate Subhasish Pal (Sona).Harirampur is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district, part of…

Arunava Sen of the All India Trinamool Congress defeats Pramanshu Rana of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bagnan, winning by a margin of 11,316 votes after all 20 rounds of counting.Bagnan in Howrah district has been represented by Arunava Sen (Raja) of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He…

CHENNAI: Having won 107 seats in Tamil Nadu assembly election, TVK needs support of 11 more MLAs to form the govt. While a coalition govt seems certain, how TVK would cobble it together remains a game of possibilities and challenges.TVK’s newly elected MLAs will be in Chennai on Tuesday to elect Vijay as the leader…

In the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, Labsen Baskey of the Bharatiya Janata Party secured victory in Bandwan (Assembly Constituency 238), defeating Trinamool Congress candidate Rajib Lochan Saren by a margin of 29,577 votes.Baskey polled 1,34,080 votes after all 20 rounds of counting, while Saren secured 1,04,503 votes.Bandwan (ST), Assembly Constituency No. 238, is located…

In West Bengal’s Alipurduars constituency, BJP’s Paritosh Das defeated TMC’s Suman Kanjilal by 70,420 votes. Das got 1,43,242 votes while Kanjilal got 72,822 votes.Alipurduars is a general (unreserved) constituency in Alipurduar district of West Bengal. In 2026, the candidates include Suman Kanjilal of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Paritosh Das of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),…

SRINAGAR/SHIMLA/DEHRADUN: After a warm Sunday, temperatures dropped sharply across Kashmir Valley, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand as snowfall and rains lashed many parts of the northern hill states on Monday.Snowfall was reported from Sonamarg in north Kashmir and Sadna Pass in Kupwara district, while Srinagar saw a heavy downpour in the afternoon. Heavy snowfall at Pir…

In Srivaikuntam, G Saravanan (TVK) won the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election by 1,186 votes against S Oorvashi Amirtharaj (INC), while SP Shanmuganathan contested from the AIADMK.Srivaikuntam is a competitive constituency in Thoothukkudi district and has seen representation from both the Dravidian parties and the Congress.Since the 1977 Assembly elections, the seat has alternated evenly…