West Bengal assembly elections 2026: Polling timings, documents, dos and don’ts Polling for the West Bengal assembly elections 2026 will be held in two phases on April 23 and April 29, with authorities focusing on ensuring smooth and secure conduct of voting across the state. The counting of votes will take place on May 4.With…
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday cautioned the people of Tamil Nadu to be “wary” of NDA, saying if they voted that alliance to office, it will undo DMK chief M K Stalin’s good work. On dynasty rule and corruption allegations against DMK, Kejriwal said that BJP should first look at its own party. “What is…
Merely 48 hours before polling in high-stakes Nandigram, EC replaced police observer Hitesh Choudhary with Akhilesh Singh, directing Choudhary to report to its Kolkata office. No reason was cited. CM Mamata Banerjee alleged the move was for working “impartially” and accused agencies of harassment. TMC complained police were ignoring its complaints while acting swiftly on…
In Mirpur village in WB’s East Midnapore, SIR has not been unpleasant, with only two of 824 voters struck off (a Hindu & a Muslim) a marked deviation from elsewhere in WB. Residents with surnames like Nunes, Rozario and D’Cruz trace their roots to Portuguese mercenaries who settled here after 1742. Today, Christians, Hindus and…
India’s two big landfills — Jawahar Nagar landfill in Hyderabad and Kanjurmarg landfill in Mumbai — figure in world’s top 25 super-polluting methane emission waste disposal sites, shows a new study by University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).The study ranks 25 waste facilities in 18 countries responsible for the highest methane emission rates, ranging from…
KOLKATA: The Election Commission has a multi-layered security plan for 142 constituencies going to polls in the second phase of Bengal elections on April 29. Sources said 2,321 companies of central forces will be deployed across districts, including Kolkata, with the highest deployment in the Kolkata Police area (273), followed by East Burdwan (260) and…
In an ironic turn of events, villagers in Bengal’s Mothabari who’d taken to the streets less than a month back fearing deletion from electoral rolls may now miss voting altogether — not because their names are gone from the voters’ list, but because they have cleared out of the area in fear of falling into…
KOLKATA: A drawl before “Didi” call from home minister Amit Shah on Monday, while referring to Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, drew an angry reaction from her party Trinamool, which found it oddly reminiscent of PM Modi’s 2021 “Didi, O Didi” taunt.Shah was addressing a rally in West Midnapore’s Salboni when he said: “Eyy Didi, listen…
KOLKATA: Two FIRs were registered against BJP’s Kolkata Port candidate, Rakesh Singh, following a skirmish with TMC workers on Monday night. A fortnight ago, Calcutta HC released him on interim bail in the Vidyasagar statue vandalism case. The unrest began on Monday when a BJP meet was allegedly disrupted by TMC. Singh organised a sit-in…
GUWAHATI: Gauhati HC on Tuesday directed the state govt and Himanta Biswa Sarma to respond within four weeks to PILs seeking action against the CM for alleged hate speeches against minority communities in the state.“It has been submitted on behalf of the state that the response affidavit shall be filed by the next date,” the…