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    Bengal elections: A three-tier strategy behind EC's bureaucratic reshuffle

    Samir K Purkayastha
    20 March 2026 10:02 PM IST

    With TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee moving the Calcutta HC challenging the reshuffle, a legal dimension has been added to an already contentious administrative and political battle, raising questions about...

    Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and CEC Gyanesh Kumar
    Elections 2026
    Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee
    Elections 2026

    TMC bets on women-minorities-SC/ST coalition in manifesto with '10-pledge' roadmap

    20 March 2026 7:24 PM IST
    ECs officer reshuffle in poll-bound states faces legal heat: Whats the plan? | Capital Beat
    Elections 2026

    EC's officer reshuffle in poll-bound states faces legal heat: What's the plan? | Capital Beat

    20 March 2026 6:06 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee releasing TMC manifesto
    Elections 2026

    Mamata unveils TMC manifesto, accuses EC of bias ahead of West Bengal polls

    20 March 2026 4:53 PM IST
    R G Kar Medical College and Hospital

    RG Kar in the eye of the storm again as man killed in hospital lift collapse

    20 March 2026 3:28 PM IST
    BJP campaigns for West Bengal elections

    Bengal elections | BJP lists 111 faces more, includes star power, former Union minister

    19 March 2026 6:43 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari

    Suvendu Adhikari kicks off BJP’s Bhabanipur campaign, 'will win by 25,000 votes margin'

    19 March 2026 4:20 PM IST
    RG Kar protest

    Bengal elections | RG Kar victim’s mother to contest? 'Got BJP offer long back'

    19 March 2026 3:43 PM IST
    Suvendhu vs Mamata

    Why did BJP skip personal attack on Mamata in Bengal campaigning? | AI With Sanket

    18 March 2026 6:32 PM IST
    BJD and Congress MLAs protest in Odisha Assembly

    Mock funeral by opposition in Odisha assembly after 12 die in Cuttack hospital fire

    18 March 2026 6:05 PM IST
    Has EC’s Bengal reshuffle crossed the line? | Jawhar Sircar interview

    Has EC’s Bengal reshuffle crossed the line? | Jawhar Sircar interview

    18 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to protest against SIR

    TMC packs a punch with new faces, ticket reshuffle, and social coalition boost

    17 March 2026 9:02 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee

    TMC under pressure as welfare politics meets voter frustration in Bengal

    17 March 2026 8:09 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee

    Bengal elections: TMC's 291-candidate list out, Mamata vs Suvendu in Bhabanipur

    17 March 2026 4:32 PM IST
    Sofia Firdous

    Odisha Rajya Sabha polls: Congress suspends 3 MLAs for cross-voting

    The Federal
    17 March 2026 2:28 PM IST

    The party has also initiated disqualification proceedings against the three MLAs under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, and the matter will be...

    Odisha hospital fire death toll rises to 12 after ICU blaze

    Odisha hospital fire death toll rises to 12 after ICU blaze

    17 March 2026 12:39 PM IST
    Two phase polls

    Bengal elections: SIR row, two-phase polling dominate debate | AI With Sanket

    16 March 2026 9:10 PM IST
    Brahmagiri Upasna

    RS polls in Odisha halted briefly over second ballot paper row

    16 March 2026 7:34 PM IST
    How BJP won over Lefts bastion North Telangana without much effort

    BJP releases first list of 144 candidates for West Bengal, pits Suvendu against Mamata

    16 March 2026 5:21 PM IST
    Rajya Sabha

    EC sacks top bureaucrats, senior cops in poll-bound Bengal; Mamata to hit the streets

    16 March 2026 2:21 PM IST
    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi

    Election Commission removes West Bengal's top bureaucrats

    16 March 2026 10:59 AM IST
    10 patients dead in Cuttack hospital ICU fire; CM orders probe, Rs 25 lakh ex-gratia

    10 patients dead in Cuttack hospital ICU fire; CM orders probe, Rs 25 lakh ex-gratia

    16 March 2026 8:22 AM IST
    EC announces 2026 Assembly election schedule

    EC releases 2-phase Bengal poll even as over 60 lakh voters' fate remains unknown

    15 March 2026 9:00 PM IST
    West Bengal assembly elections

    10 key seats to watch in West Bengal elections 2026

    15 March 2026 7:00 PM IST
    SIR, infiltration, women’s safety: 10 factors set to dominate Bengal polls

    SIR, infiltration, women’s safety: 10 factors set to dominate Bengal polls

    15 March 2026 6:17 PM IST
    Hours before MCC sets in, Mamata gives hike to priests and clerics, clears DA arrears

    Hours before MCC sets in, Mamata gives hike to priests and clerics, clears DA arrears

    15 March 2026 4:03 PM IST
    BJP shifts Odisha MLAs to Paradip ahead of Rajya Sabha elections

    BJP shifts Odisha MLAs to Paradip ahead of Rajya Sabha elections

    15 March 2026 10:14 AM IST
    Telangana panchayat elections

    Four arrested, eight injured in Kolkata political clash ahead of Modi rally

    15 March 2026 9:58 AM IST
    PM Modi addressing the nation

    PM Modi to visit Bengal today to launch projects worth Rs 18,680 cr

    14 March 2026 9:36 AM IST
    Iran war triggers LPG scramble across Bengal; state on alert to stop illegal diversion

    Iran war triggers LPG scramble across Bengal; state on alert to stop illegal diversion

    13 March 2026 3:00 PM IST
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