• The Federal

    West Bengal

    Bengal SIR: Mamata seat Bhabanipur loses 47,000 voters; here’s why it is significant

    The Federal
    28 Feb 2026 7:28 PM IST

    Massive electoral roll cleanup in state leaves thousands 'under adjudication', sparking political intensity as the 2026 Assembly polls approach

    Mamata Banerjee
    Elections 2026
    SIR hearings underway in West Bengal
    West Bengal

    Bengal voters left in limbo as EC portal 'goes down' on roll publication day

    28 Feb 2026 5:44 PM IST
    Menaka Guruswamy
    West Bengal

    Menaka Guruswamy’s RS nomination: What's behind TMC move ahead of Bengal polls?

    28 Feb 2026 5:06 PM IST
    SIR hearings in West Bengal
    West Bengal

    Bengal voter churn: Lakhs struck off as EC publishes post-SIR rolls in phases

    28 Feb 2026 3:39 PM IST
    armed police forces deployment

    In rare move, EC deploys central forces in Bengal even before poll date announcement

    28 Feb 2026 1:22 PM IST
    EC set to publish post-SIR electoral rolls in Bengal

    EC set to publish post-SIR electoral rolls in Bengal

    28 Feb 2026 8:59 AM IST
    Kolkata earthquake

    5.5 magnitude quake jolts Kolkata, other parts of Bengal; no damage reported

    27 Feb 2026 2:17 PM IST
    Supreme Court of India

    Bengal SIR training module row: SC says judicial officers won’t be ‘influenced’

    27 Feb 2026 1:40 PM IST
    Amit Shah says BJP will win West Bengal elections, vows to drive out ‘infiltrators’

    Amit Shah says BJP will win West Bengal elections, vows to drive out ‘infiltrators’

    26 Feb 2026 3:52 PM IST
    BJP-CPM ‘understanding’ helped Kerala become Keralam; Bengal pleas ignored: Mamata

    BJP-CPM ‘understanding’ helped Kerala become Keralam; Bengal pleas ignored: Mamata

    24 Feb 2026 8:35 PM IST
    BJP recalibrates Bengal campaign with youth outreach, professional meets and yatras

    BJP recalibrates Bengal campaign with youth outreach, professional meets and yatras

    24 Feb 2026 3:47 PM IST
    Bengal SIR: SC allows additional civil judges for electoral roll verification

    Bengal SIR: SC allows additional civil judges for electoral roll verification

    24 Feb 2026 12:27 PM IST
    Mukul Roy obit: Chanakya of Bengal politics, a Test cricket connoisseur

    Mukul Roy obit: 'Chanakya of Bengal politics', a Test cricket connoisseur

    23 Feb 2026 12:33 PM IST
    Mukul Roy

    Mukul Roy, former railway minister and Bengal's 'Chanakya' dies

    23 Feb 2026 9:11 AM IST
    IRB Battalion, Haryana, Nuh

    Central forces to be deployed in West Bengal ahead of Assembly elections

    The Federal
    21 Feb 2026 6:25 PM IST

    Home Ministry to send 480 companies for area domination, EVM security, and election-related duties before poll schedule announcement

    BJP’s ethnic strategy in North Bengal falters ahead of Assembly elections

    BJP’s ethnic strategy in North Bengal falters ahead of Assembly elections

    21 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya

    Bengal people can eat what they like, state BJP chief says amid Bihar fish-meat sale ban row

    19 Feb 2026 7:37 PM IST
    RG Kar protest

    How tepid R G Kar rape-murder probe is paralysing hospital's key services

    19 Feb 2026 7:11 PM IST
    whatsapp chats leaked

    TMC accuses EC of manipulating voter list via 'WhatsApp instructions'

    19 Feb 2026 2:48 PM IST
    Banglar Yuva Sathi scheme

    Bengal’s job crisis exposed? Queues for Yuva Sathi, anger outside Bikash Bhavan

    18 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Senior journalist Monideepa Banerjee speaks about the SIR controversy, identity politics, and upcoming West Bengal and Assam assembly elections.

    The election is over; Mamata has already won: Monideepa Banerjee

    17 Feb 2026 1:20 PM IST
    Banglar Yuva Sathi camp

    Banglar Yuva Sathi Scheme: Eligibility, how to apply; here’s all you need to know

    15 Feb 2026 4:06 PM IST
    Texas student arrest

    Bengal BLO calls lover’s husband ‘for SIR’, kills him, arrested

    14 Feb 2026 4:48 PM IST
    Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and CEC Gyanesh Kumar

    West Bengal SIR row escalates as EC summons Chief Secretary to New Delhi

    13 Feb 2026 6:53 PM IST
    Bengal: BJP deploys external aides to plug grassroots gaps ahead of 2026 polls

    West Bengal elections: BJP deploys external aides, private agencies to plug grassroots gaps

    13 Feb 2026 2:45 PM IST
    Murshidabad, Bengal

    Humayun Kabir begins building Babri-style mosque in Bengal's Murshidabad

    11 Feb 2026 6:02 PM IST
    Bengal police operation to arrest forgery suspect in Mahua Moitra case halted in Noida

    Bengal police allege political interference in UP over Mahua Moitra 'fake' chat case

    11 Feb 2026 2:58 PM IST
    Why in West Bengal, govt-recognised madrasas aren’t the isolated religious hubs as portrayed by BJP

    Why in West Bengal, govt-recognised madrasas aren’t the isolated religious hubs as portrayed by BJP

    10 Feb 2026 7:11 PM IST
    SIR hearings in West Bengal

    Amid SIR row, Kolkata civic body sees massive surge in domicile certificate pleas

    9 Feb 2026 6:04 PM IST
    Bengal leaders of the Congress party meets the high command

    West Bengal elections 2026: Congress to go solo after 20 years

    5 Feb 2026 6:51 PM IST
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