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    West Bengal

    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

    IRB Battalion, Haryana, Nuh
    Elections 2026
    BJP’s ethnic strategy in North Bengal falters ahead of Assembly elections
    West Bengal

    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
    West Bengal

    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
    West Bengal

    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 underway in West Bengal

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

    Agencies
    9 Feb 2026 6:04 PM IST

    Over 18,600 applications filed in a month-and-a-half as people rush to secure residence proof for the Election Commission's electoral roll revision...

    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
    Mamata Banerjee and Chandrima Bhattacharya

    West Bengal budget: Mamata govt unveils dole for unemployed, raises women's wage

    5 Feb 2026 4:59 PM IST
    Mamata scores brownie points before polls by taking on EC over SIR in apex court

    Mamata scores brownie points before polls by taking on EC over SIR in apex court

    4 Feb 2026 6:11 PM IST
    ED

    ED conducts raids in Bengal, Delhi in coal mafia case

    3 Feb 2026 3:40 PM IST
    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi

    In Delhi SIR protest, Mamata calls CEC ‘great liar’, says ‘fate will be like Dhankhar’s’

    2 Feb 2026 7:15 PM IST
    Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

    Repackaged Budget sops for Bengal irk state players: 'Humpty Dumpty Budget'

    1 Feb 2026 2:53 PM IST
    West Bengal elections: Congress split over solo run or alliance

    West Bengal elections: Congress split over solo run or alliance

    1 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Beef, Olypub

    Kolkata’s Olypub waiter arrested for serving beefsteak instead of mutton to YouTuber

    31 Jan 2026 8:26 PM IST
    Kolkata fire

    Wow! Momo fire 'not accident but corruption': Amit Shah tears into Mamata

    31 Jan 2026 6:11 PM IST
    Kolkata fire

    WB Governor blames authorities for Kolkata fire; Adhikari leads BJP protest

    30 Jan 2026 6:04 PM IST
    Mamata looks to up SIR ante for bigger national footprint

    Mamata looks to up SIR ante for bigger national footprint

    29 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    16 dead, 13 missing in Kolkata godown fire; owner arrested for ‘safety lapse’

    16 dead, 13 missing in Kolkata godown fire; owner arrested for ‘safety lapse’

    28 Jan 2026 8:19 PM IST
    Muslim voters in flux ahead of 2026 Bengal polls as SIR fuels fear

    Muslim voters in flux ahead of 2026 Bengal polls as SIR fuels fear

    27 Jan 2026 10:44 AM IST
    Amartya Sen, Opposition unity, Manipur

    Amartya Sen flags SIR issues: Undue haste, possible ‘class bias’, ‘faulty arrangement’

    24 Jan 2026 6:12 PM IST
    EC publishes Bengal’s SIR draft list; over 58 lakh voter names deleted

    Bengal misses SC deadline on voter discrepancy list due to software delay

    24 Jan 2026 2:06 PM IST
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