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SIR mass deletion row in West Bengal

Bengal polls: 20 days to go for phase 1, chaos continues over missing names after SIR

4 April 2026 1:31 PM IST

Indian government mulls using reptiles to guard porous Bangladesh border

Wild East? BSF may use snakes, crocodiles to guard porous Bangladesh border

2 April 2026 4:00 PM IST

West Bengal assembly elections

Bengal Leftists shed atheist avatar to keep up with times, don religion on sleeve

2 April 2026 6:30 AM IST

Amit Shah

From ‘Didi-o-Didi’ to welfare push, softer tone, cultural reset: BJP reworks Bengal playbook

31 March 2026 10:25 AM IST

Ratna Debnath

BJP uses RG Kar victim’s mother’s candidacy to push poll agenda on safety and justice

29 March 2026 11:21 AM IST

Humayun Kabir (left), Asaduddin Owaisi

West Bengal elections: Why Owaisi-Humayun alliance could hurt Congress, more than TMC

28 March 2026 11:49 AM IST

Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad

Bengal pre-poll violence puts EC’s zero-tolerance policy to test

26 March 2026 6:30 AM IST

West Bengal Congress protest rally

In Bengal, Congress bets on 'BC Roy legacy' for 2026 solo Assembly election run

23 March 2026 9:33 PM IST

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and CEC Gyanesh Kumar

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

20 March 2026 10:02 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

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

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 schools disrupted as central forces occupy classrooms ahead of elections

West Bengal schools disrupted as central forces occupy classrooms ahead of elections

12 March 2026 9:22 PM IST

Mamata to roll out SOP as Iran conflict hits Bengal’s fuel, LPG supplies

Mamata to roll out SOP as Iran conflict hits Bengal’s fuel, LPG supplies

12 March 2026 12:54 PM IST

RN Ravi refutes DMK charges on pending bills

Is West Bengal heading for President’s Rule? Big buzz after Governor rejig

6 March 2026 4:19 PM IST

Bengal Guv Ananda Boses abrupt exit after enrolling as Bengal voter baffles many

Bengal Guv Ananda Bose's abrupt exit after enrolling as Bengal voter baffles many

5 March 2026 10:00 PM IST

TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee

Kudmi test continues for TMC in Jangalmahal; will new outreach work?

5 March 2026 6:30 AM IST

Calcutta HC, Kolkata rape-murder, RG Kar

Bengal SIR: Voter roll scrutiny strains judiciary amid rising vacancies

2 March 2026 2:47 PM IST

Menaka Guruswamy

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

28 Feb 2026 5:06 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

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

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

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

RG Kar protest

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

19 Feb 2026 7:11 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

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

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