Ex-India goalie Chaubey hopes to clinch it this time against TMC veteran

His fresh legs, out of the box thinking and 24x7 work commitment to nation building will give him an edge over TMC heavyweight Sadhan Pande, feels former India goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey, who is BJP's Maniktala candidate for the ongoing West Bengal Assembly polls. (PTI)

Apr 25, 2021 8:09 PM

34 constituencies to go to polls in 7th phase

Over 86 lakh voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of 284 candidates on Monday, when 34 assembly constituencies, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's home turf Bhabanipur. Security measures have been heightened in view of the violence in the previous phases, an Election Commission official said. The poll panel has decided to deploy at least 796 companies of central forces in the seventh. It will also put in place measures to ensure strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols during the voting process, the official said. (PTI)

Apr 25, 2021 6:01 PM

COVID-19: TMC candidate Kajal Sinha passes away

TMC candidate from Khardah assembly constituency Kajal Sinha, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital here on Sunday morning, an official of the state health department said. (PTI)

Apr 25, 2021 5:02 PM

JP Nadda attacks Mamata Banerjee

BJP chief JP Nadda launched an attack on West Bengal CM for not attending meetings called by PM Modi regarding the COVID-19 situation in the country. Nadda, while addressing a public rally for the Manikchak Assembly constituency via video conferencing said, "Mamata ji, people of Bengal won't be scared anymore. They want freedom from your tyranny and in the seventh and eight phases they'll fight the decisive battle. They will go ahead and vote for 'Lotus'."

Apr 25, 2021 2:33 PM

Apr 25, 2021 2:31 PM

Union ministerBabul Supriyo tests COVID-19 positive for the second time

The popular playback singer, who is also BJP’s candidate from Kolkata's Tollygunge tweeted today that he and his wife have tested positive.

Apr 25, 2021 1:01 PM

BJP flouting EC COVID-19 safety norms: Abhishek Banerjee

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee attacked the BJP for allegedly organising campaign rallies flouting the Election Commissions COVID-19 safety protocols amid surging cases, and urged the poll panel to take note of it. While the TMC has announced cancellation of public meetings the day EC banned road shows, rallies and allowed meetings only with a maximum of 500 people, the BJP is refusing to obey the rules endangering people's lives, the TMC youth wing president claimed in a live interaction on Facebook. (PTI)

Apr 25, 2021 12:24 PM

Welcome back. Here is a look at the latest development taking place in poll-bound West Bengal where the last two stages of the assembly elections is set to take place this week.

Apr 25, 2021 12:21 PM

23% candidates contesting phase 8 WB polls declared criminal cases against themselves

Out of the 283 candidates contesting in the last phase of the West Bengal polls, 23 per cent have declared criminal cases against themselves, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) stated. The West Bengal Election Watch and the ADR have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all the 283 candidates from 35 constituencies, who are contesting in the polls to be held on April 29. "Out of 283 candidates analysed, 64 (23 per cent) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves and 50 (18 per cent) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves," the report said. Among the major parties, 7 (70 per cent) out of 10 candidates analysed from the Communist Party of India (Marxist), 11 (31 per cent) out of 35 candidates analysed from the AITC, 21 (60 per cent) out of 35 candidates analysed from the BJP and 10 (53 per cent) out of 19 candidates analysed from the Congress have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits. Among the major parties, 2 (20 per cent) out of 10 candidates analysed from the CPI(M), 8 (23 per cent) out of 35 candidates analysed from the All India Trinamool Congress, 18 (51 per cent) out of 35 candidates analysed from the BJP and 9 (47 per cent) out of 19 candidates analysed from the Congress have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Apr 23, 2021 6:32 PM

26% candidates contesting phase 7 West Bengal polls declared criminal cases against themselves: ADR

Twenty-six percent of the 284 candidates contesting in phase seven of the West Bengal Assembly polls this year have declared criminal cases against themselves, a report by the Association for…

Apr 23, 2021 5:21 PM

Coal belt's Jamuria to see three-way electoral battle, with CPI(M) young face Aishe Ghosh pitted against TMC, BJP rivals

One of the last remaining Left bastions, Jamuria assembly constituency in the heart of Paschim Bardhaman's coal belt will witness a triangular battle between CPI(M)'s young face Aishe Ghosh, JNU Students' Union president against Trinamool's coal miner-candidate Hareram Singh and BJP's Tapas Roy in polling slated for Monday, April 26.

Apr 23, 2021 4:35 PM

Trinamool made the commitment yesterday. BJP announces today. There is one BIG difference between the two: Derek O’Brien on BJP announcing free vaccines in WB

Apr 23, 2021 2:53 PM

Amit Malviya dishes on Mamata Banerjee

"Everyone knows Mamata Banerjee’ poor commitment to manage Covid pandemic in West Bengal. She hasn’t attended a single PM-CM meeting called in recent past to work a common plan citing her campaign schedule. Even though she has failed WB, today’s meeting was only for high burden States." More

Apr 23, 2021 2:46 PM

Left out in the cold!

The writing on the wall was there. But the Leftists in India steadfastly refused to read the message. And if the Left is facing an existential crisis, it itself is to be blamed. There is a famous saying by the Greek philosopher Heraclitus “Change is the only constant in life”. But for the Left, “change” is anathema. What is surprising is that while Communism and the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe sank, the Left in India continued to swim for so long! Still, it refused to learn lessons from Russia and China, the historical torchbearers of communism, who later embraced the free-market economy.