West Bengal Polls

TV footages showed Majumdar, who is also the state BJP vice-president, being beaten up, kicked and pushed into a bush by miscreants at Phipulkhola area of Nadia district.

The BJP is attempting to unseat the Mamata Banerjee government from power in the state

Vijayvargiya said the BJP's campaign in Bengal would remain incomplete until and unless the TMC government was ousted and a new government led by the saffron party installed

The ruling TMC has discounted BJP's minority outreach plan

The RSS and the BJP made inroads into the constituency following a communal flare-up at Dhulagarh, around 16km from Uluberia, in 2016

Supporters gathered outside Mamata's house and chanted slogans like Thanda thanda cool, cool; ghore ghore Trinamool'

Association for Democratic Reforms scrutinised the affidavits of 169 candidates contesting the 6th phase Assembly polls in West Bengal

Democracy is all about negotiating social contradictions and elections afford voters a chance to pronounce their verdict on these. As West Bengal gets ready to vote for the sixth and final phase of the polls, we take a look at some of these issues

Attacking Banerjee, Chowdhury alleged that the Chief Minister failed to check women and child trafficking

Kolkata police today seized ten crude bombs kept inside a bag lying in the backyard of a club

Around 680 companies of central police forces have been deployed in over 53 constituencies and over 20,000 state police personnel

More than 230 people were arrested in various poll-related incidents

More than 180 people were arrested for bogus voting and booth jamming

Till 9 AM, 22.63% voters cast their votes in North 24 Parganas district while the corresponding figure in Howrah was 20.34%

There are 345 candidates contesting for the West Bengal elections

As per the last report, over 70% turnout was reported till 3 p.m

The poll percentage in Alipurduar was 45.56%, in Jalpaiguri 59.98%, in Darjeeling it stood at 53.03%

The Prime Minister's first address will be at Nadia district's Krishnanagar