Page 48 - West Bengal Assembly Polls

Bengal govt likely to reshuffle top police officials before assembly poll

With the assembly election round the corner, the West Bengal government is likely to name Soumen Mitra as the new commissioner of Kolkata Police, a state government official said on Friday

One eye on polls, Mamata focuses on welfare schemes, rural thrust in budget

Two million new pucca houses for SC/ST over five years, sops for farmers with an increase in financial aid from Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000 and minimum aid from Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000

Lack of industry in Nandigram may return to haunt Mamata Banerjee

Nandigram, 126 km south of Kolkata, is Banerjee's once trusted lieutenant turned biggest challenger Suvendu Adhikari's bastion

Ahead of polls, BJP plans 5 'Parivartan Yatras' across Bengal from Feb 6

The first of the five 'yatras' will be flagged off by party president JP Nadda on February 6, BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said

4 states, a UT will go to polls in 2021: What do they expect from Budget?

West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Poducherry will go to the polls in April-May this year

RJD says in talks with Trinamool Congress to fight Bengal polls together

Bihar's main opposition party RJD is in talks with the Trinamool Congress to fight the upcoming West Bengal elections together, a senior RJD leader said on Sunday.

Mamata working towards serving her nephew in West Bengal: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that she is working towards serving her nephew in the state, and will have no one by her side by the time assembly elections are held.

West Bengal polls 2021: Rajib Banerjee, other former TMC leaders join BJP

Rajib Banerjee joined the BJP in the national capital along with a few other leaders of the state's ruling party after meeting senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Amit Shah to embark on 2-day visit to West Bengal from January 30

The Home Minister has visited the poll-bound state several times in many months

Congress, Left to discuss seat-sharing for West Bengal Assembly polls today

The tenure of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal will come to an end on May 30, 202o

Raising slogan attempt to insult Mamata at Netaji event: Adhir Chowdhury

"The slogan of 'Jai Shri Ram' was raised not to show how attached they are to Lord Ram but in reality, they tried to insult Mamata Banerjee. I condemn this," Chowdhury said

ECI may hike security personnel in Bengal to hold assembly polls peacefully

Eyeing to conduct the coming assembly polls in West Bengal peacefully, the ECI is mulling the option of deploying around 25 per cent more security personnel

In fight for Bengal's vote, debate on state's economy goes beyond Singur

With Assembly elections looming, the Trinamool Congress is highlighting its industry-friendly tag as the Bharatiya Janata Party vows to transform the state into an investment paradise

Bengal govt makes key poll appointments ahead of Election Commission visit

The full bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, will arrive in the state on Wednesday night on a two-day visit

Mamata to contest from 'lucky place' Nandigram as she takes BJP head on

Might contest from both, East Medinipur in Nandigram and Bhowanipore, in bid to achieve twin purposes of snubbing saffron outfit and showing solidarity with farmers

Preparations underway for Amit Shah's public rally in West Bengal on Jan 30

Shah will address a public meeting at Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas district, where the Matua sect holds sway in several constituencies

BJP will win over 200 seats in West Bengal Assembly polls: Prahlad Patel

Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel claimed the people of West Bengal are angry with the Mamata Banerjee government and the BJP will win over 200 of 294 seats in the state assembly elections

JP Nadda targets Mamata govt, says TMC working with criminal instinct

JP Nadda, ahead of the state elections targetted ruling TMC saying that it is working with criminal instinct as BJP has lost about 130 party officials, 300 supporters in Bengal

Nadda to launch rice collection programme in Bengal to woo farmers

This is Nadda's first visit to West Bengal after the attack on his convoy during his journey to Diamond Harbour from Kolkata on December 10

Rising quietly, organically

Shiv Sena and AIMIM are growing without engineering splits or defections