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    In Bengal, TMC fiercely defends bastion as BJP tries to melt fish-loving Bengali heart

    Samir K Purkayastha
    12 April 2026 6:30 AM IST

    As the BJP embraces Bengalis' favourite food to shed its 'outsider' tag in Bengal, Mamata weaponises 'Bangla Asmita' to frame the election as a fight to save Bengali culture

    West Bengals fish politics
    Elections 2026
    Dr Palanivel Thiaga Rajan
    Elections 2026

    PTR eyes decisive hat-trick in Madurai Central: 'Aiming for 60 pc' | Interview

    11 April 2026 8:56 PM IST
    West Bengal SIR
    Elections 2026

    SIR trims voter rolls by 10pc in 12 states, UTs; over 5.18 cr names scrapped

    11 April 2026 8:30 PM IST
    Assembly elections 2026 Kerala Puducherry Assam
    Elections 2026

    Global delegates witness polling in Kerala, Assam, Puducherry: 'Festival of democracy'

    11 April 2026 6:49 PM IST
    Centre’s push for women’s quota tied to delimitation puts Opposition in a bind

    Centre’s push for women’s quota tied to delimitation puts Opposition in a bind

    11 April 2026 4:28 PM IST
    Vijay is not MGR

    ‘Vijay is not MGR’: VCK leader D Ravikumar calls TVK politics ‘dangerous’

    11 April 2026 8:10 AM IST
    Supreme Court of India SC pensionary benefits to women officers

    SC to hear plea against frozen Bengal voters' list on April 13

    10 April 2026 2:10 PM IST
    Bengal: Rebel TMC MP to float new party amid discontent over new OBC policy

    Poll-bound Bengal rocked as Humayun Kabir's anti-Mamata 'plot' video surfaces

    9 April 2026 7:13 PM IST
    PM Modi and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee - BJP and TMC row over fish ahead of Bengal polls

    Holy Mackerel! BJP, TMC in serious debate over fish ahead of Bengal polls

    9 April 2026 2:59 PM IST
    Nitish Kumar, Samrat Chowdhury and Sanjiv Chaurasia

    Why Sanjiv Chaurasia could beat frontrunner Samrat Choudhary in Bihar CM race

    9 April 2026 12:38 PM IST
    Tathagata Roy on West Bengal election

    Why Tathagata Roy is confident BJP will oust Mamata Banerjee

    8 April 2026 8:00 PM IST
    Assam elections 2026

    'Outsider' influx row rocks Assam polls: Opposition warns of 'Bihar-style vote chori'

    8 April 2026 7:50 PM IST
    Use of artificial intelligence in Assam election campaign

    Assam election saw industrial-scale AI disinformation campaign: Report

    8 April 2026 7:10 PM IST
    Bengal SIR row erupts: Mamata, BJP clash over 91 lakh deleted names

    Bengal SIR row erupts: Mamata, BJP clash over 91 lakh deleted names

    7 April 2026 7:33 PM IST
    Mamata vs EC over West Bengal SIR

    SC refuses to set deadline even as Bengal flags 20L exclusions after SIR review

    The Federal
    6 April 2026 9:14 PM IST

    As the state's election clock ticks, the apex court seeks to freeze the voter list and leaves the fate of lakhs of excluded names to 19 tribunals...

    Assam Jatiya Parishad candidate Kunki Chowdhury campaigns in Guwahati

    Identity politics, beef row turn Assam's debut seat in Guwahati into volatile contest

    6 April 2026 8:37 PM IST
    Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarmas wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma

    Congress accuses Assam CM's wife of holding multiple foreign passports: What rules say

    6 April 2026 5:16 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee

    Mamata hits back over Pakistan threat to Kolkata, seeks Modi's resignation

    6 April 2026 3:08 PM IST
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Assam

    On BJP foundation day, Modi slams Congress over 'Pakistan connection' in Assam rally

    6 April 2026 2:52 PM IST
    Congress, HP polls

    Congress candidate's name restored to voter rolls in Bengal; can nominate self now

    6 April 2026 1:58 PM IST
    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

    'Avenge SIR deletion by voting': Mamata issues clarion call at Murshidabad poll rally

    5 April 2026 7:39 PM IST
    Sunny Joseph

    Congress' Wayanad landslides rehabilitation fund disclosure fails to silence critics

    5 April 2026 3:28 PM IST
    Asaduddin Owaisi and Badruddin Ajmal

    Late Congress-Raijor Dal alliance may help AIUDF in Assam's minority-dominated Dhubri

    5 April 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Muslim minority votes in West Bengal

    Bengal election: Will AIMIM-AJUP alliance split minority votes?

    4 April 2026 7:14 PM IST
    Maoists surrender with arms

    India's hard-won victory over Red rebellion faces governance test

    4 April 2026 4:00 PM IST
    BJP leader K Annamalai

    TN polls: Not denied seat; didn't want to contest elections, says Annamalai

    4 April 2026 11:50 AM IST
    Parakala Prabhakar exclusive

    Parakala Prabhakar flags 2024 Andhra polls: 'Three seconds per vote, humanly possible?'

    4 April 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Tamil Nadu state Congress chief K Selvaperunthagai and MP S Jothimani

    TN Congress in disarray: State chief to quit after results, MP slams candidate picks

    3 April 2026 9:32 PM IST
    Chandrababu Naidu EC

    Andhra elections 2024 'anomaly': Quraishi calls for answers | AI With Sanket

    3 April 2026 2:31 PM IST
    In Assembly Elections 2026, why is every party flirting with Hindutva?

    In Assembly Elections 2026, why is every party flirting with Hindutva?

    3 April 2026 10:04 AM IST
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