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

    Samir K Purkayastha
    26 March 2026 6:30 AM IST

    Despite early central force deployment and administrative shuffles, a wave of killings and clashes raises questions over the poll body's effectiveness

    Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad
    Elections 2026
    RG Kar protest
    Elections 2026

    BJP fields RG Kar victim’s mother for Bengal elections

    25 March 2026 8:50 PM IST
    Parliament session
    India

    Modi govt hits pause on fast-tracking women’s reservation, eyes special or monsoon session

    25 March 2026 8:26 PM IST
    Iran Israel US Middle East explodes
    Politics

    Govt calls all-party meet on Iran war; Oppn has ‘zero expectations of honest answers’

    24 March 2026 9:13 PM IST
    Tamil Nadu polls: Why Kamal Haasans party decided not to field candidates

    Tamil Nadu polls: Why Kamal Haasan's party decided not to field candidates

    24 March 2026 9:07 PM 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
    Tamil Nadu will reject DMK-Congress, NDA will sweep election, claims Piyush Goyal

    Tamil Nadu will reject DMK-Congress, NDA will sweep election, claims Piyush Goyal

    23 March 2026 2:57 PM IST
    The view of a neighbourhood in Rajasthan.

    'Copy-paste of Gujarat model': Rajasthan's new property law draws fire over communal concerns

    23 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
    PM Modi in Rajya Sabha

    PM Modi surpasses Chamling to become India’s longest-serving head of govt

    22 March 2026 1:49 PM IST
    Congress and Raijor Dal alliance for Assam elections 2026

    Assam elections: Can a united opposition break BJP’s streak?

    21 March 2026 6:36 PM IST
    BJP strong, Congress struggles internally

    Assam: Can attrition-ridden Congress stop Himanta 2.0? | AI With Sanket

    20 March 2026 9:01 PM IST
    ECs officer reshuffle in poll-bound states faces legal heat: Whats the plan? | Capital Beat

    EC's officer reshuffle in poll-bound states faces legal heat: What's the plan? | Capital Beat

    20 March 2026 6:06 PM IST
    Women disrespected by Tamil Nadu politicians

    TN politicians 'worship' women on stage, and demean them at the same mic

    20 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara

    As Karnataka Cabinet berth demand grows, minister says final call with high command, CM

    20 March 2026 3:58 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

    Samir K Purkayastha
    20 March 2026 3:28 PM IST

    A 41-year-old loses his life after remaining trapped in the malfunctioning elevator; TMC MLA admits 'administrative lapse' at the site of the 2024...

    Rahul Gandhi

    Kerala elections | Rahul Gandhi bats for UDF, says state ready for change

    20 March 2026 2:56 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
    RG Kar protest

    Bengal elections | RG Kar victim’s mother to contest? 'Got BJP offer long back'

    19 March 2026 3:43 PM IST
    Discussion on Congress crisis in Assam after Bordoloi resignation

    Bordoloi exit : Has Congress lost the plot in Assam?

    18 March 2026 8:50 PM IST
    Puducherry Assembly elections 2026

    Puducherry polls | Standoff persists in NDA, INDIA blocs as nomination deadline nears

    18 March 2026 7:41 PM IST
    Suvendhu vs Mamata

    Why did BJP skip personal attack on Mamata in Bengal campaigning? | AI With Sanket

    18 March 2026 6:32 PM IST
    VD Satheesan

    No UDF infighting over seats unlike BJP and LDF: Congress leader Satheesan

    18 March 2026 4:22 PM IST
    IUML leaders Noorbina Rasheed (Left) and Abdurrahiman Randathani

    Kerala elections | Unusual dissent rattles IUML over candidate list

    18 March 2026 3:20 PM IST
    DMK and CPI seat-sharing talks

    TN Assembly elections: DMK allots 5 seats to CPI, trims 2021 tally

    18 March 2026 1:29 PM IST
    PM Modi in Rajya Sabha

    Modi bids farewell to 59 retiring Rajya Sabha members: 'No full stop in politics'

    18 March 2026 1:13 PM IST
    Has EC’s Bengal reshuffle crossed the line? | Jawhar Sircar interview

    Has EC’s Bengal reshuffle crossed the line? | Jawhar Sircar interview

    18 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Anjali Nair, Veena Nair

    Twenty20 fields film and TV stars in Kerala assembly elections

    17 March 2026 6:45 PM IST
    Sofia Firdous

    Odisha Rajya Sabha polls: Congress suspends 3 MLAs for cross-voting

    17 March 2026 2:28 PM IST
    Edappadi K Palaniswami

    No place in TN where ganja is not available in DMK rule, says Palaniswami

    17 March 2026 1:22 PM IST
    Two phase polls

    Bengal elections: SIR row, two-phase polling dominate debate | AI With Sanket

    16 March 2026 9:10 PM IST
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