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Bengal elections: A three-tier strategy behind EC's bureaucratic reshuffle
Samir K Purkayastha
20 March 2026 10:02 PM IST
With TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee moving the Calcutta HC challenging the reshuffle, a legal dimension has been added to an already contentious administrative and political battle, raising questions about...
Elections 2026
Elections 2026
TMC bets on women-minorities-SC/ST coalition in manifesto with '10-pledge' roadmap
20 March 2026 7:24 PM IST
Elections 2026
EC's officer reshuffle in poll-bound states faces legal heat: What's the plan? | Capital Beat
20 March 2026 6:06 PM IST
Elections 2026
Mamata unveils TMC manifesto, accuses EC of bias ahead of West Bengal polls
20 March 2026 4:53 PM IST
RG Kar in the eye of the storm again as man killed in hospital lift collapse
20 March 2026 3:28 PM IST
Bengal elections | BJP lists 111 faces more, includes star power, former Union minister
19 March 2026 6:43 PM IST
Suvendu Adhikari kicks off BJP’s Bhabanipur campaign, 'will win by 25,000 votes margin'
19 March 2026 4:20 PM IST
Bengal elections | RG Kar victim’s mother to contest? 'Got BJP offer long back'
19 March 2026 3:43 PM IST
Why did BJP skip personal attack on Mamata in Bengal campaigning? | AI With Sanket
18 March 2026 6:32 PM IST
Has EC’s Bengal reshuffle crossed the line? | Jawhar Sircar interview
18 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
TMC packs a punch with new faces, ticket reshuffle, and social coalition boost
17 March 2026 9:02 PM IST
TMC under pressure as welfare politics meets voter frustration in Bengal
17 March 2026 8:09 PM IST
Bengal elections: TMC's 291-candidate list out, Mamata vs Suvendu in Bhabanipur
17 March 2026 4:32 PM IST
Bengal elections: SIR row, two-phase polling dominate debate | AI With Sanket
16 March 2026 9:10 PM IST
BJP releases first list of 144 candidates for West Bengal, pits Suvendu against Mamata
The Federal
16 March 2026 5:21 PM IST
The BJP names Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari as its candidate from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Bhabanipur seat while retaining him in...
EC sacks top bureaucrats, senior cops in poll-bound Bengal; Mamata to hit the streets
16 March 2026 2:21 PM IST
Election Commission removes West Bengal's top bureaucrats
16 March 2026 10:59 AM IST
EC releases 2-phase Bengal poll even as over 60 lakh voters' fate remains unknown
15 March 2026 9:00 PM IST
10 key seats to watch in West Bengal elections 2026
15 March 2026 7:00 PM IST
SIR, infiltration, women’s safety: 10 factors set to dominate Bengal polls
15 March 2026 6:17 PM IST
Hours before MCC sets in, Mamata gives hike to priests and clerics, clears DA arrears
15 March 2026 4:03 PM IST
Four arrested, eight injured in Kolkata political clash ahead of Modi rally
15 March 2026 9:58 AM IST
PM Modi to visit Bengal today to launch projects worth Rs 18,680 cr
14 March 2026 9:36 AM IST
Iran war triggers LPG scramble across Bengal; state on alert to stop illegal diversion
13 March 2026 3:00 PM IST
In Bengal, can Rahul, Priyanka go beyond 'measured aggression’ against Mamata?
13 March 2026 10:00 AM IST
West Bengal schools disrupted as central forces occupy classrooms ahead of elections
12 March 2026 9:22 PM IST
Mamata to roll out SOP as Iran conflict hits Bengal’s fuel, LPG supplies
12 March 2026 12:54 PM IST
Mamata sketches ‘SIR’ and ‘Vanish’ on drawing board, alleges voters being erased
10 March 2026 5:52 PM IST
‘Don’t dare question judicial officers’: SC warns West Bengal govt, ECI over SIR
10 March 2026 5:13 PM IST
No eligible voter’s name to be removed; Bengal polls to be free, peaceful: CEC
10 March 2026 2:54 PM IST
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