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Why Faltas May 21 re-poll matters beyond a single seat

Why Falta's May 21 re-poll matters beyond a single Assembly seat

21 May 2026 6:10 AM IST

Bengal cattle slaughter crackdown before Eid triggers backlash from Hindu dairy farmers

Bengal cattle slaughter crackdown before Eid triggers backlash from Hindu dairy farmers

18 May 2026 8:10 PM IST

BJP promises and west bengal debt

BJP made big promises to a debt-ridden Bengal; now how will it deliver?

16 May 2026 4:00 PM IST

Mamata turns to old rivals and legal battle as TMC faces existential crisis

Mamata fights a three-fold battle as TMC faces existential crisis

13 May 2026 6:30 AM IST

Siliguri Bangladesh Border BSF

MEA figures cast doubt on BJP’s narrative of large-scale Bangladeshi infiltration

9 May 2026 5:13 PM IST

West Bengals first BJP government takes over

Symbolism, social arithmetic define Bengal’s first BJP ministry as Suvendu takes oath as CM

9 May 2026 2:58 PM IST

Suvendu Adhikari with Amit Shah

From CM's 'right hand' to CM: Suvendu Adhikari set to lead Bengal's first BJP govt

8 May 2026 8:02 PM IST

west bengal politics

Bengal still in a state of flux as Amit Shah lands in Kolkata

8 May 2026 2:35 PM IST

UPI trail leads cops to killers of Suvendus aide; 3 hitmen arrested

From Chakraborty to Rath, Bengal sees another violent death around Adhikari’s inner circle

7 May 2026 12:00 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee

Bengal polls: Mamata’s refusal to resign sparks a constitutional crisis

5 May 2026 9:10 PM IST

West Bengal assembly elections

Polarisation to anti-incumbency — what helped BJP change the political narrative in West Bengal

4 May 2026 8:39 PM IST

Suvendu Adhikari

Bengal giant killer’s gambit: Suvendu Adhikari and the BJP’s breakthrough

4 May 2026 1:11 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Bengal's Didi shield cracks: How Mamata Banerjee lost the state she dominated

4 May 2026 12:54 PM IST

SIR, anti-incumbency, resurgent Left-Cong make Bengal polls a nail-biter

SIR, anti-incumbency, resurgent Left-Cong make Bengal polls a nail-biter

28 April 2026 8:07 PM IST

Matua community procession in Thakurnagar in West Bengal

Matua voters divided even as SIR deletions cast shadow over Bengal polls

28 April 2026 6:30 AM IST

BJP fields Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay descendant for West Bengal polls 2026.

After Vande Mataram, it's Bankim: Electoral politics heats up in Bengal's Naihati

27 April 2026 6:30 AM IST

The BJP has tried to appropriate the legacy of Bengali literary icon Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay to challenge the states Trinamool Congress in the 2026 Assembly elections. Bankim Chandra photo: Wikimedia Commons

Bengal's battle for Bankim: BJP localises nationalist pitch to counter TMC in Naihati

26 April 2026 6:30 AM IST

BJP candidate Suvendu Sarkar being allegedly manhandled

Murshidabad blast, candidate assaults shadow Bengal's 90 per cent turnout

23 April 2026 6:52 PM IST

Samayun Sheikh (front) and other migrant workers from West Bengal who hired an SUV to return home in Murshidabad district from neighbouring Odisha to cast votes in the April 23 elections.

Second disenfranchisement? Travel hurdles rob Bengal’s migrant workers of their votes

22 April 2026 7:54 PM IST

Hindutva politics in Bengal

From land crusade heart, Nandigram emerges as Hindutva hub in Bengal | Ground Report

22 April 2026 3:58 PM IST

Noor Joined Congress

West Bengal polls: There is a BJP-TMC nexus, says ex-TMC leader Mausam Noor

21 April 2026 10:17 PM IST

West Bengal Jangalmahal

Bengal polls: Peace returns to Jangalmahal, development yet to catch up

21 April 2026 7:31 PM IST

west bengal malda potato

Bengal polls: Farmers’ distress in Malda turns into political ‘hot potato’ for TMC

21 April 2026 10:25 AM IST

In Bengals Muslim heartland, quiet discontent tests TMCs grip

In Bengal's Muslim heartland, quiet discontent tests TMC's grip

20 April 2026 4:00 PM IST

Bansabati’s Raj Rajeswari Mata temple

BJP may flag ‘infiltrators’ but Bengal border villages tell a different story | Ground report

20 April 2026 6:30 AM IST

West Bengal voter deletion

Murshidabad's royal descendants face 'existential crisis’ due to voter deletions

17 April 2026 2:56 PM IST

Murshidabad electoral roll adjudication

Polls a week away, 12,000 Murshidabad voters remain in a limbo | Ground report

15 April 2026 1:42 PM IST

Junglemahal before West Bengal elections 2026

Bengal elections: Peace came to Jangalmahal, but prosperity didn't follow | Ground Report

12 April 2026 4:13 PM IST

West Bengals fish politics

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

12 April 2026 6:30 AM IST

SIR mass deletion row in West Bengal

Bengal polls: 20 days to go for phase 1, chaos continues over missing names after SIR

4 April 2026 1:31 PM IST