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Kolkata Assembly elections

TMC MLA stripped of security cover

The former MLA from the Trinamul Congress, Tapan Chatterjee was stripped of his security cover on Wednesday after he was denied nomination by the party on Tuesday.

Parties seek single-phase polls, error-free voter list at ECI meet

Most political parties in West Bengal on Monday urged the Election Commission to conduct the upcoming Assembly elections in a single phase and ensure that no legitimate voter is left out of the electoral rolls during a series of meetings held by the poll panel’s full bench in Kolkata.

Eviction drive along Mahananda sparks tension near Siliguri

Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly elections, police, in coordination with the concerned authorities, carried out an eviction drive at Porajhar along the banks of the Mahananda near Siliguri on Wednesday, demolishing several makeshift structures allegedly built on government land.