The Election Commission of India’s recent announcement of by-elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, which fell vacant following the resignations of Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — the three Trinamool Congress MPs who stepped down after the party’s debacle in the recent West Bengal Assembly elections — has brought the focus back on the former MPs and the BJP’s plans for them.
In West Bengal, the BJP is set to secure victory in all three Rajya Sabha seats as Trinamool Congress may not be in the race due to internal rebellion
Modi said that institutions established during Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s period laid the foundation for the country’s economic and industrial growth.
The SIT investigating the death of a 12-year-old girl in Baruipur has arrested a second accused after overnight raids and detained three others as police await the autopsy report.
From Kangsabati to the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin, experts warn of ecological imbalance, sediment crisis and rising climate vulnerability
The first phase covered 152 Assembly Constituencies spread across 16 districts of the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, known for his strong social media presence and mass appeal, has once again demonstrated his influence in promoting regional culture.
An elephant was seen in the voting line prior to the commencement of the first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal, causing alarm among voters on Thursday morning.
The electoral sky over battleground Bengal is thick with the dust raised by the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, occasionally punctuated by politics of cultural belonging, with candidates campaigning with fish in hand to prove their Bengali identity.
West Bengal election 2026 LIVE updates: Phase 1 voting underway across 152 seats, with 18.76% turnout recorded till 9 am amid long queues at polling booths.
