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
A fire broke out at a multi-storey hospital in Salt Lake, a posh satellite township in Kolkata's north-east fringes on Tuesday morning.
In a notification issued by the Commission on 20 April, the Commission made it clear that no motorcycle rallies will be allowed from 48 hours before polling day.
During a recent rally speech, Mamata Banerjee purportedly claimed that Mahatma Gandhi returned his knighthood in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British.
In the run-up to polling in West Bengal, a constitutional paradox has quietly taken shape, one that exposes the limits of legal remedies when they collide with electoral time.
Whether or not it does, analysts believe the results in these states will be closely watched for their political impact—particularly to judge if the issue becomes more than just a talking point to attack opposition parties.
