As the Election Commission announced on Saturday, the West Bengal Assembly is preparing to receive approximately 14,000 new poll booths during the upcoming 2026 Assembly elections. The meeting of the Parties is scheduled for August 29, at 3:30 p.m.
After the Trinamul Congress (TMC) and the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday announced that it would not participate in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) formed to examine three Bills seeking the removal of the Prime Minister and chief ministers. The Opposition alleges that the Bills are aimed at “bringing down” non-BJP governments.
Campus security, tribal student welfare, and higher education reforms took centre-stage at the vice chancellors’ conference chaired by West Bengal Governor and Chancellor C V Ananda Bose at Raj Bhavan, an official said on Wednesday.
In Bengal, even a health survey can turn political. That’s what happened this week when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee raised eyebrows over a mental health study being carried out by AIIMS-Kalyani.
With 2026 Assembly elections inching closer, West Bengal unit of Congress finds itself at a crossroads. It has to make a choice betwern going for an electoral alliance with the state’s ruling dispensation Trinamool Congress or revive it’s poll pact with the CPI(M)-led Left Front with which it has been hitching it’s band wagon since 2016 Assembly elections.
A BJP Vs BJP contest of Saran MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy Vs former Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan for control over the Constitution Club, which caters to MPs and former MPs in New Delhi, was decided in favour of Mr. Rudy after weeks of hectic campaigning that revealed interesting political alliances. Both were slugging it out for the post of secretary (administration).
A dispute has emerged between the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the West Bengal government over alleged irregularities in voter list revisions.
With less than a year left for the Bengal Assembly elections, all political parties are busy preparing for the upcoming polls. For the first time in the state, the state BJP has formed a new committee called the “High Rise Committee” to focus on residents of high-rise buildings in Kolkata and its suburbs.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday demanded the dissolution of the Lok Sabha and fresh elections, alleging large-scale irregularities in the country’s voter lists.
