Panic gripped West Bengal's Birbhum after locals discovered 31 live bombs stacked near a bamboo grove on Friday morning, prompting police to seal the area and call in the Bomb Disposal Squad.
Falta went to a repoll under heavy security as Trinamool candidate Jahangir Khan stayed out of sight after withdrawing from the contest. Voters said they were casting ballots freely after years, while turnout crossed 86 per cent.
Trinamool Congress councillor Debalina Biswas resigned as chairperson of KMC's Borough 9, citing pressure from the party leadership after civic notices were issued to properties linked to Abhishek Banerjee.
An Alipore court acquitted Mohammed Shami in the Rs 1 lakh cheque bounce case filed by wife Hasin Jahan. The ruling brings legal relief, even as their maintenance and alimony dispute continues in higher courts.
BJP MLA Arjun Singh said the administration had already issued strict directives on several matters, including public order, illegal activities and religious gatherings on roads.
Announcing her shift towards legal activism, Banerjee further mentioned that she and the outgoing Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Chandrima Bhattacharya, would resume their legal practice in courts challenging the poll mandate.
Party MP Mahua Moitra shared a purported video of the incident. The clip shows several flags of the BJP, which has secured a landslide mandate in the state, being waved by the crowd surrounding the bulldozer as it demolished a structure.
Repolling will be held on Saturday at 15 polling stations across Diamond Harbour and Magrahat Paschim Assembly constituencies in South 24 Parganas district following complaints of EVM tampering. Polling will take place from 7 am to 6 pm.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury faces a crucial test in Baharampur after his Lok Sabha defeat, with a three-cornered contest set to decide his political future and Congress's prospects in Murshidabad.
Kolkata's Chinatown, centred in Tangra and spread across adjoining localities, is among the oldest Chinese settlements in India. But after hundreds were deleted from the voter rolls during SIR, many now say they feel like outsiders in the only country they have ever known.
With only days left before the tribunal deadline, deleted voters in Bengal say they are being turned away, left confused over hearings, and struggling to understand how their names can be restored.
The Income Tax officials carried out a similar raid in the residence and the in-laws' house of the outgoing TMC MLA from the Rasbehari assembly constituency, Debashish Kumar, on the same day.
BJP leaders Rakesh Singh and Koustav Bagchi celebrated the first day of the Bengali New Year with fish in their hands, a move that was aimed at winning the hearts of Bengal voters.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged "selective targeting" by central forces after claiming her car was stopped for a security check near Kolkata airport. The Trinamool Congress filed a complaint with the Election Commission and shared purported screenshots of a "WhatsApp directive" ordering searches of its leaders' cars.
Voters in south Kolkata complained of being denied entry, unclear hearing procedures and little guidance at the SIR appellate tribunal that opened in the city, triggering frustration and anxiety just nine days before the first phase of polling on April 23.
Amit Shah had tacitly said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was more interested in positioning Abhishek, her nephew, as her successor at the helm of the state government instead of addressing people's sufferings.
The publication of the latest Individuals under Adjudication Report shows that out of 6,006,675 individuals flagged for review, a staggering 2,716,393 have been found not eligible. This implementation of the adjudication process has sparked a climate of 'bureaucratic anxiety,' leaving nearly six million people in a legal limbo.
A recent analysis of voter list deletions in the constituency by the Kolkata-based public policy research organisation Sabar Institute has flagged a striking pattern in the removal of voters, raising fresh concerns over electoral transparency in a seat that has long shaped the state's political narrative.
The accused, identified as Siddhartha Chariwal, allegedly called the victim in Kolkata's Maidan area for an interview. As the woman arrived, an argument broke out between the two, and as a result, the man allegedly killed the woman.
Once a close aide of Suvendu Adhikari, Pabitra Kar created a stir after defecting to the TMC from the BJP ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections. In an exclusive interview with India Today, Kar speaks on why he jumped ship, his equation with Suvendu and who will win the Nandigram battle.
