municipal elections

An eye-witness in the murder of Congress councillor Tapan Kandu was found dead at his residence on April 6 in Jhalda town of West Bengal’s Purulia district. Niranjan Vaishnab – Tapan Kandu’s…

There was a huge ruckus at Purulia’s Jhalda on Tuesday following a Congress protest, a day after the Calcutta High Court ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder…

The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into Congress councillor Tapan Kandu’s murder. Kundu was murdered in West Bengal’s Jhalda, in…

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called a 12-hour bandh in Bengal to protest the alleged violence by Trinamool Congress workers during yesterday’s municipal polls. By afternoon, Leader…

After Trinamool Congress clearly swept the polls in Bidhannagar, Siliguri, Asansol and Chandannagar municipalities, party chief and state chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced that Gautam…

Trinamool Congress on Monday swept all four civic body polls for which counting started earlier today. Though the final results are not out yet, it is clear by now that Bengal’s ruling party…

Ashok Bhattacharya, minister in the former CPI-M-led Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government, lost from ward 6 of the Siliguri municipality by 510 votes today. He lost to Trinamool Congress…

Counting for the elections in four municipal bodies started on Monday. Trinamool Congress – the ruling party in West Bengal – has been leading in all four civic bodies: Bidhannagar,…

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s youth wing on Thursday held protests outside the State Election Commission office alleging bias against them in various municipality areas across Bengal. They…

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday cleared all doubts on the controversial lists of candidates released by her party last week. There were disparities in two lists…