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Bengal Assembly Election 2026
TOP VIDEOS
Watch: First they lost their homes in Bengal, now they’ve lost their identity too
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Bullet on the ballot — Sitalkuchi victims’ families relive horror every election
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SIR cloud looms over Matuas, ‘intruders’ from Bangladesh India does not have a problem with
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Despite Supreme Court relief, fate of Bengal's deleted voters hangs in balance
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Netas run, dance, shave for votes: Bengal candidates campaign and go viral too
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One river, two realities — Jaigaon's appeal before Bengal polls but is Mamata listening
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How Bengal government doles and schemes help people from birth to death
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Bengal CEO Slams Mamata, Reaffirms Security in Strongrooms
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Warns Against ‘Looting of Counting’
Protesters Object to TMC Car Parked Outside Strongroom, Cry EVM Tampering Bid
Watch | High Drama in Kolkata Strongroom as TMC Cries EVM Tamper Attempt
What Do the Exit Polls 2026 Predict for West Bengal
Mamata Rejects Bengal Exit Polls That Predict Saffron Sweep in the State
Blind Voters Share Their Election Experience & the Gaps That Still Exist
What Do the Exit Polls 2026 Predict for Tamil Nadu
What do the Exit Polls 2026 Predict for Assam?
Bengal Elections Phase 2: Over 89% Voter Turnout Till 5 pm Amid Sporadic Violence
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SPECIAL REPORTS
In recce, Mamata breaks routine, visits party offices, polling stations in Bhabanipur
Bengal election leaves families split as voter lists exclude thousands
Villagers vent ire at EC as over 100 lose franchise in Memari Matua settlement
Border village in Bagda votes at home for first time since Independence in North 24-Parganas
Vote without fear in TMC stronghold: Central forces keep ‘bike gangs’ at bay
In lungi? Can't vote, say forces as Bengal polls see odd curbs and scattered incidents
Change & jobs on city's lips: What Kolkata wants from the new Bengal government
Chase, cola and 30,000 forecast: Suvendu Adhikari storms Mamata's turf on poll day
LATEST NEWS
Bengal election snapshot: Memories of gunfire fade in Kolkata booth, 16 years on
Maid in India ‘crisis’: West Bengal vote panic sparks domestic-help woes in metro cities
Why BJP smells hope in Bengal’s potato: Farmers rue curbs, cite Uttar Pradesh’s gain
Tribunal clears 1,468 voters to cast ballots in Bengal Assembly poll Phase 2 on April 29
IN PICTURES
In pictures: Voters turn out in numbers for Phase 2 polling across 142 seats in Bengal
In illness and in health, voters arrive at their booth with deep determination
Kolkata goes to vote under grey skies; showers, thunderstorms likely through the week
BJP, Congress praise EC for ‘by and large peaceful’ first phase of Bengal Assembly polls so far
MOST READ
366-metre gap: Workers at Chingrighata Metro site wait for polls to end, work to resume
Fish, fear, faultlines: Livelihoods and loyalties shape election in Bengal’s delta region
Goondas of Calcutta: The musclemen who play a key role every Bengal election cycle
‘Don’t see my future here’: Bengal’s first-time voters speak of jobs, fear and exit plans
QUIP OF THE DAY
In West Bengal today, it is not democracy but TMC's reign of terror that prevails
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Rahul Gandhi
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Even though the BJP will come to power, central forces will remain here for seven days
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Amit Shah
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Central forces are supposed to guard the country's borders, but instead, they are working for a particular party
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Mamata Banerjee
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This election is unprecedented...people voting without fear
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PM Modi
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Loktantro ka pura barota baja diya (They have ruined democracy)
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Mamata Banerjee
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