Election News

The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday (March 10) provided Y-plus security cover to actor Mithun Chakraborty who has recently joined the BJP.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar visited West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at SSKM hospital in Kolkata amid ''go back'' slogans shouted by hundreds of the TMC supporters gathered there.  

 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee got injured during her campaign trail in Nandigram on Wednesday (March 10). She was being taken to Kolkata for treatment. Mamata had bone injuries on her left ankle and foot, right shoulder, forearm and neck.   

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday (March 10) said he will go to Kolkata this week and urged the farmers of Bengal to defeat the BJP in the upcoming polls.  

In a medical bulletin issued late Wednesday night by the state-run SSKM hospital, a senior doctor said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been complaining of chest pain and breathlessness.

Addressing media persons after sending his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Chacko said the party ignored him.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday (March 10) announced the list of star campaigners for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (March 10) filed her nomination from the Nandigram assembly constituency.  

The Bengal BJP unit on Tuesday (March 9) wrote to the state's chief secretary stating that "attempts are being made to use the postal ballot in favour of the ruling TMC party".  

The Election Commission on Tuesday (March 9) decided to double the broadcast and telecast time allotted to each national parties as well as recognised state parties on DD and AIR in the poll-bound states.