Around 81 per cent of the voters on Wednesday exercised their franchise in 75 constituencies in North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas and Kolkata in the third phase of the six-phased Assembly elections in West Bengal.

Eight Air India (AI) flights from Kolkata airport were cancelled on Thursday, putting passengers to great inconvenience, as the strike by pilots of the state-run airline entered the second day.

CPI(M) central committee member and state housing minister Gautam Deb on Wednesday submitted documents to state chief electoral officer Sunil Gupta, supporting his allegation that the Trinamul Congress pumped in crores of black money to meet the expenses of its election campaign. Mr Deb called on the state chief electoral

The real test for the CPI(M)’s recovery story of the Muslim vote bank will be on Wednesday in the third phase of polls in Bengal.
After Murshidabad and Malda, the three districts — North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas and Kolkata which will go to polls on Wednesday — have a considerable chunk of Muslim voters.

Barely a day before the third phase of the Assembly elections, Trinamul Congress general secretary Mukul Roy filed two defamation suits against heavyweight CPI(M) central committee member Gautam Deb on Tuesday for accusing Trinamul Congress chief and railway minister Mamata Banerjee, Mr Roy and their party of pumping

The third phase of the Assembly elections in West Bengal will be held in 75 constituencies in Kolkata, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas on Wednesday with around 1.45 crore voters deciding the fate of 479 contesting candidates. Like the earlier two phases, this time also the Election Commission (EC) is determined to

The body of a fisherman was fished out from Rengali reservoir after his fishing boat sank, the police said here on Wednesday.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had tried to manipulate polling in his Jadavpur Assembly constituency.

A total 78.3 per cent votes were cast on Wednesday in the third phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections in 75 constituencies in three districts.

Taking cognisance of the reports that the political parties had continued their publicity through advertisements in electronic and print media during the no-campaign period before the first and second phase of the Assembly polls in the state, the Election Commission (EC) on Monday asked the political parties to stop airing and publishing those advertisements or otherwise face punishment.