Over 18 per cent polling was recorded in the first two hours of voting in 75 constituencies in Kolkata and its neighbouring North and South 24-Parganas districts of West Bengal today.

"The turnou

Thirty-four per cent of the electorate on Wednesday cast their votes till 11 am in 75 seats in the metropolis and adjoining North and South 24 Parganas districts, which went to polls in the crucial th

Be it 'detective Feluda' or the 'prince of Calcutta', celebrities from the world of culture, sports and literature milled at the city's polling booths to cast their vote on Wednesday.

Some took time

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.

Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday launched a scathing attack against West Bengal’s Left Front government, saying West Bengal was the “worst-governed” state in India. The minister, in the state to campaign for Congress candidates, said the Buddhadeb Bhattach-arjee government was to blame for all ills

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.

Ridiculing chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s appeal to the people to vote for the formation of the eighth Left Front government in the state, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday said why would the people give him one more chance. “They have already ruled for 35 years. Why will the people elect them again.

Launching a scathing attack against the Left Front government, Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said that West Bengal was the “worst governed” state. Mr Chidambaram, who was in the state to campaign for Congress candidates, blamed the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government for all the ills plaguing the state particularly for the “extremely bad” law and order and “precarious” financial situation.

Describing West Bengal as the country’s worst governed state, union home minister P. Chidambaram on Monday claimed peace will be restored once Congress-Trinamool Congress government is formed after the Assembly elections. “It is among the poorest governed state in the country.