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TMC, BJP strengthen digital teams ahead of 2026 Bengal assembly polls

India, Oct. 26 -- The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal are both strengthening their digital teams to counter each other on social media in the... Read More


45% of voters in Bengal poll roll not found in 2002 list

Kolkata, Oct. 25 -- Around 45% of the voters' names in the present 2025 electoral roll of West Bengal couldn't be found in the 2002 electoral roll when the last Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was la... Read More


34-year-old man arrested for teenager's sexual assault in Kolkata hospital: Police

India, Oct. 25 -- A 34-year-old man, who allegedly introduced himself as a paediatrician to a teenage girl's family at the SSKM hospital in Kolkata, and sexually assaulted her in a toilet, has been ar... Read More


45% of voters in Bengal poll roll not found in 2002 list

Kolkata, Oct. 24 -- Around 45% of the voters' names in the present 2025 electoral roll of West Bengal couldn't be found in the 2002 electoral roll when the last Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was la... Read More


Bengal floods increase human-animal conflict

India, Oct. 24 -- The floods in north Bengal in the first week of October have increased the human-animal conflict. An elephant and a wild boar have killed five people at Madarihat in Alipurduar and a... Read More


Voter mapping ahead of SIR rollout in Bengal reveals 45% names missing from 2002 Roll

India, Oct. 23 -- Around 45% of voters listed in West Bengal's current electoral roll did not appear in the 2002 roll prepared during the last Special Intensive Revision (SIR), officials aware of the ... Read More


11-year-old girl found dead in Kolkata house; locals say stepmom tortured her

India, Oct. 21 -- An 11-year-old girl was found dead in the wardrobe of her house in south Kolkata's Alipore on Monday, a senior Kolkata Police officer said. Police said neighbours thrashed the girl'... Read More


North Bengal floods: Residents queue up to recover lost documents ahead of SIR

India, Oct. 19 -- From Aadhaar cards to land deeds, the devastating October 5 North Bengal floods swept away more than homes and livelihoods. With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rol... Read More


Appointment of interlocutor on Gorkha issue is unilateral: Mamata writes to Modi

India, Oct. 18 -- Days after the Centre appointed former deputy national security advisor Pankaj Kumar Singh as an interlocutor to hold discussions on the issues relating to Gorkhas in north Bengal, c... Read More


TMC to launch Anti-SIR campaign, mega rally planned in Kolkata in November

India, Oct. 17 -- The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal is set to launch a campaign against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) after the festive season, starting with a mega-rally in Ko... Read More