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Declared 'dead' in draft rolls, TMC councillor stages stir at crematorium

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- A Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor from West Bengal's Hooghly district on Tuesday staged a dramatic protest after allegedly being listed as "dead" in the draft electoral rolls r... Read More


Kolkata Christmas Festival to begin on December 18

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- The 15th edition of the Kolkata Christmas Festival will be inaugurated on December 18 at Allen Park on Park Street, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee scheduled to formally open t... Read More


TMC to hold door-to-door scrutiny in CM's Constituency

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- The TMC leadership has decided to ask party BLAs to conduct a fresh, door-to-door verification of deleted voters' names in Bhowanipore, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Assembly Co... Read More


Over 44K voters axed in CM's Bhawanipore seat

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- Names of around 44,787 voters in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Bhawanipore Assembly Constituency have been deleted from the state's draft electoral rolls published by the Electi... Read More


Draft voter rolls question Suvendu's 'one crore Rohingyas' claim

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- The publication of West Bengal's draft electoral rolls on Tuesday under the Election Commission of India's (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has undercut Opposition leader Suv... Read More


EC clarifies what to do if name missing from draft electoral roll

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- The Election Commission has reassured voters that there is no need to panic if their names do not appear in the draft electoral roll. The Commission clarified that the draft list i... Read More


SIR process: More than 2.5 lakh names struck off voter lists

Raiganj/ Balurghat, Dec. 16 -- The publication of the draft electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has led to the deletion of more than 2.5 lakh voters across North and South D... Read More


Over 1.4L voter deletions in Darjeeling, Kalimpong

Darjeeling, Dec. 16 -- A comparison between the electoral rolls published on October 27, 2025 and the draft rolls released on Tuesday under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) reveals substantial del... Read More


Over 1,000 benefit as 'Duare Doctor' starts

BALURGHAT, Dec. 16 -- In a significant step towards strengthening healthcare services in remote areas, the West Bengal government's flagship initiative 'Duare Doctor' (Doctors at Doorstep) was launche... Read More


Tea belt sees large SIR deletions, parties cite migration

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- The publication of the draft electoral roll following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) on Tuesday has sparked political reactions across West Bengal. In Alipurduar district a... Read More