The Election Commission (EC) has started deployment of the Central paramilitary forces in Jangalmahal to foil any attempt of the Maoists to disrupt the polling process. In the sixth phase on May 10, 14 Assembly constituencies which are considered as Maoist-infested will go to polls. Unlike other phases, the EC will deploy around 150 companies of the Central forces well in advance in the areas which fall under the jurisdiction of these constituencies.

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.

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

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.

Severely chided and publicly censored by party satraps for his barb to Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, CPI(M) leader and former MP Anil Basu issued a hand-written statement to apologise for h

Over 85 per cent of the voters on Saturday exercised their franchise in 50 constituencies in Murshidabad, Nadia and Birbhum in the second phase of six-phased Assembly elections in West Bengal. The elections were totally peaceful with no major law and order related incident was reported. No person was killed or injured in any

Apprehending that large scale political violence may break out after the announcement of the poll results on May 13, the state administration has decided to request the Centre to deploy the Central paramilitary forces for the purpose of maintaining law and order even after the elections are over. “We want that some of the companies of the Central forces should stay back in the state for at least 10 days after the announcement of the results,” a senior official of the state home department said.

Over 80 per cent of the voters on Monday cast their votes in 54 constituencies in six districts in North Bengal in the first phase of the six-phased Assembly elections in West Bengal. More importantly, the elections were completely peaceful with no incident of violence, clash and rioting. No person was killed or injured and only 10 persons were taken into preventive custody. The voting took place under an unprecedented security arrangement with the deployment of the Central paramilitary forces in all polling booths.

The battle for the Writers’ Buildings will begin on Monday with the polling in 54 constituencies in North Bengal in the first phase of the six-phased Assembly elections in West Bengal.

The North 24 Parganas district police has launched a manhunt for Subhranshu Roy, the son of Union minister of state for shipping Mukul Roy. State chief electoral officer Sunil Gupta on Thursday said that the district magistrate (DM) of North 24 Parganas informed him that the superintendent of police (SP) and the additional SP were monitoring the raids in search of Mr Roy.