The Trinamul Congress-led coalition government in West Bengal will not run on the basis of any common minimum programme (CMP) unlike the UPA-1 government at the Centre.

Chief minister-designate Mamata Banerjee is likely to contest from Behala East Assembly constituency in a byelection. Sovan Chatterjee of the Trinamul Congress, who is also the city mayor, won this seat defeating Kumkum Chakraborty of the CPI(M) by 48,173 votes in the recently-concluded Assembly polls. Ms Banerjee, who was on

City-based seven industry and trade chambers are jointly planning to felicitate Mamata Banerjee after the oath-taking ceremony of the next government with Ms Banerjee as the chief minister.

Manish Gupta, who was West Bengal home secretary in January 1993 when the police had dragged out Ms Mamata Banerjee, then a Youth Congress leader, from the Writers’ Buildings, has become the giant killer in the 2011 Assembly polls by defeating chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at Jadavpur by 16,684 votes, that too as Ms Banerjee’s nominee.

As the main Opposition leader in West Bengal Mamata Banerjee had spearheaded land movement in the state which had forced the Tata Motors to relocate its Nano factory at Sanand in Gujarat from Singur in West Bengal. Ms Banerjee’s consistent movement had also forced the state government to scrap its proposed chemical hub

No violence. No killing. No Maoist attack. Polling in 14 Assembly constituencies, which are considered as Maoist-infested ones, in West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia was totally peaceful. Around 85 per cent voters cast their franchise in the last phase of the six-phased elections in West Bengal. An unprecedented security blanket was

In the last phase of the six-phased Assembly elections in West Bengal, 14 constituencies in the Maoist-infested areas in West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura will go to polls on Tuesday under unprecedented security arrangements. In these 14 constituencies, 26,57,434 voters will decide the fate of 97 candidates, including ministers like Susanta Ghosh, Rabilal Maitra and Debalina Hembram and PCPA leader Chhatradhar Mahato, who is close to the CPI(Maoist) and is now in jail custody.

Like the earlier four phases, the fifth phase of the six-phased Assembly elections in West Bengal also went off peacefully with over 83 per cent of the voters exercising their franchise in 38 constituencies in Burdwan, West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia. No person was killed in any poll-related violence and 10 persons were arrested

The Election Commission (EC) is contemplating to record the poll proceedings with the help of surveillance helicopters in 14 Assembly constituencies in the Maoist-infested Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore districts which would go to polls on May 10. The EC will rope in three helicopters for air surveillance in Janagalmahal from

The fourth phase of the six-phased Assembly elections went off peacefully with over 85 per cent of the voters exercising their franchise in 63 constituencies in Howrah, Hooghly, East Midnapore and Burdwan. No person was killed or injured in any poll-related violence and 68 persons were arrested, including 67 people who were taken