CPI(M) central committee member Gautam Deb on Thursday said that he submitted to the EC evidence of his charges that the Trinamul Congress was using black money in the ongoing Assembly election. Mr Deb accompanied by former mayor of Kolkata and lawyer Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya and party leader Rabin Deb met the

Streets of Kolkata and its suburbs wore a deserted look on Wednesday as virtually no public buses were plying.
The number of taxis was also too few. Most of the shops and markets in the city were also closed. Metro rail was the only lifeline of the city commuters. However, suburban train services in both Howrah and Sealdah divisions were normal.

Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee directly accused chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of engineering rigging in his Jadavpur constituency.
“He has always won through rigging and even today, his party cadres have indulged in rigging,” she said, adding that she was not making these allegations without evidence. The Trinamul Congress would lodge a complaint with the Election Commission, she added.

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.

West Bengal witnessed peaceful voting in the third phase of the six-phase assembly elections on Wednesday that saw around 80 per cent votes cast in 75 constituencies, officials said. The voting will d

Eight Air India (AI) flights from Kolkata airport were cancelled on Thursday, putting passengers to great inconvenience, as the strike by pilots of the state-run airline entered the second day.

CPI(M) central committee member and state housing minister Gautam Deb on Wednesday submitted documents to state chief electoral officer Sunil Gupta, supporting his allegation that the Trinamul Congress pumped in crores of black money to meet the expenses of its election campaign. Mr Deb called on the state chief electoral

The real test for the CPI(M)’s recovery story of the Muslim vote bank will be on Wednesday in the third phase of polls in Bengal.
After Murshidabad and Malda, the three districts — North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas and Kolkata which will go to polls on Wednesday — have a considerable chunk of Muslim voters.

Barely a day before the third phase of the Assembly elections, Trinamul Congress general secretary Mukul Roy filed two defamation suits against heavyweight CPI(M) central committee member Gautam Deb on Tuesday for accusing Trinamul Congress chief and railway minister Mamata Banerjee, Mr Roy and their party of pumping

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