The swearing-in ceremony of the Trinamool Congress-Congress ministry in politically polarised West Bengal here on Friday presented a rare sight - new Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sharing the same pu

Expressing concern over the post-poll violence in West Bengal, Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said he has asked the state administration to deal firmly with the political hostilities and clashes in the state.

Mamata Banerjee was today formally elected Trinamool Congress Legislature Party leader and said pre-poll ally Congress would be part of her 'small' ministry.

Two days after her party stormed to power

Mamata Banerjee, set to become West Bengal chief minister, today invited ally Congress to be part of her government as she met Congress president Sonia Gandhi here.

Amid high security, polling began in 14 Maoists' hit constituencies spread over three districts of West Bengal in the sixth and last phase of the State Assembly elections on Tuesday.

Seven of the con

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) seems resigned to losing power in West Bengal and Kerala — after studying reports from its units in the two traditional strongholds. State units of the party have submitted reports to the CPI-M Central leadership even before the sixth and final round of polling ended in West Bengal on Tuesday.

Amid tight security, polling began this morning for the fifth of the six-phase West Bengal Assembly election across 38 constituencies spread over four Maoist-hit districts of West Midnapur, Bankura,

Former volatile spots Singur and Nandigram voted on Tuesday as millions exercised their franchise Tuesday in 63 constituencies of four districts in the fourth phase of West Bengal elections.

A high v

People queued up in large numbers to vote in the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections on Tuesday for 63 constituencies spread over three districts.

An electorate of around 1.26 crore is set

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