Mamata Banerjee

Polling in two parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal, Cooch Behar, and Alipurduar, is being held in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 11.

Violence has been reported in West Bengal in the two constituencies, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar, that has gone to polls in the first phase of the elections.

Mamata Banerjee's rally got delayed as a helicopter ride which was to take 22 minutes took 55 minutes

It has become a norm for the opposition leaders to resort to personal attacks on PM Modi probably because of their failure to come up with something substantial to confront him with.

TMC leader Anubrata Mondal on Sunday made an appeal to the Election Commission (EC) officials to let him rig the polls and allow his people to "manage" 500-600 votes per booth

Mamata also said she is confident that TMC will lead the formation of government at the Centre.

Hearing on the petition filed by TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife, the Calcutta HC ordered her to appear before the Customs

Prime Minister Modi addressed a rally at Kolkata's Brigade Ground yesterday, the same venue where leaders of the Mahagathbandhan had gathered in January. It was Narendra Modi's second rally in West Bengal yesterday after the first at Siliguri.

The incident comes after a day after both PM Modi had launched a scathing attack on Mamata Banerjee for her stance on Balakot strikes and accused her of acting like "Speedbreaker" to the development of the state. 

The National Commission for Women has taken suo moto cognisance of the matter and has urged the Bengal director general of police to take "strict and immediate action".