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West Bengal

News Reports

Sitting member of WBPSC attends TMC rally in Bhabanipur, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari calls out violation of Model Code of Conduct: Details

OpIndia Staff - 26 April, 2026

His presence at the rally has triggered sharp reactions, with questions being raised over the neutrality of constitutional postholders during the election period.

Crime

West Bengal: Congress worker killed in front of his wife and child in Asansol, party accuses TMC goons of murder

OpIndia Staff - 26 April, 2026

Piyali said her husband even tried to calm the situation by mentioning that he would call a local Congress leader, Prasenjit Puitandy, who is also the secretary of their housing society.

News Reports

BJP needs to win substantial seats in the second phase to clinch West Bengal election: Read why breaching Mamata’s bastion and undoing the past...

Shraddha Pandey - 25 April, 2026

The second and final phase of the 2026 West Bengal elections is a make-or-break phase for the BJP. This phase covers the large pasts of South Bengal, including 11 seats in Kolkata, North 24 Parganas has 33, South 24 Parganas has 31 seats, Howrah has 16, Hooghly has 18, Nadia has 17, and East Burdwan has 16 seats. These seats have been the Trinamool Congress’s core bastion.

Law

Supreme Court praises historic 92% voter turnout and during 1st phase of West Bengal Vidhan Sabha election: Details

OpIndia Staff - 25 April, 2026

The Supreme Court praised West Bengal’s historic 92% voter turnout and largely peaceful first phase of polling.

News Reports

Highest voter turnout marks assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal: The possible reasons for the unprecedented numbers and who...

Rukma Rathore - 24 April, 2026

The "highest-ever poll participation since Independence" in Bengal and Tamil Nadu was commended by the Election Commission

News Reports

Intimidation of voters, attack on BJP candidates, targeting of security forces: 9 incidents of threats and violence unleashed by TMC goons and ‘lungi bahini’...

OpIndia Staff - 24 April, 2026

In visuals that have surfaced on social media, TMC goons were seen gheraoing the vehicle of the BJP candidate in Labpur Assembly constituency. They overwhelmed the police present at the site and threw kicks, punches and blows at his car.

News Reports

Assembly Elections: Tamil Nadu and the first phase of West Bengal record the highest ever voter turnout since Independence, numbers to go up further

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2026

Polling for the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and the first phase of polling in West Bengal took place today, with both states seeing...

News Reports

West Bengal Elections: South Dinajpur BJP candidate Shuvendu Sarkar chased and assaulted by TMC workers

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2026

Shuvendu Sarkar was chased across the fields by TMC workers when the BJP leader was walking to the school where the polling booth was set up.

Crime

West Bengal Elections: TMC workers clash with workers of Humayun Kabir’s party in Murshidabad after TMC blamed Kabir for crude bomb blast

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2026

Tensions flared in the Nowda area of Murshidabad district on Thursday as Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers clashed with supporters of the Aam Janata Unnayan...