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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
TopicWest Bengal assembly elections

Topic: West Bengal assembly elections

Mamata’s Trinamool races away in Bengal with leads in 200+ seats, BJP leads in less than 100

According to Election Commission figures, TMC has got at least 48.4% vote share, an increase from 43% in 2019 Lok Sabha election. BJP’s vote share fell to 37.4% from 40%.

Trinamool looks set to break Congress-CPM stranglehold on Murshidabad & Malda 

According to early trends, the TMC is leading in 14 of 17 seats in Murshidabad and 6 of 12 seats in Malda. Congress-CPM alliance yet to open account in Malda.

CM Mamata Banerjee leads in Nandigram by 2,700 votes over BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had left her Bhawanipore seat in south Kolkata, her home turf, to contest from Nandigram.

108 centres, strict Covid measures: Bengal all set for counting of votes on 2 May

At least 292 observers have been appointed and 256 companies of central forces have been deployed at the counting centres spread across 23 districts of the state.

2021 election has ended the Bengal exceptionalism. It’s now seeing American-style management

For long, Bengal’s party competition was unique. Campaigns were about political cadres speaking an ideological language. Not anymore.

Did Ashok Lavasa case change it all for EC? Why India needs a TN Seshan: Ex-IAS officer

The election commissioners should have controlled the madness in West Bengal, but their partisan attitude has only strengthened the negative impression about civil services.

Calcutta HC directs authorities to strictly enforce EC ban on rallies on 2 May

A restriction of a maximum of two persons has been placed on the winning party for collecting the certificate, the commission told the division bench.

75.06% voter turnout in 7th phase of West Bengal assembly polls

The EC said polling was held peacefully in 11,376 polling stations spread across 34 constituencies in West Bengal.

Murshidabad is rare Bengal pocket where CPM-Congress alliance is still a force to reckon with

Murshidabad district, which votes today, has a 70% Muslim populace. CPI(M) and Congress still continue to dominate the area and pose serious threat to Trinamool.

Adhir tough on Mamata, Rahul soft — how the Congress cornered itself in Bengal

Ever since it severed ties with the TMC, the Congress has found itself in a dilemma in Bengal. With no tall state leaders now, that nervousness is showing.

On Camera

UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made the exam easier, it has also made it harder to find the game-changers we need.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.