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Friday, April 24, 2026
TopicWest Bengal polls

Topic: West Bengal polls

I-PAC emails staff saying West Bengal ops ‘paused’, days ahead of polls. TMC says ‘all is well’

Though Trinamool did not officially confirm shutdown of the agency, it reiterated, in a press conference Monday, that all I-PAC employees will be taken care of.

19 yrs after violent land stir, Bengal’s Nandigram slowly opens door to industry with ship building hub

Since and agitation that paved the way for Mamata's TMC to end Left’s 34-year reign in the state, the area has hardly seen any capital inflow into industry. 

Adhir comeback & Humayun Kabir’s ‘Babri’ stir interest, but Bengal’s Muslims fear BJP gains

ThePrint visited Murshidabad, Cooch Behar, Malda, Nadia, Kolkata, Nandigram, where some decisions by Mamata haven't gone down well with community that has traditionally supported TMC.

Highest Bengal voter deletions in Muslim-majority districts, significant number in a Matua stronghold

Murshidabad tops the list with 4.55 lakh deletions. Similarly, there have been large deletions in North-24 Parganas and Nadia, where Matuas are in large numbers.

As EC freezes Bengal electoral roll at midnight, nearly 27 lakh people won’t be able to vote this election

Earlier in the day, ex-CEC SY Quraishi suggested the SC allow all to vote since verification wasn't complete. Ex-election commissioner Ashok Lavasa said this was not how things happened in the last 75 yrs.

Bengal SIR adjudication likely to end by 7 April. SC says electoral roll updates to continue after polls

Of the nearly 60 lakh objections, 47 lakh was resolved by 31 March. Top court says it is not 'absolutely not unusual' that there have been mass fresh enrolments.

Raring to fight solo, but held back by a dithering high command. Congress flounders in poll-bound Bengal

Majority of Bengal Congress's office-bearers are opposed to tie-up with TMC & in favour of discontinuing decade-old electoral alliance with Left Front, it is learnt.

Shah doubles down— ‘Congress’s truncation of Vande Mataram, appeasement politics led to Partition’

In Rajya Sabha, home minister rejects charge that govt came up with idea of holding debate on Vande Mataram with WB polls in mind. ‘Vande Mataram is not limited to Bengal, country.’

BJP’s threats to TMC’s protests—political tactics lose punch in Bengal. Voters are watching

TMC’s unrealistic protest demands are like Narendra Modi’s tactic of promising cash to people–both have lost their punch.

Violence & corruption are Bengal’s enemies, says Guv as Trinamool headed for big panchayat win

Governor C.V. Anand Bose has often been in the cross hairs of the Trinamool for allegedly trying to influence voters.

On Camera

Iran war has given India a blueprint for the next conflict

Pakistan would be itching to do an Iran on us and China would be planning to execute an air campaign without allowing us asymmetrical escalation. India has no choice but to transform.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.