Page 2 - West Bengal Assembly Elections

Rahul changes ideology like T-shirt: Trinamool

Derek O'Brien plays videos of two of Gandhi's contradictory speeches -- one made in Kerala in Feb, other in Bengal this month

Rahul attacks Mamata on corruption, unemployment

Congress VP trashes Banerjee's poriborton claim, says there has been no change in the state during past five years

79.22% voter turnout in phase-III of Bengal polls

The Election Commission said here that the turnout could be more as the figures were based on text messages sent by polling officials from the field till 5 pm

Sites of poll battles in West Bengal

The largest chunk of seats in the West Bengal Assembly, 61, will go to the polls on Thursday. Among the constituencies where polling will take place are Farakka and Murshidabad, constituencies in Kolkata such as Chowringhee, Beleghata and Belgachhia, and President Pranab Mukherjee's erstwhile Lok Sabha constituency, Jangipur.Farakka is on the banks of the Ganga, and across the river is Bangladesh. It is at Farakka that the Ganga splits into two rivers. The broader channel goes east to Bangladesh and gets a new name, Padma. The smaller turns south and flows under the name of Bhagirathi, which becomes Hooghly as soon as it approaches Kolkata. Farakka has a famous barrage - the construction began in 1961 and ended in 1975 - and the idea was to divert some of the water from the Bangladesh-bound river to the Kolkata-bound one, to increase the latter's flow and therefore reduce sediment deposition at the Kolkata harbour. Murshidabad is currently represented in the Assembly by Congress strong

West Bengal polls: Control room opened to monitor movement of central forces

Till the first phase, the EC was keeping a tab on the movement of the central forces by taking reports from the district magistrates

Kerala CM Oommen Chandy ready to campaign in West Bengal for Cong-CPI(M)

Chandy was replying to a question on whether the tie up would have an adverse impact in Kerala in the May 16 Assembly polls

Speeches by Modi, Mamata under EC scanner, Molla censured

In a poll rally two days ago, Modi had alleged that TMC stood for "terror, maut (death) and corruption"

Salboni land losers want industry, not land

But the land losers of Salboni sprang a surprise; they refused to take back the plots offered

Assembly Elections 2016: With promise of steel plant, jobs fading, how will Salboni vote?

The TMC government delayed the setting up of a power and steel plant by JSW Steel as it questioned land approvals for the mega project

First phase of West Bengal Assembly polls begins in 18 seats

All the three - Trinamool, Left-Congress alliance and BJP - have fielded candidates from all 18 seats

Mamata will suffer same fate as Indira in 1977: Swaraj

External Affairs Minister claims flyover collapse in Kolkata proved depth of corruption into which TMC govt has sunk

BJP releases manifesto for polls, says will drive out infiltrators from Bengal

Former state president of BJP Rahul Sinha claimed there were nearly 2.5 crore infiltrators in West Bengal

Rahul Gandhi hits out at PM Modi, Mamata Banerjee

Gandhi accused the prime minister and Mamata of trying to kill democracy in the country and West Bengal, respectively

CPI(M) shares Rahul Gandhi's views on TMC and BJP: Party state secretary

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gandhi in an election rally on Saturday accused him of trying to kill democracy

Congress heavyweight looking for 11th victory from Kharagpur

Gyan Singh Sohan Pal is among the handful of Congressmen who had shared dias with Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi

WB Assembly poll: Congress, CPI(M) holding joint protests even as tie-up yet to be sealed

The TMC on its part has refused to give any importance to the proposed alliance

Ahead of polls, 200 companies of forces take charge in Bengal

The units were engaged in area domination and law and order duties besides identifying vulnerable areas

Netaji's grand nephew begins poll campaign

Chandra Bose, nominated by the BJP as its candidate from the Bhowanipore assembly seat.

Poll time spells boom time for campaign tools traders

Almost all political parties in the fray have placed their orders much before the announcement of the election dates.

Left will not ally with Congress in West Bengal: CPI national secretary

There is no possibility of having direct alliance with Congress in future too, said CPI National Secretary Amarjeet Kaur