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The Election Commission has replaced Nandigram Police Station inspector-in-charge Ajay Kumar Mishra a day before the Assembly bypoll. Debasish Sarkar will take charge as IC, while 71 CAPF companies and 15,119 state police personnel will oversee polling

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said the government would launch a fresh inquiry into Mamata Banerjee’s 2021 Nandigram leg injury, alleging she had faked it. He cited a medical report and said details would follow after the Model Code of Conduct is lifted

Mamata Banerjee camp candidate Sanchita Pradhan Dey withdrew her nomination for the Nandigram bypoll on Friday, a day before the deadline. Her withdrawal came hours after the Election Commission assigned the faction a new party name and symbol.

Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as West Bengal’s first BJP Chief Minister after a decisive election win, defeating TMC’s dominance. His rise from opposition leader and former TMC minister marks a major political shift in the state

The Calcutta High Court's single bench led by Justice Kausik Chanda passed the order while hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's election petition.

Bhawanipur sitting Trinamool MLA Sovandeb Chattopadhyay has submitted his resignation to the Speaker on Friday

After the fourth round of counting, Banerjee is trailing behind her one-time aide Adhikari in Nandigram in East Midnapore district by a margin of 3,710 votes.

The initial trends of 292 seats show that the Trinamool is leading in 189 seats while the BJP is leading in 98 seats and the United Front (Sanjukta Morcha) is leading in rest of the 5 seats.

Electorates, including men, women and the first-time voters, reached polling stations well before voting began at 7 a.m.

Forty-six years have passed since then; her fighting spirits continue to shine in Indian politics. She is 'Nation's Didi' Mamata Banerjee.

If you vote for BJP, they will chase you out from the state. By keeping bohiragato (outsider) goons, they will capture everything in Bengal and they will capture Bengal's existence itself.

The keenly contested polls begin today with the odds heavily stacked against the Trinamool in the first phase

Banerjee, who was on a two-day visit to Nandigram from where she filed her nomination on Wednesday, alleged that she was pushed by a few unidentified people during election campaigning.

The TMC has made allegations against Suvendu Adhikari, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Nandigram in the upcoming state Assembly polls.

Adhikari, who switched over to the BJP in December, is up against the chief minister who decided to challenge him at his home ground.

Asked when Banerjee could be discharged from hospital, the doctor said the team would be assessing her health condition on Friday morning and take a call accordingly.

The chief minister is at present undergoing treatment at the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata with injury to her left leg, waist, shoulder and neck, according to doctors.

Banerjee sustained injuries on her left leg and waist as she fell on the ground after she was allegedly pushed by unknown miscreants while campaigning for assembly elections in Nandigram.

The incident happened in the evening when Banerjee was outside a temple in the Reyapara area.

Accompanied by party president Subrata Bakshi, Banerjee filed her papers at the Haldia sub-divisional office here, after taking part in a 2-km roadshow.