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The elections are being seen by all parties as an indicator of which way the wind will blow in the 2024 parliamentary elections from this part of the country

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that 133 individuals who feared for their lives sought refuge in Assam's Dhubri district amid violence in West Bengal during panchayat polls.

Re-polling in 696 booths for the panchayat elections in West Bengal concluded on Monday with a voter turnout of 66.42 per cent

State Election Commission announced on Sunday that repolling will be held on July 10 in 697 booths where voting for the rural elections has been declared void

The state Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, who arrived in his office some three hours late after voting began at 7.30 a.m., is yet to make a comment on the violence.

Murshidabad district, which has always been the epicentre of violence during the previous panchayat polls, witnessed massive violence again on Saturday within the first few minutes of voting.

The incident occurred between Pagidipally and Bommaipally railway stations.

The reason for the accident and how both trains collided will be clear only after an investigation, said West Bengal Safety Officer Dibakar.

Indian Railways temporarily suspends Mitali Express between New Jalpaiguri and Dhaka Cantonment during Eid festival.

Calcutta High Court faces PIL challenging West Bengal's ordinance on Vice Chancellor appointments.

The Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express had a narrow escape after it brushed past a tractor-loaded with diesel barrels.

Mamata Banerjee handed over appointment letters for jobs as home guards to one member each from the family of those killed in the May 16 blast

Banerjee said during the meeting that her government has written four times to the Centre on this issue, but no solution has been found till date

A man in West Bengal after being unable to pay high ambulance fare, was forced to carry his five-month old son's body wrapped in a bag

The Supreme Court sought replies from the West Bengal and Tamil Nadu governments on a plea of the producers of "The Kerala Story" that the movie is not being shown in theatres in these two States

The film which was termed a 'propaganda' has been pulled out of theatres in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, while Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal becomes the first State to ban the film.

Mamata Banerjee alleged that Different teams from Delhi are coming to West Bengal to stoke communal and caste violence in the state

Fruit vendors in the city have started selling the first fresh batch of lychees that have started to arrive from West Bengal.

Parts of Kaliyaganj turned into a virtual battlefield on Tuesday following violent protests by the locals against the death of a 17-year-old girl in the area last week

'Poila Boishakh' marks the beginning of the traditional New Year for Bengali-speaking people across the world who celebrate the occasion with much fervour.