A seismic political shift in Bengal brought the Mamata Banerjee era in the state to an end on Monday, robbing the three-time chief minister of a historic fourth term – had Trinamool won, she would have become India’s longest-serving woman CM – and taking down a pillar of INDIA bloc.The stunning defeat, not just for…
Kolkata: A Trinamool stronghold for the last 15 years, the anti-incumbency wave swept out the Trinamool from Bidhannagar and Rajarhat Gopalpur this time, creating a massive upset across the townships of Salt Lake and areas off VIP Road.Sharadwat Mukherjee of BJP, a clinical oncologist, emerged as the giant killer in Bidhannagar constituency, defeating four-time Trinamool…
Kolkata: After a gap of five years, CPM and Congress will re-enter the assembly, with BJP taking the treasury benches and Trinamool in opposition.CPM, with a vote share of 4.45%, won Murshidabad’s Domkal. Congress, with a 3% vote share, won two seats — Farakka and Raninagar, both in Murshidabad. In 2026, CPM and Congress contested…
Kolkata: Like Bengal, Tollywood is also facing the seismic political shifts. Former minister and Tollygunje candidate Aroop Biswas, who along with his brother Swarup, held sway over Tollywood was defeated by actor Papia Adhikary. Among the victorious candidates from the glam world, five – Rupa Ganguly, Rudranil Ghosh, Hiran Chattopadhyay, Agnimitra Paul and Sarbori Mukherjee…
Kolkata: The 2026 Bengal assembly election exposed a sharp political rupture: women turned out in higher numbers than men, yet the Trinamool Congress failed to convert that participation into support.The BJP’s tactical U-turn in Bengal — promising to double benefits under the Trinamool govt’s Lakshmir Bhandar and Yuva Sathi schemes — appears to have weakened…
Kolkata: Fifteen years after she stormed Writers’ Buildings, scripting history as Bengal’s first woman chief minister, Mamata Banerjee on Sunday missed another brush with history — to be the country’s longest-serving woman chief minister.Banerjee changed Bengal politics in 2011, ending the Left’s 34-year term. Her Singur’s 2006 anti-land acquisition movement—which later helped reshape India’s land…
Kolkata: The BJP’s “outsider” tag in West Bengal, which had already weakened over the past one and a half years, ostensibly withered away as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah started campaigning for their party candidates. Both focused on hyper-local issues to move away from the high-decibel “outsider” narrative that hit…
Tamluk/Darjeeling/Jalpaiguri/Purulia/Jhargram: The BJP has delivered a sweeping blow to the Trinamool Congress across eight districts of Bengal, tightening its grip over large parts of north Bengal and Jangalmahal while scripting a total rout in East Midnapore, where it won all 16 Assembly seats.From the hills of Darjeeling and Kalimpong to the forests of Jhargram and…
Kolkata/Howrah: BJP made significant gains in the Barrackpore and Howrah industrial belts, with results shaped largely by economic grievances linked to industrial decline and factory closures.In Barrackpore, Bhatpara, Noapara, Jagaddal, Naihati and Bijpur, BJP’s performance marked one of the sharpest reversals for Trinamool in a region it had dominated since 2011. Voters in these densely…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress’s traditional grip on Kolkata was shattered on Monday as a wave of anti-incumbency tore through its urban fortress, leaving a trail of high-profile electoral casualties that included party chief Mamata Banerjee and several ministers.In a staggering reversal of its 2021 performance — where the party swept all 16 seats in the city…
