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Quiet Writers` Buildings await arrival of new entrant

Last Updated: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 15:58

The verdict has been given and it is time for Writers` Buildings, the West Bengal state secretariat, to welcome the new entrant to the chief minister`s chair.

Bengal has got new freedom: Mamata

Last Updated: Friday, May 13, 2011, 15:28

The usually fiery Mamata, post Trinamool’s resounding victory against the well-entrenched Left Front, appeared moved by the importance of the moment.

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee resigns as CM

Last Updated: Friday, May 13, 2011, 14:10

Bhattacharjee drove to Raj Bhavan at 1 pm and handed over his resignation letter to Governor MK Narayanan.

Mamata, the street-fighting politician and Left nemesis

Last Updated: Friday, May 13, 2011, 12:49

The stormy petrel of West Bengal politics, Mamata Banerjee has single handedly wrecked the red bastion in West Bengal ending Left Front`s uninterrupted 34-year-old rule after perfecting the art of the impossible.

Counting for West Bengal Assembly polls to take 10 hours

Last Updated: Thursday, May 12, 2011, 19:21

Counting for West Bengal Assembly polls tomorrow will take ten hours approximately, Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Gupta said on Thursday.

WB polls: Countdown begins for Friday`s assembly results

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 19:12

Countdown has begun for the crucial West Bengal assembly election results with hardly two days to go for counting of votes and exit poll projections of a change in governance grabbing all attention.

Trinamool alliance to sweep Bengal: Survey

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 21:10

According to the survey, the Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance will get two-third majority.

WB Polls: 84.8% voting in the 6th phase

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 20:52

An estimated 84.8 per cent turnout was recorded during the 6th and last phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections which passed off peacefully, the EC said.

Central forces to remain in Bengal till May 23

Last Updated: Monday, May 9, 2011, 21:35

The Election Commission on Monday said Central forces would remain in West Bengal till May 23 after the conclusion of the six-phase Assembly elections on May 10.

Campaigning ends for West Bengal polls

Last Updated: Sunday, May 8, 2011, 18:16

The final round of polling includes seven seats in West Midnapore, four in Purulia and three in Bankura.

LF to make `conspiracy angle` centre of poll campaign

Last Updated: Friday, April 29, 2011, 16:15

West Bengal`s ruling Left Front will highlight the alleged 1995 Purulia armsdrop `conspiracy` against its government as the main plank of its campaign in the remaining three phases of the assembly election.

78.3% voting in 3rd phase of WB Assembly polls

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 22:46

A total 78.3 per cent votes were cast during peaceful polling on Wednesday in the crucial third phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections in 75 Assembly constituencies in three districts.