Assembly Elections 2026

People wait in queues before casting their votes in Nandigram, Purba Medinipur.

EVM glitches disrupt polling in few places as Bengal votes in first phase

NH Political Bureau

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge speaks during an interview in Chennai.

Kharge urges Bengal voters to follow Constitution, uphold spirit of democracy

Sunetra Pawar

Deep connection with people: Sunetra Pawar after voting in Baramati by-poll

Polling officials leave for their respective polling stations in Purba Medinipur district, 22 April

Welfare vs promises: Bengal votes with TMC’s delivery edge under scrutiny

Kunal Chatterjee

Independent Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal

Sibal alleges ‘abuse of power’ in Bengal polls, targets CEC over voter deletions

People cover themselves against sun during a heatwave in Varanasi

Election in the times of heatwave: Bengal voters brace for summer heat — check best time to vote

West Bengal BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari

TMC levels poll code violation charge against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari

Mamata Banerjee speaks during an election campaign in Kolkata.

POLITICS

Bengal Phase I: Welfare vs change battle under tight security

22 Apr 2026, 12:27 PM

M.K. Stalin during a public meeting in Namakkal.

POLITICS

Delimitation turns decisive as TN campaign closes with anti-Centre undercurrent

22 Apr 2026, 9:31 AM

Mamata Banerjee at a campaign rally in Jorasanko

Nation

Sharp political rhetoric, high-pitched campaigning ends in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu

21 Apr 2026, 8:52 PM

CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat during a rally ahead of the Kerala Assembly elections.

POLITICS

Implement women’s quota without delay, delink from delimitation: Brinda Karat to PM

21 Apr 2026, 6:55 PM

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at a rally in Velachery, Tamil Nadu

Nation

Kharge accuses Modi of “terrorising” opposition, misusing state agencies

21 Apr 2026, 5:15 PM

CAPF personnel conduct a route march ahead of assembly elections in Malda.

POLITICS

Bengal 1st phase polls: Seven districts under ECI’s special security scanner

21 Apr 2026, 11:45 AM

Mamata Banerjee during a campaign ahead of assembly elections in Hooghly.

POLITICS

Bengal polls: 23% candidates face criminal cases; 22% crorepatis, says ADR

21 Apr 2026, 10:37 AM

Mallikarjun Kharge addresses a public meeting ahead of the Assembly elections.

POLITICS

PM Modi ‘killed’ women’s quota bill: Kharge at Bengal election rally

20 Apr 2026, 8:39 PM

Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Nation

PM Modi’s address to nation draws 700 complaints to EC alleging MCC violation

20 Apr 2026, 6:58 PM

A discussion with commandants and company commanders of BSAP F-5 Coy and 361 CRPF Coy in Jalpaiguri

POLITICS

Bengal: Unprecedented multi-force meet casts shadow over poll neutrality

20 Apr 2026, 6:43 PM

Rahul Gandhi during a public meeting in support of party candidates ahead of Tamil Nadu polls.

POLITICS

AIADMK ‘surrendered’ to BJP due to corruption: Rahul Gandhi at Kanniyakumari rally

20 Apr 2026, 6:15 PM

PM Narendra Modi addresses the nation

Opinion

PM Modi's address a partisan assault on Constitutional traditions

20 Apr 2026, 5:15 PM

Rahul Gandhi in Tamil Nadu

POLITICS

BJP for ‘puppet CM’ in TN; INDIA will reject ‘remote-control politics’: Rahul Gandhi

20 Apr 2026, 3:51 PM

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