Kolkata Civic Polls

BJP on Tuesday wrote to the State Election Commissioner demanding immediate deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to "remove the environment of fear and build confidence" in the people for municipal elections in the state.

Vandalising offices of Opposition parties should stop immediately as such attacks blemish the mandate, actor Parambrata Chattopadhyay said hours after the ruling Trinamool Congress swept the Kolkata civic polls.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee offered prayers at the Kamakhya temple in Assam's Guwahati today as her party - Trinamool Congress - swept the Kolkata Municipal elections, winning 134 of 144 seats in play.

In a massive victory for the Trinamool Congress, the party has won 134 of the 144 seats in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections that were being counted today under heavy security. The voting took place on Sunday.

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress scored a landslide victory in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election today.

The Congress on Monday alleged that a party candidate for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election was stripped down to his underwear and beaten up by Trinamool Congress supporters in the northern part of the city.

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) logged a 63.37% voter turnout till 5 pm today despite incidents of violence, including cases of bombings at two poll booths.

As many as 72 people were arrested for allegedly disturbing law and order during Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections on Sunday, the police said.

Sporadic incidents of violence marred the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections as few people were injured after crude bombs were hurled outside polling centres, even as a voter turnout of 36.78 per cent was recorded till 1 PM on Sunday.

Polling in all the 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) began at 7 AM on Sunday with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols amid tight security arrangements.

The Kolkata Police has heightened vigil across the city and its neighbouring areas ahead of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections on Sunday, including initiating stringent checks at hotels and various entry points.

TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday cautioned his party workers against attempts by the BJP to instigate trouble during the voting process for Kolkata civic elections on December 19, stating that "such bids must be resisted".

The Calcutta High on Friday rejected an appeal by the BJP against a single bench order which directed that the state police - and not central forces - will provide security for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election on December 19.

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed that state police forces will provide security for Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections on December 19, rejecting a prayer by the Bengal BJP for deployment of central forces.

Kajari Banerjee, the sister-in-law of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a Trinamool Congress candidate in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election, doesn't consider herself a political greenhorn.

BJP on Tuesday wrote to the State Election Commissioner demanding immediate deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to "remove the environment of fear and build confidence" in the people for municipal elections in the state.

Vandalising offices of Opposition parties should stop immediately as such attacks blemish the mandate, actor Parambrata Chattopadhyay said hours after the ruling Trinamool Congress swept the Kolkata civic polls.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee offered prayers at the Kamakhya temple in Assam's Guwahati today as her party - Trinamool Congress - swept the Kolkata Municipal elections, winning 134 of 144 seats in play.

In a massive victory for the Trinamool Congress, the party has won 134 of the 144 seats in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections that were being counted today under heavy security. The voting took place on Sunday.

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress scored a landslide victory in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election today.

The Congress on Monday alleged that a party candidate for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election was stripped down to his underwear and beaten up by Trinamool Congress supporters in the northern part of the city.

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) logged a 63.37% voter turnout till 5 pm today despite incidents of violence, including cases of bombings at two poll booths.

As many as 72 people were arrested for allegedly disturbing law and order during Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections on Sunday, the police said.

Sporadic incidents of violence marred the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections as few people were injured after crude bombs were hurled outside polling centres, even as a voter turnout of 36.78 per cent was recorded till 1 PM on Sunday.

Polling in all the 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) began at 7 AM on Sunday with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols amid tight security arrangements.

The Kolkata Police has heightened vigil across the city and its neighbouring areas ahead of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections on Sunday, including initiating stringent checks at hotels and various entry points.

TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday cautioned his party workers against attempts by the BJP to instigate trouble during the voting process for Kolkata civic elections on December 19, stating that "such bids must be resisted".

The Calcutta High on Friday rejected an appeal by the BJP against a single bench order which directed that the state police - and not central forces - will provide security for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election on December 19.

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed that state police forces will provide security for Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections on December 19, rejecting a prayer by the Bengal BJP for deployment of central forces.

Kajari Banerjee, the sister-in-law of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a Trinamool Congress candidate in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election, doesn't consider herself a political greenhorn.