West Bengal

Majhi, the director of a private company, was named an accused in the case of corruption and criminal breach of trust with regard to illegal mining and pilferage of coal from leasehold area of ECL in certain parts of West Bengal.

West Bengal represents the BJP’s final frontier but the party heavyweights are up against a gutsy street fighter in Mamata Banerjee. The elections have become a volatile mix of horse trading and power games and, to paraphrase the TMC slogan, the game is on. The final score will have a major impact on national politics.

The matter was listed today before the bench of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice M.R. Shah. The Court has listed the matter for further hearing on March 17.

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The Election Commission will announce the poll dates for upcoming elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry on Friday.

In a press note, Abhishek Banerjee's lawyer Sanjay Basu claimed that Shah had made defamatory remarks against the Trinamool MP on August 11, 2018 at a rally of the BJP at Mayo Road in Kolkata.

The Calcutta High Court has refused to stay the BJP's Parivartan Yatra in West Bengal.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL for a probe into the "killings" of BJP leaders in West Bengal and ensure free and fair elections under the watch of the top court.

The long-standing heated exchange between the governor and the TMC government over political issues has caused a constitutional impasse. What lies ahead?

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in a plea filed by Advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha seeking a CBI/NIA probe into the mysterious death of West Bengal BJP MLA Debendra Nath Ray, who was found hanging from a tree on July 13, 2020. He had termed it a political murder.