 | Bengal Congress defeated in polls but hasn't fled battlefield: Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryThe Congress, which had ruled the state before the Left Front came to power in 1977, drew a blank in the elections to the 294-member assembly held earlier this year. |
 | Steer clear of trap laid by BJP-aided party from Hyderabad and its Bengal ally, Mamata Banerjee tells peopleBengal CM Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of engineering communal strife in the state to win the assembly elections. |
 | West Bengal Assembly elections: In 'parched' Debra, a battle between two former police officersHumayun Kabir, pitching himself to be the 'son of the soil', said that there was a need to resolve the water crisis immediately. |
 | TMC, BJP brought West Bengal to ruins: Former CM Buddhadeb BhattacharyaBuddhadeb Bhattacharya said it is only the Left-Congress-ISF alliance that can bring West Bengal out of the darkness. |
 | TMC MP Nusrat Jahan loses temper during roadshow, stokes controversyNarayan Goswami said that Nusrat Jahan had suffered a sprain due to which she could not continue to be a part of the roadshow. |
 | 'Nandigram hero' Suvendu Adhikari quits as MLA, set to join BJPAdhikari's resignation ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections is said to be significant in Bengal's present political scenario. The ex-Nandigram MLA had resigned from the state cabinet last month. |
 | HIGHLIGHTS| First phase of Assembly election concludes in Assam and West BengalIn Bengal, thirty seats went to the polls in the first phase and include all constituencies in Purulia and Jhargram and some constituencies from Bankura, Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur. |
