‘3.4 million appeals, heard by hundreds’: Shashi Tharoor questions if Bengal poll results ‘totally fair’

'3.4 million appeals, heard by hundreds': Shashi Tharoor questions if Bengal poll results 'totally fair'

New Delhi: Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor Questioning the results of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, it was argued that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls may have played a decisive role in the victory of the BJP in the state.Talking about the SIR campaign, Tharoor claimed that mass deletions from electoral … Read more

Watch: PM Modi touches feet of 98-year-old Makhanlal Sarkar during swearing-in ceremony in West Bengal – who is he?

Watch: PM Modi touches feet of 98-year-old Makhanlal Sarkar during swearing-in ceremony in West Bengal - who is he?

(Photo credit: PTI) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi embraced 98-year-old BJP veteran Makhanlal Sarkar and accepted his blessings during the swearing-in ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari as West Bengal chief minister on Saturday.Adhikari’s oath-taking ceremony at Kolkata’s iconic Brigade Parade Ground, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several senior NDA leaders, marked … Read more

From Haryana to West Bengal – How PM Modi has expanded the BJP’s footprint since 2014

From Haryana to West Bengal – How PM Modi has expanded the BJP’s footprint since 2014

NEW DELHI: After the Congress lost seven states in 1967, there was a popular saying that one could travel to Howrah from Delhi by train without passing through any of the Congress-ruled states.Nearly sixty years later, the BJP has reversed this narrative and taken a different approach, saying that the journey from Chandigarh, Haryana, to … Read more

From Dilip Ghosh to Agni Mitra Paul – What the BJP’s first West Bengal cabinet looked like

From Dilip Ghosh to Agni Mitra Paul - What the BJP's first West Bengal cabinet looked like

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal on Saturday.Prime Minister Narendra Modi The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda and Dharmendra Pradhan, as well as Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Delhi … Read more

Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as first BJP chief minister of West Bengal

Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as first BJP chief minister of West Bengal

New Delhi: Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as the first BJP chief minister of West Bengal on Saturday, marking a historic breakthrough for the saffron party in the state. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the iconic Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several senior NDA leaders.Adhikari … Read more

Suvendu Adhikari to be West Bengal Chief Minister? Mamata debacle puts ‘giant killer’ in spotlight

Suvendu Adhikari to be West Bengal Chief Minister? Mamata debacle puts 'giant killer' in spotlight

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari New Delhi: Will Suvendu Adhikari become the next chief minister of West Bengal? The issue gained attention after the long-serving chief suffered a dramatic electoral setback. Mamata Banerjeethe BJP is far ahead in the assembly polls.The Bharatiya Janata Party clearly outperformed Trinamool Congressbecoming the new center of power in … Read more

Assembly election results 2026: Vijay wave, Bengal breakthrough, Kerala reset – 10 takeaways

Assembly election results 2026: Vijay wave, Bengal breakthrough, Kerala reset - 10 takeaways

New Delhi: The 2026 parliamentary elections are set to deliver a political jolt that few had fully anticipated, as the results became clearer on Monday. From the film upheaval in Tamil Nadu to the fateful saffron surge in West Bengal, the verdict triggered dramatic shocks and shattered long-held assumptions about who holds power and how.What … Read more