Election News

Mamata Banerjee's Cabinet Takes Charge Amid Smoke-Signals Of Trouble

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Monday May 10, 2021

Including Mamata Banerjee, there are nine women ministers in her third government, and 20 new ministers in all, seven of them from the minority community and four each from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Tried To Capture Bengal, Nearly Destroyed India: Mamata Banerjee On Modi Government

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 8, 2021

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Satuday that the COVID-19 crisis in the country was the result of the Centre "not doing any work" in the last six months as Union ministers and leaders were visiting Bengal daily to "capture" it.

Congress Working Committee To Meet On Monday To Discuss Poll Performance: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 8, 2021

The Congress Working Committee will meet on Monday to assess the party's losses in the state elections amid demands from leaders for serious introspection over its poor performance at the hustings, sources said.

Poll Officer Charged As Wrong Candidates Declared Winners In UP Panchayat Election

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 7, 2021

An FIR or police case has been registered against a government official deputed as additional returning officer (ARO) in the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections for allegedly giving winning certificates to candidates who lost, an official said today.

N Rangasamy To Be Sworn In As Puducherry Chief Minister Tomorrow

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 6, 2021

AINRC Chief N Rangasamy will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Union Territory of Puducherry at a brief ceremony on Friday.

Newly Elected MLAs Of West Bengal Sworn In

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 6, 2021

The swearing-in ceremony for the newly-elected legislators in West Bengal got underway on Thursday morning, with pro-tem speaker Subrata Mukherjee administering the oath of office and secrecy to the MLAs.

Bengal Post-Poll Violence Delaying New Assam Chief Minister Announcement

India News | Written by Ratnadip Chowdhury, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Thursday May 6, 2021

The BJP has not yet announced the new Chief Minister for Assam, a state it won decisively in the recently-held Assembly election, because of the post-poll violence reported in West Bengal.

"Mamata Banerjee Is Leader Of Our Country Today": Congress's Kamal Nath

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 6, 2021

Congress leader Kamal Nath on Wednesday described Mamata Banerjee as the leader of the country who defeated all her opponents, including PM Modi and Central agencies like the CBI and the ED, in the recently-held Assembly elections in West Bengal.

No "Impurity" In Counting Process For Bengal's Nandigram Seat: Election Body

India News | ANI | Tuesday May 4, 2021

The Election Commission has said that the Returning Officer (RO) is the "final authority under the law" in the matter of recounting in the Nandigram assembly constituency.

PM Calls Bengal Governor, Expresses Concern Over Post-Poll Violence

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday May 4, 2021

PM Narendra Modi called, expressed concern at law and order situation in Bengal, says Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on post-poll violence

"Full Lockdown Only Way Now...Government Doesn't Get It": Rahul Gandhi

India News | Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Tuesday May 4, 2021

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today hinted that steps taken by the central government till now will not be able to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging India. He also accused the government of causing loss of life through its inaction.

Mamata Banerjee Appeals For Calm After 12 Killed In Post-Poll Violence

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday May 4, 2021

Within 24 hours of elections results, at least a dozen people have been reported dead in post poll violence in Bengal, a figure that may be higher than the number of those killed during the month-long polls.

NR Congress Leader Rangasamy Stakes Claim To Form Government in Puducherry

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 3, 2021

AINRC leader N Rangasamy, heading the NDA Puducherry, on Monday staked his claim to form the government in Puducherry after the front won 16 seats in the 30 member territorial assembly in the April 6 assembly polls.

"Don't Want To See Them As Zero": Mamata Banerjee On Left In Bengal

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday May 3, 2021

The Left Front -- all but wiped out in Bengal's political landscape in the current elections -- had sympathy on Monday from a most unexpected quarter.

Mamata Banerjee To Take Oath As West Bengal Chief Minister On May 5

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 3, 2021

Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee will be sworn-in as West Bengal chief minister for a third straight term on Wednesday, after she spearheaded her party to a ramarkable victory in the assembly polls.