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West Bengal 2021 Post Poll Violence. Violence occurred in the aftermath of the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, which the ruling Trinamool Congress won for a third consecutive term. The BJP activists, supporters and voters were the chief victims of the violence carried out by Trinamool-backed goons and party cadres.
On 5 January 2024, a team of Enforcement Directorate officers visited the village of Sandeshkhali in West Bengal, India, to interrogate a local Trinamool Congress leader, Sheikh Shahjahan, about his involvement with the corruption scandal of the politician Jyotipriya Mallick. Mallick, a former minister with the Trinamool Congress, pled guilty ...
2024 Indian general election in West Bengal ← 2019 19 April - 1 June 2024 2029 → ← outgoing members All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha Opinion polls First party Second party Leader Mamata Banerjee Sukanta Majumdar Party AITC BJP Leader since 1998 2021 Leader's seat Did not contest Balurghat Last election 43.3%, 22 seats 40.7%, 18 seats Seats won 29 12 Seat change 7 6 Popular vote ...
Bangladesh evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas on Sunday as the country and neighboring India awaited the arrival of a severe cyclone that has formed over the Bay of Bengal. The ...
The 2021 West Bengal Legislative Asembly election was the 17th quinquennial legislative election held in West Bengal, to elect all 294 members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. This electoral process of 292 seats unfolded between 27 March to 29 April 2021 , taking place in eight phases. [3]
The COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed in the Indian state of West Bengal on 17 March 2020 in Kolkata. [1] The Health and Family Welfare department of Government of West Bengal has confirmed a total of 13,43,442 COVID-19 positive cases, including 1,09,806 active cases, 15,120 deaths and 12,18,516 recoveries, as of 28 May 2021.
2. Residence. Raj Bhavan, Kolkata. Alma mater. University of Kerala ( M.A.) BITS Pilani ( PhD) Awards. Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship. C. V. Ananda Bose is an Indian retired 1977-batch IAS officer, who has been serving as the Governor of West Bengal since 23 November 2022.
Politics in West Bengal is dominated by the following major political parties: the All India Trinamool Congress, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Indian National Congress. For many decades, the state underwent gruesome and terrible political violence. [1]