In a largely bipolar election between the TMC and the BJP, the Congress and the Left remain factors in about 60 of the state’s 294 assembly seats
First phase polling pattern hints 20-25 lakh ‘sleeping voters’—who usually do not vote—may have turned up at the polling stations this year
In several of the 41 Muslim-majority assembly constituencies, the religious demographic composition of the voter rolls has shifted. Will this benefit the BJP?
They carried out booth level voter verification, but found themselves deleted from the roll. They still have poll duties. They feel betrayed and broken.
The BJP’s all-out war against the TMC’s rule in Bengal has turned it into the most intense assembly election of 2026, albeit with greater democratic concerns.
As more than 27 lakh people have their democratic rights suspended, Amit Shah’s ‘Mission Bengal’ aims to bulldoze all equations, but they may still have to fight the maths
As the political spotlight shifts to Special Intensive Revision deletions, Mamata Banerjee gets a breather—instead of answering uncomfortable questions over her 15-year rule, she is getting to ask questions
Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerjee have been taking potshots at each other, including indulging in personal attacks, for over a decade now. That’s how they have kept Bengal polarised
Did Judas Iscariot–who betrayed Jesus—have God on his side? Bob Dylan asked 63 years ago. The US, Israel and Iran’s invocation of religious war brings that question back
From the hijab ban in 1936 to the mandatory hijab by 1983, Iran has been living through extremities amidst relentless conflict over external influences for over a century
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