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SURESH K PANDEY : A local party leader in Vennivelampatti

In Dravidian Land, A Village That Refuses To Forget Marx And Communist Icons

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| Photo: PTI : Bangladeshi citizens cross the India-Bangladesh Border from India, at Petrapole, in North 24 Parganas. (representational image)

Tight Border Curbs in North 24 Parganas as Bengal Heads into Final Poll Phase

BY Outlook News Desk

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BY Jagisha Arora

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Daughters Of The Red: Two Campaigns, One Fractured Inheritance

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BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

PTI : Arvind Kejriwal to Join Mamata Banerjee on Campaign Trail for West Bengal Elections

Kejriwal, Tejashwi Join Trinamool’s Final Bengal Push

BY Outlook News Desk

| PTI | : In this image posted on April 24, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tries his hand in photography during a boat ride on the Hooghly river ahead of the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata.

Modi In Bengal Ahead Of Final Poll Phase

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : Mamata Banerjee Cuts Rally Short in Bhabanipur, Accuses BJP of Disruption

Mamata Banerjee Cuts Rally Short in Bhabanipur, Accuses BJP of Disruption

BY PTI

| Photo: PTI/Salman Ali : BJP National President Nitin Nabin meets Rajya Sabha MPs Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal at the party's headquarters, in New Delhi. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MPs Chadha and Sandeep Pathak on Friday announced that they are joining the BJP along with five other MPs of the party.

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ED Raids Nine Locations In West Bengal In PDS Wheat Diversion Money Laundering Case

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook : What does Bengal’s Extraordinarily High Voter Turnout Tell?

What does Bengal’s Extraordinarily High Voter Turnout Tell?

BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Mamata Banerjee As Opposition's Choice For Prime Minister? Nothing New, Says Derek O' Brien

Derek O'Brien Says Higher Bengal Poll Turnout Due to Voter Roll Revision, Not BJP Surge

BY Outlook News Desk

| PTI | : In this image posted on April 24, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tries his hand in photography during a boat ride on the Hooghly river ahead of the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata.

Bengal: Modi Takes Boat Ride On Hooghly

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : Women show their identity cards as they queue to vote at a polling station during the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, in Chennai, Thursday, April 23, 2026.

Assembly Elections 2026 Voting: Highest Voter Turnout In Tamil Nadu, West Bengal Since Independence, Says CEC

BY Outlook News Desk

91.78% Turnout In Bengal Phase 1, CEC Hails ‘Highest-Ever’ Polling

91.78% Turnout In Bengal Phase 1, CEC Hails ‘Highest-Ever’ Polling

BY Outlook News Desk

Illustration by Saahil : PM Modi bought a pack of Jhalmuri for ten rupees from a roadside vendor in Jhargram.

Jhalmuri, An Emotion That Gave West Bengal Elections A Spicy, Tangy Twist

BY Animikh Chakrabarty

PTI : Finally, under the PM Awas Yojana, houses for poor families in Bengal will be registered in the name of women to ensure full ownership rights.

Modi's 10-Point Pledge: Rs 36,000, Safety, And Fast-Track CAA For Bengal

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : Heatwave death toll rises in Delhi hospitals |

Kerala Man Dies Of Suspected Heatstroke; First Case In State This Year

BY Outlook News Desk

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The Last Frontiers

BY Outlook Editorial

Outlook Team : WB, Tamil Nadu Record Latest Voter Turnout in Ongoing Polls.

Voter Turnout: Tamil Nadu Crosses 56%, West Bengal Sees 62% Turnout By 1 pm

BY Outlook News Desk

Three BJP Workers, One TMC Activist Killed In Clashes In West Bengal

Assembly Elections 2026: Testing TMC’s Grip In BJP's Bastion Northern Bengal

BY Mohammad Ali

| Photo: PTI : Actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay being greeted by supporters upon his arrival at the airport, before heading to Karaikudi for an election campaign ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, in Madurai.

Vijay Demands Extended Polling Hours as Transport Chaos Strands Tamil Nadu Voters

BY Outlook News Desk

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Elephant ‘Ramlal’ Walks Into Bengal Poll Booth, Briefly Halts Voting In Jhargram

BY Outlook News Desk

Representative Image : Stating that "truth" will emerge after the counting of votes on May 4, Kanimozhi highlighted the DMK's performance over five years.

TN polls: Kanimozhi Says DMK Coming Back In Tamil Nadu

BY PTI

Voting in West Bengal |

West Bengal and Tamil Nadu Polling Turnout At 18.76% and 17.51% In First Two Hours

BY Outlook News Desk

Kurmis Caught Between Recognition And Reality

Bengal Elections 2026: In Jhargram, Kurmis Caught Between Recognition, Reality

BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay

What Will Shape Tamil Nadu’s Verdict: Welfare Schemes, State Rights Or Corruption Charges?

What Will Shape Tamil Nadu’s Verdict?

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

| Photo; PTI : Polling officials wait in queues to cast their votes through postal ballots ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Phulia, Nadia district.

Federalism on the Ballot: Bengal and Tamil Nadu Vote Amid Centre–State Tensions

BY Mohammad Ali

Photo by Sandipan Chatterjee : Pinki khatun bibi, a deleted voter, in the tribunal of Malda, West Bengal

How Does SIR Impact Bengal’s Muslim-Majority Constituencies?

BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Representative Image : Speaking at a TMC rally in North 24 Parganas, Banerjee said she was surprised by the use of CRPF armoured vehicles for maintaining law and order.

Mamata Banerjee Questions Heavy Central Force Deployment In Bengal Polls

BY Outlook News Desk

ANI : BLO interact with residents during the house-to-house distribution of Enumeration Forms (EFs) for the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kolkata Kolkata, Nov 05

Deleted, But Dutybound: Bengal’s Voteless Poll Workers

BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

PTI : All India Trinamool Congress (Trinamool) claims The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is “not Bengali”. Breaking this perception, BJP candidate Rakesh Singh, Kolkata Port Assembly constituency in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections held a morning procession following traditional Bengali customs, women wore sarees, carrying fish in their hands, while campaigning door to door on the day of Bengali New Year.

Battle For Bengal 2026: Can An Assertive BJP Breach Didi's Fortress?

BY Pritha Mukherjee

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