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File photo : Exit polls in West Bengal have a notable track record of missing the mark, often underestimating the TMC's actual performance by significant margins.

West Bengal Exit Polls: BJP Leads In 3 Surveys, TMC In 1 But History Shows Exit Polls Have Failed Before

BY Outlook News Desk

Sandipan Chatterjee : People wait in a queue to cast their votes during the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata, Wednesday, April 29, 2026.

West Bengal Election 2026 Phase 2 Voting: Over 91% Polling Recorded Until 7 p.m

BY Outlook News Desk

File Photo : The plan aims to restrict detrimental usage while encouraging educational tools like Google for productive learning.

Goa Proposes Social Media Ban For Under-16s, Submits Formal Plan To Centre

BY Outlook News Desk

Sourced from Fraternity movement

Students 'Manhandled' In Jamia Over Protests Against RSS Event

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/ Outlook : Security personnel conduct a route march amid the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026

Over 2 Lakh CAPF Personnel, Including CRPF, Deployed For West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026

BY Photo Webdesk

PTI : representational image |

Country’s Internal Security as Crucial as External: RSS Leader Krishan Gopal

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore : Fire brigade vehicles at the site after a fire broke out in Green Avenue Society, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad.

Day In Pics: April 29, 2026

BY Photo Webdesk

PTI : Repolling In West Bengal Booths Due To EVM Tampering

Repolling In West Bengal Booths Due To EVM Tampering

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: Sandipan chatterjee/Outlook | Representative Image : As voters turn out in steady numbers in Kolkata and its suburbs across communities in the second phase of polling, the city remains under the strict watch of central forces. People vote in the hope of solutions to long-standing civic issues, social gaps and unaddressed problems.

'Singham' Officer Keeps Vigil As Polling Underway In Bengal's South 24 Parganas

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party, accusing it of having an anti-women mindset and aligning with parties like the DMK that "abuse" the people of Uttar Pradesh.

PM Modi’s Hardoi Salvo Against the ‘Old Guard’

BY Outlook News Desk

Photo by Sandipan Chatterjee : 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.

Maa, Maati, Maachh: How Fish Became A Political Hook In Bengal Elections

BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay

PTI : Kolkata: A polling official marks a voter's finger with indelible ink during the second and final phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at a polling station in Kolkata

PM Modi calls Bengal Voters "fearless" after six or seven decades

BY Outlook News Desk

Vikas Thakur : Outlook Cover Story: Will Mamata Thwart BJP's Goal In Bengal?

Outlook Cover Story: Will Mamata Thwart BJP's Goal In Bengal?

BY Outlook Editorial

| Photo: PTI : Tension In Bhabanipur As Adhikari Faces Protests During Poll Visit

Tension In Bhabanipur As Adhikari Faces Protests During Poll Visit

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : TDP leader Nara Lokesh

TDP Unveils New Leadership Team As Lokesh Takes Charge As Working President

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with BJP candidate from Panihati Assembly constituency Ratna Debnath during the campaign for her ahead of the second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, at Panihati, in North 24 Parganas

Women’s Safety Top Priority: RG Kar Rape-Murder Victim’s Mother Speaks Out

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav : Officials leave for their respective polling stations after collecting Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units for voting in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata.

Final Phase of Bengal Polls Witness Clashes, EVM Complaints, Heavy Security

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: Sandipan chatterjee/Outlook | Representative Image : As voters turn out in steady numbers in Kolkata and its suburbs across communities in the second phase of polling, the city remains under the strict watch of central forces. People vote in the hope of solutions to long-standing civic issues, social gaps and unaddressed problems.

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: BJP Alleges Booth Agent Assault as Voting Gets Underway

BY Outlook News Desk

Representative Image : Mamata Alleges BJP ‘Trying to Rig’ Votes

West Bengal Polls: Mamata Alleges BJP ‘Trying to Rig’ Votes

BY PTI

PTI : Over 18 per cent of the 3.21 crore electors voted in the first two hours of the second phase of polling in West Bengal amid sporadic violence

Bengal Poll Phase 2: 18.39% Voting in First Two Hours Amid Sporadic Violence

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : NIA officials have been deployed in at least seven Assembly seats of West Bengal where the second phase of polling is underway on Wednesday

Phase 2 Bengal Polls: NIA Teams Deployed Across 7 Constituencies

BY Outlook News Desk

BJP Confident Of “Thumping Majority” In Bengal Polls: Nitin Nabin

BJP Confident Of “Thumping Majority” In Bengal Polls: Nitin Nabin

BY Outlook News Desk

Source: X : Screengrab of the building on fire in Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad Fire: Blaze in Indirapuram High-Rise Damages Multiple Flats

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook : As voters turn out in steady numbers in Kolkata and its suburbs across communities in the second phase of polling, the city remains under the strict watch of central forces. People vote in the hope of solutions to long-standing civic issues, social gaps and unaddressed problems.

Kolkata Elections 2026: Voting Begins With Tight Security Arrangements

BY Photo Webdesk

Sandipan Chatterjee : The rush at the Malda Tribunal.

Excuse Me, SIR? Memories Of The Special Intensive Kind

PTI : PM Modi in Kolkata

Tel-Muri-Theatrics: How Bengal Election Became A Spectacle Of Jhaalmuri Stunts To Hilsa Props

BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay

Supreme Court

Supreme Court petition seeks urgent removal of IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma from Bengal poll duty

BY Outlook News Desk

Manvender Vashist Lav PTI : BJP has treated this phase as its real test. Without breaching south Bengal, there is little route to power in the state

Bengal Elections 2026: Polling Begins Briskly Across The State

BY Outlook Editorial

| Photo: PTI/Atul Yadav : Rainfall in Delhi - Representative image

Delhi Hit by Storms and Rain as IMD Issues Weather Alerts Across NCR

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : Police escort accused to a court in connection with a case related to the TCS unit, in Nashik, April 24, 2026.

TCS Nashik Case: Controlling Women In The Name Of 'Corporate Jihad'?

BY Priyanka Tupe

| Photo: Sandipan Chatteejee/Outlook : A peaceful protest by Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee against the BJP-led central government’s unplanned SIR and the alleged attempt to take away the voting rights of legitimate citizens, in Kolkata.

Bengal Elections 2026: Why Mamata Banerjee Remains The BJP’s Toughest Test

BY Mohammad Ali

SURESH K PANDEY : A local party leader in Vennivelampatti

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

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

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