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Joydeep Thakur

Joydeep Thakur

Joydeep Thakur is a Special Correspondent based in Kolkata. He focuses on science, environment, wildlife, agriculture and other related issues.

Articles by Joydeep Thakur

Local pitch, softer tone, welfare focus helped BJP sweep Bengal

BJP workers in Kolkata celebrate the party’s success in the Bengal assembly elections on Monday. (AFP)

Updated on May 5, 2026 24:05 IST

Suvendu Adhikari defeats Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur

Suvendu Adhikari defeated Mamata by over 15,000 votes. (PTI)

Updated on May 4, 2026 16:52 IST

Over 50% turnout by 1pm in repolls at 15 Bengal booths

Repolling was conducted under tight security at 15 polling stations in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas on Saturday (ANI)

Updated on May 2, 2026 10:19 IST

Extra forces deployed to secure strongrooms in Bengal amid EVM tampering allegations

Officials aware of the matter said that additional forces have been added to the three-layer security outside strongrooms, comprising state police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). (ANI Video Grab)

Updated on May 1, 2026 17:10 IST

ECI orders repoll on May 2 in 15 polling stations in 2 Bengal assembly seats

ECI orders repoll in 15 booths in South 24 Parganas on May 2

Updated on May 1, 2026 14:15 IST

Calcutta HC dismisses TMC pleas on Bengal Assembly poll counting centres

HC dismisses TMC pleas on Bengal poll counting, backs use of central PSU staff and shifting of counting centre

Updated on Apr 30, 2026 17:41 IST

West Bengal polls: 32m voters to decide fate of 1.4k candidates today in phase 2

The seats that go to polls today include Matua strongholds in North 24 Parganas and Nadia, Kolkata and its suburbs, border districts, the industrial belt and the riverine islands of the Sunderbans.

Updated on Apr 29, 2026 02:26 IST

ECI adds 1,468 names to West Bengal voter list ahead of phase-2 voting

Polling officials leave 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. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 29, 2026 01:07 IST

Mamata is paving the way for BJP in Bengal: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressed an election rally in Bengal’s Hooghly district. (AFP)

Updated on Apr 25, 2026 16:14 IST

Bengal: ED searches 9 sites under PMLA in 2020 public distribution system case

ED conducts PMLA searches at nine sites in Bengal PDS case; TMC alleges political vendetta amid ongoing assembly elections.

Updated on Apr 25, 2026 13:24 IST

Record turnouts mark Bengal Phase-1, Tamil Nadu voting

People wait in queues before casting their votes at a polling station in Chennai on Thursday. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 24, 2026 12:17 IST

Polling for 152 of the 294 seats in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly

People wait in queues to cast votes during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district

Updated on Apr 24, 2026 01:55 IST

Bengal phase 1 at 92%, Tamil Nadu at 85% as Assembly polls log record turnout

Birbhum, Apr 23 (ANI): Women voters are in a queue as they wait to cast their vote at a polling station for the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Birbhum on Thursday.

Updated on Apr 24, 2026 01:46 IST

Bengal Assembly Polls: Clashes reported from several districts in phase 1 voting

Violence reported in Murshidabad, Birbhum and other districts during Phase 1 polling. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 23, 2026 11:53 IST

HC stays EC’s preventive action order against ‘troublemakers’

HC stays EC’s preventive action order against ‘troublemakers’

Updated on Apr 23, 2026 01:18 IST

Only 139 of 1.4 million get tribunal clearance for Bengal’s 1st phase voting

Kolkata: People gather to appeal before a tribunal over issues related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at Alipore

Updated on Apr 23, 2026 02:52 IST

93.3 million to decide fate of 5,501 candidates in Bengal, Tamil Nadu polls

The Election Commission has deployed around 2,400 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for the West Bengal polls, officials said.

Updated on Apr 23, 2026 24:45 IST

Calcutta HC stays EC order against 800 ‘troublemakers’ list ahead of Bengal polls

A division bench of chief justice of Calcutta high court Sujoy Paul and justice Partha Sarathi Sen have put an interim stay on the EC order on Wednesday

Updated on Apr 22, 2026 15:43 IST

Bengal assembly polls: The Congress hopes to regain lost ground in 4 districts

Murshidabad: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury campaigns ahead of state assembly elections in Murshidabad district (PTI FILE)

Updated on Apr 21, 2026 13:15 IST

In Bengal, the continuing confusion over SIR voter appeal tribunals

Names of at least 73 voters were deleted from the polling station in Purba Beliayari village. (HT File Photo)

Updated on Apr 20, 2026 10:10 IST

Bengal Assembly polls: TMC, BJP’s sharp focus on the Rajbanshi community

BJP, TMC battle for Rajbanshi support in north Bengal as community’s influence grows across 20 key assembly seats in upcoming elections (Representative Image)

Updated on Apr 17, 2026 12:07 IST

West Bengal polls| No personal attacks, focus on local issues — BJP changes campaign tactics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah have expectedly launched blistering attacks against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal

Updated on Apr 16, 2026 10:47 IST

Mamata Banerjee accuses CAPF of selectively searching vehicles used by TMC leaders

Mamata Banerjee claims CAPF bias in vehicle searches targeting TMC. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 15, 2026 17:13 IST

Decibel levels peak in Bengal campaign as leaders lash out ahead of polls

Parties have launched attacks at each other as the poll campaign in Bengal intensifies.

Updated on Apr 15, 2026 01:48 IST

West Bengal polls: Hundreds of ex-enclave dwellers lose voting rights

India and Bangladesh ended a decades-old border dispute and exchanged 162 landlocked islets (enclaves) in 2015. (AP/Representative)

Updated on Apr 13, 2026 07:13 IST

Bengal mining belt records sharp voter decline after SIR; Paschim Bardhaman at 15.55%

West Bengal voter rolls shrink after Special Intensive Revision, with mining and industrial districts showing the steepest decline in EC data.

Updated on Apr 12, 2026 09:02 IST

BJP filed fake affidavits to cancel my Bhabanipur nomination: Mamata Banerjee

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of affidavit fraud (ANI)

Updated on Apr 11, 2026 14:54 IST

PM Modi, Shah attack TMC over women’s safety, corruption; Mamata hits back

PM Modi, targeting the Banerjee-led government, said that the work of granting citizenship to refugees in the state would be expedited if the BJP comes to power.

Updated on Apr 11, 2026 11:42 IST

2021 Nandigram history to be repeated in Bhabanipur, across Bengal: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally in support of BJP candidates ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at Suri in Birbhum, Thursday, (PTI)

Updated on Apr 10, 2026 02:42 IST

Highest adjudication cuts from voter rolls in Murshidabad, Malda in Bengal

Voters show their voter-ID card. (Representative photo/ANI)

Updated on Apr 10, 2026 02:27 IST

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