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Shiv Sahay Singh

Shiv Sahay Singh has been with The Hindu for over seven years. He reports on political, social and ecological issues of West Bengal and adjoining States.

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Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Suvendu Adhikari will contest from two constituencies - Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district and Bhabanipur in Kolkata. File.

BJP announces first list of candidates for 144 seats for Bengal Assembly polls

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Election Commission of India building. File

Ahead of Assembly polls, EC reshuffles West Bengal’s top bureaucracy and police officers

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A vendor arranges various political parties' flags for sale for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata on March 15, 2026

Parties welcome two-phase West Bengal polls; people will bring down TMC, says BJP

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the gathering during a rally at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on March 14, 2026.

Bengali Hindus are being purposely turned into minorities in West Bengal, says PM Modi

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waves to the gathering during a a sit-in dharna on March 10, 2026.

CM Mamata announces development boards for marginalised communities ahead of Bengal Assembly polls

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 While several patients have recovered, almost half of the 92 inmates affected by HSV-1 and HSV-2 had to be either segregated or put under treatment at State-run health facilities in West Bengal. Image for representation purposes only.

Seven dead, 92 inmates infected with herpes virus at overcrowded Jalpaiguri correctional home

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Darjeeling DM transferred days after protocol ‘lapse’ row during President Murmu’s visit

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File photo of former West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose

Former West Bengal Governor Ananda Bose buries hatchet with Educationists’ Forum head Omprakash Mishra

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses. Photo:YT/ @NarendraModi via PTI Photo

WB BJP leaders meet PM ahead of mega Brigade Rally in Kolkata

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Chief Justice of Kolkata High Court Justice Sujoy Paul administers the oath to R.N. Ravi as the Governor of West Bengal at Lok Bhavan in Kolkata, West Bengal, on March 12, 2026.

R.N. Ravi sworn in as Governor of West Bengal

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that companies supplying LPG and CNG should come up with a standard operating procedure and start rationing supplies. File

Mamata holds review meeting on LPG crisis, calls for SOP and rationing of cylinders

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continues her 'Dharna' on the fifth day over the SIR issue, at Dharmatala, in Kolkata on March 10, 2026

Mamata ends SIR stir, says game is not yet over

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Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. File

Fair and violence-free Assembly election in West Bengal, assures Chief Election Commissioner

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Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, during a review meeting as a part of the ongoing preparations on Poll Preparedness for General Elections to West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections 2026, in Kolkata on March 9, 2026. Photo: ECI /ANI Photo

Law and order lapses during Bengal polls will not be tolerated: CEC

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