Voting is underway across 152 seats in West Bengal as the high-stakes electoral battle between Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party intensifies. Reports of violence have emerged from Murshidabad and Malda, alongside clashes involving local leaders. Meanwhile, complaints of EVM malfunctions have raised concerns, even as voter turnout crosses 62%. The first phase is shaping up to be tense, closely watched, and politically crucial.


West Bengal Phase-1 Polls: Violence Reported In Murshidabad & Malda

A scuffle broke out in parts of Murshidabad during the ongoing West Bengal Legislative Assembly election after tensions flared between workers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Humayun Kabir of the AUJP. The confrontation occurred during a political visit ahead of polling activity, highlighting rising ground-level tensions in the constituency.

West Bengal Elections: Scuffle Breaks Out Between TMC Workers & AUJP'S Humayun Kabir

India News: The governor met the family members of the father-son duo killed by a mob during the violence that erupted over the Waqf law earlier this month. Bose assured the family of all support.

Bengal violence: Bengal Governor visits riot-hit Murshidabad, calls situation ‘bizarre, barbaric’

India News: More than 210 arrests have been made, and police claim the situation is normalising, but locals who fled are still in fear and unsure of returning when they recall the horrific scenes they had witnessed.

Bengal violence: Families recall Murshidabad horror, say, ‘We have become refugees in our own land’

India News: South 24 Parganas became the second district of the state where protests against the new Waqf laws have turned violent after the Muslim-dominated Murshidabad.

After Murshidabad, violence erupts in Bengal’s South 24 Parganas over Waqf law

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist Shamim Ansari from Jalangi in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Saturday. This is the tenth such arrest within a week in connection with the ongoing investigation to uncover the Al-Qaeda network existing in West Bengal and other states.

NIA arrests 10th suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist from Bengal’s Murshidabad

A secret chamber was found on Sunday by sleuths of the NIA at the residence of suspected al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Sufiyan, one of the six arrested from Murshidabad district in West Bengal, officials said.

Secret chamber found at house of suspected al-Qaeda terrorist in Murshidabad: Police

Two operatives of Jamaat-ul- Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been arrested from West Bengal's Murshidabad district and a cache of explosive materials seized from their possession, a senior police officer said Wednesday.

Two JMB operatives held in Bengal, explosive materials seized

BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Tuesday said the TMC-led government in West Bengal has denied the party permission for a rally in Murshidabad and alleged that there is complete lawlessness in the state.

Denied permission to hold rally in Murshidabad in West Bengal: Shahnawaz Hussain

The bus which was a 57-seater was filled with travellers

Bus plunges into river in West Bengal, at least 32 killed

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