Assembly elections 2026 LIVE: Leaders make last ditch efforts to woo voters in West Bengal

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a lawsuit to probe betterment of 79 crude bombs successful poll-bound West Bengal, officials said.

The determination connected Sunday came pursuing a directive by the Union Home Ministry successful this regard, they said.

In pursuance to the Home Ministry’s order, the anti-terror bureau connected Sunday (April 26, 2026) registered a case, which was primitively filed astatine Uttar Kashi constabulary station, Bhangar division, Kolkata connected Saturday (April 25, 2026), and took up the investigation, an NIA spokesperson said successful a precocious nighttime statement.

“The lawsuit pertains to betterment of 79 crude bombs and different incriminating materials by Kolkata police, which were being stored astatine a spot, thereby endangering quality beingness and property,” the spokesperson said.

Earlier successful the day, the Election Commission had directed the West Bengal Police to motorboat a peculiar thrust to apprehension those progressive successful amerciable manufacturing of crude bombs successful the poll-bound state, an authoritative said. -- PTI

One much writ petition has been filed successful the Madras High Court seeking an enquiry into the assets declared by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay portion filing his information papers for contesting from Perambur Assembly constituency successful the elections held this year.

District predetermination officials are considering expanding the fig of tables astatine the vote-counting centre for the Paravur Assembly constituency amid concerns implicit a imaginable hold successful declaring results. Paravur is among the constituencies to beryllium keenly watched connected the counting time arsenic Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan seeks re-election from there. The counting centre for the constituency volition beryllium astatine UC College, Aluva.

Officials had earlier decided to acceptable up 13 counting tables astatine the centre, citing abstraction constraints wrong the counting hall. Most of the different constituencies volition person 14 tables, it is learnt.

Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal connected Sunday (April 26, 2026) joined the Trinamool Congress run successful West Bengal, addressing 3 predetermination rallies—two successful Kolkata and 1 successful Howrah.

His sojourn comes during the past limb of canvass run successful the State. Campaigning for the 2nd signifier of the Assembly elections volition reason astatine 6 p.m. connected Monday (April 27). A fewer days ago, the AAP suffered a large setback erstwhile seven of its 10 MPs crossed implicit to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

With hours near for campaigning successful the past signifier of elections successful West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Sunday (April 26, 2026) focused connected issues concerning the Matua colonisation and assured that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) volition guarantee citizenship to the assemblage of Hindu refugees that has migrated from Bangladesh.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee focused connected her constituency successful Bhabanipur wherever she held a roadworthy show. She raised respective issues, including the deletions of under-adjudication voters from the electoral roll, and targeted the medication that has been appointed by the Election Commission of India (ECI). “Those who are arresting present indispensable deliberation astir getting arrested successful future. Sin spares nary one,” she said.

A full of 24,22,097 voters, retired of an electorate of 28,93,505, exercised their franchise successful Chennai District this Assembly election.

According to information shared by the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) with The Hindu, the wide elector turnout crossed the 16 constituencies is 83.71%.

The full fig of votes polled accrued marginally by 20,038, compared to the 2021 Assembly election, erstwhile 24,02,059 votes were polled, arsenic per Election Commission data.

​The Election Commission of India (ECI)​ connected Sunday (April 26, 2026) announced a stringent information program for the 2nd signifier of the ​West Bengal Assembly polls​, making it wide that immoderate effort to disrupt voting oregon obstruct electors would beryllium dealt with firmly, an authoritative said.

The ECI directed information unit to transportation retired constituency-wise deployment and measurement up country domination exercises successful interior lanes and delicate neighbourhoods to guarantee that voters tin workout their franchise without fear.

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