Kolkata: The second part of phase one of West Bengal Assembly polls for 31 seats, where the future of top state opposition leaders is at stake, began this morning. An alliance of Left Front and Congress have put up a tough fight against Trinamool Congress which aspires to come to power for a consecutive second term.

Malda (WB): West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury today accused Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee of leading a party of "thieves" and urged people to reject her and the ruling dispensation in the ongoing assembly elections in the state.

New Delhi: Voting for the first phase of Assembly elections began under tight security arrangements in West Bengal and Assam today. Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee is facing a tough fight from the Left-Congress combine while Tarun Gogoi of the Congress is looking forward to retaining power in the key northeastern state.

Kolkata: Heart-wrenching cries of relatives taking custody of the dead and anguished kins waiting for the latest update on the grievously injured were the recurrent scenes in hospitals here as the toll in Kolkata's worst flyover tragedy rose to 24 yesterday.

Kolkata: At least ten people were killed and many were trapped when a portion of an under-construction flyover collapsed today on a busy central street here, the police said.

Kolkata: As a part of its security arrangement for Jangalmahal in poll-bound West Bengal, Election Commission has sent a requisition for three helicopters to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for aerial surveillance in the sprawling forest area.

New Delhi: Former state BJP chief Rahul Sinha and actor Rupa Ganguly of teleserial 'Mahabharat' fame figure among 194 candidates whose names were announced by the party today for the West Bengal Assembly polls.

New Delhi: Leaders of Left parties today knocked the doors of Election Commission, demanding action against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her reported "veiled threat" to the Opposition that "the state government will be in charge when central forces leave after assembly polls".

Kolkata: The Congress has always been supportive to people of West Bengal in their crisis and this would be proved again in the coming days, AICC secretary Paresh Dhanani said here today.

Nandigram (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday hinted at nominating party leader and Tamluk MP Shubhendu Adhikari as the party candidate from Nandigram in the upcoming assembly polls next year.

Kolkata: A fire broke out in a landmark office building in Kolkata's posh Salt Lake satellite township today.

Kolkata: Accusing West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress of corruption, the opposition Left Front yesterday dubbed the Mamata Banerjee government as 'the prime enemy of the masses'.

Amta (WB): Accusing the Narendra Modi government of denying funds to the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here yesterday said Centre's 'apathy and neglect' cannot halt West Bengal's development.

Kolkata: With the Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled next year, the beleaguered CPI-M is organising processions in rural areas in an attempt to revitalise the organisation, but the ruling Trinamool Congress described the efforts as a bid to bring back the 'days of terror' in the state.

Hooghly (WB): A forty-year-old man died yesterday after he was allegedly pushed off from a local train by a lady RPF constable in between Uttarpara and Hind Motor stations in the district, triggering massive protests and rail blockades along the Howrah-Bandel main line section.