Modi's Bengal strike rate: Less than 50%

The BJP's star campaigner could not help even half the number of candidates for whom he campaigned in his aggressive 'Didi-o-Didi' style in Bengal, reveals Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf. IMAGE:......

Mamata's TMC sweeps aside opposition in West Bengal

Led by mercurial Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress on Thursday stormed back to power in West Bengal getting more than two-thirds majority decimating the opposition Left-Congress alliance......

Mamata assigns portfolios to council of ministers

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday allocated portfolios to her newly sworn-in council of ministers, keeping to herself nine departments, including Home, Land and Land Reforms.......

How they voted today

As against 48.4 per cent in the last general elections in Rae Bareli in 2004, polling in Rae Bareliplumetted to just around 43 per cent on Monday.The low turnout brought cheers in all opposition......