West Bengal Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has issued a notice to TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh in connection with the forged-signature case.The Beleghata MLA has been directed to appear at Bhabani Bhaban on Sunday, June 14, while there is ...
13 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Calcutta High Court has granted conditional bail to Prasanna Roy on a bond of ₹1 lakh in connection with the two cases filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding the recruitment scam.Prasanna had been in jail since February ...
13 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee on Friday, June 12, said he has never shied away from any investigation and questioned the “double standard” of the BJP government. This came after the West Bengal Police’s ...
13 June 2026 The StatesmanThe city police have announced an eight-hour closure of Vidyasagar Setu this Sunday to enable repair and rehabilitation works on the bridge.According to a notification issued by the Kolkata Police, the bridge is to remain closed to vehicular traffic ...
13 June 2026 The StatesmanPandaveswar police under ADPC today arrested Trinamul Congress leader and schoolteacher Nitu alias Nitai Adhikary along with notorious coal and sand mafia Yudhisthir Ghosh. As they were being taken from Pandaveswar police station to Durgapur Court, agitated locals gathered, ...
13 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Railways has announced additional services for the aspirants of West Bengal Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2024, to be held this Sunday.To facilitate ease of travel to the examinees, guardians and other commuters, Kolkata Metro Railway has announced additional ...
13 June 2026 The StatesmanIdentification of fake job cards and ensuring welfare benefits reach genuine beneficiaries emerged as a key focus at a high-level review meeting chaired by panchayat and rural development minister Dilip Ghosh in Siliguri on Friday.The meeting also reviewed the ...
13 June 2026 The StatesmanA pre-dawn search operation at the Kolkata residence of Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee triggered political attention on Saturday after police entered the premises while looking for his executive assistant, Sumit Roy, who is reportedly absconding in ...
13 June 2026 The StatesmanA Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted by Kolkata Police to probe the major fire incident in Alipore.The four-member team comprises Assistant Commissioner of Police Sukhendu Mukhopadhyay, along with Inspector Hirak Dalapati, Inspector Arpan Das, and Sub-Inspector Suman ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanIn what can be described as a page straight from the Shiv Sena split in 2022 in Maharashtra, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is all set to meet the rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders on June 14 (Sunday) ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanThe West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) came knocking at Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee‘s gate on Friday, this time for a separate case.A team from the state police detective unit reached Abhishek’s Kalighat residence in the ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanAmid continuing speculation over internal dissent and possible defections within the Trinamul Congress (TMC), senior party leaders on Friday mounted a strong defence of the organisation, with MPs Mahua Moitra and Saugata Roy launching sharp attacks on rebel legislators ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanIn a significant revelation, a large stock of relief materials were recovered from Sreebhumi Sporting Club in Kolkata on Friday.The recovery included a large number of blankets, saris, tarpaulin and plastic buckets. The materials were allegedly meant for distribution ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanA police complaint has been filed at the Hare Street police station in Kolkata against former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over allegations of making inflammatory remarks during the run-up to the assembly elections in 2026.The complaint filed ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanAs The Statesman expose on the liquor scam in West Bengal has led to significant political rumblings in the state, senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) leader Tanmay Bhattachrya said that the erstwhile Trinamool Congress (TMC) led government ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanThe fire at the Alipore government office in Kolkata was allegedly set to destroy the database related to poachers, investigators have reported in their findings, 48 hours after the incident.The investigators have reportedly submitted their findings to the South ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday announced a probe into the expenditure incurred on organising the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) during the tenure of the previous Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in the state.Adhikari alleged that a ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanAs the names of the rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs have come to light, one of the dissident MPs, Jagadish Barma Basunia, said that one of the grievances of the breakaway parliamentarians is that some heavyweight party leaders including ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday pitched an ambitious development roadmap for his state at the 11th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog. He asserted that West Bengal is ready for a “new era of double-engine growth, ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanThere was excitement in Rajarhat-Gopalpur on Thursday after relief materials allegedly meant for public distribution were recovered from the party office of former Trinamul Congress MLA and noted folk singer Aditi Munshi.The development came after BJP MLA Tarunjyoti Tewari ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanIn a sharp swipe at the previous regime, finance minister Dr Swapan Dasgupta on Thursday asserted that the state’s first BJP government would prepare its budget through direct consultation with people and stakeholders rather than “on a treadmill”.Promising a ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanSoon after assuming charge as minister for public health engineering and labour, Serampore MLA Bhaskar Bhattacharya outlined his policy priorities, stressing service to the common people.Mr Bhattacharya said the portfolio was crucial as it directly concerned the working class ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee arrived at the Crime Investigation Department (CID) headquarters at Bhabani Bhawan hours after he landed in Kolkata from the national capital.The TMC second-in-command acted as per the Calcutta High Court’s order which ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress (TMC) leader Jahangir Khan, a close aide of party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, was paraded in shorts on the streets of Falta by cops on Thursday, days after he was arrested near the India-Nepal border.In the video ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee has landed at the Kolkata airport on Thursday evening around 4 pm. The TMC second-in-command was surrounded by a huge crowd of reporters soon after he stepped out of the airport, asking ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress (TMC) MP and senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee who has so far remained a Mamata Banerjee loyalist issued an ultimatum to the party supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister saying that she should choose between him and ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Trinamool Congress (TMC) was hit by another resignation from its Rajya Sabha ranks on Thursday as popular Tollywood actor and Rajya Sabha MP Koel Mallick stepped down from the Upper House.Koel Mallick’s resignation comes after days of speculation ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanSuvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal government has announced the observance of Paschimbanga Divas (West Bengal Day) on June 20 across the state.The BJP government stated that the occasion will be marked across all district headquarters and educational institutions in a ...
12 June 2026 The StatesmanThe allocation of portfolios in the expanded Cabinet of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari saw three ministers, who had been assigned multiple departments earlier, shed some of the load today.However, one minister was relieved of a ministry, but simultaneously got ...
11 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Sikkim government is closely monitoring the aftermath of a major landslide that struck near Bhaley Dhunga in Yangang at around 1 a.m. on Wednesday following continuous heavy rainfall in the region.According to an official statement issued by the ...
11 June 2026 The StatesmanWith the arrival of the monsoons in parts of South Bengal, including Kolkata in the next few days, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation kicked off a borough wise course of action for the rainy season.On Monday, the KMC administrator Smita ...
11 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal has fallen far behind in competition from companies from north India because the respective state governments created supportive policies, reasonable fees, and practical regulations, stated Homeopathic Manufacturers Association release.They complained that the previous state government, without considering ...
11 June 2026 The StatesmanAn FIR has been lodged against TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee at the Diamond Harbour police station, which comes under his parliamentary constituency. This comes after BJP leader Abhijit Das, also known as Bobby, filed a complaint, which also ...
11 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday met Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi at 10 Janpath in New Delhi, a meeting that comes at a politically sensitive moment for the Mamata Banerjee-led party.The interaction follows ...
11 June 2026 The StatesmanThe BJP government in West Bengal on Wednesday announced the allocation of portfolios among members of the newly constituted Council of Ministers, with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari retaining charge of several crucial departments, including Home and Hill Affairs, Power, ...
11 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress found itself battling another political setback on Wednesday after Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev resigned from both the party and the Upper House, adding to a string of departures that have rocked the organisation since its defeat ...
11 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police has now started monitoring TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s movements, amid ongoing investigation into the signature forgery case.Sources indicate that the state police’s detective department has already consulted the ...
11 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari received ‘Guard of Honour’ at Balaka Mancha in Kolaghat in the state’s Purba Medinipur district on Tuesday.Visuals from the spot show Adhikari standing on a raised platform and saluting police personnel while receiving ...
10 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress (TMC) treasurer and former MP Subhasish Chakraborty engaged in a heated exchange with Crime Investigation Department (CID) officers as he initially denied them entry into the party office in Kalighat.Chakraborty argued that since both TMC supremo Mamata ...
10 June 2026 The StatesmanTen Bangladeshi nationals, including three children and women, who spent nearly four days and three nights stranded near Berubari on the Indo-Bangladesh border in north Bengal, have been brought back to India and shifted to a holding centre in ...
10 June 2026 The StatesmanMinister for urban development and municipal affairs, Agnimitra Paul, on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) over the alleged signature forgery controversy in the Assembly.Speaking to reporters in Jalpaiguri, Ms Paul alleged that the ...
10 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court at Diamond Harbour on Tuesday remanded TMC leader Jahangir Khan alias ‘Pushpa’ to five days of police custody in connection with a robbery case.Khan was arrested yesterday near the India-Nepal border in connection ...
10 June 2026 The StatesmanPassengers availing private and minibuses for their daily commute will very soon face a tough time availing buses. Increasing fuel prices, coupled with unchanged fare structures for around eight years, is forcing bus operators reduce their operational fleet.Last time ...
10 June 2026 The StatesmanAs the Crime Investigation Department (CID) tightens its noose on former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas’s brother Swarup Biswas, officials from the probe agency took the former president of the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern ...
10 June 2026 The StatesmanRebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Satabdi Roy who was among the group of 20 dissident parliamentarians who snapped ties with the TMC parliamentary party said that “time will tell” what all is left to unfold within the Mamata Banerjee-led ...
10 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Cabinet Minister Sharadwat Mukherjee on Monday called for a high-level investigation into alleged irregularities in the state’s liquor trade, saying he would urge the Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, to order a comprehensive probe into the matter.Speaking to ...
10 June 2026 The StatesmanWith Mamata Banerjee-led TMC continuing to implode and a faction of Lok Sabha MPs formally expressing their support to the BJP-led NDA group, senior party leader and Mamata loyalist Kirti Azad on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on rebel ...
10 June 2026 The StatesmanMs Paul, the minister for women and child development and social welfare, accompanied by local MP Raju Bista, inspected drinking water supply projects being implemented in the Mirik Municipality area under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation ...
9 June 2026 The StatesmanFormer West Bengal Excise Commissioner Randhir Kumar, during whose tenure the West Bengal State Beverages Corporation Limited (WBSBCL) was established in 2017, has corroborated The Statesman’s news report of a possible liquor scam in the state, suggesting that things ...
9 June 2026 The StatesmanAfter The Statesman expose, on the authority of a confidential report, of a possible liquor scam in West Bengal perpetrated by high-ranking excise department officials to the benefit of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee in which ...
9 June 2026 The StatesmanReviving development schemes, strengthening border infrastructure and restoring accountability in rural administration are the focus areas of West Bengal’s new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, says panchayat and rural development minister Dilip Ghosh.According to the 61-year-old senior BJP leader, ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanThe resignation of Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha member Sukendu Sekhar Roy on Monday has ignited intense political speculation in West Bengal, raising questions about potential shifts within the state and at the national level.What might have been a routine ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanSenior Trinamul Congress leader and former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim met Opposition leader Ritabrata Banerjee at his chamber in the Assembly on Monday, triggering fresh political speculation amid the ongoing turmoil within the party.Hakim arrived at the Assembly in ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanWith monsoons about to set in the state shortly, a high level meeting was held at Kolkata Municipal Corporation today to discuss the presentations for the forthcoming rainy season.Amid the political shift in the state, the monsoon meeting usually ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Trinamul Congress-led Memari Municipality effectively collapsed on Monday after 10 of its 15 TMC councillors, including the Chairman, submitted resignation letters to the Executive Officer.The 16-seat civic body comprises 15 TMC councillors and one Congress councillor. With the ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanThe state government today formed a task force of 20 officials to work on expediting various railway projects.The formation of the task force comes two days after shift level meeting between Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and railway minister Ashwini ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanThe resignation of Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Sukendu Sekhar Roy on Monday has ignited intense political speculation in West Bengal, raising questions about potential shifts within the state and at the national level.What might have been a routine ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was served another notice by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Monday, asking him to appear before its headquarters Bhawani Bhavan on Tuesday (June 9, 2026).CID officials visited Banerjee’s residence on Monday while ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress (TMC) MLA and former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim met rebel TMC leader Ritabrata Banerjee at his chamber in the Assembly on Monday. The meeting has triggered fresh political speculation amid the ongoing turmoil within the Mamata Banerjee-led ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanAt least 20 Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MPs, led by ‘new Didi’ Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, have informed Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla that they want to be part of the BJP-NDA and snap ties with the TMC parliamentary ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress (TMC) strongman from Falta Jahangir Khan who was arrested by the West Bengal Police Special Task Force (STF) on Monday from Panitanki Bazar in Darjeeling under the Kharibari Police Station in a joint raid with the Darjeeling ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress (TMC) leader and Falta by-election candidate Jahangir Khan was arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal police near the India-Nepal border on Monday.Police sources said that the TMC strongman is being brought to ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanSeveral leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have reacted strongly to the alleged liquor excise scam in West Bengal and criticised the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in the state.The liquor policy in Bengal was ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress leader Kailash Mishra who has been a close aide of TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was arrested by the West Bengal police in Bihar’s Madhubani, officials said on Sunday.Mishra had contested the Assembly elections from the Bally ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanIn yet another fresh ‘egg attack’ in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra’s vehicle allegedly came under public wrath in West Bengal’s Kamarhati area.A video that has gone viral over social media showed some local youth chasing a ...
8 June 2026 The StatesmanThe West Bengal government plans to create an additional one lakh Self-Help Groups (SHGs) during the current year to further strengthen rural livelihoods and women’s economic empowerment, state panchayat and rural development minister Dilip Ghosh said on Saturday.Speaking at ...
7 June 2026 The StatesmanThe controversy regarding forged signatures in the Trinamul Congress legislature party ceases to die as TMC veteran Sovondeb Chattopadhyay released documents related to meetings convened by Mamata Banerjee at Kalighat on 6 May and 19 May, containing details of ...
7 June 2026 The StatesmanIn a significant breakthrough overcoming the shackles of the long-delayed infrastructural projects in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced a mega investment of more than Rs 1 lakh crore in the railway sector soon after a ...
7 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday congratulated the state police for conducting raids across multiple locations near Kumrakhali, Basanti, and Sandeshkhali areas and seizing a massive cache of illegal firearms and ammunition.“Kudos to the West Bengal Police ...
7 June 2026 The StatesmanAfter Delhi, West Bengal has thrown up its own iteration of a liquor scam. The state’s liquor policy was altered in 2017, allegedly at the behest of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) super-boss and then Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s ...
7 June 2026 The StatesmanThe BJP-led West Bengal government has initiated a statewide review of madrasas, with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari directing district administrations to conduct a detailed assessment of such institutions and submit comprehensive reports to the state secretariat, Nabanna, by July ...
7 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Trinamul Congress (TMC) on Friday announced a major organisational overhaul at its national working committee meeting held at the party headquarters in Kalighat, appointing senior minister Chandrima Bhattacharya as the new president of the West Bengal Pradesh Trinamul ...
6 June 2026 The StatesmanIn a major organisational overhaul triggered by the split in Trinamool Congress’ 28-year history, former chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, June 5, came out with a new leadership structure packed with loyalists and old timers. This came at ...
6 June 2026 The StatesmanA court in Kolkata on Friday (June 5) remanded Swarup Biswas, brother of former West Bengal minister Aroop Biswas, to police custody till June 18.Swarup, a figure allegedly feared in Tollygunge, was produced before the Alipore Court, while the ...
6 June 2026 The StatesmanMore than 24 hours have passed since the NIA launched its search operation, yet Shaukat Molla remains untraced. The former Trinamool MLA has fled the area and gone into hiding. It is suspected that Saokat Molla — an accused ...
6 June 2026 The StatesmanThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested absconding former TMC MLA Saokat Molla, identified by investigators as the principal accused and alleged mastermind in the Bhangar bomb blast case that exposed an illegal bomb-making operation before the West Bengal ...
6 June 2026 The StatesmanMurshidabad MLA Gouri Shankar Ghosh remains in spotlight in West Bengal BJP as he was recently inducted into the state Cabinet. With years of grassroots organising under his belt, Ghosh took on the tough task of winning the Murshidabad ...
5 June 2026 The StatesmanNew Alipore police arrested Swarup Biswas on Thursday evening. He is the former president of the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India. He is also the brother of former West Bengal minister Arup Biswas. The charges ...
5 June 2026 The StatesmanPutting efforts to end the impasse over monthly meetings of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Chairperson of the civic body Mala Roy today announced 19 June as the date of the KMC House.The announcement comes after the court upheld that ...
5 June 2026 The StatesmanIn a major boost for the state government, the country’s first underground coal gasification (UCG) project at the Kasta West coal block in the Pandaveswar area of West Burdwan district is nearing commercial production. The final trial run, which ...
5 June 2026 The StatesmanBidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Krishna Chakraborty resigned on Thursday, saying she was unable to provide services to the people in the present circumstances.Though Chakraborty in her resignation letter cited “personal reasons” for her decision, she later told mediapersons ...
5 June 2026 The StatesmanSealdah Division under the Eastern Railway has decided to cancel some of the local trains this weekend to facilitate essential infrastructure development and safety maintenance works.The division has announced two major traffic blocks on 6 and 7 June. The ...
5 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested another accused in the murder case of Chandranath Rath, a close aide to Chief Minister. The incident happened when Suvendu was CM-elect.The latest arrest was made in Ballia district of Uttar ...
5 June 2026 The StatesmanA comprehensive review meeting involving the district administrations of Darjeeling and Kalimpong and the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) was held at the GTA headquarters in Darjeeling on Wednesday to assess key developmental issues and chart out priorities for the ...
5 June 2026 The StatesmanThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at the residence of former Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla in South 24 Parganas district as part of its investigation into a bomb blast that took place ahead of ...
5 June 2026 The StatesmanPolitics has been a relatively new experience for renowned agriculturist, mango specialist, former college lecturer, and agricultural development officer Kalyan Chakraborty. Having spent years in academia and rural India engaged in agricultural development, it took him some time to ...
5 June 2026 The StatesmanFormer Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) National President Akhilesh Yadav has accused the BJP government of weakening the country’s economy, saying that the BJP has sold the country’s “gold standard”.Akhilesh Yadav said here in a statement ...
4 June 2026 The StatesmanMamata Banerjee gave a nod to Firhad Hakim’s proposal to resign from the mayoral post claimed by TMC leader Kunal Ghosh today. However Mr Hakim is yet to tender his resignation at the civic body headquarters officially.Speculations of Mr ...
4 June 2026 The StatesmanEast Burdwan has set a benchmark by surpassing its registration target under the Annapurna Yojana on the day of its formal launch.Senior district administration officials said the number of registrations has already reached nearly one-sixth of the total number ...
4 June 2026 The StatesmanMidnight bulldozer action at Jadavpur railway station was obstructed with massive protests by hawkers who stayed awake the whole night anticipating eviction.On Saturday, the Government Railway Police along with the Railway Protection Forces and the city police carried out ...
4 June 2026 The StatesmanIt’s official now, the Trinamul Congress (TMC) party has split, with the majority of 59 out of 80 MLAs opting out of the party founded and led by Mamata Banerjee.However, the big question is will this new party be ...
4 June 2026 The StatesmanCongress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday likened the escalating turmoil within the Trinamul Congress to the political rebellion that split Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena, alleging that an “Eknath Shinde model” was unfolding in Bengal as a fraction of rebel ...
4 June 2026 The StatesmanA major step towards the establishment of a Medical College and Hospital in Kalimpong has been taken, with the district administration identifying a suitable land parcel for the proposed institution.Speaking over the phone today, Kalimpong MLA and former Indian ...
4 June 2026 The StatesmanFormer India captain Sourav Ganguly’s security cover has been downgraded by the West Bengal government following a review of protection arrangements extended to prominent personalities in the state, officials said on Wednesday.The decision comes amid a broader exercise by ...
4 June 2026 The StatesmanIn a major political development in West Bengal, TMC MLAs have submitted a letter of support to the Legislative Assembly Speaker with 58 signatures proposing the name of expelled leader Ritabrata Bandyopadhyay as the LoP.West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra ...
4 June 2026 The StatesmanAfter expressing disappointment against Trinamul Congress, member-mayor-in-council for sewerage and drainage in Kolkata Municipal Corporation submitted his resignation at the civic body headquarters today.On 26 May, Mr Singh had expressed disappointment over the party strategies demanding a change in ...
2 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamul Congress (TMC), describing its 15-year rule in the state as a “nightmare”.Speaking to reporters at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International ...
2 June 2026 The StatesmanThe South Bengal State Transport Corporation (SBSTC) will require approximately Rs 5.5 crore per month to meet the cost of the newly introduced free bus travel scheme for women, officials said.The state transport department has already released Rs 12.5 ...
2 June 2026 The StatesmanChief Minister Suvendu Adhikari visited Tarakeswar today but the VIP culture usually associated with a Chief Minister’s visit was absent. Shops in and around the temple premises remained open, no restrictions were imposed on the movement of devotees, and ...
2 June 2026 The StatesmanThe West Bengal government on Tuesday intensified its preparations for the upcoming monsoon, with urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul conducting an extensive inspection of several waterlogging-prone locations across Kolkata and adjoining areas to assess the readiness ...
2 June 2026 The Statesman