The long-awaited raze-and-repair job at Kavi Subhash (New Garia) Metro station on the north-south corridor or Blue Line will begin this Sunday, said officials. Before the work starts at New Garia, a rake-reversal point will be installed at Shahid ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphCBI sleuths investigating the murder of Chandranath Rath are said to have found that ₹70 lakh was given to the assailants to carry out the strike, sources said. Three suspects were arrested till Thursday evening.It is suspected that at ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphThe demolition of a clock tower in Garia, inaugurated by then minister Aroop Biswas three years ago, started on Thursday. A court order in 2025 had declared the 56ft structure illegal. But it could not be pulled down because ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphChief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday directed district police chiefs and commissionerates to ensure strict adherence to sound regulations during religious ceremonies and festivals.He also stressed that animal slaughter must comply with government rules.“It was emphasised that religious institutions ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphBengal’s Plus II-curriculum was divided into four semesters in an attempt to boost scores and help students compete with peers from other boards, often perceived to award marks more liberally.However, the first higher secondary (HS) results under the new ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphResidents of a Tiljala building at the centre of a demolition drive moved the high court seeking relief, alleging they were evicted without notice before men and machines arrived to raze their home.Saiqa Jannat, whose sister’s house is being ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphA payloader raided a minority-dominated pocket in Narkeldanga to raze an “illegal” building on Thursday afternoon. Only a portion of the five-storey building, at Kasai Basti Cross Lane, was demolished on Thursday, said sources in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphThe education department on Thursday issued an order making it mandatory for students in all government and aided schools across Bengal to sing Vande Mataram during morning assembly prayers, “in suppression of all previous orders and practices”.“It is hereby ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphWhen Anisha Ghosh first saw her Board result on a smartphone, she thought there was a glitch and the full marks in each paper got listed by mistake. “I was looking for my marks.” It was only when her ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphA 100 per cent score in his ISC Board examination is a belated 18th birthday gift that Anan Rami has given himself. “My birthday was on April 7 and the results came out on April 30.”While he scored full ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Santanu Sinha Biswas in connection with a fraud and extortion case, officials said.Biswas was arrested after over 10 hours of questioning at the agency's office in the city, ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphSenior BJP leader and first-time MLA Rathindra Bose is set to become Speaker of the newly constituted 18th West Bengal Assembly unopposed after the ruling party backed his nomination and the TMC chose not to contest, clearing the way ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphThe Bar Council of India on Thursday asked the West Bengal Bar Council to furnish a detailed report within 48 hours regarding the enrolment and professional practice status of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Earlier in the day, Banerjee, in ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphPolice on Thursday launched search operations at two houses of Trinamool Congress MLA Dilip Mondal in Bishnupur in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district for making "provocative remarks and issuing threats" to BJP workers in a purported video, a ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphKolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Santanu Sinha Biswas on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here in connection with its probe into alleged land-grabbing and extortion case, an officer said.Biswas, a former officer-in-charge of Kalighat Police Station, considered close ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphBengal’s former chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday faced slogans of “chor” (thief) as she donned the lawyer’s robe and appeared before the Calcutta High Court to argue a case in connection with alleged violence and attacks on Trinamool ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphSharadwat Mukherjee, the BJP’s newly elected MLA from Bidhannagar, wants to upgrade Bidhannagar Sub-Divisional Hospital into a medical college.The oncologist also wants a roadmap to overhaul roads in Salt Lake and improve public health conditions in the township’s added ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphA senior fire department official has been suspended in connection with the devastating fire at a leather factory in Kolkata's Tiljala area that claimed two lives, even as civic authorities continued demolishing the illegal structure housing the unit on ...
15 May 2026 TelegraphPolice in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar arrested two Trinamool Congress leaders over the past 24 hours for their involvement in illegal activities.One leader was arrested for trying to extort money from people while promising them entry in the BJP ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphAhead of the 73rd anniversary of the first Mount Everest summit, representatives of adventure clubs have renewed their demand for the revival of the prestigious Tenzing Norgay Trophy, which was awarded to individuals and organisations for outstanding achievements in ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphPunjab police arrested three shooters linked to gangster Happy Jatt from Jaigaon along the Bhutan border in Alipurduar district on Wednesday morning in connection with a double murder case at Batala in the western state.Jatin Singh, Sajandeep Singh and ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe BJP government has ordered the immediate closure of unauthorised toll or grop gates as there were allegations that several local bodies levied tolls on district, urban and rural roads illegally during the tenure of the Mamata Banerjee government."All ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe alleged highhandedness of a section of Trinamool Congress leaders and criminals has come down in North Dinajpur district after a series of raids and enforcement drives over the past week led to the recovery of illegal firearms, the ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) on Wednesday received an order from the state government for “termination of tenures”, but sources said the hill body is unable to act on it due to a lack of clarity on its ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphTwo from the Congress and one from the CPM took oath as MLAs on Wednesday, as both parties sent members to the Bengal Assembly after a five-year hiatus. The three lawmakers are from Murshidabad.CPM MLA from Domkal, Mostafijur Rahaman, ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphSeat No 300 in the Bengal Assembly had been reserved for the Bhabanipur MLA for the past 15 years. It remained the same on Wednesday.Around 11am on Wednesday, Suvendu Adhikari sat in the hot seat as the first BJP ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphTwo municipalities run by the Trinamool Congress in Malda district have reacted contradictorily to Urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul’s directive to halt the payment of dues.The office-bearers of the Englishbazar municipality have expressed concern over the ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphUrban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul has directed officials of all 128 civic bodies, including the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), to stop clearing pending payments, as the new government wants to examine whether the tenders were awarded ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphDiscarded tyres used as road dividers, garage markers, or shock absorbers behind trucks have turned north Bengal’s roads into breeding hotspots for dengue mosquitoes, scientists have cautioned after mapping 200km of highway corridors.While tyres are known mosquito breeding habitats, ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphChief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday asked officials of multiple departments to discard practices put in place by the previous Mamata Banerjee government that he felt spawned "corruption and irregularities" and assured bureaucrats that they could work freely. Suvendu ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe Bengal BJP government will roll out its flagship ‘Annapurna Bhandar’ scheme on June 1, promising Rs 3,000 monthly assistance to women, alongside a planned purge of fake and ineligible beneficiaries.Women and child development and social welfare minister Agnimitra ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphKolkata Police have prosecuted more than 3,000 two-wheeler riders in the past three days, sources said on Wednesday.The crackdown came within days of the new chief minister taking charge and instructing the police to lay emphasis on the prosecution ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe Kolkata Police commissioner has instructed all police stations to put a curb on illegal constructions, smuggling of illegal arms and the menace of syndicate raj. Ajay Nand, the city’s police commissioner, held a meeting with the senior officers ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphKolkata Police will start disciplinary parades every 15 days in all police divisions to instil discipline and improve teamwork.All divisions of the city police have been asked to organise a muster parade every fortnight, to be attended by personnel ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphKolkata Police on Wednesday announced traffic diversions at Chingrighata on EM Bypass for Metro work.The first phase of work will begin Friday night and continue till 8 am on Monday. The second phase will take place between May 22 ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe mother of the postgraduate trainee who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August 2024 filed a petition before a Sealdah court on Wednesday, naming three persons — including a former Trinamool Congress ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe state government on Tuesday terminated the tenures of the presidents and other nominated members of the governing bodies of all government-aided colleges, with immediate effect.A deputy secretary of the higher education department issued an order to college heads ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe Bengal government on Wednesday granted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sanction to prosecute state government officials allegedly involved in corruption cases linked to recruitment scams in state-aided schools, civic bodies and the cooperative sector.Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe heart of south Calcutta erupted in frenzy on Wednesday evening as chief minister Suvendu Adhikari led a roadshow to celebrate his stunning victory against his former boss.Around 6.50pm, the victor’s vehicle — with Suvendu standing atop an open, ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe school average in several CBSE schools remained steady like last year, several principals said after the publication of the CBSE Class XII results on Wednesday. Some schools noted a dip in the number of high scorers in the ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe state government on Wednesday extended the summer vacation for government and aided schools, reversing a decision taken by the erstwhile Mamata Banerjee government.The commissioner of school education said in an order: “The school education department has decided to ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe education department on Tuesday made the singing of Vande Mataram during morning assembly mandatory in government and government-aided schools.“All students in all schools in the state” have to sing Vande Mataram in the morning “with immediate effect”, says ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe cancellation of the NEET undergraduate medical entrance exam by the National Testing Agency amid allegations of irregularities has pushed thousands of students back to their books and a demanding routine that leaves little time for recreation.The cancellation on ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe state government on Wednesday made it mandatory to obtain a fit-for-slaughter certificate before slaughtering bulls, bullocks, cows, calves, buffaloes, buffalo calves and castrated buffaloes.The notice barred public slaughter of these animals and said officials carrying out inspections to ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphIllegal construction and rampant fire-safety violations have long proved a recipe for disaster in Calcutta, from Burrabazar to Garden Reach and Anandapur.Tuesday’s fire in an illegal Tiljala building, which killed two people, showed once again how little has changed ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphChief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Wednesday that power utility CESC had been told to conduct an audit to identify illegal buildings housing factories and disconnect their power supply. He named four places in Calcutta — Kasba, Tiljala, Mominpore ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphA pocket of Calcutta, notorious for congestion, looked like a curfew had been clamped.Shops were shut, roads were deserted, paramilitary personnel were on patrol and scared onlookers peeped through closed windows and terrace parapets.All residents within 200 metres of ...
14 May 2026 TelegraphThe Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear in July a plea concerning the alleged killing of three BJP workers in West Bengal after the 2018 local bodies elections in the state."What remains in this matter now?" a ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphRealtors on Wednesday welcomed the West Bengal BJP’s stated support for repealing the Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) Act and enabling easier land aggregation for industry, saying the move could help attract large-scale investments to the state.Industry players have long ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphSuvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said the government had cleared the way for the CBI to take action against officials accused in corruption cases related to recruitment irregularities in schools and civic bodies, emphasising that the administration would maintain a ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphNew elected West Bengal legislators, including Chief Minister Sivendu Adhikari, took oath in the Assembly on Wednesday. Pro tem Speaker Tapas Roy administered the oath.Newly appointed state ministers -- Agnimitra Paul, Dilip Ghosh, Ashok Kirtania, Kshudiram Tudu, and Nisith ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe West Bengal government has ordered demolition of an illegal factory in Kolkata’s Tiljala area and directed disconnection of power and water supply after a fire at the unit killed two people and injured three others, chief minister Suvendu ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphBengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Wednesday that he will retain the Bhabanipur Assembly segment and give up Nandigram.He won both the Bhabanipur and Nandigram seats in the recently-concluded assembly polls and took oath in the state Assembly ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphSwapan Sadhan Bose, the former president of Mohun Bagan Super Giant and one of the most influential figures in Indian football administration, passed away late on Tuesday after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 78 and had been undergoing ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphA housewife was gang-raped on Sunday night while attending a wedding ceremony as part of the groom’s party in the Falakata police station area of Alipurduar district.Police have arrested three accused in connection with the case.A source said the ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphJalpaiguri Government Medical College & Hospital (JGMCH) has introduced intra-articular platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy for osteoarthritis at its pain clinic, becoming the first hospital in north Bengal to offer the service.The treatment was earlier introduced at the RG Kar ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphChopra, a block in the North Dinajpur district long known for frequent political clashes, has been stirred after police started taking action against people with old criminal cases pending against them following the change of government in Bengal.Despite the ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) is staring at an administrative disruption after the state government ordered the termination of nominated members and officials whose services had been extended, with certain departments already initiating compliance.Sources said the order was implemented ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the first decisions of the Suvendu Adhikari government in Bengal, asserting that the welfare of the people here was "supreme".Citing a post by the chief minister on X, the Prime Minister issued ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe Opposition has accused the first BJP government in Bengal and the Election Commission of operating in “collusion” after former chief electoral officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal was appointed the state’s new chief secretary and EC's former special roll observer ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphChief minister Suvendu Adhikari will hold a meeting with officials of 41 departments that report to him at Nabanna Sabhaghar on Wednesday.The meeting is significant as these departments need direction from the new government.“So far, five ministers have been ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe BJP government banked on Dilip Ghosh, the minister with three important portfolios, including the panchayat and rural development department, to revive Bengal’s rural economy, while Agnimitra Paul was assigned two departments, including urban development, to restructure the urban ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphTwo out of 18 tribunals are currently hearing in-person appeals by deleted Bengal voters seeking restoration of their rights, sources at the Joka centre from where all the tribunals were supposed to work said on Tuesday. The 18 SIR ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe RSS has been spearheading initiatives to ensure the rule of law in Bengal in the aftermath of the Assembly polls, sources in the ideological fountainhead of the BJP said.Sources said RSS activists had launched a silent drive to ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe BJP-led Bengal government is set to take up a major challenge — introduce a new policy, discarding the hands-off land stance of the previous Mamata Banerjee government — in a bid to attract big-ticket investments to the state.“We ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe newly elected BJP government in Bengal will prepare a comprehensive land policy, revisit the archaic Urban Land Ceiling Act, allow special economic zones and permit contract farming in agriculture, state party president Samik Bhattacharya told a gathering of ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphJadavpur University will host a three-day mentoring programme on innovation for schools under the Centre’s PM Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI) scheme, which the Mamata Banerjee government had earlier opposed.The mentoring session, organised at the behest of the Union ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe state government has asked the president and secretary of the state higher secondary council, who were terminated along with administrators of other education bodies on Monday, to continue in their roles until the publication of the board results ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphAn alleged committee member of the banned CPI (Maoist), wanted in 23 cases in Jharkhand and carrying a ₹15-lakh bounty, was arrested from Bhangar by the special task force of Kolkata Police on Tuesday.Police identified the woman as Sradhha ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphBengali rights activist Garga Chatterjee was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly making provocative remarks about electronic voting machines (EVMs) during the Assembly polls.Chatterjee, founder of Bangla Pokkho — an organisation that promotes Bengali identity and opposes the imposition of ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphJadavpur University and Liver Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation working on liver diseases, signed an agreement for joint research and other collaborations on Tuesday. The agreement creates opportunities for sharing research infrastructure. Academics and experts from the two institutions will ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe Supreme Court Collegium, in meetings held on May 11 and 12, approved the appointment of the following advocates as judges of Calcutta High Court:Under the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), which governs the appointment, transfer and elevation of judges ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe state unit of the All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA), the women’s wing of the CPI(ML) Liberation, has condemned the new state government’s decision to exclude women whose names were deleted from the revised electoral rolls from the ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe security cover provided to all “non-categorised” political protectees was withdrawn on Tuesday, sources in the state home department said.An instruction was issued to all police districts across the state to remove such security arrangements, except in the case ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe school education department has asked district magistrates across the state to take “onward steps” to recover salaries paid to “tainted” teaching and non-teaching staff appointed through a “vitiated” recruitment process.A senior special secretary of the state government ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphTwo men died and three were injured after a fire broke out at a leather goods manufacturing unit in Tiljala around 1pm on Tuesday.The victims, believed to be employees of the unit, suffocated after they locked themselves inside a ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphStudents are angry and frustrated after the NEET undergraduate medical entrance exam was cancelled on Tuesday following a suspected question paper leak, raising uncertainty over their future.Conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), students must ace NEET for admission ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe CBI on Tuesday took over the investigation into the murder of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to Suvendu Adhikari, who was gunned down on May 6 in Madhyamgram.The central agency has formed a special investigation team (SIT) to pursue ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe RSS on Tuesday launched a shakha (branch) at Jadavpur University, with some of its members declaring that they would “uproot Maoism” from the campus.A group of university employees gathered at the football ground around 6.30am, took an oath ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThree restaurants — a Chinese outlet, a restobar and a dhaba — owned by Sujit Bose and his son registered transactions worth over ₹1 crore during the Covid lockdown, when establishments were shut and staff were on leave, the ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphWest Bengal Food and Supplies Minister Ashok Kirtania on Tuesday reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's oft-repeated slogan 'Na khaunga, na khane dunga', warning of strict action against corruption in the department.Kirtania, who was allocated the food and cooperation portfolios ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphA woman Maoist leader carrying a bounty of Rs 15 lakh was arrested in Kolkata on Tuesday, while another red rebel surrendered before the police here, a senior officer said.The woman, a resident of Chakdah in Nadia district, is ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphA city court on Tuesday remanded former West Bengal minister Sujit Bose to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till May 21 in connection with the alleged municipal recruitment scam.Bose, a Trinamool Congress leader, was produced before the Bankshall Court after ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe arrival of the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat in Bengal, alongside the continuation of the state-run Swasthya Sathi, has reopened a familiar question: can government-backed insurance schemes compensate for years of underinvestment in state-run hospitals, medical colleges and rural healthcare ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphSenior BJP leader Tapas Roy was on Tuesday sworn in as the pro-tem Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly, setting in motion the formal proceedings of the newly constituted House following the BJP’s historic victory in the recent Assembly ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphWest Bengal Sports Minister Nisith Pramanik on Tuesday indicated that the newly elected BJP government may investigate last year's "Messi fiasco" at the Salt Lake stadium, saying files related to the controversial event have already been sought and action ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe counsel of the man arrested in connection with the murder of the aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has welcomed the CBI probe into the matter. Advocate Harivansh Singh also accused the West Bengal Police of ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphBengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday pitched for a new land policy to attract heavy industries, assuring investors that businesses could operate in the state without fear or political interference.Addressing members of a business chamber for the first ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday welcomed the West Bengal government’s decision to implement the Centre’s flagship Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme, as Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said both Ayushman Bharat and the state-run Swasthya Sathi scheme would operate ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphNational opposition leaders on Tuesday took potshots at what they called “brazen collusion” between the BJP and the Election Commission over two bureaucrats who had overseen the Assembly elections in Bengal being appointed in the new BJP state government ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphThe CBI has taken over the investigation into the murder of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath and registered an FIR in the case, officials said on Tuesday, days after the West Bengal Police arrested three ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphAt least five people were injured after a fire broke out at a multi-storey building in Tiljala area of Kolkata on Tuesday afternoon, police said.The blaze erupted around 1.45 pm at the building on GJ Khan Road under the ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphKolkata Police on Tuesday arrested 'Bangla Pokkho' leader Garga Chatterjee over allegations of spreading misinformation regarding Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the recently concluded Assembly elections, a senior officer said.During the election, Chatterjee questioned EVM functioning during counting despite ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphTrinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata after suffering from urinary system complications, hospital officials said on Tuesday.Mitra, who won the Kamarhati assembly seat in North 24 Parganas in the recently concluded West ...
13 May 2026 TelegraphOne person died and four others were seriously injured in a head-on collision between a speeding private bus and an SUV in the Gazole area of Malda on Sunday night.All five were occupants of the SUV. The occupants of ...
12 May 2026 TelegraphThe Trinamool Congress-run Cooch Behar municipality on Monday appealed to residents to pay their outstanding municipal taxes, while underscoring that it was going through a financial crunch.Dilip Saha, the chairman, said the payment of municipal tax was necessary to ...
12 May 2026 TelegraphAt least 125 butterfly species were spotted during the Fifth Butterfly Festival held at the Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Alipurduar, highlighting the rich biodiversity of the region.The four-day festival, which began on May 7 and concluded on Sunday, ...
12 May 2026 TelegraphDilip Barman, a member, mayor-in-council (MMIC) of the Trinamool Congress-run Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC), was removed from his post by mayor Gautam Deb on Monday.Barman, the Trinamool councillor from ward 46, had been publicly airing differences of opinion with ...
12 May 2026 TelegraphThe first cabinet meeting headed by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday adopted a proposal to ensure justice for 321 BJP martyrs who were allegedly killed in violence orchestrated by the Trinamool Congress and vowed to take responsibility for ...
12 May 2026 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate on Monday arrested former fire and emergency services minister Sujit Bose over alleged corruption in recruitments to South Dum Dum Municipality, where he was vice-chairman from 2010 to 2021.The Trinamool heavyweight had suffered a crushing defeat ...
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