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  • PM Modi hails launch of Ayushman Bharat as Bengal adopts central health scheme

    Prime 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 Telegraph
    'Chor bazar': Rahul on appointment of former CEO as Bengal’s new chief secretary

    The 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 Telegraph
    CM to hold meet with officials of 41 departments at Nabanna to set governance roadmap

    Chief 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 Telegraph
    BJP government banks on Dilip Ghosh to revive Bengal’s rural economy

    The 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 Telegraph
    'Only 2 holding in-person hearings': At tribunal door, glacial maths & chilling possibility

    Two 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 Telegraph
    RSS workers hit ground to stop attacks on TMC after Bengal polls

    The 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 Telegraph
    Challenge for govt: New Industry-friendly land aquisition policy 'easier said than done'

    The 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 Telegraph
    Bengal BJP chief assures pro-industry land policy with SEZ, contract farming push

    The 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 Telegraph
    PM-SHRI innovation mentoring event previously opposed by Mamata govt, to be held at JU

    Jadavpur 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 Telegraph
    Sacked council officials to stay till publication of higher secondary exam results

    The 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 Telegraph
    ‘Maoist’ wanted in 23 Jharkhand cases held by STF in Bhangar, another surrenders

    An 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 Telegraph
    Activist Garga Chatterjee arrested over provocative posts on electronic voting machines

    Bengali 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 Telegraph
    Jadavpur University and Liver Foundation inks pact for joint research, collaborations

    Jadavpur 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 Telegraph
    Nine advocates in line for Calcutta High Court judgeship after approval from SC

    The 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 Telegraph
    Women’s group slams exclusion of disenfranchised female voters from Annapurna Bhandar scheme

    The 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 Telegraph
    Axe on security cover for ‘non-categorised’ political protectees, each MLA allowed one PSO

    The 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 Telegraph
    Govt push to recover ‘tainted’ pay, directive follows allegations of non-compliance before SC

    The 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 Telegraph
    Two dead, three injured after fire breaks out at leather manufacturing unit in Tiljala

    Two 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 Telegraph
    Distress and doubt after NEET row, fallen out of rhythm gap may impact rank: Aspirants

    Students 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 Telegraph
    CBI takes over Chandranath Rath murder case, forms SIT to probe into Suvendu aide killing

    The 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 Telegraph
    RSS unit at JU, vows to ‘uproot Maoism’, daily morning drills on campus football ground, ‘dand prayog’ soon

    The 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 Telegraph
    Lockdown 'crore' case: Sujit Bose remanded to 10 days’ ED custody for further probe

    Three 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 Telegraph
    ‘Na khaunga, na khane dunga’: Bengal food minister invokes PM Modi slogan, vows crackdown on corruption

    West 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 Telegraph
    Wanted Maoist leader with Rs 15 lakh bounty arrested in Calcutta, Hooghly rebel surrenders

    A 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 Telegraph
    Municipal job scam: Bengal ex-minister Sujit Bose remanded to ED custody till May 21

    A 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 Telegraph
    Ayushman Bharat reaches Bengal, Swasthya Sathi to stay, as will most medical expenses

    The 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 Telegraph
    Senior BJP Leader Tapas Roy sworn in as Bengal Assembly pro-tem Speaker

    Senior 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 Telegraph
    Bengal govt may probe ‘Messi fiasco’, irregularities will invite actions: Minister Nisith Pramanik

    West 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 Telegraph
    Suvendu Adhikari aide murder case: Accused's lawyer hails CBI probe, mother says son framed

    The 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 Telegraph
    Bengal BJP chief bats for new land policy for industry, vows to rid investors of fear

    Bengal 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 Telegraph
    Welfare of Bengal is of utmost importance: Modi welcomes implementation of Ayushman Bharat in state

    Prime 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 Telegraph
    ‘Brazen collusion’ barb at BJP after two election officials get high posts in new Bengal govt

    National 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 Telegraph
    CBI takes over probe into murder of Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari’s PA, accused’s counsel welcomes move

    The 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 Telegraph
    Kolkata: At least five injured in multi-storey building fire in Tiljala

    At 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 Telegraph
    Bangla Pokkho chief Garga Chatterjee arrested over alleged EVM rumour campaign ahead of Bengal polls

    Kolkata 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 Telegraph
    TMC MLA Madan Mitra admitted to Kolkata hospital, condition stable

    Trinamool 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 Telegraph
    One killed, 4 injured in highway crash in Malda’s Gazole area

    One 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 Telegraph
    Plea to clear due civic tax as Cooch Behar municipality faces financial crunch

    The 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 Telegraph
    Butterfly festival at Buxa spotlights rich biodiversity: 125 species spotted at 4-day camp

    At 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 Telegraph
    TMC removes Siliguri civic board member Dilip Barman amid internal rift

    Dilip 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 Telegraph
    Suvendu cabinet vows justice for 321 BJP 'martyrs’, pledges support for families

    The 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 Telegraph
    ED arrests ex-Bengal minister and TMC heavyweight Sujit Bose in recruitment ‘scam’

    The 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 ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    Thrust on openness in ‘our’ government: CM Suvendu Adhikari asks officials to keep file noting

    Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday made it clear that his government would probe the irregularities of the previous government, while assuring bureaucrats that they would be allowed to work freely, provided they maintained transparency.The message came during a ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    ‘Shooter’ trio from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh held for Chandranath Rath murder

    Three alleged sharpshooters were arrested from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on Sunday night in connection with the murder of Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath three days before the swearing-in.Police sources identified Raj Singh as the ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    Officers survey land near Bangladesh border for fencing after cabinet clearance

    Hours after chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the commencement of the process for handing over land to the BSF to complete fencing along unfenced stretches of the India-Bangladesh border, district administrations across border-sharing districts swung into action on Monday ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    SC asks Trinamool to file fresh SIR plea over bid to link deletions with poll loss

    The Supreme Court on Monday asked Trinamool to file a fresh interim application to substantiate its claim that the party’s “loss margin” against the BJP was less than the number of SIR-deleted voters in 31 Bengal constituencies.The apex court, ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    Government sacks development board chiefs, ends TMC-era nominations

    The new BJP government in Bengal has terminated the tenures of nominated chairpersons and members of various state bodies, including north Bengal’s 21 development boards and six municipalities.Most of these bodies were controlled by the Trinamool Congress or their ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    Dilip Ghosh gets three departments key to rural growth in Bengal BJP cabinet

    Dilip Ghosh, a trusted workhorse of the RSS, was on Monday allocated three key departments of rural development, agricultural marketing and animal resources development, which are all important for rural, semi-rural Bengal.“This is not a surprise. He has been ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    State appoints Bengal EC face Manoj Kumar Agarwal as chief secretary

    Manoj Kumar Agarwal, who conducted the recent Bengal polls as chief electoral officer, was appointed chief secretary on Monday, replacing Dushyant Nariala who has been posted as the state’s principal resident commissioner in New Delhi.Agarwal’s appointment means two of ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    ‘We’ kick-starts Suvendu workday as CM: Samik stresses coordination, not interference

    Suvendu Adhikari on Monday began his work journey as the BJP’s first Bengal chief minister by adopting the collaborative “We” model to ensure Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea of good governance.The model was evident when the chief minister’s convoy ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    New Bengal govt ticks off key poll pledges, from border fencing to Ayushman Bharat

    The first cabinet meeting of Bengal’s first BJP-led government on Monday approved six decisions, signalling the Suvendu Adhikari administration’s intent to deliver on its core electoral promises.“In our first cabinet meeting, we have taken six major decisions. Our government ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    Reality hits inclusive vow: Welfare axe falls for voters deleted, pending in Bengal SIR

    The BJP government in Bengal has made it clear that people deleted from the voter list, including those whose appeals are pending before the tribunals, will not “for the time being” receive the benefits of its Annapurna Bhandar scheme, ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    Chingrighata Metro gap work from Friday, traffic diversions on Bypass till May 24

    The work to bridge the gap on the upcoming New Garia-Airport Metro corridor (Orange Line) at the Chingrighata crossing will start on Friday night (May 15) and be completed in two phases by May 24, sources in Kolkata Police ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    RSS-backed Jadavpur University employees hold rally inside campus to mark BJP's win in Bengal

    A section of Jadavpur University employees affiliated to the RSS-backed West Bengal University Karmachari Parishad marched across the campus on Monday to celebrate the BJP’s victory in Bengal.The employees carried saffron flags and chanted “Jai Shri Ram” and “Rashtrabad-er ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    Suvendu orders reopening of post-poll violence cases from 2021 and 2023 elections

    Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday instructed senior police officers to reopen old cases related to post-poll violence from the 2021 Assembly elections and the 2023 panchayat elections that had earlier been closed.This was Suvendu’s first meeting with the ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    Govt removes education board heads previously nominated by Mamata Banerjee administration

    The BJP government on Monday “immediately terminated” the tenures of nominated presidents and chairpersons of education boards and recruitment bodies, including the school service commission.The decision was taken at the first meeting of the state cabinet chaired by chief ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    Disenfranchised voters fear loss of welfare benefits as BJP links scheme access to electoral rolls

    The BJP government’s announcement that voters whose names have been deleted from the electoral rolls and whose appeals are pending before appellate tribunals will not be eligible for a welfare scheme has confirmed the worst fears of the disenfranchised.Many ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    Both Ayushman Bharat and Swasthya Sathi health schemes to run in Bengal, says Suvendu

    Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday indicated that the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme and Bengal’s Swasthya Sathi health cover would operate simultaneously in the state.Suvendu announced Bengal’s acceptance of the Ayushman Bharat scheme after the new government’s first cabinet ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    BJP MLAs visit South Dum Dum civic office, raise concerns over illegal construction and corruption

    Three new BJP MLAs whose constituencies cover parts of the South Dum Dum Municipality visited the civic body’s headquarters on Monday and met senior officials, including those handling finance and engineering.The MLAs — Tarunjyoti Tiwari of Rajarhat-Gopalpur, Sharadwat Mukherjee ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    Police stations across Bengal asked to step up crackdown on illegal cattle trade

    Police stations across the state have been directed to ensure there is no illegal transportation of cattle and to crack down on illegal cattle sheds within their jurisdictions.“Police stations have been asked to ensure that there is no illegal ...

    12 May 2026 Telegraph
    ED arrests Bengal former minister Sujit Bose over municipal recruitment scam

    Former fire services minister Sujit Bose arrested in connection with municipal recruitment scam. Bose and his son Samudra were summoned for interrogation by the enforcement directorate on Monday.On Monday Sujit was interrogated for more than seven hours. This is ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Bengal chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal to be chief secretary in CM Suvendu Adhikari's BJP govt

    West Bengal's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal was appointed the chief secretary of the Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP government in the state, according to an official order issued on Monday.Agarwal, a 1990-batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre, ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Dilip Ghosh gets rural development, Agnimitra Paul women and child welfare: Bengal Cabinet portfolios announced

    The new government in Bengal announced cabinet portfolios for five ministers, who were sworn in alongside chief minister Suvendu Adhikari during the oath-taking ceremony on Monday.BJP leaders Dilip Ghosh, Ashok Kirtaniya, Khudiram Tudu, Agnimitra Paul and Nisith Pramanik were ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari’s aide murder case: Three accused arrested from UP sent to 13-day police custody

    Three persons, who were arrested from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the killing of Chandranath Rath, an aide of West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, were remanded to 13-day police custody on Monday, a senior officer said.The three accused ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Bengal govt orders removal of board members across state bodies, end service extension beyond 60 years

    The West Bengal government on Monday directed all departments to immediately terminate the services of nominated members, directors and chairpersons of non-statutory bodies, boards, organisations and public sector undertakings under their control.In an official order, it also instructed departments ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    'Double engine disaster': TMC's Abhishek Banerjee blames BJP for Khejuri shop fire, calls it Amit Shah's 'targeted violence'

    Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday alleged that "BJP-backed miscreants" set ablaze nearly 10 shops in Purba Medinipur's Khejuri in front of police personnel and accused Union home minister Amit Shah of promoting "targeted violence" in West Bengal.Rejecting ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari unveils Ayushman Bharat rollout: Here’s how to apply

    Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced Bengal would be brought under the Centre’s health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat, marking a policy reversal by the new BJP government after years of resistance to the programme under the previous ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Mamata Banerjee, others can file fresh pleas on victory margin being less than deletion of votes: Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court on Monday said former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and others were free to file fresh applications over their allegation that the victory margins in several assembly constituencies were lower than the number of votes ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari announces Ayushman Bharat, land for BSF rollout

    Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced that the new state government has started the process of handing over land to the Border Security Force for fencing the international border with Bangladesh.“The chief secretary and the land and ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Bimal Gurung, Anit Thapa call off May 14 rallies in tourist season

    The Darjeeling hills heaved a sigh of relief on Sunday after rival hill parties, the Bimal Gurung-led Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, and Anit Thapa’s Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM), withdrew their respective May 14 events, easing fears of political confrontation ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    BJP MP Khagen Murmu's push for Malda airport at swearing-in ceremony

    The BJP MP from Malda North, Khagen Murmu, used the occasion of the swearing-in ceremony of the state’s first BJP chief minister, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday to urge Union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu to expedite the ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Sister-in-law and her husband murder man over 'joke' in Alipurduar's Madarihat

    A man, who reportedly joked with his sister-in-law, was allegedly beaten to death by her and her husband on Saturday night at the Bundapani tea estate in the Madarihat block of Alipurduar district.The incident took place at the Nepali ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    High scorers of Madhyamik and Madrasa exams, who overcame poverty, share career aspirations

    As the Madhyamik and high madrasa examination results were announced on Friday, many students who braved various odds to continue studying triumphed by achieving excellent marks.The Telegraph narrates a few such stories. Riju Das ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    BJP hosts fish festival to taunt Trinamool’s narrative against saffron camp after Bengal win

    The politics around fish continues even after the May 4 election result, as the BJP on Sunday organised a fish festival in Calcutta to counter the Trinamool Congress’s narrative that the party would ban fish if voted to power.As ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Maa Canteens introduced by former TMC government disappear from Alipurduar district

    The “Maa Canteens”, introduced by the now-ousted Trinamool Congress government to provide subsidised lunch at ₹5 for the poor have shut down in Alipurduar district. Rice suppliers are allegedly stopping supply amid uncertainty over whether the new BJP state ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Hilsa homecoming for Suvendu: CM's first visit to parents in Contai after swearing-in marked by traditional lunch

    In the quiet hours past midnight, as people in most parts of Bengal slept, Contai remained awake for its most celebrated son.Hours after taking oath as the ninth chief minister of Bengal in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    BJP Bengal looks beyond MLAs for finance ministry, economist Sanjeev Sanyal frontrunner

    The Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP government in Bengal has hit the ground running but what is perhaps the most critical portfolio remains conspicuously vacant.While the new chief minister unveils a blitz of high-expectation populist measures, the saffron camp is scouring ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Three arrested from Bihar-UP border in murder of Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath

    Three men have been arrested and two others have been detained from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in connection with the murder of Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant Chandranath Rath. Sources said the special investigation team probing Rath’s ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Butterfly Society of Sikkim documents more than 700 species, organisation submits report to state government

    The Butterfly Society of Sikkim has documented more than 700 butterfly species across the Himalayan state, including 420 in Dzongu in north Sikkim, highlighting the region’s rich biodiversity and the need for sustainable butterfly tourism and conservation measures.Representatives of ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Showers to be brief, prolonged heat and humid conditions likely: Met

    Brace for the twin assault of heat and humidity, the Met office has warned.South Bengal saw multiple thunderstorms over the past week. Calcutta got a powerful Nor’wester on the night of May 4 after the election results, and at ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    CBSE ‘calendar’ to strengthen structured engagement between schools and parents

    CBSE has launched a “calendar” that the board hopes will strengthen structured engagement between schools and parents. Parenting calendar — as it called — has sections on inclusion that promote “awareness, sensitivity and equitable practices for diverse learners”.Coping with ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Chandranath Rath murder case: Police trace killer car through toll plaza UPI payment

    Police probing the murder of Chandranath Rath have found that the silver Nissan Micra that was used to block Rath’s car to kill him had entered the city through Nivedita Setu and paid the toll tax through an online ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    When medicine met mandate: Behala writes a new diagnosis after ending TMC chapter

    Tackling the chronic waterlogging problem in Behala, revamping Vidyasagar State General Hospital and preventing post-poll violence are among the top priorities of the young doctor who has ended Trinamool’s 25-year dominance in the Behala West constituency.The BJP’s Indranil Khan, ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    SSC uploads scanned images of 2016 OMR sheets following Supreme Court order

    The school service commission (SSC) has uploaded scanned images of the OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) sheets on which teaching job aspirants had marked their answers while appearing for the 2016 selection tests, following an order of the Supreme Court ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Bazaar heat burns through kitchen budget, vegetable and egg prices climb sharply across markets amid supply disruptions

    Vegetable prices have soared across Calcutta’s markets, and the pinch in the pocket is keeping households worried.Prices of bitter gourd, pointed gourd, brinjal and potatoes have shot up by ₹20 to ₹30 a kilogram. Prices of garlic and ginger, ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    CAIE maths paper of Class XI cancelled over 'premature share', re-exam on June 9

    The Class XI (Advanced Subsidiary) maths exam of the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE), which was held on April 29, has been cancelled and rescheduled for June because the paper was “shared prematurely” and cannot be used to generate ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    How two brothers from Kolkata became a marine robotics manufacturer — a deep dive

    Humans first set sail to traverse the oceans to inhabit Australia. The continents were much closer then, still seas and rivers have always been the backbone of a civilisation. Today, one does not need to build a raft to ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Abir Chatterjee finds new meaning in Sonada as Saptadingar Guptodhon raises the stakes

    The metro screeched past the fourth-floor window of Babumoshai — The Modern Indian Bistro every few minutes, slicing through the lazy afternoon hum of the city. Inside, over his black coffee and my cappuccino, Abir Chatterjee looked surprisingly fresh ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    ‘Money had to be paid everywhere’: Suspended TMC leader Riju Dutta attacks party

    Suspended TMC spokesperson Riju Dutta on Sunday launched a scathing attack on his party, alleging that corruption had been institutionalised.A day after being suspended for six years for alleged breach of party discipline, Dutta questioned why people in West ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Suspects made UPI toll payment before Suvendu Adhikari aide Chandranath Rath's murder: Police

    Investigators probing the murder of West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari's close aide Chandranath Rath have found a key lead in the form of a UPI transaction made at a toll plaza in Howrah, an officer said on Sunday.The silver ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Berhampore TMC councillor held over obstruction of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's rally

    A Trinamool TMC councillor was arrested in West Bengal's Murshidabad district for allegedly obstructing the election campaign of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury during the recent Assembly polls, a senior police officer said on Sunday.Bhismadev Karmakar, councillor of Ward ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Hawkers return after bulldozer scare, vendors across New Market streets set up stalls

    Hawkers in the New Market area are slowly returning to normalcy after a victory rally of the BJP paraded a bulldozer through parts of the area on Tuesday, sparking fears that select hawkers may be targeted. On Sunday, the ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari calls top brass of Bengal police to Nabanna Sabhaghar

    Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari is scheduled to hold the first administrative meeting with the top brass of the Bengal police at the Nabanna Sabhaghar on Monday. Sources in the state home department said all senior police officers — including ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Brigade returns to order quickly, cleaner-than-usual ground surprises KMC workers

    The sprawling Brigade Parade Grounds appeared noticeably cleaner on Sunday than they usually do after large political gatherings.A large team of cleaners from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation worked across the ground collecting waste. Paper packets, paper cups, scraps of ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    New BJP MLAs spell out long list of priorities and gear up to hit the ground running

    Outreach begins today as the newly elected representatives prepare to outline their roadmap for the next five years.Safety, drinking water, sanitation, roads, hospitals and heritage conservation — the list of priorities is long. Several BJP MLAs said they had ...

    11 May 2026 Telegraph
    Fresh bureaucratic, police overhaul likely in Bengal under Suvendu Adhikari govt: Officials

    The police and administrative machinery of the newly installed Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP government in West Bengal seems poised for another sweeping recalibration in the months ahead, clear indications of which were apparent on the very first day, though officials ...

    10 May 2026 Telegraph
    Ex-Calcutta HC Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam disposes of 1,777 SIR appeals; 1,607 voters restored to rolls by EC

    Former Calcutta High Court Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam, who resigned from the tribunal, which was hearing appeals challenging the exclusion of names from the electoral rolls following the SIR exercise in West Bengal, had disposed of 1,777 appeals ...

    10 May 2026 Telegraph
    Nisith Pramanik bags berth, north Bengal hopes for more ministers in Suvendu's cabinet

    North Bengal aspirations soared high as the BJP inducted Nisith Pramanik, the party’s candidate who had won from the Mathabhanga Assembly seat in Cooch Behar, into the Suvendu Adhikari government on Saturday.As Suvendu took the oath as the chief ...

    10 May 2026 Telegraph
    Statues of Sidhu Murmu and Kanhu Murmu vandalised in South Dinajpur village, BJP blamed

    Tensions flared in the Deuria village in Bansihari, South Dinajpur, on Saturday after unidentified persons damaged statues of tribal freedom fighters Sidhu Murmu and Kanhu Murmu on Friday and placed BJP flags at the site.The vandalism triggered protests by ...

    10 May 2026 Telegraph
    31-year-old civil engineer from Bihar found dead in Alipurduar; cause of death unclear

    A 31-year-old civil engineer from Bihar was found dead of unknown causes in Alipurduar town on Saturday morning, prompting the police to initiate an investigation into the incident.The deceased, Chandan Kumar, was working on the installation of an underground ...

    10 May 2026 Telegraph
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