Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday met TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence and expressed solidarity with the party leadership following its defeat in the West Bengal assembly polls, while alleging that the elections in the ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphTrinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday posted a video on her X handle where she alleged that while travelling to Delhi via IndiGo, four to six men onboard the flight harassed her by chanting slogans such as ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphOne of the two motorbikes used in Wednesday night’s murder of Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath has been recovered from near a tea shop nearly 4 km from the scene of crime in North 24-Parganas’ ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphFive BJP workers were injured in a crude bomb attack in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district late on Wednesday, police said, hours after the killing of a close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari triggered a fresh political ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphPolice are in search of Krishna Das, Jalpaiguri's unsuccessful Trinamool Congress candidate, in connection with a case of post-poll violence against him. “We are in search of him, and he will be arrested as there is a specific complaint ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphThe second floor of Writers’ Buildings is “most suited” to house the office of Bengal’s next chief minister, and could be readied in weeks if the BJP decides to shift the state secretariat back to the heart of the ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphSummer snowfall in the upper ridges of Darjeeling and Sikkim in early May brought cheer to stakeholders in the tourism industry, who noted that tourist activity was picking up after the Bengal polls.Tourism stakeholders are positive that the number ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphThe CPM-led Left Front returned to the Assembly after a gap of five years with one seat, but the total vote share remained stagnant at 5.07 per cent despite efforts to shore up its electoral fortunes by fielding several ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphThe family of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant of Suvendu Adhikari, will decide on his last rites after the post-mortem examination is completed on Thursday, even as his killing in North 24 Parganas has triggered a political storm and heightened ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphAll retired officers reemployed by the Mamata Banerjee administration have been asked not to come to office until the new government takes over in a purported bid to avert the destruction of the documentary evidence of alleged corruption, sources ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphThe Bimal Gurung-led Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to gherao Lal Khoti, the headquarters of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), on May 14 to protest against alleged corruption at the hill body.Noman Rai, the president of the Gorkha Janmukti ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphSenior Trinamool leaders in Malda, including a former cabinet minister, have openly targeted the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, holding him responsible for the party’s massive defeat in the Assembly elections.Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury, a former Trinamool MLA and ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphCBSE schools have started downloading admit cards for the second Class X board examinations scheduled to begin on May 15. The board released the admit cards on Tuesday. They are to be downloaded by the schools and handed over ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphA third-year IIT Kharagpur student who jumped from the seventh-floor terrace of a hostel on April 18 was facing “academic issues” while simultaneously preparing for the CFA (chartered financial analyst) examinations, according to a report by a fact-finding committee.The ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphThe Centre has sanctioned ₹671.72 crore for the upgrade of electrical infrastructure on the north-south corridor (Blue Line) of Metro Railway.The upgrade is aimed at increasing train frequency. At present, the Blue Line has a peak-hour frequency of five ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphAway from public view, a team of election-hardened BJP leaders from north India camped in the northern fringes of Calcutta to micro-manage the party’s campaign, reshaping its organisational approach in a state where elections are driven by local units.These ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphA bulldozer was paraded through New Market on Tuesday evening, an area lined with shops and roadside stalls, many of them run by Muslim owners, less than 24 hours after the BJP secured a brute majority in the Bengal ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphThe CRPF’s national chief instructed election and police observers on Tuesday night to ensure there is no post-poll violence in Bengal.Directives were issued, including a ban on the use of bulldozers in BJP victory rallies and an immediate halt ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphMembers of the BJP teachers’ cell visited the Kolkata District Primary School Council’s office in Kasba and asked officials to ensure that no file was smuggled out of the building on Wednesday.The members went to Shiksha Bhavan in Kasba ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphA change in leadership in Bengal has brought a time-bound Supreme Court–mandated schoolteacher recruitment process to a halt.The school service commission (SSC) had planned to resume counselling for recommending candidates for higher secondary (Classes XI and XII) teaching posts ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphTejash Doshi, 50 BusinessmanConstituency: BhabanipurWhy I wanted a change: It has become suffocating. There are political interferences and directives that we have to abide by. Why should a businessman be told how to run his business? When we see ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphJadavpur University postponed an executive council meeting on Friday following objections from the governor’s office, an official said.The governor’s office is said to have called JU vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee on Wednesday evening and told him not to hold the ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphKolkata Police issued an advisory on Wednesday against the spread of fake news in connection with the violence reported in Topsia late on Tuesday. Referring to a purported document that was in circulation asking people in areas around Rippon ...
8 May 2026 TelegraphChandra Nath Rath, who was the personal assistant of Suvendu Adhikari while the BJP Bengal chief minister probable was leader of Opposition in the outgoing Assembly, was shot dead on Wednesday night. An ex-serviceman originally from East Midnapore, Rath ...
7 May 2026 TelegraphBJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra alleged that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal was attempting to incite post-poll violence by disguising its workers as BJP supporters using symbols of the saffron party to malign it.Patra asserted that its ...
7 May 2026 TelegraphTwo outgoing West Bengal ministers under the ED scanner in a recruitment scam case skipped their scheduled appearance before the central agency on Wednesday, citing separate reasons and seeking more time, officials said.An ED official said the two Trinamool ...
7 May 2026 TelegraphOn May 2, 2021, Mamata had lost her own contest in Nandigram but led her party from the front to a resounding victory against heavy odds. On Monday, 1,828 days later, she had failed to prevent a BJP sweep ...
7 May 2026 TelegraphTension flared in south Kolkata’s Bhabanipur area past midnight on Tuesday after a mob gathered outside the residence of TMC MLA-elect and senior leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, before dispersing following police intervention.The senior minister in the outgoing Mamata Banerjee cabinet ...
7 May 2026 TelegraphThe oath-taking ceremony of the new chief minister of West Bengal would take place on May 9, 10 am at the Brigade Parade Ground, BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya has confirmed.Answering to post-poll violence, Samik Bhattacharya, in a news ...
7 May 2026 TelegraphAdditional police deployment and area security arrangements outside Trinamool Congress leader and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee’s residence and office in Kolkata have been withdrawn following a review, even as his Z-category security cover remains unchanged.The changes took effect ...
7 May 2026 TelegraphIncidents of threats, assault and killings have continued in Bengal after the Assembly election results despite appeals by BJP leaders such as Suvendu Adhikari and Samik Bhattacharya.At least four people have died in the state since the Assembly poll ...
7 May 2026 TelegraphThe BJP’s ascent to power in West Bengal has revived industry expectations around the long-delayed Rs 25,000 crore Tajpur deep sea port project, with stakeholders hopeful that improved coordination between the state and the Centre will accelerate progress on ...
7 May 2026 TelegraphIn the aftermath of a political shift in West Bengal, two key advisors to outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have stepped down, signalling administrative changes following the BJP’s decisive electoral victory.Two former chief secretaries – Alapan Bandyopadhyay and H ...
7 May 2026 TelegraphChief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has directed immediate arrests of those involved in post-poll violence in West Bengal after at least three deaths and widespread vandalism raised serious law and order concerns.CEC Gyanesh Kumar instructed the state’s top administrative ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphRabindranath Ghosh, a senior Trinamool Congress leader and a former state minister from Cooch Behar, blamed two leaders of his party for the poor performance in the Assembly polls.“If Udayan Guha and Abhijit De Bhowmik are not removed, Trinamool ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphThe Election Commission on Tuesday issued the formal notification for the constitution of a new West Bengal Assembly, marking the completion of the electoral process and clearing the path for government formation after the BJP’s sweeping victory in the ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphThe development card played by the Trinamool Congress, coupled with the assurance of a wage hike, failed to dent the BJP’s support base in the tea belt of north Bengal.The BJP has secured all Assembly seats in the brew ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphAt a time when incidents of violence targeted at Trinamool’s offices are being reported from different parts of north Bengal after the results of the 2026 Assembly polls, Balurghat in South Dinajpur witnessed a contrast. On Tuesday morning, ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphViolent incidents have been reported across north Bengal following the announcement of the election results on Monday, leaving workers of both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP injured.In Jalpaiguri, Trinamool candidate Krishna Das alleged that BJP workers, armed with ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphBJP MLAs Anandamay Barman and Sikha Chatterjee, who have clocked the highest victory margins of over 1 lakh and over 97,000, respectively, in the 2026 Assembly elections, attributed their thumping victories to the Centre’s infrastructural development in and around ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphThe breach in five districts — North 24-Parganas, South 24-Parganas, Calcutta, Howrah and Hooghly — which used to be the Trinamool Congress fortress, contributed the most to the BJP's landslide victory and thwarted Mamata Banerjee's dream of a fourth ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphThe leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday cautioned Congress leaders against rejoicing in the drubbing the Trinamool Congress had received in the Bengal Assembly polls. "Some in the Congress, and others, ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphAfter the BJP sweep in Bengal, Kalimpong saw the first signs of a political shift in the hills on Tuesday, with BJP leaders and supporters staging a demonstration in front of the Kalimpong municipality demanding immediate civic elections.All three ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphAt least three political workers were allegedly killed and several others injured in a spate of post-poll clashes that erupted across Bengal within hours of the Assembly election results being declared on Monday, despite repeated appeals from the BJP ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphBengal is headed for an unprecedented constitutional confrontation after Mamata Banerjee refused to resign as chief minister on Tuesday after her party, the Trinamool Congress, lost to the BJP in the Assembly election results on Monday. The new BJP ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphThe BJP on Tuesday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for refusing to resign after the party's decisive defeat in the assembly elections, saying that she was making herself a "laughing stock".State BJP spokesperson Debjit Sarkar alleged that ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a lookout notice against Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas in connection with a money laundering case, an official said on Tuesday.The lookout notice was issued after Biswas evaded multiple summons issued ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Tuesday rejected TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s allegation that BJP supporters and central forces assaulted her during counting of votes."I spoke to the District Election Officer. The District Election Officer said ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphWaiting at the Guru Nanak Dental College in Bengal’s Panihati for the counting of votes in six constituencies in the district, a candidate overheard a conversation between some government officials assigned on poll duty.Like the candidates, the officials too ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphThe BJP on Tuesday named Union Home Minister Amit Shah as the party's central observer for election of its legislative party leader in West Bengal. The party also appointed Union minister JP Nadda as its central observer for election ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphAs results of 54 Assembly seats in north Bengal were out on Monday, stray incidents of violence cropped up. The Telegraph notes a few. Counting clash Trinamool and BJP supporters clashed at the counting ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphFollowing the BJP’s electoral victory in Bengal, several stakeholders in Tollywood — including actors, directors and producers — have expressed optimism, voicing hope for meaningful reforms. Voices from across Tollywood suggest that the industry is at a turning point. ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphAt least two people died in incidents of alleged political violence in Calcutta on Monday and Tuesday, alongside reports of vandalism at several Trinamool Congress offices across the city.All police stations under Kolkata Police’s jurisdiction were instructed to arrest ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphKishore Datta stepped down as Bengal’s advocate-general on Tuesday, a day after the Assembly election results were announced.Datta sent his resignation letter to governor K.N. Ravi in the morning, said sources in Calcutta High Court. With his resignation, the ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphMayor Firhad Hakim visited his office at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation headquarters on Tuesday, a day after his party’s drubbing at the Assembly elections. The Trinamool board enjoys an overwhelming majority in the civic body, with over 130 out ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphThe scissor barricades on Harish Chatterjee Street that lead to the residence of outgoing chief minister Mamata Banerjee were removed on Tuesday morning, a day after the Trinamool Congress was routed in the Assembly elections. Sources said hand-held guardrails ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphThe BJP is keen to run the government from Writers’ Buildings, tapping into what party leaders said was a long-standing public sentiment attached to the historic seat of power in Bengal.Party insiders said the move to shift the secretariat ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphThe second floor of Writers’ Buildings is “most suited” to house the office of Bengal’s next chief minister, and could be readied in weeks if the BJP decides to shift the state secretariat back to the heart of the ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphSaffron flags fluttered at Jadavpur University on Tuesday, many bearing the slogan “Jai Shri Ram”.A group of university staff members moved around the campus carrying the flags. They handed a lotus in bloom to vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee and attempted ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphRevolutions are rarely clean. In Bengal, famous for its revolutionary fervour that runs across class divides, they are now called Poriborton (literally, change). And in the first 12 hours since the latest Poriborton, Kolkata has remained mostly peaceful in ...
6 May 2026 TelegraphCentral force jawans were posted at all six gates of Nabanna — the Bengal secretariat — and additional police personnel were sent to check cars of top officers and bags of common employees when the staff left offices in ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphThe split in Muslim votes in three minority-dominated districts of Bengal has helped the BJP win 10 additional seats in the 2026 Assembly elections.The results also revealed an interesting fact.Murshidabad, a district with over 70 per cent Muslim population ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday secured 40 of 54 Assembly seats in north Bengal, surpassing its previous record of 30 seats in the 2021 elections.The Trinamool Congress, which suffered a major setback across the state, was reduced ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphThe BJP’s sweep of three Assembly seats within the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) area in the Darjeeling hills, coupled with the saffron party’s victory in Bengal, has raised fresh questions over the future of GTA and its impact on ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphThe BJP’s primary mission of winning Bengal has been accomplished with a landslide victory on Monday. The next question now is: who will be the chief minister?Although there has been no official announcement so far, at least four names ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphJhal muri — Bengal’s favourite street snack made of puffed rice — and Rabindra Sangeet became the twin themes of celebration at the state BJP headquarters on Monday as the party cruised towards a landslide victory in the state.Jhal ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphHindsight is always 20:20, as the saying goes. And in that perfect vision, the BJP’s sweep of the Assembly election in Bengal does not come as a surprise. Here are five factors that may have contributed to the stunning ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphTwo voters at saffron-drenched 6 Muralidhar Sen Lane in Kolkata, the old headquarters of the BJP in Bengal, on Monday evening typified the BJP’s sweep of the 2026 Assembly election.“I have always been with the ruling party,” Bikram Poddar, ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphCheers of a “new dawn” reverberated through industry bodies and trade associations in Bengal on Monday as the BJP seemed set to sweep the Bengal Assembly election.Bengal Inc expressed hope that the new government would focus on industrialisation, infrastructure ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphThe expanded municipal fringes of Kolkata that were once upon a time strongholds of the CPM tilted towards the BJP, the Assembly election votes counting on Monday showed, signalling a shift in longstanding voting patterns.The saffron party was leading ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphSecurity around outgoing Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's residence in Kalighat in south Kolkata was beefed up on Monday afternoon following a directive of the Election Commission after a group of people reached near the place and raised "Jai ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphKhela shesh – the game is over. That’s what the BJP’s Bengal unit posted on X (formerly Twitter) even as Bengal’s outgoing chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged Trinamool candidates and agents to remain vigilant and not to leave counting ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphThe BJP maintained a strong lead in Bengal on Monday, surging past the halfway mark of 148 before noon as counting of votes showed ding-dong battles in many seats including the marquee showdown between Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee and ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphRallies celebrating the victory of candidates will not be allowed anywhere in Bengal on Monday, a senior official of the chief electoral officer's (CEO) office said and the Kolkata police also put out a notification.The EC official also told ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphThe government was unseated from Nabanna. However, whether the towering Howrah building is also the seat of the new government in Bengal remains to be seen.Following the BJP sweep, speculation was rife that the administrative headquarters would be shifted ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphThe Election Commission barred victory rallies on Monday, permitting them from Tuesday, subject to prior approval from respective local police stations.All police stations across the state were asked to remain alert against post-poll violence.The city police issued a notification ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphAs her lead crossed 5,000, Ratna Debnath pulled her aanchal with her right hand and wiped her eyes.“Eta anyay-er biruddhhey nyay-er vote (It’s a verdict for justice against injustice),” Ratna said, putting her glasses back over glistening eyes. “This ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphThe towering Sujit Bose was brought down decisively.More than 6-feet tall, Bose had not lost an election since 2009 — a “tall” Trinamool leader in more ways than one.On Monday night, however, he was defeated by a wide margin ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphMamata Banerjee left the counting centre at Sakhawat Memorial school at 7.30pm. She alleged she had been kicked inside the premises.By 9.30pm, the BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari had won the Bhabanipur seat by over 15,000 votes after 20 rounds of ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphThe BJP’s sweep across Bengal was rooted in the consolidation of Hindu votes — but it also reflected deep public revulsion with fifteen years of Trinamool Congress rule.Whether it was more a vote against Mamata Banerjee than a vote ...
5 May 2026 TelegraphThe BJP will form the next government in Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, leader of Opposition in the outgoing Assembly, on Monday asserted as early trends showed his party nearing the halfway mark and even crossing it on some TV channels. ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphTwo occupants of an auto-rickshaw died and four others were critically injured when the vehicle collided head-on with an SUV on NH17 near Cooch Behar town on Sunday morning.The accident took place around 7.45am at Rajarhat-Kalitala, around 8km from ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) issued notices to 14 Trinamool Congress leaders and workers in Malda, including poll agents, asking them to appear for questioning on Sunday, the eve of counting of votes for the Bengal Assembly elections.Of the ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphMamata Banerjee on Sunday told her party’s counting machinery for the 267-booth Bhabanipur Assembly seat that a 200-plus seat count for Trinamool Congress was a given, and that they should not leave their posts till a victory certificate was ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphFresh incidents of post-poll violence surfaced at Noapara in North 24-Parganas and Canning in South 24-Parganas on Saturday night, posing a challenge for the Election Commission’s heightened security measures before Monday’s counting.In Noapara, BJP leader Kundan Singh narrowly escaped ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphA day before the Bengal Assembly election results, the BJP on Sunday instructed the party’s district units not to indulge in violence against rival workers or leaders if it comes to power.Samik Bhattacharya, the BJP state president, said every ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphResidents of Hashimnagar under the Falta Assembly constituency erupted in celebrations late on Saturday night after the Election Commission countermanded its poll held on April 29 and ordered a repoll for the seat on May 21.A sense of euphoria ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphWait-and-watch — that seems to be the mantra for sweet shop owners across the city.Sweets or mishti are an integral part of victory celebrations for political parties in every election. A mix of saffron-coloured sweets, including laddoos and barfis, ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphThe newly appointed officer-in-charge of Kalighat police station was removed on Sunday, less than 24 hours after being posted there.Inspector Chameli Mukherjee, who was posted as the officer-in-charge of Kalighat police station on Saturday, was removed by Kolkata Police ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphMany persons with disabilities cast their votes on Wednesday, fulfilling their “duty” as citizens and asserting their “right” to participate in the electoral process.Some were well aware of the task ahead, while others needed guidance from their parents and ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphThe waterlogging along Amherst Street last week was not just the result of heavy rainfall but was also caused by underground sewer lines in the neighbourhood currently being replaced, which blocked the natural flow of rainwater, sources in the ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphVotes cast in 17 Assembly seats in and around the city will be counted at nine counting centres on Monday, with strong rooms turned into fortresses and the administration imposing curbs in the surrounding areas. Counting will begin at ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphColoured powder (abir) was in brisk demand in the city on the eve of the Bengal election results.Some traders went so far as to compare the demand with that during Holi.Orange seems to be the most preferred choice, at ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphTrinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee held a meeting with her party's counting agents for the Bhabanipur constituency, from where she is seeking a re-election, on Sunday evening, hours before the counting of votes for the West Bengal assembly election ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphTrinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday challenged the “Bangla Birodhi Gujarati gang” to contest the Falta Assembly constituency, following the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to order fresh polling. He posted on X saying, “Ten lifetimes won't ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphA day before the counting of votes for the West Bengal assembly elections, two persons were arrested on Sunday for allegedly being involved in a firing incident outside the residence of a BJP leader in North 24 Parganas district, ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphThe OC of Kalighat police station has been changed again. Chameli Mukherjee, OC of Ultadanga Women Police Station was appointed to the post on Saturday, replacing Gautam Das. Within 24 hours, that directive was revoked and this time, Balai ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphThe Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation (HNAF) based in Siliguri is all set to host its fifth annual butterfly watching camp at Raimatang in the Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Alipurduar district from May 7 to 10.Animesh Bose, the ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphThe BJP has decided to depute around 12,000 trained counting agents to firmly remain in their posts till the counting process ends and the final outcome is announced from their respective constituencies on May 4.The move has been taken ...
4 May 2026 TelegraphAn outfit representing Matuas in north Bengal has come out with a slew of demands for the new government, including the post of a deputy chief minister and a separate development board for the community in the region.“We have ...
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