As the Trinamool Congress moves closer to a split each passing day, with several of its MPs and MLAs dissociating themselves from the party, TMC MP Mahu Moitra on Sunday lashed out at senior party leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay, saying ...
14 June 2026 Indian ExpressShortly after news broke that Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Banerjee joined the rebel faction, he was Saturday removed from his organisational position within the party. He previously served as the party president for the North Kolkata organisational district. Sougata ...
14 June 2026 Indian ExpressFormer Minister of State for Tourism and Information and Culture, Indranil Sen and his wife, Madhuchanda Sen, moved to Calcutta High Court on Friday for anticipatory bail in connection with a case linked to alleged irregularities in Durga Puja ...
14 June 2026 Indian ExpressHigh drama unfolded at Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee’s residence in Kolkata early Saturday morning after police teams and central forces arrived at the spot to search the premises in relation to a case allegedly linked to his ...
14 June 2026 Indian ExpressKolkata local train update: To further expand its reach for Kolkata suburban commuters, the AC local train service between Sealdah and Ranaghat will now stop at five more stations. Launched on August 10, 2025, West Bengal’s first AC local ...
14 June 2026 Indian ExpressThree days after the Calcutta High Court granted interim protection to Aroop Biswas while allowing the police to carry on with the investigation into the 2025 Lionel Messi chaos incident, the Kolkata police on Saturday issued its third summons ...
14 June 2026 Indian ExpressKolkata road closure, Kolkata Traffic Advisory: Vidyasagar Setu in Kolkata will remain closed for eight hours on Sunday, June 14, due to repair and rehabilitation work, including the replacement of stay and holding-down cables and bearings. Thus, vehicular movement ...
14 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been conducting searches since Saturday morning at multiple premises linked to Kamarhati Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Madan Mitra in connection with the probe into the municipal recruitment scam.In a release, the ED stated, “ED ...
14 June 2026 Indian ExpressA Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed to probe a massive fire that ripped through a 10-storey government building in Kolkata’s Alipore area on Wednesday morning, destroying around 4,000 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).While police said that no separate complaint ...
13 June 2026 Indian ExpressActor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha Thursday said he would remain with the Trinamool Congress and continue to support party chief Mamata Banerjee despite recent turbulence from the party.Earlier, speculation rose around Shatrughan Sinha’s move, but what set the ball rolling? Sinha’s ...
13 June 2026 Indian ExpressTMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was questioned for over five hours by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police on Thursday evening in connection with the MLAs’ signature forgery case.The Diamond Harbour MP, who had skipped ...
13 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned whether the state Assembly Speaker can recognise someone as the Leader of the Opposition ( LoP) without the consent of the political party.The court was hearing the plea by TMC’s Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, ...
13 June 2026 Indian ExpressAn FIR was registered against former West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee for allegedly making provocative remarks during the last Assembly election campaign, a senior officer said on Friday.According to police, the FIR was registered at ...
13 June 2026 Indian ExpressAn alleged financial scam at a private school in Kanchrapara in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district has come to light after the local police seized Rs 1.77 crore in unaccounted cash, along with computer systems and incriminating documents, ...
13 June 2026 Indian ExpressAhead of the new West Bengal government’s first budget, newly appointed Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta arrived in North Bengal on Thursday morning for crucial pre-budget consultations with local stakeholders.“North Bengal has been deprived for a long time. But North ...
13 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe police arrested Kolkata Municipal Corporation councillor Swapan Samaddar of the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday based on a complaint filed by a woman on Tuesday night. The FIR was registered under charges including attempted murder and molestation.As the police ...
12 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe Narkeldanga police on Wednesday arrested Kolkata Municipal Corporation councillor Swapan Samaddar on alleged charges of extortion, threats and post -poll violence dating back to the 2021 Assembly election.The TMC leader is also one of the accused in the ...
12 June 2026 Indian ExpressFormer West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress leader Ujjal Biswas was arrested in Nadia district’s Krishnanagar on Tuesday night in an alleged relief material misappropriation case, hours after an angry crowd barged into his residence, pelted him with eggs, ...
11 June 2026 Indian ExpressIn another blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, senior leader Sushmita Dev quit the party and resigned as its Rajya Sabha MP today. In a letter to Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan, Sushmita Dev requested ...
11 June 2026 Indian ExpressA police complaint has alleged that former West Bengal minister Indranil Sen and officials of an organisation led by his wife misappropriated public funds and hurt religious sentiments after falsely claiming the organisation was Unesco’s official partner to promote ...
11 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal CID Tuesday conducted searches at the Trinamool Congress’s central party office in Kolkata’s Kalighat and at the office of TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Camac Street as part of its investigation into the alleged ...
11 June 2026 Indian ExpressA day after a rebel camp of Trinamool Congress (TMC) claimed that at least 20 of the party’s 28 Lok Sabha MPs decided to align with the NDA, senior TMC leader Kalyan Banerjee said if people have grievances against ...
10 June 2026 Indian ExpressThree days after TMC leader Firhad Hakim resigned as Mayor of Kolkata, the BJP government in West Bengal, led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday dissolved the governing Board of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), and appointed IAS officer ...
10 June 2026 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) councillor and former Bidhannagar Municipality chairman Sabyasachi Dutta was arrested late on Monday night from his residence in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district in an extortion case. Dutta denied the allegations, saying the case was ...
10 June 2026 Indian ExpressA bone-chilling tragedy has unfolded in West Bengal’s Nadia district, where a dark plot allegedly hatched by two minor schoolgirls cut short the life of a seven-year-old Class I child. What initially appeared to be a mysterious tragedy inside ...
9 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe Trinamool Congress on Monday moved Calcutta High Court challenging the decision by the Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose to appoint expelled TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the state Assembly.The petition seeks judicial ...
9 June 2026 Indian ExpressIn the single largest administrative realignment since the recent regime change in the state, the BJP government on Monday executed a sweeping overhaul of the state’s police machinery, transferring and promoting as many as 179 senior IPS and West ...
9 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe stage of the meltdown in Trinamool Congress in the aftermath of the West Bengal Assembly election has shifted from Kolkata to Delhi. About 20 of the party’s 28 Lok Sabha MPs, sources have said, are holed up in ...
9 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police on Monday arrested TMC strongman Jahangir Khan, who is facing a slew of FIRs related to extortion, murder, and criminal intimidation charges, from near the India-Nepal border.Khan was TMC’s candidate ...
9 June 2026 Indian ExpressAmid the Trinamool Congress meltdown in the aftermath of the West Bengal Assembly election, its veteran leader, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, has resigned from the party’s membership and also given up his Rajya Sabha seat.Asked why he had resigned, Roy ...
9 June 2026 Indian ExpressNorth Bengal and various parts of the state felt tremors after an earthquake struck neighbouring Bhutan on Sunday night.According to the National Centre for Seismology, an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 was felt at midnight in the Bhutan region with ...
8 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe hawker-eviction drive in the Jadavpur station area in Kolkata on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday turned violent with protesters clashing with the police.Local hawker unions, backed by left-wing trade organisations, political activists, and a large contingent ...
8 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe Bidhannagar (South) Police has once again summoned former state sports minister Aroop Biswas in connection with the Messi event fiasco case, after he skipped to appear before the police on Friday.As per sources in the police, Biswas was ...
8 June 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra narrowly escaped an aggressive midnight assault on Saturday as his vehicle was swarmed, vandalised, and pelted with eggs by an armed mob in Ward 14 of the Kamarhati municipality in North 24 ...
8 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe newly formed Bengal BJP government led by Suvendu Adhikari has initiated the process to fulfill the party’s pre-election promise of rolling out the ‘Yuva Shakti Bharosa Card’ – a welfare initiative for the state’s unemployed youth.What is the ...
8 June 2026 Indian ExpressA policeman standing in a clothing warehouse… Rummaging through a pile of sarees. And emerges from beneath the pile, a man in a purple shirt: TMC worker Brahmananda Chakraborty. A video of his arrest is now viral on social ...
8 June 2026 Indian ExpressBy Aleesha EkkaHeavy rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning, is expected in parts of West Bengal over the next seven days, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) with temperatures across the state likely to remain near or slightly below ...
8 June 2026 Indian ExpressAfter their scheduled meeting at Nabanna on Saturday, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced at a joint press conference that ongoing railway projects worth over Rs 1 lakh crore are set to completely overhaul ...
8 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe Bengal government Friday asked district magistrates to conduct a detailed survey of all madrasas in the state.Releasing an order, the government stated that the purpose of the survey is to “obtain authentic district-wise data” as well as identify ...
7 June 2026 Indian ExpressBesieged by rebellions — first by the newly elected MLAs and followed by growing murmurs of an imminent split among her MPs — Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, in a desperate bid to keep her flock together, on ...
7 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) on Saturday recovered a massive cache of weapons from a pond adjacent to the house of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader in Sandeshkhali in the North 24 Parganas district.The arms cache—17 weapons ...
7 June 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Paramita DattaThe Chief Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, in a press conference on Thursday, said that the government is considering separating the shipping sector from the transport department by creating a shipping wing of its own. ...
7 June 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Subhosree Modak/Antoreep DasAn escalating LPG crisis has pushed Kolkata’s autorickshaw transport network into a state of absolute instability. As fuel costs spiral, LPG autorickshaw operators spanning from the northern fringes of Dum Dum and Madhyamgram to deep southern transit ...
6 June 2026 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) leader Firhad Hakim resigned as Kolkata mayor on Friday, around six months before his term was to end, saying that “the dignity of the mayor’s chair was being undermined and he did not want that”.Addressing a ...
6 June 2026 Indian ExpressTMC leader Swarup Biswas, a prominent face in Kolkata’s cultural and entertainment sectors and brother of former minister Aroop Biswas, was arrested from Sahapur Colony on Thursday night for alleged sexual harassment and extortion. The arrest followed a complaint ...
6 June 2026 Indian ExpressUnion Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal met West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in Kolkata on Thursday to discuss the possibility of making West Bengal the maritime hub of eastern India, proposing a maritime investment pipeline ...
6 June 2026 Indian ExpressDays after serving notice to Abhishek Banerjee, the Crime Investigation Department team on Thursday evening visited the residence of TMC MLA and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim in connection with the signature forgery case.According to CID sources, the agency questioned ...
6 June 2026 Indian ExpressFrom laying roads and constructing houses to filling job vacancies, the new BJP government will strengthen the rural economy in all spheres, state Panchayat Minister Dilip Ghosh said on Thursday.In his first press briefing as Panchayat Minister, Ghosh said ...
5 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches at premises linked to former Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla, including his residence in Jibantala in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district.Saokat was not at home at the time, and ...
5 June 2026 Indian ExpressIn a major move to tackle peak-hour crowds and streamline travel, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport in Kolkata has rolled out significant terminal expansions. The structural upgrades are designed to enhance passenger comfort, optimise operational speed, and ...
5 June 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Debadrita BasuThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a week of light to moderate rainfall and scattered thundershowers across West Bengal. While the incoming rain offers brief relief to daily commuters, a combination of high temperatures and ...
5 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe police on Wednesday arrested Trinamool Congress spokesperson and state vice-president Jay Prakash Majumdar over allegedly illegally occupying a woman’s house for several years and allegedly harassing her.As per the sources, locals were staging a protest against Majumdar outside ...
5 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe divide in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) was out in the open Wednesday after a group of 60 rebel MLAs seized control of its legislature party in West Bengal, elected expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of Opposition ...
5 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday summoned Trinamool Congress national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee, asking him to appear before it on June 15 in connection with the primary school recruitment irregularities case.On Wednesday evening, a team of ...
4 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal Director General of Police to take necessary action against ‘absconding’ Block Development Officer Prashant Barman and ensure that the accused is brought under the course of ...
4 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal government on Wednesday launched the Annapurna Yojana under which 2,825,769 women beneficiaries will receive Rs 3,000 each in the first phase.Launching the scheme at a press conference at Nabanna, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said once the ...
4 June 2026 Indian ExpressSenior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Firhad Hakim resigned as the mayor of Kolkata on Wednesday. Party supremo Mamata Banerjee accepted his request to step down, TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh said.Hakim, one of the party’s most prominent leaders and a ...
4 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Cabinet Wednesday approved a series of major administrative, security, and welfare decisions. These include a significant push for international border infrastructure, the massive expansion of the state’s subsidised food programme, designated state-day celebrations, and a top-tier ...
4 June 2026 Indian ExpressAt 32, Biraj Biswas became the youngest person inducted into West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s Council of Ministers. Biswas was among the 35 new ministers sworn in by Governor R N Ravi at the Lok Bhavan on Monday.He ...
4 June 2026 Indian ExpressA day after two suitcases packed with bundles of termite-infested cash and a firearm were allegedly recovered from an almirah inside the union room of Surendranath College in Kolkata, the police on Wednesday booked Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Debashish ...
4 June 2026 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend the West Bengal Foundation Day celebrations in the state on June 20, according to sources. This will mark his first visit to Bengal after the BJP government was sworn in last ...
4 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe Trinamool Congress leadership, stunned by the defiance of 60 of its 80 MLAs in the West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday, has decided to dissolve all party committees and frontal organisations. The party leadership has said that it will ...
4 June 2026 Indian ExpressSuprabuddha Sen, the grandson of celebrated modern artist Nandalal Bose, passed away on Monday morning, days after he was admitted to a hospital in Durgapur with breathing difficulties. He was 88.Suprabuddha Sen and his wife, 82-year-old Deepa Sen, were ...
3 June 2026 Indian ExpressOn May 27, upholding the legal validity of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Supreme Court directed that those excluded from the list will face “adjudication of their citizenship”.“… the (Election) Commission shall refer ...
3 June 2026 Indian ExpressFollowing the defeat of their party in the Assembly elections, TMC leaders have reportedly started returning “cut money” to people under pressure from the residents and BJP workers.On Sunday, two TMC leaders in Pachagarh gram panchayat under the Mathabhanga-1 ...
3 June 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Antoreep Das and Subhosree ModakA cloud of deep uncertainty has gripped College Street, the heart of Kolkata’s book trade, as widespread rumors of an impending eviction drive targeting roadside book stalls spread through the area. Coming on ...
3 June 2026 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee Wednesday approached the Calcutta High Court to challenge a summons notice issued to him by the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The notice is tied to an ongoing probe into ...
3 June 2026 Indian ExpressA Trinamool Congress panchayat chief was found hanging inside his house in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday, police said.The deceased has been identified as Jahidul Haque Baidya, the chief of Jadurhati Uttar Gram panchayat in Baduria ...
3 June 2026 Indian ExpressBack on the streets of Kolkata to protest after the party’s shocking and humiliating defeat in the Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched a fierce political counter-offensive, accusing the ruling BJP of trying to ...
3 June 2026 Indian ExpressA total of 31 accused persons have been named in chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in four separate cases in connection with the road blockades and illegal detention of judicial officers engaged in the Special Intensive ...
3 June 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s major Cabinet expansion on Monday saw the induction of several key leaders with RSS links into the new Council of Ministers.By filling key Cabinet slots with leaders who rose straight through the ranks of its ...
3 June 2026 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee’s parents have approached the Calcutta High Court, seeking to quash a notice issued by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) over alleged unauthorised construction at their residence.The case is listed to be heard by ...
3 June 2026 Indian ExpressThree weeks after taking charge as the first BJP chief minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday expanded his Council of Ministers to 41, by inducting 35 new members. There were no big surprises, but a few small ...
3 June 2026 Indian ExpressFormer chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the BJP for “attacks on her party leaders and MLAs” and said the TMC will emerge stronger after these incidents.“The way you assaulted the MP (Abhishek Banerjee) of ...
2 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe Trinamool Congress (TMC) Monday expelled two MLAs – Ritabrata Bandyopadhyay (Uluberia-Purba) and Sandipan Saha (Entally) – on grounds of anti-party activities. The Opposition party wrote a letter to Speaker Rathindra Bose communicating its decision.The decision was announced minutes ...
2 June 2026 Indian ExpressIn a Cabinet expansion just three weeks after taking charge, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday expanded the Bengal Council of Ministers to 41, by inducting 35 new members. This is said to be part of the BJP’s effort ...
2 June 2026 Indian ExpressTwenty-seven days after assuming office, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari expanded his Cabinet with 35 new ministers Monday, signalling the BJP’s effort to balance regional, caste, and gender representation in its first government in the state.The Bengal Council ...
2 June 2026 Indian ExpressPreparations began on Monday to dismantle and relocate the towering statue of football legend Lionel Messi in Kolkata’s Lake Town after authorities declared the structure a potential public safety hazard.Engineers and workers were seen carrying out preliminary operations at ...
2 June 2026 Indian ExpressFor Maya Som, 67, a change in government in West Bengal has translated into immediate financial relief. She regularly commutes from Rathtala near Dunlop to the bustling markets of Burrabazar to source women’s apparel, which she resells in her ...
2 June 2026 Indian ExpressNearly 60 of the 80 newly elected TMC MLAs on Sunday failed to turn up at party supremo Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence in Kolkata on Sunday, forcing the party to cancel the scheduled meeting.With only a handful of MLAs ...
1 June 2026 Indian ExpressThe BJP government in West Bengal expanded its Cabinet on Monday, adding 35 ministers, three weeks after CM Suvendu Adhikari and five others were sworn in.Governor RN Ravi administered the oaths of the newly elected ministers at Nabanna at ...
1 June 2026 Indian ExpressFollowing a preliminary inquiry into the Lionel Messi event controversy, the Bidhannagar police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against former West Bengal Sports Minister and senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Aroop Biswas. The formal complaint was lodged ...
1 June 2026 Indian ExpressFormer West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that a private hospital was pressured into not admitting TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee after he faced stone-pelting on Saturday in Sonarpur, South 24 Parganas, where he went to meet the ...
1 June 2026 Indian ExpressFree bus travel for women in West Bengal: The women in West Bengal will be able to travel free of cost on all state-run buses from Monday (June 1). It was one of the key promises made by the ...
1 June 2026 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee staged a sit-in protest on Sunday morning, alleging that he was attacked and injured while arriving at the Chanditala police station to submit a memorandum against the arrest and detention of party workers.The ...
1 June 2026 Indian ExpressAnnapurna Bhandar Yojana West Bengal: The application process for the Annapurna Yojana in West Bengal will start on Monday (June 1, 2026). On May 27, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari-led state government launched the application form to provide eligible women ...
1 June 2026 Indian ExpressTMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was heckled and eggs thrown at him at Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas on Saturday when he was on his way to meet the family of a victim killed allegedly in the post-poll violence ...
31 May 2026 Indian ExpressIn the first seven days after opening holding centres across the state, the West Bengal administration has so far apprehended around 400 alleged Bangladeshi citizens for deportation.According to the state administration, the highest number of detentions are from the ...
31 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal police have picked up seven people in connection with the assault on Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee in Sonarpur.According to senior police officials, a suo motu case was registered, following which ...
31 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal School Education Department has issued a set of instructions to ensure that the school environment, infrastructure, and quality of education meet the requisite standards before June 1.The state government schools will reopen on June 1 after ...
31 May 2026 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) MP and National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee was heckled and pelted with eggs on Saturday evening while visiting Sonarpur to meet the family of a TMC worker who was allegedly a victim of post-poll violence.The incident ...
31 May 2026 Indian ExpressStating that it was imperative to control population growth of West Bengal, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday asked Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to adopt effective policies, including mandatory family planning.Sharing the stage with the chief minister during ...
31 May 2026 Indian ExpressNewly-elected West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Saturday launched a statewide vaccination campaign against the human papillomavirus (HPV), that aims to protect adolescent girls against cervical cancer, news agency PTI reported.The vaccination drive will be conducted at 881 government ...
31 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police Saturday summoned Trinamool Congress MP and former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee.A four-member team from the detective department first went to Abhishek Banerjee’s Harish Mukherjee Road ...
31 May 2026 Indian ExpressPanchayat Minister Dilip Ghosh turned heads on Thursday morning when he was spotted riding a luxury superbike without a helmet outside Eco Park in New Town.Cruising down the road with a pillion behind him, the senior BJP leader stopped ...
31 May 2026 Indian ExpressAccusing the previous TMC government of changing West Bengal’s demographic composition by “encouraging infiltration,” Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said the Census was “extremely necessary” and should not be linked to politics.“Because of the Census, a large number ...
30 May 2026 Indian ExpressHeavy rain lashed Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal on Friday, leaving seven people dead and causing widespread damage. Flight operations were also hit, with several diverted or delayed.The weather office said a squall passed over Alipore in ...
30 May 2026 Indian ExpressIn a significant move against littering, the West Bengal government is set to impose strict fines from September 1 for throwing plastic waste or garbage on roads.Agnimitra Paul, Minister for Urban Development and Municipal Affairs, has said that a ...
30 May 2026 Indian ExpressFor residents living along VIP Road in Kolkata, a direct Metro ride has long been a distant dream. While the northern and southern suburbs of Kolkata gradually wove themselves into the city’s rapid transit network, this bustling corridor has ...
30 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police is probing the allegations of fake signatures of TMC MLAs in its letter to the Assembly Secretariat for backing Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of Opposition – a Cabinet Minister-rank ...
30 May 2026 Indian Express