The Bengali language will be mandatory at all levels of government in West Bengal from September 1, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced in the Legislative Assembly on Monday.CM Adhikari informed the Assembly that Bengali will be the primary medium ...
22 July 2026 Indian ExpressUnion Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday laid the foundation stone virtually for the world’s largest curd production plant while slamming the previous TMC government for stalling the entry of Gujarat-based dairy cooperative Amul into the state.Part of the ...
21 July 2026 Indian ExpressIn a rare surgical feat, doctors at the state-run SSKM Hospital have successfully removed a 23-cm-long ‘true human tail’ from a 13-year-old boy, a congenital anomaly the health department claims is the longest documented operated case of its kind ...
21 July 2026 Indian ExpressA breath analyser test has now revealed that the gateman arrested over Friday’s train accident in Murshidabad was not intoxicated, sources said Sunday. Three schoolchildren and a senior citizen died Friday when a train rammed a school van and ...
21 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe Bengal Police arrested the prime suspect in the Rajarhat bomb blast case late Saturday evening.The accused, identified as Md Shamim, had recently taken the room on rent where a crude bomb set off on Friday, damaging the four-storey ...
21 July 2026 Indian ExpressFears of a seasonal spike in coronavirus cases have resurfaced in West Bengal after a 10-year-old boy was hospitalised with Covid-19 and secondary pneumonia. The child, a resident of Kolkata’s Garia neighbourhood, had been suffering from a high fever, ...
20 July 2026 Indian ExpressFor the first time since a wave of defections and dissidence hit the Trinamool Congress following its defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections two months ago, party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday dared the rebels to ...
20 July 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Subhosree ModakThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) in West Bengal on Saturday issued an extremely heavy rainfall warning for the northern districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, and Coochbehar until Sunday. The regions have been issued an Orange alert ...
20 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal governor’s office has lodged a complaint with the Kolkata police, alleging that an unknown individual was impersonating Governor R N Ravi and making phone calls to senior officials, dignitaries, and others.In a letter to the deputy ...
19 July 2026 Indian ExpressStudents of Classes 9 to 12 in West Bengal government schools will soon receive training in digital content creation, with the state government deciding to set up Digital Content Creator Labs in 500 schools over the next five years. ...
19 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe South 24 Parganas district administration on Saturday started demolishing the party office of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee in Amtala after it was found to be constructed allegedly without an approved building plan and in violation of applicable rules, ...
19 July 2026 Indian ExpressForty-eight hours of anxiety finally came to an end after Howrah resident and state-level shooter Damayanti Sen, 15, got reunited with her family on Saturday after being missing for two days.She was reportedly traced to the Ramakrishna Ghat area ...
19 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe Eastern Railway on Friday said the gateman of the railway crossing involved in the Murshidabad tragedy has been arrested. This comes after five people, including three school students, died after a passenger train collided with a school van crossing ...
18 July 2026 Indian ExpressA preliminary investigation by the Eastern Railway into the Murshidabad train accident on Friday has ruled out any glitch in the signaling system in Friday morning’s horrific train accident in Murshidabad, pinning the blame entirely on “human error” and ...
18 July 2026 Indian ExpressState-level rifle shooter Damayanti Sen, 15, went missing on Thursday in West Bengal’s Howrah district.According to the family of the teenager, a resident of Central Howrah, she had gone to buy milk from a shop near her home on ...
18 July 2026 Indian ExpressReiterating the state government’s decision to involve ISKCON in the school midday meal programme, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said that the organisation has had the experience of ensuring quality nutrition for children and that the government hopes ...
18 July 2026 Indian ExpressFour school students and a senior citizen died after a passenger train rammed a school van crossing railway tracks in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district early on Friday.Four others, including the van’s driver, were critically injured in the incident, which ...
18 July 2026 Indian ExpressRaising concerns over what he termed “tremendous radicalisation” in some districts of West Bengal, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya drew parallels with neighbouring Bangladesh, saying that this year’s Durga Puja will be celebrated peacefully and vowed to restore the ...
18 July 2026 Indian ExpressUnion Home Minister Amit Shah will undertake a three-day visit to West Bengal from July 17 to 19, during which he is scheduled to inspect border security installations, chair meetings on governance and law and order, and inaugurate multiple ...
18 July 2026 Indian ExpressIn another blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, actor Koel Mallick resigned as the party’s Rajya Sabha MP on Thursday, just three months after the party nominated her to the Upper House of Parliament. Koel Mallick is Trinamool’s ...
17 July 2026 Indian ExpressIn a chilling incident near Kolkata, a 16-year-old schoolgirl was stabbed to death in Howrah, allegedly by a man who had been stalking her despite the teenager spurning his advances. The Class 10 student was followed and attacked while ...
17 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the state to inform TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee about the number of complaints pending against him in various police stations across the state.Abhishek had moved the Calcutta High Court, seeking relief from ...
17 July 2026 Indian ExpressAs one after another, Mamata Banerjee’s closest aides abandoned her – the latest being Madan Mitra – the Trinamool Congress chief on Wednesday asserted that she would rebuild the party as she did in 2004.Hours after Madan Mitra joined ...
17 July 2026 Indian ExpressBy Antoreep DasNearly a decade after she disappeared while stepping out to buy flowers for Lord Jagannath during Rath Yatra, an elderly woman from Odisha is set to reunite with her family, thanks to the efforts of a government-run senior ...
17 July 2026 Indian ExpressAfter skipping two appearances, Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday appeared before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bidhannagar court, in Kolkata to record his voice sample in connection with a case related to his remark on DJs playing music ...
16 July 2026 Indian ExpressFor the first time in 15 years, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress will not be observing the July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally in front of the Victoria House at Esplanade. Instead, the Mamata-led faction will be holding the annual rally ...
16 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe Centre has allocated Rs 1000 crore for laying 2400 km of rural roads in the state under the PM Gram Sadak Yojna and sanctioned the construction of one lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana, Chief Minister ...
16 July 2026 Indian ExpressMadan Mitra, one of Mamata Banerjee’s oldest and closest associates, who stood by her even before the formation of the Trinamool Congress, joined the rebel faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee Wednesday.The move comes a day after the Enforcement Directorate ...
16 July 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday set a target of planting 10 crore saplings this year to protect the state’s environment, while citing the examples of Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh and Amit Shah’s Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat.“If the Chief ...
16 July 2026 Indian ExpressIn a major relief from Kolkata’s traffic, a new infrastructural initiative has been proposed by the administration: the Kolkata Ring Road Project. Part of the state urban development department’s six-month action plan, this massive corridor is aimed at revolutionising ...
16 July 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday set a target of planting 10 crore saplings this year to protect the state’s environment, while citing the examples of Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh and Amit Shah’s Lok Sabha constituency in ...
15 July 2026 Indian ExpressKolkata is officially set to join the elite club of Indian cities operating driverless metro trains. Following in the footsteps of Delhi and Bengaluru, the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has cleared Kolkata Metro’s Green Line (East-West Corridor) to ...
15 July 2026 Indian ExpressMore than Rs 2 crore in cash was recovered from an apartment in New Town, near Kolkata, following a raid on Monday that led to the arrest of seven people, including a woman, for allegedly running a hawala racket.Acting ...
15 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe delimitation exercise has begun in West Bengal for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). The exercise would add 56 wards to the civic body. The exercise could reshape the city’s demographic balance and reshaping political equations ahead of the ...
15 July 2026 Indian ExpressPolice in South 24 Parganas district have recovered the bodies of nine fishermen from a trawler that capsized in the Bay of Bengal near the Sundarbans earlier this month.Teams from Gobardhanpur police station, along with the forest department and ...
15 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe Madhyamik examination, the centralised board examination for Class X conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE), for next year will be held from February 15 to February 25.According to the statement issued by the board ...
15 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Police on Monday arrested Tirthankar Ghosh, the son of former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh, from the Dakhineswar area in connection with two criminal cases against him.Tirthankar, who ran as the Trinamool candidate in the 2026 ...
14 July 2026 Indian ExpressBy Subhosree ModakThe India Meteorological Department has escalated its warnings by issuing a critical red alert for the sub-Himalayan West Bengal due to an active monsoon trough and an upper air cyclonic circulation drawing massive moisture from the Bay ...
14 July 2026 Indian ExpressAuthorities have suspended prayers suspended for the past four days at a 136-year-old mosque located inside the high-security zone of Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, after aviation security officials objected to civilian access across active aircraft taxiways ...
14 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe Bengal government Monday announced a slew of measures for the upcoming Rath Yatra festival, including a grant of Rs 5 lakh each to Rath Yatra committees in the state.The government has also decided to set up seva kendras ...
14 July 2026 Indian ExpressFor decades, the rhythmic clanging and old-world charm of the tram has been synonymous with Kolkata. As services shrank to irregular runs on just two operational routes—Shyambazar to Esplanade (Route No. 5) and Gariahat to Esplanade via Mullick Bazar ...
14 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Police arrested CPI(M) leader Mohammad Lahek Ali Sunday night for allegedly inciting violence in the wake of the rape and murder of a minor girl in Baruipur, taking the number of arrests in the case to ...
14 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe police arrested two more people on Saturday in connection with the incident in which a mob lynched a man after a minor girl’s body was found in a pond at Baruipur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district ...
13 July 2026 Indian ExpressAmid severe public outrage and intense political turmoil across West Bengal following the brutal rape and murder of a minor girl in Baruipur, the Kolkata Police has issued strict guidelines to overhaul the processing of ‘Zero FIRs’ in the ...
13 July 2026 Indian ExpressRebel Trinamool Congress leader Ritabrata Banerjee claimed Sunday that the TMC faction led by him, the ‘Ritabrata-TMC’, is the real TMC, while citing a purported court order. However, the Mamata Banerjee camp said it was only an interim order ...
13 July 2026 Indian ExpressDays after the rape and murder of a Class VI student in Baruipur, a woman in her 30s has alleged that she was assaulted, her head partially shaven and tied to a lamp post by a group of men ...
13 July 2026 Indian ExpressRobbers posing as police officers allegedly looted Rs 2 crore under the guise of a raid at a businessman’s office in South Kolkata on Friday, much like in the Bollywood movie Special 26.According to the police, the robbers introduced ...
13 July 2026 Indian Express“We do not want another Nandigram or Singur,” Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday as he announced the government’s decision to rely on direct purchase of land, rather than acquisition, for industrial needs. He also said that his government ...
13 July 2026 Indian ExpressIn a bid to strengthen its case before the Election Commission of India to stake claim on the Trinamool Congress symbol and funds, the Ritabrata Banerjee-led faction claimed to have drawn in several Mamata-loyalists into its fold, including former ...
13 July 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday refused to describe Indrajeet Mondal’s killing after the recovery of the 11-year-old girl’s body as lynching, saying his identity had been established before the “murder”. He also alleged that “those who lost the ...
12 July 2026 Indian Express38,000 cases cleared, 32 lakh pending.Since March end, when tribunals were set up in West Bengal to tackle cases of “logical discrepancies” after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise by the Election Commission was concluded, and long after the ...
12 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Police on Friday froze 12 more bank accounts of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC), a day after the party was allowed to partially operate three accounts with an alleged corpus of Rs 440 crore.Senior police ...
12 July 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Saturday met the families of the Baruipur rape-murder victim and the lynching victim while visiting the South 24 Parganas district to inaugurate a new police outpost.Handing over a cheque of Rs 25 lakh ...
12 July 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Subhosree ModakA major milestone was etched into the history of the Kolkata Metro Railway on Friday as the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ‘Durga’ successfully made a breakthrough at the under-construction Victoria Metro station around 10.30 am.This engineering ...
12 July 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Subhosree ModakKolkata is bracing for a sustained spell of inclement weather between July 10 and July 15, as a favourable monsoon trough and strong moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal have triggered widespread rain across the ...
12 July 2026 Indian ExpressThree former Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MPs, who resigned from their posts a month after the party’s defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, joined the BJP on Thursday. Hours later, the BJP announced them as candidates for ...
11 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) to partially operate three of its primary HDFC Bank accounts to meet day-to-day administrative and legal expenses. The accounts, which allegedly hold a combined corpus of ...
11 July 2026 Indian ExpressIn another major blow for the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, former TMC Rajya Sabha MPs Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Prakash Chik Baraik joined the BJP in Kolkata on Thursday.The three leaders were inducted into the party ...
11 July 2026 Indian ExpressKolkata Metro expansion: Kolkata Metro is likely to receive 14 new-generation rakes in the financial year 2026-27 to enhance passenger capacity and improve operational efficiency. These new trainsets are expected to provide better services to commuters by increasing fleet ...
10 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Police conducted extensive overnight raids Wednesday, arresting 12 more people in connection with the violent unrest, arson, and mob lynching that erupted in Baruipur following the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl. With these ...
10 July 2026 Indian ExpressFor 33-year-old Sweety Bibi and her two children, Qurban (6) and Imran (12), Wednesday marked the end of a year-long wait. The family crossed into India through the Malda border after spending over a year stranded in Bangladesh following ...
10 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Wednesday that it has frozen three bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), holding deposits worth Rs 440.42 crore, under the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act), following searches in an alleged funds ...
10 July 2026 Indian ExpressPrabhash Mondol, the main accused in the gangrape and murder of an 11-year-old in West Bengal’s Baruipur, was shot dead in an encounter late Tuesday night.According to the police, Mondol had been taken to the crime scene to reconstruct ...
9 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe small community of Christian families in Buri Bot Tola in the Subhasgram area of West Bengal’s Sonarpur, about 30 kilometres from Kolkata, is on edge.On Sunday, a mob barged into an under-construction church here, threatened members of the ...
9 July 2026 Indian ExpressWorkers of the BJP and Trinamool Congress (TMC) clashed in Kolkata on Wednesday during a protest march organised by the Mamata Banerjee-led party over the alleged rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Baruipur, prompting police to resort ...
9 July 2026 Indian ExpressPrabhash Mondol, the main accused in the gangrape-murder of an 11-year-old in West Bengal’s Baruipur, was shot dead in an encounter after midnight. According to a police statement, a police team took Mondol to the crime scene last night ...
9 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe father of the 11-year-old girl, who was raped and killed in Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district, on Wednesday said that he was satisfied with the progress of the police investigation.Speaking to The Indian Express following the death ...
9 July 2026 Indian ExpressBy Antoreep Das “We do not believe in the politics of religion. Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Sikhs are standing together. Crimes against women should unite society, not divide it. Instead of politicising such incidents, governments must focus on protecting women and ...
9 July 2026 Indian Express“If my son is involved, he should be hanged with the other accused,” said Sandhya Mondal, mother of one of the three men arrested in connection with the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Baruipur in South ...
9 July 2026 Indian ExpressA 17-year-old football player was hacked to death by three youths in Baruipur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas on Monday following a dispute over a match result in which his team won, the police said. The deceased has been identified as Prasenjit Biswas, 17.The ...
9 July 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday told Director General of Police (DGP) Siddh Nath Gupta to submit a report within 72 hours on possible lapses in the police probe into the rape and murder of an 11-year-old ...
9 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday launched coordinated raids at five locations across Kolkata to investigate the source of massive financial transactions involving the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) bank accounts and the funding of party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s chartered flight ...
8 July 2026 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saayoni Ghosh and MLA Ritabrata Banerjee, who recently broke away from the Mamata Banerjee-led faction, faced “go back”, “gaddar” (traitor), and “chor” (thief) slogans on Tuesday when they went to meet the family of the ...
8 July 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Subhosree ModakA deep weather system over South Jharkhand and adjoining north interior Odisha has prompted weather alerts across West Bengal, with the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Kolkata, Tuesday warning of heavy rain, thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds ...
8 July 2026 Indian Express“When we filed a missing person complaint at Baruipur police station, it was around 9 pm on Saturday. Had the police started a search operation then, went through CCTV footage, my daughter could have been found alive,” laments the ...
8 July 2026 Indian ExpressLocated about 30 km from Kolkata, Baruipur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district is simmering after the body of a eleven-year-old girl was found dumped in a pond. Her family has alleged that she was raped and killed, ...
7 July 2026 Indian ExpressBaruipur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas continued to be on edge on Monday, a day after a girl child was allegedly raped and murdered, and a youth was lynched on suspicion of being involved in the crime.Police have ...
7 July 2026 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the abrogation of Article 370 had fulfilled the dream of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, while Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was in Kolkata to mark the nationalist leader’s ...
7 July 2026 Indian ExpressBirbhum district administration and police have launched a massive crackdown against illegal sand mining and stockpiling, making 32 arrests in a major multi-agency operation within the last two weeks. Besides, the police have registered 52 FIRs, and detected over ...
7 July 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Antoreep DasA depression over the northwest Bay of Bengal has intensified monsoon activity across West Bengal, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue heavy rainfall and thunderstorm warnings for large parts of the state over the ...
7 July 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said Sunday a state-level committee had finalised the implementation plan for the ‘Pradhan Mantri Cha Shramik Protsahan Yojana’ (PMCSPY) scheme, aimed at upliftment of the tea garden workers in the state.The implementation of the Central ...
7 July 2026 Indian ExpressViolent protests erupted at Baruipur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Sunday morning after a minor girl, missing since Saturday afternoon, was found dead in a pond. A mob allegedly lynched a local man suspected of being ...
6 July 2026 Indian ExpressA Special Investigation Team (SIT) inquiring into extortion and land-grabbing allegations against former Trinamool Councillor Debraj Chakraborty is now looking into the “disappearance” of money from his bank accounts after the party lost the Assembly elections.Chakraborty’s five bank accounts—some ...
6 July 2026 Indian ExpressAddressing a section of voters in Bhabanipur, the former stronghold of ex-chief minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee, which he wrested for the BJP in the Assembly elections earlier this year, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari highlighted his government’s crackdown ...
6 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe pedestal of a newly installed statue of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee was desecrated on Sukiya Street in North Kolkata early Sunday morning. The incident occurred just hours before Union Home Minister Amit Shah was ...
6 July 2026 Indian ExpressHowrah railway station upgradation: The Ministry of Railways has planned to commission a new platform at Howrah railway station to handle rising train traffic. With this, the total number of platforms at the 173-year-old railway station will rise to ...
5 July 2026 Indian ExpressIn a fresh setback to the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), former minister and the group’s state president Chandrima Bhattacharya resigned from all party posts except primary membership on Saturday.In her resignation letter addressed to Mamata ...
5 July 2026 Indian ExpressCalling for a mentoring role of IIT Kharagpur in “modernising” the state’s educational landscape and nurturing the visions of new institutions, West Bengal Higher Education Minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay said it’s time for the “best practices” of the country’s first ...
5 July 2026 Indian ExpressIIT Kharagpur is all set to celebrate its 72nd convocation on Saturday, where the institute will confer degrees to 3,936 students of undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and professional programmes.This year will also mark the graduation of the institute’s first batch ...
5 July 2026 Indian ExpressHighlighting “serious questions of collusion to protect the guilty” during the previous regime, rebel Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has written to Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari demanding that the findings of Justice Sushanta Chatterjee Commission on the police ...
5 July 2026 Indian ExpressA day after the rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) faction met the Election Commission of India (ECI) in New Delhi, the bloc, led by Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Ritabrata Banerjee, took possession of the state party ...
5 July 2026 Indian ExpressA Class 12 student of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya in West Bengal’s Narendrapur died as his condition deteriorated after accidentally drinking a hot liquid, triggering allegations of negligence, delayed medical response, and administrative lapses at the reputed residential school.Diptanshu Mahato, ...
4 July 2026 Indian Express“Sonsar dekhbo na bhoy? Sonsar dekhlam (Should I put my family first, or my fear? I chose family).”It has been one year since Mehbub Sheikh, who belongs to Bhagabangola in Murshidabad, was picked up from Mumbai, kept in detention ...
4 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate has filed an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) against former Trinamool Congress councillor Debraj Chakraborty, who was arrested Wednesday, and launched a probe into the properties allegedly owned by him.ED sources said Thursday the investigation has ...
4 July 2026 Indian ExpressExpressing concern over the sharp rise in cyber crime, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said that the state would build a dedicated cyber police network, warning that cybercrime has “effectively taken on the form of an epidemic”.Launching cyber ...
4 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said arrested TMC councillor Shakir Ali was the “main conspirator who instigated the mob” during the Ram Navami violence in Rishra in 2023. The agency added that they have recovered 36 rounds ...
4 July 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday assured West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) officers that his government would not use the administration for political interests, while keeping the state’s administrative structure neutral and free from political influence.Addressing WBCS officers for ...
3 July 2026 Indian ExpressLaunching the Annapurna Yojana, a direct cash transfer scheme for women in West Bengal, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that 26 lakh applications for the scheme were rejected because the applicants’ names were not on the voters’ ...
3 July 2026 Indian ExpressThe first tranche of funds disbursed by the state government under the Annapurna Yojana, a direct cash transfer scheme for women, was credited to the accounts of nearly 1.1 crore beneficiaries, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday.While about ...
2 July 2026 Indian ExpressIn the wake of Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers being reportedly paraded with ropes around their waist, hurled with stones and eggs, and subjected to “harassment and intimidation” across the state, party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday relaunched ...
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