It was on March 27, 2023, when the then-Governor C V Ananda Bose welcomed Droupadi Murmu on her maiden presidential visit to West Bengal. Almost three years later, this Saturday (March 7), a visit by President Murmu to West ...
9 March 2026 Indian ExpressTwo Bangladeshi nationals accused in the murder of prominent Bangladeshi political activist Sharif Osman Bin Hadi have been arrested in West Bengal’s Bongaon area, the state’s Special Task Force (STF) said on Sunday.Hadi was shot dead in Dhaka on ...
9 March 2026 Indian ExpressBJP MP Khagen Murmu, who is also the party’s Bengal ST Morcha chief, Sunday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for alleged lapses in protocol while receiving President Droupadi Murmu in the state a day earlier.On Saturday, ...
9 March 2026 Indian ExpressLaunching a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said those who had won the trust of the people of West Bengal a few years back are now attacking the very pride of the ...
9 March 2026 Indian ExpressSpeaking from the dharna site at Esplanade in Kolkata, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced to hold a procession on Sunday to protest the increase in the price of cooking gas amid the escalating conflict in West Asia. ...
9 March 2026 Indian ExpressA war of words erupted over a “protocol breach” during President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to West Bengal on Saturday for the 9th International Santal Conference after she pointed out that neither Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee nor other ministers were ...
9 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe TMC has urged the Election Commission to cancel BJP leader Rahul Sinha’s candidature in the Rajya Sabha elections for allegedly “concealing information” in his nomination paper affidavit.In a letter to the Election Commission (EC), TMC MLA Aroop Biswas ...
8 March 2026 Indian ExpressStating that Mamata Banerjee may be angry with her, President Droupadi Murmu expressed her disappointment over the West Bengal Chief Minister and other ministers not giving her a formal welcome when she visited the state for the 9th international ...
8 March 2026 Indian ExpressPanic spread across Paikpara in North Kolkata early Saturday morning after multiple blasts ripped through the abandoned tin-roofed Yubashakti Club building.According to locals, the building caught fire after the blasts, but the situation was swiftly brought under control by ...
8 March 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday called newly appointed Governor R N Ravi a “BJP cadre” and alleged that outgoing governor C V Ananda Bose was forced to resign.“Have you seen how C V Ananda Bose was ...
8 March 2026 Indian ExpressIn his first remarks since he resigned as the governor of West Bengal, C V Ananda Bose said in a post on X on Friday night that he was shifting to Kerala “to work towards Viksit Bharat”.Bose had submitted ...
8 March 2026 Indian ExpressIN A week since the release of the voters’ list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll in West Bengal, only 6.5 lakh or 10.82% of the total 60.06 lakh names put under scrutiny for “adjudication” have ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at the protesting para teachers, who had gathered during her dharna in central Kolkata, asking them “to do politics at some other place”.The CM launched the dharna on Friday against the large-scale deletions ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressTMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal seeking publication of the supplementary electoral rolls with the status of ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe full bench of the Election Commission (EC), led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, will visit Kolkata from March 8 to 10 to review electoral preparations and security arrangements ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections. The EC ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressDefence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday issued a stark warning regarding the volatile security situation in West Asia, describing the escalating conflict as “highly unusual” and a direct threat to global energy security.Speaking at the ‘Sagar Sankalp – Reclaiming ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressOn the eve of her dharna against what the Trinamool Congress (TMC) alleges are “arbitrary deletions” in the revised electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched an attack ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Kolkata airport is planning a dedicated zone for chartered flights and helicopters in a bid to handle the surge in “non-scheduled” flight movements ahead of the high-octane Assembly elections in West Bengal.According to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressAmid allegations of attack on BJP’s Parivartan Yatra — the party’s outreach programme in poll-bound West Bengal — in Cooch Behar on Wednesday evening, Uttarakhand Chief Minister and BJP leader Pushkar Singh Dhami flagged off the Yatra in Basirhat’s Hingalganj area ...
7 March 2026 Indian ExpressBy Oishiki BhattacharjeeThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted scattered thunderstorms and light rain across the state, with a yellow alert issued for Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and Kalimpong districts from next week.According to the weather office, a dry weather spell ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressWhile all eyes were on the queues to get into electoral rolls in West Bengal ahead of completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise last month, more than 65 lakh were lining up before other camps in the ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday attacked the BJP over ‘high voter deletions’ in Matua-dominated areas during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.Taking to X on the death anniversary of Matua Mahasangha matriarch ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe stage is set for Rajya Sabha elections in West Bengal with five candidates—four from the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and one from the BJP—filing their nominations at the Assembly on Thursday.With five seats vacant and the TMC holding ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor resigns: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has resigned on Thursday after serving 3.5 years in office. The resignation comes ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.Sharing a post on X, Chief Minister Mamata ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose resigned on Thursday (March 5), weeks ahead of Assembly elections in the state.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed “shock” at Ananda Bose’s resignation, and said that she had been informed by Home Minister ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Left Front leaders on Thursday ended their 24-hour dharna outside the Election Commission office in Kolkata after they met state Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal over the alleged discrepancies in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Left Front leaders, who had marched to the office of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon over the alleged discrepancies in the SIR exercise in West Bengal, decided to sit on a night-long ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe BJP on Wednesday accused the ruling TMC of carrying out attacks on party workers across West Bengal even before the announcement of the dates for the Assembly elections in the state.Addressing a press conference in Kolkata, state BJP ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe BJP alleged on Thursday that Trinamool Congress (TMC) party workers vandalised a chariot being used for its Parivartan Yatra—a part of the party’s outreach programme in poll-bound West Bengal—in Cooch Behar late Wednesday evening. The TMC denied the ...
6 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe gruelling two-and-a-half-hour commute between Kolkata and the industrial hub of Kalyani has officially come to an end. In a landmark infrastructure milestone for West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the upgraded 44.2-km Kalyani Expressway on March 2, ...
5 March 2026 Indian ExpressVeteran Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy launched a scathing attack on the Central Government’s foreign policy on Wednesday, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of maintaining a “calculated silence” on the escalating West Asia war to avoid upsetting US President ...
5 March 2026 Indian ExpressTwo persons have died by suicide in West Bengal over the past 24 hours, allegedly from the “mental stress” following the publication of the voters’ list post the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state on ...
5 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Government on Monday decided to set up a help desk for the applicants of the ‘Banglar Yuva Sathi’ Scheme, launched to support unemployed youths.Following the overwhelming response to the scheme, the Sports and Youth Affairs Department ...
5 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has published a final voter list prepared after the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal. If your name is missing from the list, you still have an opportunity to apply ...
5 March 2026 Indian ExpressAs senior BJP leaders flagged off the party’s Parivartan Yatra in different parts of West Bengal, they hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over alleged infiltration from Bangladesh and cases of corruption against her TMC ministers.Defence Minister Rajnath ...
4 March 2026 Indian ExpressAlleging a “BJP-EC nexus” behind the deletion of 63.66 lakh names from West Bengal’s electoral rolls following the SIR exercise, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed that BJP leaders ensured that 10,000 to 30,000 voters’ names ...
4 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe long-standing friction between West Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal and the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led West Bengal Government has reached a boiling point this week. What began as an administrative dispute over the ‘under adjudication’ status of ...
4 March 2026 Indian ExpressFlagging off the BJP’s Parivartan Yatra from Mathurapur in South 24 Parganas district, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday urged the people of West Bengal to throw the TMC out of power in the upcoming Assembly elections and ...
4 March 2026 Indian ExpressAn incident of alleged child abuse has surfaced from a preschool in Kolkata where a three-and-a-half-year-old student was locked inside a cupboard by two teachers as a form of “punishment”, leading to a police complaint, probe by the West ...
4 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, Manoj Agarwal, on Monday engaged in a war of words with the association of state civil service officers over the 60 lakh pending adjudication cases in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ...
3 March 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee will lead a sit-in demonstration at Kolkata’s Metro Channel on March 6 to protest the alleged discrepancies in the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary ...
3 March 2026 Indian ExpressAs the Opposition BJP in West Bengal on Sunday rolled out its Parivartan Yatra from several places across the state ahead of the Assembly elections, its leaders targeted the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government over a wide range of issues ...
3 March 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Oishiki BhattacharjeeA major change in West Bengal’s weather is underway just before Holi. Temperatures are rising, shaking off the last lingering chill of winter. The minimum temperature in Kolkata hit 25 degrees Celsius on Monday morning, 4 ...
3 March 2026 Indian ExpressSince the West Asia conflict began, many tourists have been stranded in Dubai, and many more who had pre-booked their tours are either postponing their visits or cancelling the trips altogether.Travellers who had planned trips to Dubai or even ...
3 March 2026 Indian ExpressFrom stranded tourists and grounded business travellers to families sheltering in hotel basements, people from West Bengal say their ties to home have been strained by cancelled flights and “48-hour silences” as the conflict in West Asia intensifies.But in ...
3 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe escalation of the Middle East crisis following strikes on Iran has sent shockwaves through Kolkata’s travel sector, grounding passengers and throwing international flight schedules into complete disarray. With key air corridors over Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait closed, the ...
2 March 2026 Indian ExpressAreas dominated by Matuas, a Scheduled Caste community, witnessed large-scale deletions in the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, just as they did in the first phase of the exercise by ...
2 March 2026 Indian ExpressNational Award-winning director, actor, and music director Goutam Ghose has been appointed the new Sheriff of Kolkata for 2026, after the post remained vacant for five years. Sources indicate that Ghose received the official appointment letter Friday.The Sheriff of ...
2 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) published the final electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on Saturday. According to Manoj Agarwal, Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, 63 lakh, 66 thousand nine hundred and fifty-two ...
2 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe publication of the electoral list of West Bengal by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday has sparked a heated row between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).The list shows over 60 lakh ...
2 March 2026 Indian ExpressAt Gojgiri village, in Belpahari block of Jhargram district in West Bengal, 37-year-old Haripada Singh holds up an iron spike with a bulbous tip made of jute.Whenever elephants venture into a human habitat, these iron spikes tipped with fire ...
1 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe final electoral roll in West Bengal after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is likely to have around 7 crore electors, after the deletion of about 8 lakh names included in the draft roll and around 60 lakh names ...
1 March 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced two initiatives — ‘Pink Booths’ and ‘SHINING’ — to bolster Kolkata’s reputation as one of the safest cities in the country.The two services that will be operational from Saturday evening ...
1 March 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission is set to publish the electoral list on February 28 following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal. The list, including all 7.08 crore names, will also include the names that are “under adjudication”, ...
1 March 2026 Indian ExpressAsian Games gold medallist and heptathlete Swapna Barman joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday, ahead of the Bengal assembly elections.“I am inspired by the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The way she rose from the grassroots and ...
28 February 2026 Indian ExpressKolkata and various parts of West Bengal felt strong tremors after an earthquake struck neighbouring Bangladesh Friday afternoon.The magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck southwestern Bangladesh near Jessore/Khulna at 13:52 local time (07:52 UTC), about 102 km east-northeast of Kolkata.According to ...
28 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe decomposed body of a final-year medical student was recovered from a hostel room at the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial (JNM) Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal’s Kalyani Thursday.The deceased student has been identified as Pulak Haldar, 24. He ...
28 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe bustling corridors of Alipore court in Kolkata wore a deserted look on Thursday as 10 out of 12 judges were deployed for adjudication of claims and objections in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal.“Three ...
28 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal cabinet on Thursday decided to provide government jobs to a member of each of the families of the persons who died during Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.According to officials, the government has decided ...
28 February 2026 Indian ExpressIn an unprecedented move, the Election Commission (EC) has decided to deploy Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in West Bengal, coinciding with the release of the electoral roll on February 28 as the state gears up for the Assembly ...
27 February 2026 Indian ExpressSumitra Chatterjee, a family member of poet and ‘Vande Mataram’ composer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, joined the BJP ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections. After joining the party, Chatterjee spoke about the employment situation in Bengal.He was formally welcomed ...
27 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta) on Thursday said that it has logged 100 per cent placement for its 61st batch, claiming that it recorded the highest domestic annual compensation of Rs 1.45 crore, with the highest ...
27 February 2026 Indian ExpressA day after a BJP delegation, led by Leader of Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, was allegedly attacked by a group of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) outside the office of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Kolkata, the ...
27 February 2026 Indian ExpressMetro Railway, Kolkata, commissioned a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at central Metro station along the underground stretch on the Blue Line on Wednesday, to enhance energy efficiency and ensure passenger safety during power outages.The 4 MW BESS, powered ...
27 February 2026 Indian ExpressEven after 24 hours, the main accused in the murder of a real estate developer in the Pilkhana area of Golabari, Howrah, remains at large. A controversy has erupted as photos and videos have gone viral showing one of ...
27 February 2026 Indian ExpressAs the West Bengal polls approach, the BJP is set to launch a massive outreach campaign through nine Parivartan Rath Yatras from March 1. Spanning the length and breadth of the state, the campaign aims to cover 5,000 km ...
26 February 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed apprehension that nearly 1.2 crore names could be removed from the state’s voters’ list when the final electoral roll is released by the Election Commission by the end of this ...
26 February 2026 Indian ExpressA real estate developer, identified as Soufik Khan, 27, was shot dead at point‑blank range by two men in Howrah on Wednesday morning, police said.Howrah Police Commissioner Akash Magharia said that the two accused have been identified as, Rohit ...
26 February 2026 Indian ExpressAccusing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government of “trying to influence the judiciary”, Union minister and former West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday demanded the arrest of former Chief Secretary Manoj Pant over his “unauthorised presence” at the ...
26 February 2026 Indian ExpressWith the Central government approving the renaming of poll-bound Kerala as Keralam, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday questioned the decision stating that her own government’s proposal — sent eight years ago — to change West Bengal’s name to ...
26 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur on Tuesday hosted a global convergence titled ‘Renaissance 2.0: Parliament of enlightened thoughts towards collaborative prosperity’ at the IIT Kharagpur Research Park in Kolkata’s New Town. The event was organised under the aegis ...
26 February 2026 Indian ExpressTension was palpable across West Bengal on Tuesday after at least five courts received bomb threats via email. This comes just two days after a Supreme Court mandate assigned judges to oversee electoral roll verification as part of the ...
25 February 2026 Indian ExpressSeveral districts in South Bengal experienced scattered rainfall accompanied by lightning, thunder, and gusty winds early on Tuesday. Rain was reported in Kolkata, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, and Howrah, among other locations. While the India Meteorological Department ...
25 February 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal SIR Final List Date: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is scheduled to publish the final electoral rolls for West Bengal on February 28. Last week, the Supreme Court directed deployment of serving and former district judges ...
25 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe passing of Mukul Roy marks the end of an era in West Bengal’s political history. Once the inseparable “second-in-command” to Mamata Banerjee, Roy was the organisational backbone of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) from its inception in 1998.Roy passed ...
25 February 2026 Indian ExpressAhead of the high-stakes Assembly elections in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reached out to the people of the state with an emotive open letter in Bengali in which he sought a mandate for the BJP ...
25 February 2026 Indian ExpressAhead of the high-stakes 2026 Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday reached out to the people of West Bengal with an emotive, culturally resonant open letter in Bengali. Stepping away from his traditional “Jai Shri Ram” he has ...
24 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe fate of more than 50 lakh West Bengal voters hangs in the balance as judicial officers began a high-stakes vetting process Monday. While the final electoral rolls after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) are officially scheduled for publication ...
24 February 2026 Indian ExpressFormer Railway Minister and once the second-in-command in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Mukul Roy, passed away at a hospital in Kolkata on Monday. He was 71.His son Subhranshu Roy said, “He was suffering from multiple ailments.”His last rites were ...
24 February 2026 Indian ExpressFormer Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar has sent a defamation notice to BJP MP and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar.It has emerged that Kumar’s counsel sent the legal notice to Majumdar on January 30, alleging that the ...
23 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe process of vetting claims and objections in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal by judicial officers is likely to begin from Monday.This was decided at a high-level meeting, chaired by Chief Justice ...
23 February 2026 Indian ExpressDelhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday hit out at the TMC-ruled government in West Bengal over issues of safety and security for women and lawlessness in the state.Addressing the Mahila Sammelan at Science City, Kolkata, Gupta also alleged ...
23 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police has arrested two men from Murshidabad for allegedly spying for Pakistan. Both sold SIM cards.According to STF, one Juhab Sheikh, a resident of Murshidabad, was arrested on February 10 after ...
23 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Saturday issued directives refraining all judicial officers from taking any leave or attending outstation programmes until March 9, and constituted a committee in each district to ensure compliance with directions passed by the Supreme ...
23 February 2026 Indian ExpressFour years after the night that shattered the Khan family of Howrah in West Bengal, the once-loud outcry for justice has faded into silence. On February 18, the family marked the fourth death anniversary of student leader Anish Khan, ...
23 February 2026 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Saokat Molla had a narrow escape in Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal late Saturday night after crude bombs were allegedly hurled at his convoy while he was returning from a police ...
23 February 2026 Indian ExpressA depression forming in the Bay of Bengal is set to bring some wet weather to the region over the next 48 hours. While the clouds are moving in, there is no need to worry about major storms just ...
23 February 2026 Indian ExpressTwenty-five days after the devastating warehouse fire at Anandapur, police on Saturday handed over the DNA-identified remains of 18 deceased workers to their families from the Katapukur morgue.According to police sources, of the 18 identified victims, 16 were from ...
22 February 2026 Indian ExpressA day marked by political shifts in West Bengal saw BJP Rajya Sabha MP Nagen Roy alias Ananta Maharaj, a leader of the Rajbangshi community, sharing the stage with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the “Bhasha Dibas” programme in ...
22 February 2026 Indian ExpressCPI(M) youth leader Pratikur Rahman, who resigned from the party on February 16, joined the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday. Just before joining the TMC, the CPI(M) expelled Rahman from the party.Rahman defected to the TMC in the ...
22 February 2026 Indian ExpressEminent Bengali writer Mani Shankar Mukherjee passed away at the age of 92 on Friday. He was suffering from age-related issues and was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata recently. Mani Shankar’s last rites were completed at Keoratala ...
22 February 2026 Indian ExpressSenior CPI(M) leader and party state secretary Mohammed Salim on Friday said that a decision on the state committee member Pratikur Rahman’s resignation will be taken as per the party constitution.The political circles in the state have been abuzz ...
22 February 2026 Indian ExpressAs the Bengal Assembly elections approach, all parties are adopting various strategies to win over the people and understand their thoughts. The state BJP is particularly interested in gathering opinions from both the general public and intellectual leaders regarding ...
22 February 2026 Indian ExpressWith the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in its final lap in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun preparations to hold the Assembly elections in the state. It has emerged that the poll ...
22 February 2026 Indian ExpressLast month, a massive fire at two illegal warehouses in Anandapur under the Baruipur police district in West Bengal claimed 25 lives. While arrests were made and compensations paid, questions were also raised over how such illegal constructions were ...
22 February 2026 Indian ExpressEminent Bengali writer Mani Shankar Mukherjee passed away at the age of 92 on Friday. He was suffering from age-related issues and was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata recently.Condoling his demise, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote on ...
21 February 2026 Indian ExpressBy Oishiki BhattacharjeeKolkata is set to experience warmer days next week with a maximum temperature of 32° Celsius and a rise in night temperature bringing the minimum to at least 21° Celsius, the Regional Meteorological Centre said, adding with ...
21 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) has “vehemently denied” claims that it “permitted” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to take away “documents and digital devices” from the Salt Lake office of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) Consulting Pvt Ltd ...
21 February 2026 Indian ExpressTwo days after resigning from the primary membership of CPI(M), youth leader Pratikur Rahman on Thursday praised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s social welfare programmes, including Lakshmir Bhandar, and her decision to approach the Supreme Court against alleged harassment of ...
21 February 2026 Indian ExpressWith the February 28 deadline for releasing the final electoral roll of West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections due in two months, the fate of two lakh electors hangs in the balance.According to the office of the state ...
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