The Eastern Railway has launched a month-long Swachhata Awareness Campaign from 15 April to 14 May. The mega-drive is to span across railway colonies, railway schools, railway offices, railway hospitals and health units, important railway stations, and railway tracks ...
12 April 2026 The StatesmanReleasing the BJP’s election manifesto ‘Sankalpa Patra’ on Thursday, Union home minister Amit Shah promised decisive action against “15 years of corruption, lawlessness and political violence” in West Bengal.Shah said a BJP government would prioritise restoring the rule of ...
12 April 2026 The StatesmanAbhishek Banerjee, national general secretary of Trinamul Congress criticised the Union home minister, Amit Shah, for not tendering an apology for the deletion of more than 90 lakh names from the electoral rolls.He was commenting on the election manifesto ...
12 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has removed the officers in-charge (OCs) of three police stations under the Pandabeswar Assembly constituency in West Burdwan district.The constituency, considered high-profile, is witnessing a contest between BJP leader and former Asansol Municipal ...
12 April 2026 The StatesmanPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday sharpened his attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress, promising strict action against what he described as entrenched criminal networks and corruption in West Bengal, as campaigning gathers pace ahead of the Assembly elections.The ...
12 April 2026 The StatesmanAs the Enforcement Directorate continued its raids on Merlin group chairman Sushil Mohta’s office and home and that of his son Saket Mohta today, officials close to the investigation told The Statesman that documents and digital devices including mobile ...
11 April 2026 The StatesmanAam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief Humayun Kabir on Friday brushed aside allegations linked to a video released by the Trinamool Congress, insisting there is no truth in the claims and calling them politically motivated.The controversy comes at a ...
11 April 2026 The StatesmanEleven panchayat members from different political parties officially joined the Trinamul Congress. This joining programme was led by TMC candidate from Uluberia South constituency and minister, Pulak Roy. Along with him were the president of the Trinamul Congress of ...
11 April 2026 The StatesmanWith electioneering gaining momentum, the BJP has stepped up preparations in North Bengal ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed public meeting in Siliguri on 12 April.Party leaders said the rally is expected to draw a crowd of around ...
11 April 2026 The StatesmanA political storm has erupted in Siliguri ahead of the Assembly elections over allegations of large-scale deletion of names from the electoral rolls, with Trinamul Congress (TMC) candidate and Mayor Gautam Deb and BJP nominee Sankar Ghosh locking horns.Addressing ...
11 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a fresh letter to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal, directing that civic volunteers and Green (village) police be withdrawn from regular duties for five days, refrain from wearing uniforms, and ...
11 April 2026 The StatesmanBeldanga in Murshidabad is heading into the 2026 Assembly elections amid a sharply altered political and social landscape, where development narratives are increasingly being overshadowed by religious polarisation.The shift can be traced back to the unrest during protests against ...
11 April 2026 The StatesmanNorth Bengal is poised to emerge as a hub for sports and youth excellence, BJP national president Nitin Nabin said while addressing a Sports Club Meeting in Malda Town on Thursday, even as he launched a sharp attack on ...
11 April 2026 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress demanded a thorough investigation into the alleged receipt of Rs 1,000 crore by Humayun Kabir to buy Muslim votes.The matter came to head following the release of a clip on social media. Mr Kabir is seen talking ...
11 April 2026 The StatesmanUnion Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday unveiled the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, projecting it as a roadmap to shift the state from “despair to development” in line with Prime Minister ...
11 April 2026 The StatesmanBJP leader Smriti Irani on Thursday came out strongly in support of Ratna Debnath, the BJP’s candidate and mother of the RG Kar victim, accusing the ruling Mamata Banerjee government of failing to deliver justice and allowing continued harassment.“Today, ...
10 April 2026 The StatesmanPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced a set of “six guarantees” for West Bengal, promising a shift towards an accountable administration and stricter enforcement of law if the BJP comes to power in the state.Addressing a public rally ...
10 April 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP of removing over 90 lakh names from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), alleging it was an attempt to influence the upcoming assembly elections. She asserted ...
10 April 2026 The StatesmanAs Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency in South Kolkata is heading for the most high-profile electoral contest in West Bengal later this month, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, pitted against each ...
10 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Siliguri Assembly constituency is virtually simmering under the heat of political attacks and counter-attacks, emerging as a flashpoint in North Bengal’s electoral landscape. One of the most significant constituencies in the region, Siliguri is increasingly turning into a ...
10 April 2026 The StatesmanThe digital space has emerged as a key warzone, propelled by hi-tech storytelling, innovative drama, biting satire and rib-tickling fun as Bengal’s political opponents battle it out online to woo the young and the uninitiated ahead of the Assembly ...
10 April 2026 The StatesmanGopal Saha joined a private company as a pantry in-charge in early December. Being still under the probation period, Gopal is not entitled to any kinds of leaves for six months.However, despite putting his best efforts and keeping aside ...
10 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, today continued her election campaign with meetings at Arambagh, Balagarh and Serampore in support of Trinamul Congress (TMC) candidates for the respective Assembly constituencies.Striking an aggressive tone, she criticised the system and alleged that ...
10 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced the candidature of Rakesh Singh from the Kolkata Port Assembly constituency, confirming days of speculation following his release on bail.The party’s sixth list of candidates, published earlier in the day, included ...
10 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Bharatiya Janata Party’s national president, Nitin Nabin, on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee while addressing an election rally in Alipurduar.Addressing party workers, supporters, ...
9 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at seven premises linked to Kolkata-based real estate firm Merlin Group and its promoters as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation. The action was carried out under the Prevention of ...
9 April 2026 The StatesmanIn a sharp and direct message ahead of the high-stakes West Bengal assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday gave a ‘straight-talk’ warning to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and affirmed that the 2026 polls will ...
8 April 2026 The StatesmanPolice and officials of the Election Commission of India halted the BJP’s Galsi candidate, Raju Patra, near the railway station on Tuesday as he was on his way to file nomination papers atop a bulldozer.Patra described the machine as ...
8 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Indian National Congress on Tuesday sharpened its attack on both the ruling Trinamul Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal, with party president Mallikarjun Kharge asserting that the two parties are “two sides of the same ...
8 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has intensified its campaign, banking heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to galvanise support across the state. Party sources said Mr Modi will arrive in West Bengal later this week for a series of ...
8 April 2026 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee campaigned in Habra in North 24-Parganas in support of party candidate Jyotipriya Mallick on Tuesday, openly reaffirming her faith in the former minister despite his past arrest in the ration corruption case.Addressing a public ...
8 April 2026 The StatesmanPolitical tensions escalated in Siliguri on Tuesday as BJP candidate Sankar Ghosh challenged Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to an open public debate, even as the TMC alleged rising intimidation and violence ahead of the 2026 Assembly ...
8 April 2026 The StatesmanDays after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Cooch Behar, Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday launched a sharp counterattack, accusing the BJP of exploiting religion and failing the Rajbanshi community.Campaigning in Natabari and ...
8 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Trinamul Congress raised fresh questions over the neutrality of West Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal on Tuesday, alleging that he was accompanied by a local BJP leader during his recent visit to Nandigram at the start of ...
8 April 2026 The StatesmanThe voter list for the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 was frozen at midnight on Monday, Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal had announced on Monday evening.With the freezing of the list for the first phase ...
8 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India last night released a district-wise break up of voters removed from the “under adjudication” list, revealing that 27,16,393 names have been struck off from a pool of nearly 60 lakh voters taking the cumulative ...
8 April 2026 The StatesmanA first information report (FIR) has been lodged against Trinamool Congress MLA Ratna Chatterjee, who is the party’s candidate this time as well, over an incident of vandalism at a local office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in ...
7 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected the plea from former Kolkata Police Commissioner and the current Additional Director General (ADG) of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal, Supratim Sarkar, for relief from going as a central ...
7 April 2026 The StatesmanSuvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, has accused the Kolkata Police of deputing covert cops to shadow him during his ongoing campaign for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South Kolkata, where he is ...
7 April 2026 The StatesmanDelhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the national capital has embraced the values of development, heritage, sensitivity, and compassion and that nothing will be left behind as the city moves on the path of growth.The CM said that ...
6 April 2026 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee pointed out the rising inflation troubling the citizens of India. He pointed out that the prices of essential commodities have skyrocketed. “LPG prices have risen from Rs 400 to Rs 1,000 and ...
6 April 2026 The StatesmanMamata Banerjee, chief of the Trinamul Congress, on Saturday launched a scathing attack on a Congress candidate from Malda, describing her as a “fugitive” and a “betrayer” for quitting the party after being elevated to the Rajya Sabha.Addressing an ...
6 April 2026 The StatesmanPrime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Cooch Behar Town on Sunday, with the state BJP leadership stepping up preparations for his public meeting.State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday visited the Raas Mela Ground to review arrangements ...
6 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India has ordered suspension of four police officers in connection with the violence that erupted during a roadshow in Bhowanipore ahead of BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari’s nomination filing, which was attended by Union home minister ...
6 April 2026 The StatesmanOn Friday, the Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee lashed out at the Arambagh BJP leadership for misleading and creating panic among the potato growers.He added: “Last year, the total potato production in the state was 1 crore ...
6 April 2026 The StatesmanA drone was spotted hovering near the helicopter of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Malatipur on Saturday afternoon, triggering security concerns and prompting an immediate call for investigation.The incident occurred as Miss Banerjee was about to board her helicopter ...
6 April 2026 The StatesmanIn a notable display of environmental responsibility, Trinamul Congress (TMC) candidate for the Ausgram constituency in East Burdwan, Shyamaprasanna Lohar, halted his election campaign to help extinguish a forest fire in the Ausgram jungles today.Lohar was campaigning with his ...
6 April 2026 The StatesmanIn an unusual move, Congress candidates in West Burdwan district cycled to submit their nomination papers, staging a symbolic protest against rising fuel prices.The candidates claimed that fuel prices are likely to increase further after the elections and said ...
6 April 2026 The StatesmanWith the West Bengal Assembly elections drawing closer, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sharpened her attack on the BJP, warning that the state’s linguistic and cultural identity is at risk if her party loses power.Addressing a rally in Samsherganj, Mamata ...
6 April 2026 The StatesmanThe city police today summoned two Trinamul Congress councillors Santiranjan Kundu and Sachin Singh of Wards 32 and 36 respectively of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation allegedly in connection with a fracas and illegal assembly in front of the state ...
4 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday issued a notification detailing the process of filing prayer for inclusion and exclusion of names on the electoral rolls at the tribunals set up as part of the Special intensive Revision ...
4 April 2026 The StatesmanAbhishek Banerjee, national general secretary of the Trinamul Congress was attending a public meeting at Patrasayer Gorur Hath, Sonamukhi. Candidates Shyamali Roy Bagdi from Indus, Dr. Kallol Saha from Sonamukhi, and Subrata Dutta from Onda were present on the ...
4 April 2026 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress today held a press conference highlighting that BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari is acting in desperation, fearing a defeat in both Nandigram and Bhowanipore. They also showed how goons close to Suvendu are intimidating people.Minister Dr. Shashi Panja ...
4 April 2026 The StatesmanAn NIA team arrived at Mothabari in Malda on Friday to investigate the recent incident. The investigating officers first reached Mothabari police station in the afternoon and later proceeded to the BDO office at Mothabari.It may be noted that ...
4 April 2026 The StatesmanChief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed “outsiders” like All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and The Indian Secular Front (ISF), the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, for orchestrating the Mothabari incident involving the confinement of judges. The BJP ...
4 April 2026 The StatesmanSiliguri Police, in coordination with the CID, on Friday detained Mofakkerul Islam from Bagdogra Airport, identifying him as the alleged main instigator behind the confinement of judges and subsequent attacks on them at Mothabari in Malda district.He was later ...
4 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal is on an overdrive. They are desperate to win the state election.While the party is going all out to win, the party candidates are trying to cash in on the anti-incumbency votes. ...
4 April 2026 The StatesmanTwo senior police officers have been served show-cause notices following Thursday’s unrest during the nomination filing of BJP’s Bhowanipore candidate Suvendu Adhikari, even as multiple FIRs have been registered and an investigation initiated.According to police sources, the Deputy Commissioner ...
4 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday said a large contingent of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) would remain stationed in West Bengal even after the completion of vote counting, in a move aimed at preserving law and ...
4 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India held an urgent virtual meeting with West Bengal’s top administrative and police officials on Thursday following directions from the Supreme Court of India to ensure an independent probe into the Malda violence.The meeting focused ...
3 April 2026 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee today urged the people not to take the law in their own hands as she apprehended that the BJP might use the situation to impose President’s rule to jeopardise the election.She was addressing a ...
3 April 2026 The StatesmanIn Bhowanipore Assembly constituency that has turned into the principal political battlefield in 2026 elections, several women voters with their names deleted from the electoral roll are juggling twin crises ~ LPG cylinder shortage and struggle to get their ...
3 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India has sought a report from West Bengal Director General of Police Siddhanath Gupta over the unrest in Malda triggered by allegations of exclusion of names from the voter list.According to Commission sources, the matter ...
3 April 2026 The StatesmanIn a written reply to the question asked in Rajya Sabha today regarding the status of smuggling temple artefacts and antiquities, in West Bengal by MP, Samik Bhattacharya, the Union minister for culture & tourism, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat stated ...
3 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Bagdah Assembly constituency in North 24-Parganas witnessed a massive protest by a section of BJP workers today, reflecting growing discontent within the party over its candidate selection for the upcoming elections.The BJP has fielded Soma Thakur, wife of ...
3 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India has handed over the investigation into the Malda incident in West Bengal to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), following the gherao of seven judicial officers at a block office.Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said ...
3 April 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed that the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers in Malda’s Kaliachak was part of a “joint conspiracy” involving the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission of India. She said ...
3 April 2026 The StatesmanUnion Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday called on voters in West Bengal to cast their ballots without fear and remove the Trinamool Congress (TMC) from power in the upcoming Assembly elections.The BJP leader was speaking at the nomination ...
3 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Supreme Court of India on Thursday came down heavily on the West Bengal administration over the attack on judicial officers in Malda, calling it a direct assault on the rule of law, even as fresh protests broke out ...
3 April 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing it of attempting land grabs, manipulating voter rolls and fuelling divisions ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. She also said her party would ...
2 April 2026 The StatesmanDissent within the over candidate selection has begun surfacing across several constituencies in north Bengal, intensifying after the party’s fourth list of nominees.Following the replacement of its candidate in Maynaguri, demands for similar changes are now emerging from other ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanIndustrialist Pawan Ruia was arrested by the Cyber Crime Branch of Kolkata Police on Tuesday from Eco Park in connection with an alleged multi-crore rupee fraud case, officials said.Ruia, owner of Jessop & Company, had earlier been linked to ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanWith their names still not on the voters’ list after the publication of several supplementaries to the main list issued by the Election Commission on 28 February, a large number of residents in the Kalna sub-division of East Burdwan ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee today criticised the BJP and the ECI over the voter roll tampering. He took to X to express his views. The TMC leader cited Maharashtra and Delhi as examples for making his ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanTrinamul Congressnational general secretary Abhishek Banerjee addressed a rally at Balurghat Town Club ground in Balurghat today where he highlighted the attempts to spread fear in Bengal in the name of SIR.Abhishek was canvassing for candidate Arpita Ghosh, who ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by the ruling Trinamul Congress challenging the large-scale reshuffle of administrative and police officials across the state ahead of the elections.The court observed that the Election Commission of India ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanLaunching a sharp political offensive ahead of the Assembly elections, Chief Minister and Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday simultaneously targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission of India, while issuing a firm message of ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanVehicles were torched and stones pelted by angry locals after a sand-laden truck ran over a youth in Raniganj. Residents alleged that overloaded and illegal sand trucks ply dangerously along the banks of the Damodar river in Tirat on ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India on Wednesday issued a stern warning, stating that no form of hooliganism will be tolerated outside the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer’s office, as tensions escalate ahead of the Assembly elections.In a sharply worded ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee has written to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, accusing the BJP and the Election Commission of India (ECI) of attempting to tamper with the voters’ list in West ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanAbhishek Banerjee, national general secretary of the Trinamul Congress, on Monday raised serious concerns over alleged irregularities in voter registration in West Bengal, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of attempting to interfere with the state’s democratic process and questioning ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanViolent protests over selection of Congress candidates broke out in some parts of the state today after the party declared its list for 284 of the 294 Assembly seats yesterday. Similar protests, though on a larger scale, had erupted ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to release its manifesto for the Assembly election in the first week of April, with party sources indicating 4 or 6 April as the probable dates.Senior leader Nitin Nabin is expected to ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday issued summons to Debasish Kumar, a Trinamul Congress legislator from the Rashbehari Assembly constituency in south Kolkata and a Member-Mayor-in-Council (MMiC) of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, in connection with an alleged illegal land-grabbing ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanIn a fall out of the massive transfers made by the Election Commission of India, a petition has been filed in the Calcutta High Court challenging the poll body’s decision to remove 267 officials, including Block Development Officers (BDOs) ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanIn a significant move, a delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party approached the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on Monday, demanding to stop the election campaign of Mamata Banerjee, alleging that she is intimidating voters.The BJP delegation, ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanAmid ongoing infighting within the party over party ticket distribution, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee issued a strong message to dissenters during an election rally in Narayangarh.“Denial of a party ticket should not lead to rebellion. Not getting ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanWith the campaign gathering pace for the West Bengal Assembly polls, the Trinamul Congress has fallen back on its tried-and-tested animated series “Fighter Didi” in a bid to woo the youth, particularly Gen Z.The first episode of the 2026 ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanSetting the stage for one of West Bengal’s most high-stakes electoral contests, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Monday filed his nomination papers from the politically symbolic Nandigram constituency, asserting that a “decisive mandate” in favour of the Bharatiya ...
1 April 2026 The StatesmanAbhishek Banerjee, national general secretary of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), on Monday raised serious concerns over alleged irregularities in voter registration in West Bengal, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of attempting to interfere with the state’s ...
31 March 2026 The StatesmanChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday evening condoled the death of Bengali actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, who tragically passed away earlier in the day at the age of 42.He was best-known for his blockbuster Bengali film, ‘Chirodini Tumi Je ...
30 March 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President and Rajya Sabha MP, Samik Bhattacharya, on Sunday, alleged that democratic rights are being systematically suppressed in West Bengal under the Trinamool Congress-led state government.Addressing a press conference at the state BJP ...
30 March 2026 The StatesmanThe judicial adjudication process for 40 lakh voters, which is around 67 per cent of a total of more than 60 lakh voters, referred for adjudication after being categorised under the “logical discrepancy category” had been completed till Sunday ...
30 March 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the BJP and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have a tacit understanding with former Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury and Humayun Kabir, chief of the Aam Janata Unnayan Party.Addressing ...
30 March 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India today ordered the transfer of 83 Block Development Officers (BDOs) and Assistant Returning Officers (AROs) in poll-bound West Bengal, as part of its ongoing measures to ensure free and fair Assembly elections next month.According ...
30 March 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India today introduced more stringent rules for re-polling. The Commission today made it clear that any sign of intimidation or infringement to voters in exercising their franchises, would be construed as a legitimate ground to ...
30 March 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India released the second supplementary list of ‘under consideration’ voters as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal on Friday late night.Like the first list, the commission did not disclose the ...
30 March 2026 The StatesmanHours after the Trinamul Congress (TMC) wrote to the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court seeking urgent intervention over the status of 11 of its candidates whose names remain in the ‘under consideration’ list amid the ongoing Special ...
30 March 2026 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday raised concerns over what he described as a “disturbing shift” in West Bengal’s administrative and social landscape following recent changes after the announcement of elections, warning of implications for governance ...
30 March 2026 The StatesmanAfter Union home minister Amit Shah presented a charge sheet against the Mamata Banerjee government, in Kolkata, the Trinamul Congress launched a counter attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre, presenting another charge sheet in response ...
30 March 2026 The Statesman