A day after Trinamul Congress observes state-wide “Communal Harmony Day”, on 6 December, marking the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition, a Gita chanting congregation is set to be held at the Brigade Parade Grounds on 7 December.Organisers of ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanCPI-M politburo member and state secretary Mohammed Salim on Wednesday delivered a sharp political message to leaders of various Left parties, urging them to “break and crush” what he described as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) expanding “enclosures” across ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanCounterfeiting and smuggling not only harm legitimate businesses but also exploit consumers by exposing them to unsafe and substandard products. Protecting consumer rights is central to building a fair and transparent marketplace, and this requires a united effort from ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanHundreds of aspiring teachers, both boys and girls, gathered in Siliguri Wednesday and marched towards the branch secretariat, Uttarkanya, under the banner of Uttarkanya Abhijan, intensifying their protest against alleged irregularities in teachers’ recruitment.Most of the participants had appeared ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanThere is turmoil within the Trinamul-led Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC). The SMC plunged into a serious political crisis after senior Trinamul Congress councillor and member of the Mayor-in-Council (MiC) Dilip Barman openly accused Mayor Goutam Deb and the Deputy ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanBringing hope for orphans having no trace of their parents, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is to consider issuing birth certificates to abandoned children.The matter was brought to the fore by councillor of ward No. 48, Biswarup Dey in the ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the School Service Commission (SSC) to ensure that no “tainted” or disqualified candidate takes part in the ongoing recruitment process for Classes XI-XII teachers.Citing the Supreme Court’s directive, the court ordered the ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanAfter former education minister Partha Chatterjee, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former West Bengal Board of Secondary Education president Kalyanmoy Gangopadhyay in a CBI case related to the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam.With this, ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanA high-powered Election Commission of India team arrived at Krishnagar on Wednesday to take stock of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, signalling the Commission’s sharpened focus on accuracy and preparedness ahead of the next electoral cycle.The six-member ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari today alleged that the death sentence awarded to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was “done on the orders of Pakistan”, claiming that the verdict lacked ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanThe West Bengal Assembly secretariat has begun exploring legal options to challenge last week’s Calcutta High Court Division Bench ruling that struck down the Assembly membership of Mukul Roy.According to secretariat officials, Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay’s office has initiated consultations ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanA high-level team from the Election Commission of India (ECI), led by Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, arrived in Kolkata on Tuesday to review the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.The visit comes ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanKrishnagar’s long-running municipal paralysis has taken a startling turn with civic administrator and Sadar Sub-Divisional Officer Sharadwati Choudhury discovering massive discrepancies in staff records.While nearly a thousand sanitation workers appear on the municipality’s rolls, barely 300 to 400 are ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanFour alleged members of a drug syndicate were arrested in West Delhi after police busted a network reportedly transporting cannabis from West Bengal to Delhi, concealed in trolley bags on long-distance trains, an officer said on Tuesday.According to the ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Development (iLEAD) successfully conducted its Student Council Elections recently, drawing a large number of students and staff to the polls. The event was held under the careful supervision of teachers and mentors, ensuring ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanLIC has sanctioned Rs 38,01,000 to Vivekananda Hospital & Research Institute from its golden jubilee foundation fund for ICU equipment and lift installation. The hospital provides free treatment to underprivileged cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and thalassaemia patients.Addressing the event, ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanFollowing Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha member Kalyan Banerjee’s alleged remarks levelling accusations at the West Bengal Governor of storing arms and bombs in Raj Bhavan and supplying them to the BJP to kill TMC leaders, the Raj Bhavan, ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanThe birth centenary of music composer Salil Chowdhury began in the city today.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her X handle paid rich tributes to Salil Chowdhury on his birth anniversary.AdvertisementA programme titled ‘Saat Range Swapne’ was held at Kala ...
20 November 2025 The StatesmanResponding to the huge demand, the Sealdah Division of the Eastern Railway has decided to introduce two more air-conditioned local trains in its division very soon.The first additional new AC local is to be operated between Sealdah and Kalyani ...
19 November 2025 The StatesmanAjoy Edwards, chief of the Indian Gorkha Janshakti Front (IGJF) and an elected Sabhasad of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticising her objection to the central government–appointed interlocutor for the Hills and ...
19 November 2025 The StatesmanThe National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) has been honoured with the prestigious CIMUSET Award for its climate change gallery “On The Edge?” developed at Science City, Kolkata. The award was announced on 15 November, during the CIMUSET award ...
19 November 2025 The StatesmanUncontrolled stunt biking on a public road has claimed the life of a young Polytechnic student in the Mukutmonipur tourist hub area of Bankura yesterday afternoon. Twenty-one-year-old Monojit Mahato, who hailed from Shyamsundarpur in the Raipur Police Station area, ...
19 November 2025 The StatesmanIn a huge relief to the city Metro network, a major constraint on the way of Purple Line construction was overcome yesterday.The Kolkata Metro Railway, its implementing agency the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) and the Consulate General of ...
19 November 2025 The StatesmanA video that has gone viral on social media shows a Trinamool Congress leader allegedly threatening violence if names of valid voters are removed from West Bengal’s electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being carried out by ...
19 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) signed a MOU with Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board (APMB) at the 30th Edition of ‘Partnership Summit 2025’, held in Visakhapatnam on 14 November.The strategic partnership aims to foster mutual progress through ...
18 November 2025 The StatesmanSurpassing expectations in Bihar elections, the BJP is shifting focus to West Bengal with a recalibrated strategy boosted by organisational strength and a targeted campaign against the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) on law and order, women’s safety, and migration ...
18 November 2025 The StatesmanThe investigation into the Delhi blast case has expanded to West Bengal, with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) interrogating a suspect currently held in a Kolkata jail.The suspect, Sabir Ahmed, a resident of Palashipara in the Nadia district, is ...
18 November 2025 The StatesmanLaw, judiciary and labour minister Moloy Ghatak has said that although the BJP won the Bihar Assembly elections with an overwhelming majority, the credit for this victory goes to the process of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) undertaken by ...
18 November 2025 The StatesmanA section of the SSC candidates moved Calcutta High court on Monday allegedly over the presence of tainted candidates in the recently-published SSC list of candidates for interviews.The discontent is over an alleged flip-flop of the West Bengal School ...
18 November 2025 The StatesmanTill yesterday evening, 22.8 lakh enumeration forms of the total 23.27 lakh have been distributed in West Burdwan district under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls process by the Election Commission of India.Booth Level Officers (BLOs) began ...
18 November 2025 The StatesmanSecurity along the India-Bangladesh border in North and South 24-Parganas has been intensified following the historic verdict delivered by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, which on Monday, sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity.The moment ...
18 November 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal has recorded another major milestone in public healthcare, with its telemedicine network crossing the milestone of seven crore consultations, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Monday.The chief minister described the feat as a “milestone” for the state’s ...
18 November 2025 The StatesmanA migrant labourer from Kalna, on his way back home, has mysteriously disappeared from Pune railway station in Maharashtra 10 days ago, and his family still remains clueless about his whereabouts.Nepal Sheikh (35), hailing from New Madhuban locality of ...
18 November 2025 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Kalyan Banerjee, who has courted controversy for his allegation charging Governor CV Ananda Bose with storing arms and ammunition and supplying BJP leaders to attack the TMC, fired a fresh salvo accusing the governor ...
18 November 2025 The StatesmanSurpassing expectations in Bihar elections, the BJP is shifting focus to West Bengal with a recalibrated strategy boosted by organisational strength and a targeted campaign against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on law and order, women’s safety, and migration ...
18 November 2025 The StatesmanFollowing claims by Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee that arms were stashed inside the Raj Bhawan, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday led a combing operation inside the premises. The Joint Combing Operation was carried out by ...
18 November 2025 The StatesmanIn an interesting development, Governor CV Ananda Bose is cutting short his outstation tour and returning to Raj Bhavan, Kolkata, today to personally lead an unprecedented joint combing operation across the entire Raj Bhavan complex.According to an announcement made ...
18 November 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Sunday described the four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member, C.V. Ananda Bose ’s allegation that arms and ammunition were being distributed from the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata as “inflammatory, explosive and irresponsible”.Speaking ...
17 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Sunday, released an audio clip and claimed that it substantiated that Trinamool Congress legislator Jiban Krishna Saha, who is in jail in connection with the multi-crore ...
17 November 2025 The StatesmanAfter getting released from judicial custody in connection with the cash-for-job case, former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee has installed a box outside his party office in Kolkata to seek public opinions on his political leadership.Chatterjee, who is ...
17 November 2025 The StatesmanThe office of the West Bengal Governor, C.V. Ananda Bose, had directed the Kolkata Police to start an investigation into the allegations made by the four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member, Kalyan Banerjee’ that arms and ammunition were being ...
17 November 2025 The StatesmanA minor boy, Sheikh Reyan (10), a resident of Mayapur, under Arambagh 1 Gram Panchayat, went missing on Thursday evening. After an intensive search, the police recovered his body, wrapped in a blanket, from the house of a man ...
16 November 2025 The StatesmanScientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) discovered a new species of slender gecko in Andhra Pradesh adding to the known biodiversity of the Eastern Ghats.According to the researchers, this is only the second species of the genus ...
16 November 2025 The StatesmanState BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday said that the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections would be the last election of chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s political career.Speaking to reporters in Siliguri, Mr Bhattacharya said: “Even if the Special Intensive ...
16 November 2025 The StatesmanMovement between Krishnagar and Nabadwip is set to face significant disruption for over six weeks as the Nadia district administration has announced phased traffic restrictions on the Sri Gouranga Setu over the Bhagirathi.The decision follows an official communication from ...
16 November 2025 The StatesmanThe The Darjeeling Welfare Society (DWS), led by its founder-president and Rajya Sabha MP Harsh Vardhan Shringla, inaugurated Rozgar Mela 2.0 in Siliguri on Saturday. The two-day job fair, held at Salesian College near Don Bosco School, is being ...
16 November 2025 The StatesmanSal seed butter, until now an untapped resource, has begun providing livelihood for marginalised tribal families in several villages within the Junglemahal forests near here. This has been made possible through a project initiated by a central scientific research ...
16 November 2025 The StatesmanA retired teacher, who was attacked by a swarm of honeybees, died in hospital yesterday.Sixty-two-year-old Nirmal Dutta of Dhandabag was attacked by a large number of bees while taking his son to tuition on a two-wheeler last Sunday. Both ...
16 November 2025 The StatesmanFormer Lok Sabha MP and Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday forwarded a letter to Union minister of home affairs Amit Shah, urging for an ordinance for protecting the citizenship rights of people from the Matua community.Matuas are ...
16 November 2025 The StatesmanOn the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda as India celebrated Birsa Munda Jayanti, both Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee paid respects to the iconic tribal leader.Mamata Banerjee wrote in Bengali on her ...
16 November 2025 The StatesmanBuoyed by the Bihar Assembly election results, BJP leaders in north Bengal are increasingly confident that they can wrest power in West Bengal in 2026—provided the Election Commission of India carries out a thorough Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to ...
15 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India’s (ECI) extended deadline for distributing enumeration forms under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ends on Saturday, with around 70 lakh forms still left to be delivered across West Bengal.Officials in the office of the ...
15 November 2025 The StatesmanSix bighas of ‘vacant’ land in the heart of Burdwan town can be the target of any real estate shark, even if the land happens to be a burial ground. The machinations of one such developers’ company resulted in ...
15 November 2025 The StatesmanWith the BJP and Nitish Kumar alliance securing victory in Bihar as early trends indicated a favourable mandate, Union minister Giriraj Singh on Friday turned his political gaze eastwards.Barely hours after the numbers began tilting towards the NDA, Mr ...
15 November 2025 The StatesmanWith a quarter of the 21st Century almost over, diabetes remains a major global health concern among both young and old. The complexities from this non-communicable disease tear into the fabric of society, with problems ranging from costs of ...
15 November 2025 The StatesmanThe resounding victory of the NDA in Bihar has sent a “clear political message for eastern India,” indicating that West Bengal could emerge as the next major centre of political change, West Bengal BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP ...
15 November 2025 The StatesmanThe trend of the results of the Bihar Assembly polls showing a thumping majority for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seems to have provided BJP leaders in West Bengal with extra oxygen for the crucial forthcoming Assembly elections in ...
15 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had done everything to protect the real culprits in the R.G. Kar rape and murder case, the victim’s mother told a trial court in Kolkata on Friday.“The CBI is supposedly India’s most high-profile ...
15 November 2025 The StatesmanThe District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) celebrated NALSA Day with special needs children at Chinsurah Rabindra Bhavan on Wednesday.To mark the occasion, the entire celebration was organised with the participation of children with special needs from various government homes ...
14 November 2025 The StatesmanA 21-year-old law student was found hanging in the chamber of an advocate at Kakdwip in South 24-Parganas on Wednesday night, triggering tension and outrage in the area.The deceased, identified as Sonia Halder, a resident of Gandhinagar in Kakdwip, ...
14 November 2025 The StatesmanShashikant, a resident of Kapasdanga Lichutala in Ward No. 8 of Chinsurah Municipality, served in the mechanical engineering department of the Indian Army for nearly three decades. He was also a member of the Shanti Sena, the peacekeeping force ...
14 November 2025 The StatesmanAs the winter travel season takes off, IndiGo has added a new international destination to its growing network, launching direct flights between Kolkata and Siem Reap, Cambodia — the gateway to the world-famous Angkor Wat.With this, IndiGo becomes the ...
14 November 2025 The StatesmanThe three-day 2nd International Conference on Natural Hazards: Risk Analysis & Mitigation – Down to Earth 2025 — jointly organised by the department of civil engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT) and the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority ...
14 November 2025 The StatesmanA special emergency meeting of the Trinamul Congress women’s wing at Trinamul Bhavan yesterday decided on two important programmes, which will be carried out throughout the state over the next two months, ahead of the Assembly elections next year.The ...
14 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport, welcomed the winter season with a heart-warming celebration. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) hosted a symbolic Cake Mixing Ceremony at the Airport Travel Club Lounge on Thursday, marking the onset ...
14 November 2025 The StatesmanAfter a week’s entertainment for cinephiles, with 215 handpicked movies from 39 countries across the globe, the 31 Kolkata International Film Festival ended today.Cuban film, To The West in Zapata by filmmaker David Bim won the Golden Royal Bengal ...
14 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday disqualified senior political leader Mukul Roy from the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for violating the anti-defection law.The verdict overturns the earlier decision of Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee, who had declined to act on ...
14 November 2025 The StatesmanDebangshu Bhattacharya along with local leaders of Nadia (Ranaghat) met the family of late Shyamal Santra, who died due to SIR fear on Thursday, whereas Senior TMC leader and minister Dr Shashi Panja spoke at a public rally against ...
14 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has locked in its database the details of the 43 lakh dead voters in West Bengal whose names continue to figure in the state’s electoral roll as on October 27.Sources in the office ...
14 November 2025 The StatesmanDrowning deaths across the state of West Bengal, India, are almost three times higher than previous estimates, according to results of one of the largest community-based surveys to date, published today in the BMJ Global Health.The survey, supported by ...
13 November 2025 The StatesmanA Synergy and Business Conclave was held at Rabindranath Bhavan in Chinsurah with entrepreneurs associated with small and medium industries from Hooghly, Kolkata and South 24-Parganas.The conclave aims to boost entrepreneurship by providing a platform for Micro, Small and ...
13 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India’s (ECI) latest directive allowing flexibility in the appointment of booth level agents (BLAs) has triggered a sharp political debate in West Bengal, with the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) accusing the Commission of favouring the ...
13 November 2025 The StatesmanEminent filmmaker Michal Kwiencinaki from Poland drew a parallel between Bengali and Polish cinema saying that movies of both countries share a connection as they highlight serious social subjects rather than just being a commercial content.The noted filmmaker is ...
13 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Trinamul Congress (TMC) has sharply reacted to the new Election Commission of India (ECI) rule on booth level agent (BLA appointments). Trinamul MP Kalyan Banerjee held a Press conference at Trinamul Bhavan highlighting how the ECI move helps ...
13 November 2025 The StatesmanThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted extensive searches in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district in connection with Monday’s car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort.Within 48 hours of the blast, an NIA investigation team arrived in Bengal after a ...
13 November 2025 The StatesmanIn yet another political homecoming ahead of the Assembly elections, former Trinamul Congress MLA and BJP leader Amal Acharya rejoined the Congress on Wednesday.The induction took place at the state party headquarters, Bidhan Bhavan, in the presence of AICC ...
13 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Statesman and Dainik Statesman will host the final round of Best Face, Best Dress on 14 November. Twelve young women have been selected for the event after impressing judges in the pre-final round.The qualified finalists are Aakriti Singh, ...
13 November 2025 The StatesmanChief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed happiness over the top spot being attained by Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA – Sector V) for its urban management.In a post on X handle, Miss Banerjee wrote: “A proud moment for West Bengal ...
13 November 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday paid rich tributes to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on his birth anniversary, recalling his immense contribution to India’s freedom struggle and his enduring legacy as a champion of education and communal ...
13 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Supreme Court today issued notice to the Election Commission of India on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) now underway in West Bengal and other states and asked the petitioners to file their affidavits entailing details of their alleged ...
13 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on petitions questioning the constitutional validity of its 27 October notification directing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu and ...
13 November 2025 The StatesmanJason Soo, a Singaporean independent filmmaker who documented an attempted voyage to Gaza in 2018 with several other activists, called for collective action from the people of the world against the Israeli oppression on Palestine. His film, Al Awda ...
12 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Porajhar Bhumi Raksha Committee has decided to renew its agitation, demanding proper compensation from the state government for land acquired in the Kawakhali area.On Monday, Siliguri Police detained several demonstrators — including 11 women — who had gathered ...
12 November 2025 The StatesmanLeft front including the Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI, Forward Bloc on Tuesday strongly condemned the bomb blast near Delhi’s Red Fort Metro station, describing it as a “dastardly” attack and expressing deep anguish over the loss of ...
12 November 2025 The StatesmanA Booth Level Assistant (BLA) for the BJP was assaulted yesterday afternoon allegedly by Trinamul Congress supporters when he refused to leave the area assigned to him while accompanying the Booth Level Officer (BLO) in carrying out enumeration work. ...
12 November 2025 The StatesmanDarjeeling MP Raju Bista has written to West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose, seeking his immediate intervention for the release of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) allocations to aid victims of the devastating landslides and floods that hit ...
12 November 2025 The StatesmanThe West Bengal finance department has tightened its vigilance noose around the ongoing and upcoming development projects of the state government to prevent misuse of funds and ensure speedy progress of work.The state finance department has issued a notification ...
12 November 2025 The StatesmanBarely hours after a large cache of explosives was recovered from Faridabad on Monday morning, a powerful explosion rocked the vicinity of Delhi’s historic Red Fort in the evening, leaving at least eight people dead and several others injured.Trinamul ...
12 November 2025 The StatesmanA day after a blast in Delhi which claimed eight lives, West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose, on Tuesday, asked people to have faith in the Central government and all measures will be taken to ensure safety and security ...
12 November 2025 The StatesmanHundreds of women BJP workers, on Tuesday, held a protest outside a Block Development Office (BDO) in Moyna of West Bengal’s East Midnapore district, alleging that they have stopped receiving benefits of state government’s ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ scheme due to ...
12 November 2025 The StatesmanCarlos Alcaraz kept his bid for a second year-end No. 1 ranking alive with a hard-fought comeback win over Taylor Fritz at the ATP Finals in Turin on Tuesday.The five-time Grand Slam champion recovered from a set down to ...
12 November 2025 The StatesmanSecurity arrangements have been strengthened at the Eden Gardens stadium and across Kolkata ahead of the first Test match between India and South Africa, following the fatal car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort on Monday.Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma ...
12 November 2025 The StatesmanThe scion of the Faujdar family in Bishnupur has lost all hopes of revival of the vanishing craft. With the struggling art on the verge of extinction, the last craftsman of the famous ‘Bishnupur Dashavatar Tash’ was reluctant to ...
11 November 2025 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress MP Derek O’Brien Monday alleged that 17 deaths have occurred in Bengal in the name of “Silent Invisible Rigging” (SIR) over 14 days, questioning the credibility of the electoral process.“17 deaths in 14 days in the name ...
11 November 2025 The StatesmanIn a sharp attack on the ruling Trinamul Congress, Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari today vowed that if the BJP forms the next government in West Bengal, the Tata Group will be invited to return and ...
11 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Singur and Nandigram movements that hastened the end of the Left Front’s 34-year rule in West Bengal once again echoed in the political discourse on Monday as the Trinamul Congress (TMC) marked Nandigram Day with tributes and sharp ...
11 November 2025 The StatesmanBaurilal Murmu, a TMC panchayat member of Bandwan Gram Panchayat, has been removed from his post as booth level officer (BLO) after the BJP lodged a complaint against him with the Election Commission of India (ECI).Nisipada Saha, a BJP ...
11 November 2025 The StatesmanIn a calculated move ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has revoked the suspension of its expelled leader Ritesh Tiwari.Party insiders confirmed that the decision came under the directive ...
11 November 2025 The StatesmanFulfilling a long-standing demand of the people of Siliguri, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced the construction of an international-standard cricket stadium in the city.Addressing administrative officials and reporters at Uttarkanya, the state’s branch secretariat in Siliguri, Miss ...
11 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has flagged an undue delay in the submission of the verified list of victims affected by last month’s landslides and floods in the Darjeeling region, holding up the release of ex-gratia assistance from the ...
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