The state government is to publish the draft on delimitation of wards under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation on 31 July, informed administrator of the civic body Smita Pandey today.Before the draft publication, the exercise is to undergo a few ...
14 July 2026 The StatesmanBahiragachi is a densely populated commercial area where several bustling villages avail access to schools, markets, banks, post offices and healthcare facilities by trespassing a railway line of the Ranaghat-Gede Section of Sealdah Division.On the Up line of the ...
14 July 2026 The StatesmanThe 136-year-old Bankra Mosque, also known as the Gouripur Jama Masjid, inside the Kolkata airport has remained shut since Sunday with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari saying that the structure has to be relocated considering the geopolitical significance and the ...
14 July 2026 The StatesmanChief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday approved a financial package worth Rs 74.78 crore for the welfare of lakhs of kendu leaf pluckers, binders, and seasonal staff engaged in Odisha’s kendu leaf trade.The package includes bonus and incentive ...
14 July 2026 The StatesmanSteel minister HD Kumaraswamy announced that the expansion project of the IISCO Steel Plant (ISP), Burnpur is moving rapidly on Monday, as part of his three-day visit to West Bengal, emphasising that federal cooperation is essential to national industrial ...
14 July 2026 The StatesmanIndia, world’s second largest steel producer, currently focused on modernisation and sustained reforms of its plant and installations to secure a pivotal role in the global steel value chain, is ambitious to ensure 46 per cent participation by the ...
14 July 2026 The StatesmanThe second day of the 60th Garment Buyers & Sellers Meet & B2B Expo, organised by the West Bengal Garment Manufacturers & Dealers Association (WBGMDA) at Science City, witnessed an overwhelming response from buyers, retailers, distributors, wholesalers, and industry ...
14 July 2026 The StatesmanPeerless Skill Academy, in collaboration with Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan (RKSMVV), Dum Dum, inaugurated the RKSMVV School of Professional Studies ~ a dedicated women-centric skill development centre established under the Giving Initiative of Peerless General Finance & Investment ...
14 July 2026 The StatesmanPrabhas Mondal, one of the three accused in the alleged gangrape and murder of a 12-year-old girl at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, was killed in an encounter on early Wednesday morning.The incident took place ...
8 July 2026 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced that the by-elections for three vacant Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal will be held on July 24. The seats fell vacant following the resignations of Trinamool Congress MPs Sukhendu Sekhar ...
6 July 2026 The StatesmanThe Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the death of a 12-year-old girl in West Bengal’s Baruipur has arrested a second accused after overnight search operations, while three more people have been detained for questioning as investigators widen the probe.The ...
6 July 2026 The StatesmanThe Trinamool Congress on Friday threw its weight behind Bombay High Court judge Justice Madhav Jamdar following his landmark ruling quashing a one-year externment order against political activist Saeed Ahmad Abdul Wahid Chaudhary, with the party describing the judgment ...
4 July 2026 The StatesmanBulldozers razed down arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Saokat Molla’s son’s cafe on Thursday as district officials claimed it to be illegal.The South 24 Parganas district administration carried out this demolition drive at Imran Molla’s cafe in the Moukhali ...
2 July 2026 The StatesmanHighlighting that West Bengal must build a healthcare system capable of retaining patients within the state, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday unveiled a wide range of health infrastructure and welfare initiatives to mark National Doctors’ Day as well ...
1 July 2026 The StatesmanThe BJP government’s push for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in West Bengal has moved into sharper political focus, with party leaders saying the Bill is expected to be introduced in the state Assembly on June 29.The proposed move ...
29 June 2026 The StatesmanA businessman was abducted at gunpoint outside a shopping mall in Phulbagan, Kolkata, on Saturday night. A gang of men posed as CID officers to lure him into a vehicle before demanding a ransom of one crore rupees. When ...
28 June 2026 The StatesmanA 14-year-old girl was allegedly sexually harassed by an auto-rickshaw driver in Kolkata last Wednesday evening. The incident took place near Phulbagan crossing, within the jurisdiction of the Phulbagan Police Station. FIR against the accused driver was lodged on ...
28 June 2026 The StatesmanThe faction within Trinamool Congress that remains loyal to Mamata Banerjee and party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has filed four separate police complaints against the rebel faction led by expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee. All four complaints were filed within ...
28 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh has accused the BJP-led state government in West Bengal of targeting leaders loyal to Mamata Banerjee while leaving members of the rebel TMC faction untouched.Speaking to reporters, Ghosh said supporters of Mamata Banerjee were ...
28 June 2026 The StatesmanA ward office of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation was opened after weeks as officials discovered contraceptives, a bed and dressing table inside it.The ward office, which used to be run by Trinamool Congress, reported remained locked since the results for ...
28 June 2026 The StatesmanThe death toll in the collapse of an under-construction godown shed in Kolkata’s Taratala area has increased to 16, with police saying 33 people were caught up in the incident. Rescue teams have pulled survivors from the debris, while ...
27 June 2026 The StatesmanPolice have detained a close associate of TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s personal assistant, Sumit Roy, from his home.An investigative team took Palash Chakraborty, a resident of Radharani Colony in Sahaganj-Keota, Chinsurah, away for questioning.Family members have said that ...
27 June 2026 The StatesmanAn all-new type of scam has surfaced under the guise of “work-from-home” opportunities, wherein fraudsters are casting their nets with the promise that you can earn money from the comfort of your home using just your mobile phone.These scammers ...
27 June 2026 The StatesmanAbhinav Shaw from West Bengal has scripted history by winning the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event at the ISSF Junior World Championship 2026 in Suhl, Germany, setting a new junior world record in the ...
27 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Agnimitra Paul on Thursday demanded that former Kolkata mayor and ex-urban development and municipal affairs minister Firhad Hakim should not be spared after a warehouse collapse in Taratala that claimed 11 ...
26 June 2026 The StatesmanThe political fallout from the deadly collapse of an under-construction warehouse in Kolkata’s Taratala intensified on Friday after former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim denied having any role in approving the building plan cited by the state government.The controversy erupted ...
26 June 2026 The StatesmanGoing stern over littering and encroaching government spaces, Urban Development and Municipal Affairs minister Agnimitra Paul today instructed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to set up cold storage at the civic body run fish markets.After conducting a cleanliness drive at ...
24 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Burdwan District Magistrate has already shortlisted three to four possible sites for the proposed 100-seat medical college in Asansol, the district headquarters of the district. A team from Swasthya Bhawan is expected to visit shortly to finalise the ...
24 June 2026 The StatesmanFinance minister Swapan Dasgupta yesterday announced surveys for proposed Metro rail projects in three cities of the state ~ Asansol, Durgapur and Siliguri. Political leaders and representatives of various chambers of commerce have welcomed the move, saying it would ...
24 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal will have a sports university and an international standard stadium while every Assembly constituency is set to house a mini-indoor stadium, the state Budget announced today.To promote athletics facilities, professional sports training/coaching and ...
23 June 2026 The StatesmanThe party offices of Trinamul Congress and its trade union wing, the INTTUC, and students wing the TMCP, which were set up illegally, encroaching upon Central and state government lands, have been demolished after the BJP government came to ...
23 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Ritabrata Banerjee-led rebel faction on Monday claimed that they have removed former Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the Chairperson of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC).The decision was taken during a meeting of the rebel faction held ...
23 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta is currently presenting the first state budget after the formation of the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the state assembly. Amid this, the budget file, prepared using a combination of cotton ...
23 June 2026 The StatesmanAmid the row over the renaming of Suhrawardy Avenue in Kolkata, BJP leader Amit Malviya on Monday slammed the “Congress ecosystem”, saying “Bengal owes the Suhrawardy legacy no tribute.”Suhrawardy Avenue, a road connecting two key crossings in Kolkata, was ...
23 June 2026 The StatesmanAt least five passengers were killed and several others injured when a North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) bus rammed into a stationary truck-trailer on National Highway 27 near Ulladabri under Maynaguri police station in Jalpaiguri district of West ...
22 June 2026 The StatesmanLok Sabha MPs Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Satabdi Roy who have just switched sides from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and joined the almost-obsolete Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) may be pressing defamation charges on TMC Krishnanagar MP Mahua ...
22 June 2026 The StatesmanA new bridge connecting the rural Bankura district with the industrial town of Burnpur in Paschim Bardhaman district in West Bengal is likely to be announced in the state budget that will be tabled on Monday.Currently, a 800 metre ...
22 June 2026 The StatesmanIn a stunning revelation, an audit report submitted by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to the Election Commission stated that the party has spent a total of Rs 150 crore in aircraft and chopper charges in the last four years.Party ...
22 June 2026 The StatesmanAs the 12th International Yoga Day was celebrated in full pomp and grandeur in Kolkata with Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicking off the festival in the city, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari thanked him for bringing the exercise into limelight ...
22 June 2026 The StatesmanFrustrated with the consecutive quitting of their party presidents in the twin Bardhaman districts within a week, Trinamool Congress (TMC) grassroot members have now started deserting the Mamata Banerjee-led party and joining the Congress in its place.As many as ...
22 June 2026 The StatesmanThe temple town of Tarakeswar in West Bengal’s Hooghly district turned into a grand stage celebrating Bengal’s heritage, culture and history on Saturday, as the temple town was all decked up to celebrate the first official observance of Paschimbanga ...
21 June 2026 The StatesmanPrime Minister Narendra Modi, on the first official Paschimbanga Divas celebration, credited Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee for leading the movement that ensured a part of Bengal remained within India and called for greater awareness among younger generations about the ...
21 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced the installation of a 125-foot tall statue of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who has been credited for leading the way for the creation of the state in 1947, on the occassion ...
21 June 2026 The StatesmanPrime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in West Bengal on Saturday to participate in the celebrations marking the state’s first Paschimbanga Divas (West Bengal Day). The day has been declared by the newly formed Bharaitya Janata Party (BJP) government in ...
21 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Kolkata Police has announced a slew of traffic restrictions in the city for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state for Paschimbanga Divas on June 20 (Saturday) and International Yoga day on June 21 (Sunday).According to a ...
21 June 2026 The StatesmanTension prevailed along the Sukhdevpur border in the Baishnabnagar area of Malda in West Bengal on Saturday following allegations of a pushback attempt at the international border.According to local sources, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel allegedly attempted to push ...
21 June 2026 The StatesmanThe West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) visited Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay’s residence on Saturday, intesifying its ongoing investigation into the signature mismatch case.A six-member team from the CID carried out an hour-long search at the Ballygunge ...
21 June 2026 The StatesmanPashchim Banga Divas was officially observed for the first time across the state, including North Bengal on Saturday, with programmes held in several districts across the region ranging from Cooch Behar to Malda.In Siliguri, administrative officials of the Siliguri ...
21 June 2026 The StatesmanPrime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to kickstart his two-day visit to West Bengal on Saturday with Paschimbanga Divas celebrations in Hooghly district, a place associated with Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, widely regarded as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ...
21 June 2026 The StatesmanPolice on Saturday arrested Regina Bibi, wife of arrested Trinamool Congress leader Jahangir Khan, in connection with the attempted storming of Falta Police Station in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on June 17, 2026.Investigators have identified Regina Bibi ...
21 June 2026 The StatesmanA swarm of 3,000 drones will light up the city’s night sky on Saturday, putting up a synchronised show on the banks of the Hooghly as part of the Vande Yogam and West Bengal Day celebrations.The swarm will take ...
20 June 2026 The StatesmanSenior Trinamul Congress leader and Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh on Friday publicly questioned the use of party funds for chartered flights, triggering fresh political discussion over the travel arrangements of the party’s national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee.Speaking to reporters, ...
20 June 2026 The StatesmanThe West Bengal government is drawing up a comprehensive long-term strategy to address recurring landslides in the Darjeeling hills and other vulnerable areas of North Bengal, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday.Speaking at Nabanna amid concerns over fresh ...
20 June 2026 The StatesmanAiming to provide hygienic meals to passengers at affordable prices, the Sealdah Division has decided to launch food vans through a public-private partnership model at Sealdah station.The divisional railway has identified two spots in front of the main station ...
20 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday, June 19, said though the flood and river situation across North Bengal remained largely under control despite heavy rainfall, a person had died in Alipurduar, while a temporary bridge was washed ...
20 June 2026 The StatesmanAn FIR has been registered against former Diamond Harbour police officer Mitun Kumar Dey following allegations of custodial torture levelled by a Trinamool Congress councillor, bringing renewed scrutiny on an officer who has previously figured in political controversies in ...
20 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, along with TMC MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Mahua Moitra, on Friday met with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and submitted 20 petitions against its 20 rebel MPs, seeking their disqualification.After the meeting, Banerjee ...
20 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested police officer Manoranjan Mondal after a marathon interrogation in connection with the multi-crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal, as per media reports. Mondal appeared before the ED at its Salt Lake office on ...
19 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress leader and former MLA from Panihati constituency, Nirmal Ghosh, today appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the RG Kar case.The former TMC chief whip reached the Central investigative agency’s office at New ...
19 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Trinamool Congress (TMC), the principal Opposition party in West Bengal, appeared visibly divided in the assembly on Thursday as rival factions occupied separate sections of the Opposition benches during the first session of the newly elected House.The session, ...
19 June 2026 The StatesmanAkhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh, the RSS teachers’ front, staged a protest march in Burdwan on Thursday against the Supreme Court order mandating that all teachers who have not cleared TET must qualify it.Starting from Town Hall, members marched ...
19 June 2026 The StatesmanA five-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by senior leader and Ballygunge MLA Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay, met West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at the assembly premises on Thursday urging the state government to adopt a humane approach ...
19 June 2026 The StatesmanThe West Bengal government will take a final decision on the future of industrial land at Singur only after receiving a report from an expert committee constituted to assess the status and potential of the acquired land, state industries ...
19 June 2026 The StatesmanFormer North Bengal Development Department minister Udayan Guha was remanded to seven days’ police custody on Thursday by the Dinhata Sub-Divisional Court in West Bengal’s Coochbehar in connection with an alleged extortion and cheating case registered at Dinhata Police ...
19 June 2026 The StatesmanBharatiya Janata Party (BJP), under Asansol organisation district of Rahr Bangla, has officially unveiled two new, futuristic state-of-the-art party offices in Durgapur city in West Burdwan district on Thursday named as ‘Janatar Karyalay’.While one of these BJP offices has ...
19 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had it moment of glory on Thursday as the first Budget session kicked off in the West Bengal assembly, after the saffron party registered its first victory in the state in the recently held ...
19 June 2026 The StatesmanWith a deep fiscal scar left by the previous regime, the state transport department is exploring options to stay afloat and bring the financial accounts to positive at the earliest.State-run buses in the city had reduced by several hundred ...
18 June 2026 The StatesmanFormer chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) president Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday led a protest rally in central Kolkata against the eviction of hawkers without rehabilitation or alternative livelihood arrangements.The rally comes at a time when the TMC is ...
18 June 2026 The StatesmanIn a fresh initiative aimed at boosting tourism in the state, the West Bengal government’s Tourism Department has initiated consultations with tourism industry stakeholders to prepare a 90-day Tourism Action Plan and a one-year Tourism Development Roadmap.In the first ...
18 June 2026 The StatesmanAiming to draw more domestic and international tourists, the West Bengal government has planned to take fresh initiatives to promote Durga Puja on the global stage, state tourism minister Shankar Ghosh said on Wednesday.Ghosh however, reserved his views on ...
18 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress (TMC) councillor Susanta Ghosh was finally arrested by the Kolkata Police from Puri on Wednesday days after he managed to give the police a slip at the Bengal-Odisha border.The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) councillor from 108 ward ...
18 June 2026 The StatesmanAn email from Argenitine football legend Lionel Messi blaming then West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas for the Salt Lake stadium event mismamagement on December 2025, has landed at the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate on Tuesday, indicating further trouble for ...
18 June 2026 The StatesmanFormer minister Udayan Guha was arrested by the Coochbehar police from his residence at Kolkata’s Phoolbagan area on Wednesday. Police sources claim that Guha has been taken to the Phoolbagan police station following his arrest.The former state Minister for ...
18 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Trinamool Congress Bhawan in Kolkata’s Metropolitan area is finally being vacated. Reports indicate that the process of removing furniture from the first and second floors of the building started on Tuesday.Sources within the TMC claimed that the TMC ...
18 June 2026 The StatesmanA woman Maoist leader with links to one of the country’s most wanted insurgent commanders has surrendered before Kolkata Police, authorities announced on Wednesday.Identified as Pushpa, also known by the aliases Varsha and Shakuntala, the surrendered Maoist was active ...
18 June 2026 The StatesmanThe debate over hawker evictions in West Bengal took a political turn on Thursday after BJP leader Dilip Ghosh launched a sharp attack on former chief minister Mamata Banerjee for participating in a protest march against alleged forced removals ...
18 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has left the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters at Kolkata’s Bhabani Bhaban at around 6:30 pm on Tuesday.Banerjee made a stopover at TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s residence on his way ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanAs Trinamool Congress (TMC) National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee faces questioning by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in the inflammatory remarks case, officials from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) went knocking at this Kalighat redisence.The KMC officials ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said in West Bengal’s Kurseong on Tuesday (June 16) while former Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee used to visit the hill areas only like tourists, he has come to ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanThe legal battle over the alleged mismanagement during Lionel Messi’s ‘GOAT India Tour’ event in Kolkata has intensified, with the interim protection granted to former West Bengal Minister Aroop Biswas being challenged before a higher bench of the Calcutta ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanWest Bengal Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Dilip Ghosh said that Beleghata MP Kunal Ghosh had predicted that he would be hit with eggs if he goes to former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence but he did not expect ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress (TMC) National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee arrived at the West Bengal Crime Investigation Department (CID) headquarters in Bhabani Bhawan on Tuesday for questioning in connection with his alleged inflammatory statements during a campaign.This is the third time ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanMaidul Islam, a close confidant of Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, was on Tuesday, June 16 arrested by the Diamond Harbour Police in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district.Islam, a popular face of TMC teachers’ cell, was initially ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanFormer West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) Chairperson Mamata Banerjee visited the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday to file a petition challenging the Bhabanipur assembly election result in which she was defeated by current West Bengal Chief ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanTwo persons were arrested by Kolkata Police on Tuesday, June 16, for allegedly throwing eggs at TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh outside the residence of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kalighat, south Kolkata.Those arrested have been identified by police ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanIf all goes as planned, Prime Minister Narendra Modi could give a green signal to at least three railway projects in West Bengal during his two-day visit to the state on 20 and 21 June.During his visit to West ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Institute of Engineering & Management (IEM), Kolkata, and the University of Engineering & Management (UEM), in association with SMART Society USA, successfully concluded the 2026 edition of their flagship Study Abroad Program (SAP), International Internship Initiative, and the ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanFormer Sports Minister Aroop Biswas failed to appear before the Bidhannagar police on Monday, even after more than 48 hours have passed since the third notice was issued against him.The police had issued a third notice against Biswas requiring ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanSenior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and West Bengal Urban Development Minister Agnimitra Paul seems to have brushed aside the mega political development which unfolded within the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) parliamentary ranks on Sunday evening, saying that she is ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanBharatiya Janata Party’s Siliguri organisational district president Arun Mandal has urged Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to take up a series of ambitious development initiatives aimed at transforming north Bengal into a major economic and employment hub.In a letter addressed ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanAs Kolkata observes its first International Day of Yoga after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has come to power in the state following the recently concluded assembly elections, the city’s iconic Red Road and its adjoining areas have greared ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanIn a significant move aimed at ensuring transparency in government recruitment examinations, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced that candidates will be allowed to take home their OMR answer sheets after appearing for government job exams.The ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanThe Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) questionnaire to Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee stemmed from the third supplementary charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in court, which references a 15-minute telephone conversation.According to ED sources, ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanA team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) visited the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday afternoon as part of its ongoing probe into the alleged signature forgery case.The investigating officers arrived at the assembly premises on Monday and ...
16 June 2026 The StatesmanThe rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs whose number has now swelled to 22, have conglomerated at senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and West Bengal-in-charge Bhupender Yadav’s residence in Delhi, ahead of their meeting with Lok Sabha Speaker Om ...
15 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Kunal Ghosh appeared at the West Bengal Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters at Bhabani Bhawan on Sunday afternoon. The party’s general secretary and second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee was already being grilled by investigators at the ...
15 June 2026 The StatesmanIn a major overhaul of the Kolkata Police the newly-formed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal has trasferred as many as 15 Officer-in-Charges (OC) in the city.The transferred OCs include Koushik Singha Roy, Lopsang Tshering Bhutia, Ramachandran Vinod ...
15 June 2026 The StatesmanTaking a leaf out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘jhalmuri’ playbook, West Bengal Tourism Minister Shankar Ghosh relished a plate of ‘ghugni-muri’ at a roadside stall in Siliguri on Sunday.The white pea curry served along with puffed rice is ...
15 June 2026 The StatesmanRebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Deepak Adhikari aka Dev left for Delhi on Sunday as the ‘group of 20’ dissident parliamentarians are set to meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday.TMC MPs Mala Roy, ...
15 June 2026 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress (TMC) general secreatary Abhishek Banerjee arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Sunday for questioning before noon, the second time in four days. Security was beefed up outside the probe agency’s headquarters in Kolkata, Bhabani Bhawan, ...
15 June 2026 The Statesman