West Bengal is all set to witness an action-packed 2026, with politics, sports, and culture taking the spotlight! The state’s calendar is jam-packed with exciting events, including the high-stakes Assembly Elections, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, and the ...
2 January 2026 Indian ExpressIn the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the Election Commission has issued a clear explanation on which Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates will be considered valid during hearings.Based on these directions, the Chief ...
2 January 2026 Indian ExpressAs senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday wrapped up his three-day visit to West Bengal, he tried to unite the party and invited former state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh to a core group meeting ...
2 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) Tuesday issued an ultimatum to District Electoral Officers (DEOs) of eight districts in West Bengal to submit a list of apartment complexes eligible for setting up polling booths by Wednesday, warning of strict ...
1 January 2026 Indian ExpressAs West Bengal rings in the New Year, the hills of north Bengal are likely to witness a wintry start, with the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Kolkata, forecasting light snowfall and rain in Darjeeling district on January 1 and ...
1 January 2026 Indian ExpressAs the sun sets on New Year’s Eve, Kolkata’s Park Street will begin to glow with festive lights, expected to swell with thousands of revellers. For Park Street and adjoining areas on New Year’s Eve, Metro Railway has announced ...
1 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe grounds of the historic Calcutta Cricket & Football Club (CCFC) on a typical December morning are usually defined by the rhythmic thud of leather on willow and tactical shouts of football practice. But on December 28, the 1792-established ...
1 January 2026 Indian ExpressHours after Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the TMC government in West Bengal of “abetting infiltration”, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded his resignation for failing to prevent terror attacks in the country.In a pointed rebuttal of the charges ...
1 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Kolkata Police has issued a comprehensive traffic notification to manage the influx of revelers ahead of numerous parties and events lined up for New Year’s Eve parties. The city will see heavy traffic around areas such as Park ...
31 December 2025 Indian ExpressAmid growing fear of more names getting deleted by from the electoral rolls during the second phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the BJP’s IT cell was operating ...
31 December 2025 Indian ExpressAfter deploying Central forces outside the West Bengal Chief Electoral Office in Kolkata, the Election Commission (EC) is considering using them to provide security to special roll observers following incidents of gherao and attack on them during the ongoing ...
31 December 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is being conducted using artificial intelligence (AI) and dubbed it as a “huge scam”. Banerjee made the claim while speaking at a ...
31 December 2025 Indian ExpressFrom being “grossly involved” in manipulating procurement procedures at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMGH) to receiving undue financial benefits worth lakhs of rupees from vendors, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has accused Akhtar Ali—the key ...
31 December 2025 Indian ExpressAmid a growing political row over alleged border infiltration and “stalled” fencing projects, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Tuesday said India was “strong enough” to resolve internal hitches through federal cooperation, and urged coordination between the ...
31 December 2025 Indian ExpressAccusing the TMC government in West Bengal of “abetting infiltration” of Bangladeshi migrants for electoral gains, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the issue of illegal immigration has gone “beyond the state” and has become a national ...
31 December 2025 Indian ExpressUnion Home Minister Amit Shah reached Kolkata on Monday evening, months ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, for a three-day visit to the state.After landing in the city, Shah posted on social media: “West Bengal is fully prepared ...
31 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death of a Home Guard attached to the Canning Police Station. The six-member investigation team will be headed by Rupantar Sengupta, the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) ...
30 December 2025 Indian ExpressLashing out at the Opposition BJP’s “appeasement politics” charge, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted that she’s a “secularist in true sense.”Laying the foundation stone of ‘Durga Angan’, a cultural complex dedicated to Goddess Durga, in New Town ...
30 December 2025 Indian ExpressSuspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir on Monday claimed that his recently launched political outfit, Janata Unnayan Party (JUP), would get the minority votes in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.West Bengal will go to the polls early ...
30 December 2025 Indian ExpressMembers of Trinamool Congress on Monday disrupted hearings under the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls at multiple locations in West Bengal, protesting the exclusion of Booth Level Agents (BLAs) from the proceedings.The agitation, ...
30 December 2025 Indian ExpressJadavpur University has constituted a three-member fact-finding committee to look into the hijab-related controversy that surfaced during the ongoing semester examinations. The committee has been asked to submit its report within 30 daysThe premier West Bengal university found itself ...
30 December 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal is set to witness varied weather conditions over the next week, marked by dense fog, low temperatures in parts of the state and a possible late-week shift in weather in the hills.Meteorological observations on Sunday morning showed ...
30 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Trinamool Congress on Sunday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) for calling the elderly, ailing citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) to attend the hearing at camps away from their residences as part of the Special Intensive ...
29 December 2025 Indian ExpressA booth-level officer (BLO) died allegedly by suicide in Ranibandh block of West Bengal’s Bankura district on Sunday, citing work pressure related to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, officials said.The body of Haradhan Mandal (53) was found ...
29 December 2025 Indian ExpressIn a new benchmark for spiritual tourism in India, Jagannath Dham, Digha, crossed the mark of 1 crore visitors on Sunday.This feat comes less than a year after the temple’s inauguration on April 30, 2025, marking a massive shift ...
29 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has begun in West Bengal. At present, electors whose names have no mapping with the 2002 electoral roll are being called for hearings.After the conclusion of the ...
29 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Belgharia flyover, which connects the Belgharia Expressway to Dum Dum Airport in Kolkata, will be closed for urgent repairs in the New Year, officials said.Repair work is already underway at the Sodepur flyover, causing inconvenience to commuters, office-goers, ...
29 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Saktipur police in West Bengal Sunday detained the son of suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir from Bharatpur for allegedly assaulting the personal security officer (PSO) of his father.Constable Jumma Khan approached the Saktipur police station and ...
29 December 2025 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) MP and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday hit out at the Election Commission, demanding the publication of the list of voters with “logical discrepancies” in the enumeration forms which have been submitted during the Special ...
29 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI)’s decision to recognise citizenship certificates issued under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as valid documentation for voter registration will be beneficial for the Matua community in West Bengal.Following the release of the draft ...
29 December 2025 Indian ExpressWinter has arrived in Kolkata, and with schools closing for the holidays, parents are often on the hunt for ways to keep their children engaged and entertained. Fortunately, the ‘City of Joy’ is packed with destinations that blend fun ...
28 December 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal elections 2026 news: The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) Saturday launched a new slogan – “Jotoi koro hamla, abar jitbe Bangla” (no matter how many attacks you launch, Bangla will win again) – ahead of the West Bengal ...
28 December 2025 Indian ExpressBJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Saturday said Bangladesh ought to be taught a lesson akin to what Israel taught Gaza. Suvendu marched to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata alongside party leaders and ...
28 December 2025 Indian ExpressON THE first day of hearings in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district as part of the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) exercise to decide if electors who have been issued notices will remain on the rolls, Bidhubhushan Mondol, 62, ...
28 December 2025 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Saturday hit out at the Election Commission (EC) and alleged that it was acting at the behest of the BJP after four members of her family, including her mother and sons, ...
28 December 2025 Indian ExpressA third-year student of the English Department at West Bengal’s Jadavpur University has complained to the varsity authorities over an incident allegedly involving a hijab check during the semester examination held on December 23.According to the student’s complaint, which ...
28 December 2025 Indian ExpressReacting to the recent killing of a 19-year-old migrant worker from West Bengal in Odisha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday condemned violence against Bengali-speaking people in other states.“We strongly condemn the brutal oppression and persecution that has ...
28 December 2025 Indian ExpressBengali film actress Parno Mittra on Friday joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the presence of party leader and state Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya and TMC leader Jayprakash Majumder.Mittra had joined the BJP six years ago and contested the ...
27 December 2025 Indian ExpressOdisha migrant lynching: Thousands gathered at Bahadurpur village under Suti police station in Murshidabad on Friday, as the body of 19-year-old migrant labourer Jewel Sheikh arrived from Odisha.Sheikh was lynched in Sambalpur district of Odisha on the evening of ...
27 December 2025 Indian ExpressIn the run-up to the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal starting on December 27, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a meeting with representatives of the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) ...
27 December 2025 Indian ExpressAs hearings to decide whether lakhs of electors will remain on the rolls begin in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India has allowed only Booth Level Officers (BLOs), their supervisors, Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and micro-observers to be ...
27 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe South Eastern Railway (SER) has approved a major infrastructure project to replace the ageing Kolaghat Bridge No 57 on the Howrah–Kharagpur section, one of the busiest rail corridors in eastern India. The new bridge, to be built at ...
27 December 2025 Indian ExpressSixteen months after their 32-year-old daughter was raped and murdered while on duty at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in August 2024, her parents say their lives now revolve around courtrooms, adjournments and an unending wait for ...
27 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Matua-dominated assembly seats accounts for a high rate of “untraceable” voters after the first phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls concluded in West Bengal, a survey has shown.According to the data collated for 15 assembly ...
26 December 2025 Indian ExpressAs Christmas festivities reach it’s peak. Major thoroughfares in Central Kolkata, particularly J.L. Nehru Road and the AJC Bose Road crossing, are witnessing massive gridlock due to the influx of revelers heading toward the Park Street carnival. With Park Street, ...
26 December 2025 Indian ExpressDays after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to arrive in Kolkata for a two-day visit beginning December 29, during which he will hold a series of internal Bharatiya Janata ...
26 December 2025 Indian ExpressA 19-year-old labourer from West Bengal’s Murshidabad was lynched in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on Wednesday night. Police have arrested six accused in connection with the incident.The victim, Jewel Sheikh, hailed from Chakbahadurpur village under Suti police station limits and ...
26 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal will begin on December 27, with the Election Commission of India (ECI) gearing up to conduct hearings for more than one crore voters across ...
26 December 2025 Indian ExpressDays after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that agreeing to the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the advice of then state Finance Minister Amit Mitra was a “very big blunder”, Mitra on Wednesday said ...
26 December 2025 Indian ExpressFor over eight months, 25-year-old Awal Sheikh has been languishing in confinement – first in a jail, and then at a detention centre for illegal foreigners, in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district — miles away from his Murshidabad home in ...
25 December 2025 Indian ExpressWith a massive number of revellers expected to throng Park Street and adjoining areas during Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Kolkata Police have rolled out an extensive security and traffic management plan, deploying around 2,500 personnel to maintain ...
25 December 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata remained tense for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as protests continued over the killing of a Bangladesh-origin man, with chaotic scenes unfolding during the BJP’s “Howrah Bridge Blockade” programme. Police stopped the BJP procession before it could ...
25 December 2025 Indian ExpressDescribing JU as the “best university of West Bengal,” Governor CV Ananda Bose on Wednesday said Jadavpur University (JU) will become the best in the country in the near future.Delivering the keynote address at the university’s 68th annual convocation, ...
25 December 2025 Indian ExpressHearings for the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal will begin on December 27, with notices already issued to around 10 lakh electors, officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI) ...
25 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe protests over the killing of a garment factory worker in Bangladesh escalated in Kolkata on Tuesday, with police resorting to a lathicharge to disperse demonstrators who attempted to march to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in the Beckbagan ...
25 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against an 86-year-old man in a domestic cruelty case filed by his wife, following the complainant’s death.The dispute, which arose in June 2023 under the jurisdiction of Kalyani police station, centred ...
24 December 2025 Indian ExpressA Ranaghat Additional District Judge (ADJ) court on Tuesday pronounced the quantum of punishment for the nine accused convicted in the Hanskhali gang rape case, sentencing three prime accused to life imprisonment.All nine accused were produced before the court ...
24 December 2025 Indian ExpressIn a festive boost for city revellers, Kolkata Metro has announced extended operations on Christmas Day, with additional and late-night services on the Blue Line (North–South) and Green Line (East–West) to manage the expected surge of commuters heading to ...
24 December 2025 Indian ExpressAlmost eight months after a 72-year-old man and his 40-year-old son were brutally hacked to death by a mob during a protest against the Centre’s new Waqf law, a court in Murshidabad on Monday convicted 13 men of mob ...
23 December 2025 Indian ExpressAs the Election Commission (EC) gears up for hearings in cases of discrepancies in the enumeration forms submitted by the electors during the first phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the poll panel is focusing on ...
23 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe long-awaited stone-laying ceremony of the Gangasagar bridge is likely to be held in the first week of January. The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has decided to construct a five-kilometre-long bridge over the Muriganga river to connect Sagar ...
23 December 2025 Indian ExpressAs Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir on Monday launched a political outfit — ‘Janata Unnayan Party’ – days after he was suspended from the TMC for going ahead with his plans to lay the foundation stone of a Babri-like mosque ...
23 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail granted to a Block Development Officer named in the murder of a jewellery shop owner in October this year.The single bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh also ordered the Rajganj ...
23 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected a plea seeking a central agency probe into the chaos that abruptly ended the Lionel Messi event at the Salt Lake Stadium earlier this month.After the hearing of three Public Interest Litigations ...
23 December 2025 Indian ExpressA week after chaos that took place at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, after thousands of angry and disappointed football fans failed to catch a glimpse of Argentinian soccer superstar Lionel Messi at the stadium and tore down banners, ...
23 December 2025 Indian ExpressPointing to the ongoing round of turmoil in neighbouring Bangladesh, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday called upon the Hindus there to stay united and urged the members of the community, spread across the world, to ...
23 December 2025 Indian ExpressSuspended from the ruling TMC just days ahead of him going ahead with his plan to lay the foundation stone of a Babri Masjid-like in Murshidabad despite the party’s objection, Kabir has been claiming to attract Muslim support, a ...
23 December 2025 Indian ExpressEven as temperatures across Bengal fluctuated over the past day, dense fog affected visibility in several districts. In South Bengal, Bardhaman recorded the lowest minimum at 10.8 degrees Celsius, while in the North Bengal plains, Alipurduar registered 9 degrees ...
23 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe sixth cycle of the tiger census, known as the All India Tiger Estimation, was officially launched on Sunday, with ground surveys having begun last month.Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, who chaired a high-level joint meeting of the National ...
22 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Bidhannagar police recently said that Satadru Dutta, Lionel Messi GOAT India Tour’s arrested organiser, has blamed an ‘influential’ person and also officials for the chaos at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata during the Argentine footballer’s event earlier ...
22 December 2025 Indian ExpressTrying to understand the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) through the lens of the BJP is a mistake, said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Kolkata Sunday.Addressing the ‘RSS 100 Vyakhyan Mala’, a lecture series as part of the RSS’s centenary ...
22 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe city is bracing for a busy Sunday with the Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata 2025 marathon, a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race, which will kick off from Indira Gandhi Road. Elite runners from India and around the ...
22 December 2025 Indian ExpressAfter Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over “non-development” and “jungle raj”, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) hit back at his alleged lack of concern for the Matua community.Addressing a press conference, ...
22 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Purba Medinipur police Sunday arrested the owner of a school for allegedly harassing Kolkata-based singer Lagnajita Chakraborty.The accused has been identified as Mehboob Mallick.Chakraborty complained that the accused heckled her for singing devotional songs and asked her to ...
22 December 2025 Indian ExpressSatadru Dutta, the arrested main organiser of Lionel Messi event in Kolkata on December 13, has told investigators that the football icon was “unhappy with being touched or hugged” during his appearance at the Salt Lake Stadium and left ...
21 December 2025 Indian ExpressAhead of the Assembly elections in West Bengal next year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for an end to the Trinamool Congress government’s “jungle raj” and urged people to give the BJP a chance to form a ...
21 December 2025 Indian ExpressFollowing Parliament’s passage of the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB—G RAM G, after a sharp debate over dropping ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ from the Centre’s rural employment scheme, the Trinamool Congress has announced that the West ...
21 December 2025 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday virtually addressed the public at Taherpur in Bengal’s Nadia district after his helicopter was unable to land due to low visibility.Hitting out at the ‘jungle raj’ in Bengal, PM Modi said, “Bihar has unanimously ...
21 December 2025 Indian ExpressAfter the publication of the draft electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on December 11, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will start the hearing of electors who were dissatisfied with mapping information or ...
21 December 2025 Indian ExpressAmid fresh violence in Bangladesh following the killing of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, India’s largest land port at Petrapole was on alert over concerns regarding the safety of Indian trucks and drivers in Benapole on the Bangladeshi side ...
21 December 2025 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ranaghat in West Bengal’s Nadia district was delayed on Saturday after his helicopter failed to land at Taherpur due to heavy fog and returned to Kolkata.Modi had landed at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ...
21 December 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata’s air quality has deteriorated sharply this winter, with the city recording AQI levels worse than Delhi on several occasions this December — a rare and alarming trend for the eastern metropolis.Last week, residents in Kolkata breathed air more ...
20 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to deploy Micro Roll Observers in West Bengal to assist Electoral Roll Observers and Special Electoral Roll Observers in the SIR process.The decision follows a proposal from state Chief Electoral Officer ...
20 December 2025 Indian ExpressCricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly has issued a Rs 50-crore defamation notice and filed a cyber complaint against Uttam Saha, secretary of the Argentina Fan Club in Kolkata, over remarks made in a recent media interview ...
20 December 2025 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal on Saturday to address a rally and unveil highway projects in Nadia district’s Ranaghat. This is Modi’s first visit to the state since the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) started.On Friday, Modi ...
20 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) issued 12,823 certificates between August 9 and December 9, according to data released by the civic body during the ongoing revision of the electoral rolls.“The civic body issued a total of 12,823 certificates to ...
20 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission has asked the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to deploy Central armed forces on the premises of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer’s office in Kolkata, citing a potential “law and order” risk during the ...
20 December 2025 Indian ExpressOn a day, the Lok Sabha passed a Bill to replace the 20-year-old scheme MGNREGA, the rural employment guarantee scheme named after Mahatma Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that the state’s Karmashree scheme would ...
19 December 2025 Indian ExpressFifteen years after the murder of a TMC worker in Left Front-ruled West Bengal, and 12 years after the family of the victim had filed a petition for a CBI probe, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the ...
19 December 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday criticised the Centre for what she called the removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the rural employment guarantee scheme, and announced that the state’s Karmashree scheme would be renamed in honour ...
19 December 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata kickstarted its year-end festivities with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurating the 15th edition of the Kolkata Christmas Festival at Allen Park on Thursday.Addressing the inaugural programme, Banerjee said, “Today marks the beginning of the 15th Christmas Festival at ...
19 December 2025 Indian ExpressA day after a massive fire completely destroyed Ghuni Basti, a slum in New Town’s Eco Park, near Kolkata in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday ordered a probe.The chief minister’s order ...
19 December 2025 Indian ExpressFollowing the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and publication of the draft electoral roll, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to begin hearings from December 23, which will continue until at least January 31.Chief ...
19 December 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal’s mining sector could see a significant boost, with recent Geological Survey of India (GSI) surveys identifying potential gold and critical mineral deposits across several districts. In a written response to Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, the Union ...
19 December 2025 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the construction of a Babri Masjid in Beldanga, Murshidabad by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice ...
19 December 2025 Indian ExpressPlastic waste from Kurseong, a hill station in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district, is being used to build a brand-new road in Mirik Block of northern Bengal, the first such public thoroughfare within the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA).The 4.420-km stretch, ...
19 December 2025 Indian ExpressWithout mentioning the fiasco during Lionel Messi’s visit to Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that despite good works done by her TMC government in the state, a section of people tries to defame her ...
18 December 2025 Indian ExpressAyesha Akhtar, a mother of two and an Urdu para-teacher, sits with a sigh of relief at Taki House School in Sealdah, designated as the Booth Level Office centre for the area.For her, Wednesday marked the end of a ...
18 December 2025 Indian ExpressA day after the Election Commission released the draft electoral roll of West Bengal on the conclusion of the first phase of the SIR, senior CPI(M) leader Mohammad Salim’s son, Atish Aziz, on Wednesday pointed to the error in ...
18 December 2025 Indian ExpressA massive cylinder blast at an oxygen godown near Kankurgachi triggered a large fire early Wednesday, with residents reporting that the explosion sounded like a “bomb or missile attack”.The blast caused panic across the area, with those living within ...
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