Nearly four years after eight people, mostly women and children, were killed in a retaliatory attack after the murder of two local TMC leaders in the Bogtui area of Birbhum district of West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court on ...
30 January 2026 Indian ExpressBJP national president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal, over issues of corruption and lawlessness in the state as well as expressed his concern over the safety and security of ...
30 January 2026 Indian ExpressStanding near the “do-not-cross” yellow tape, staring at the fire-ravaged warehouses in Kolkata’s Anandapur, is 24-year-old Moushumi Haldar, whose husband, Pankaj Haldar, worked at the premises for the past three years.Pankaj, 27, was among the dozens of people who ...
29 January 2026 Indian ExpressIn an apparent counter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Singur on January 18, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday inaugurated or laid the foundation stone for 1,694 projects, worth Rs 33,551 crore, under the state ...
29 January 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has postponed her Delhi tour on Wednesday, apparently in the wake of the death of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, said Trinamool Congress sources.CM Banerjee, who was supposed to lead an anti-Special Intensive ...
29 January 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Wednesday she was “really shocked” over the death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who was killed in a plane crash in Baranati, as she demanded a Supreme Court-monitored investigation into ...
29 January 2026 Indian ExpressAs the death toll in the double-warehouse fire at Kolkata’s Anandapur has risen to 19, with several people still reported missing, the police have arrested the owner of the warehouses on the charge of causing death due to negligence.The ...
29 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe death toll in the massive fire at a warehouse in Kolkata’s Anandapur area rose to eight Tuesday, but the identities of the victims have notbeen established yet because the bodies are severely charred. Fire and Emergency Services Minister ...
28 January 2026 Indian ExpressActor and former Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty has alleged that she was asked to leave the stage mid-performance during a Republic Day programme Sunday night in Bangaon in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, sparking controversy.Chakraborty filed a ...
28 January 2026 Indian ExpressSamajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat, Nabanna, on Tuesday and praised her for countering the “onslaught of the BJP” and declared his party’s support in her fight.“If anyone ...
28 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe trial in connection with the last year’s gangrape of a student in a south Kolkata law college couldn’t begin on Tuesday. The prosecution submitted an application requesting to record the survivor’s statement first before any other witness is ...
28 January 2026 Indian ExpressA new confrontation emerged between the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the state government after the former ordered West Bengal Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty to withdraw the transfer order of three electoral roll observers during the ongoing SIR ...
28 January 2026 Indian ExpressA micro observer was allegedly slapped and punched in Kumarganj in Dakshin Dinajpur on Saturday evening, while he was visiting the area as part of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) related work.According to local sources, the micro observer, identified as ...
28 January 2026 Indian ExpressAt least three people died in a major fire at a warehouse in Kolkata’s Anandapur area in the early hours of Monday, the police said. With at least three people reported missing, a search operation is underway at the ...
28 January 2026 Indian ExpressSupporters of the Trinamool Congress and BJP clashed at Sakherbazar locality in Kolkata’s Behala area on Sunday evening after former Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb addressed a public gathering there.The stage set for the BJP event was set on ...
27 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission (EC) has suspended Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) and Block Development Officer (BDO) of Basirhat-II, Sumitra Pratim Pradhan, for unilaterally appointing 11 “Additional AEROs” without formal notification.The individuals were not formally notified under Section 13C of ...
27 January 2026 Indian ExpressFrom litterateurs and artists to scientists and educationists, 11 accomplished persons from West Bengal have been named for the Padma Shri awards this year, an official statement said on Sunday.Among the prominent awardees from the state include:Prosenjit Chatterjee: The ...
27 January 2026 Indian ExpressJust a week ahead of the Madhyamik (Class 10 Board) examination, the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) Saturday announced that the online enrolment portal will remain open from January 27 noon to January 28 noon to allow ...
26 January 2026 Indian ExpressShashi Panja, the West Bengal Minister of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare, has been summoned for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing Sunday. Panja announced to the media that she will attend the hearing at Keshav Academy ...
26 January 2026 Indian ExpressTensions erupted in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district after a minor girl was allegedly raped by an elderly man on Thursday. While the alleged rapist has been arrested, eight others have been arrested for attacking police during a protest ...
26 January 2026 Indian ExpressTo promote commuter convenience, the Kolkata Metro has reintroduced the same-day return ticket facility. The facility, which had been defunct since 2011, was relaunched by Kolkata Metro General Manager Subhransu Sekhar Mishra on an experimental basis Friday.While the Metro ...
26 January 2026 Indian ExpressRepublic Day 2026 Kolkata Metro services: Kolkata Metro has planned to run more than 270 train services on Monday, January 26. The move aims at facilitating travellers to reach their destination as several restriction is there on road traffic ...
26 January 2026 Indian ExpressA lifeless body of a newborn male child was found in a garbage dump at Chandiberia in New Town on Saturday morning.The body was spotted by a local man, Pradeep Haldar, who had stopped at a nearby tea stall ...
26 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday published a list of 1.50 crore names for hearing in connection with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Out of them, 30 lakh names have been categorised as “unmapped ...
26 January 2026 Indian ExpressLeaders of the Darjeeling Hills on Saturday met the Central government’s Interlocutor Pankaj Kumar Singh and “unequivocally” demanded the “creation of Gorkhaland as a state or a Union Territory with full legislative powers”.Singh, a former deputy national security adviser ...
25 January 2026 Indian ExpressBengal SIR: Days after the Election Commission of India summoned Nobel laureate Amartya Sen for a hearing amid the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, the 92-year-old economist Saturday said the exercise was being conducted ...
25 January 2026 Indian ExpressNitin Nabin, who took charge as the national president of the BJP earlier this week, will visit West Bengal for two days next week.State BJP sources said Nabin would visit Kolkata on January 27 and stay for two days. ...
25 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe work for the Kolkata Metro project’s Orange line at Chingrighata, which had been stalled for a long time, may begin soon, as the police have prepared an alternative route for the vehicles to make way for peak-hour Metro ...
25 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) Friday sent instructions to the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of all states and Union territories, issuing clear guidelines for strict disciplinary action against Booth Level Officers (BLOs) over dereliction of duty, disobedience or ...
25 January 2026 Indian ExpressHighlighting the importance of reading, writer and International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq said in a world fractured by polarities and anxiety, books inculcate a habit of listening deeply, and added that a society that listens deeply is capable ...
24 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe district administration in West Bengal’s Murshidabad failed to comply with the Election Commission’s order to file an FIR against Trinamool Congress MLA Manirul Islam in the vandalism incident at the office of the Farakka Block Development Officer (BDO) ...
24 January 2026 Indian ExpressIn the busy corridors of Kolkata’s SSKM Hospital, Dr. Archana Singh’s days are defined by precision. As a radiologist, she spends her hours analysing scans and ultrasounds. However, since late 2022, the clinical precision had found a new calling. ...
24 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe 2026 International Kolkata Book Fair is set to be a bibliophile’s dream, with the fairground at Boimela Prangan, Salt Lake, now connected by a seamless Metro line from Howrah.The fair features Argentina as the focal theme country, celebrating ...
24 January 2026 Indian ExpressAbout 90 km from what will be a Babri Mosque replica in Murshidabad, a newly erected signboard on a 15- bigha land announced the construction of an Ayodhya-style Ram Temple in Nadia district’s Shantipur. However, unlike Ayodhya, the idol ...
24 January 2026 Indian ExpressBeneath the bustling canopy of the International Kolkata Book Fair, Argentine author Gustavo Canzobre reflected on a bond between Argentina and Bengal, spanning 175 years. “The connection began in 1850 when the first Argentinian traveler landed in Kolkata,” said Canzobre, ...
24 January 2026 Indian ExpressVande Bharat Sleeper food menu row: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday slammed the BJP-led central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the introduction of a vegetarian-only food menu on the newly-launched Vande Bharat Sleeper train. Flagged off ...
24 January 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday issued a stern warning against the “robbing of democratic rights”, citing the recent SIR notices served to prominent intellectuals.While addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair, the chief minister ...
24 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday directed the District Electoral Officer (DEO) of Murshidabad to file a fresh FIR naming Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Manirul Islam in connection with vandalism at the Block Development Office (BDO) at ...
24 January 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday inaugurated the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair, attended by 20 nations, including Argentina as the focal theme country.Several other nations including the UK, Germany, France, Australia, Spain, China and Ukraine are taking part ...
24 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe wife of West Bengal BJP MLA Hiran Chatterjee, Anindita Chatterjee, said Thursday that she has filed a complaint against him after photos of his purported second marriage surfaced on social media, accusing him of ‘torture’ and marrying without ...
23 January 2026 Indian ExpressA three-year-old boy died after falling into an open lift shaft at an under-construction building in Central Kolkata’s Entally area Wednesday evening.According to local police sources, the victim, identified as Pritam Rajbanshi, had gone to the roof of the ...
23 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission on Wednesday asked West Bengal Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty to submit a report on the action taken against four state government officials of Baruipur-Purba and Moina Assembly seats accused of illegally adding names to voter lists.The ...
23 January 2026 Indian ExpressAfter a 15-year gap, China will participate in the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF), which will be inaugurated by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday evening. China was last present at the fair in 2011.“They informed ...
23 January 2026 Indian ExpressA thirty-four year old man, Sunny Singh, was found dead in his house in Sarsuna, Kolkata on Tuesday morning, police said. According to police, Sunny, of Ekbalpore Lane, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his home. His ...
22 January 2026 Indian ExpressTwo days after the Supreme Court issued fresh directives to the Election Commission (EC) on notices being issued to electors for ‘logical discrepancies’ as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, the ...
22 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable properties worth about Rs 57.78 crore in connection with the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (SSC) assistant teacher recruitment scam, officials said Wednesday.The total properties attachment by ED in the recruitment ...
22 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission on Wednesday asked West Bengal Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty to submit a report within three days on the action taken against four state government officials of Baruipur-Purba and Moina Assembly seats accused of illegally adding names ...
22 January 2026 Indian ExpressIndian Secular Front (ISF) chief Naushad Siddiqui on Wednesday targeted both the ruling TMC and the main opposition party, BJP, accusing them of unleashing fear among people for votes, and said that he was ready to form an alliance ...
22 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to deploy at least 10 more electoral roll observers to ensure a flawless Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls in West Bengal. The decision comes a day after the ...
22 January 2026 Indian ExpressFormer West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh was conspicuous by his absence during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent two-day visit to the state, skipping the public meetings in Malda and Singur. However, Ghosh said he met the Prime Minister ...
22 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal is set to get delayed after the Supreme Court Monday issued certain directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure the scrutiny of voters flagged for ...
22 January 2026 Indian ExpressThousands of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) protested near the West Bengal health department’s headquarters in Salt Lake and at Dharmatala in Central Kolkata on Wednesday after being barred from meeting top officials over their demands such as a ...
22 January 2026 Indian ExpressAiming to bolster maritime vigilance and celebrate national integration, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is launching the second edition of ‘Vande Mataram Coastal Cyclothon–2026’.The 25-day expedition is scheduled to begin on January 28 and will cover the entire ...
22 January 2026 Indian ExpressAs the four-year-old conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to draw worldwide attention, the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) is set to offer a rare, peaceful intersection for the two warring nations. From Thursday, the Salt Lake Central ...
21 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe India Meteorological Department has predicted a prolonged dry spell with characteristic misty mornings across Bengal even as residents can expect a stable winter week ahead.This week commenced with a warm and sunny outlook. On Monday, Kolkata recorded a ...
21 January 2026 Indian ExpressCommuters travelling to Kolkata from Sector V and EM Bypass can look forward to smoother connectivity as the third Bailey bridge connecting Salt Lake and VIP Road near Dakshindari is set to open to traffic by January 31.Sources said ...
21 January 2026 Indian ExpressA 64-year-old woman died after she was allegedly assaulted by a former caregiver who returned to her house on Becharam Chatterjee Road with a motive of robbery on Monday, police said, adding that the accused has been detained.According to ...
21 January 2026 Indian ExpressWelcoming the Supreme Court’s order to the Election Commission (EC) to publish the names of electors who have been summoned for “logical discrepancies” as part of the ongoing SIR exercise in West Bengal, TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on ...
21 January 2026 Indian ExpressOn the second day of his two-day visit to West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated and laid foundation stones for Central government projects worth over Rs 830 crore for the state from Singur. He also flagged ...
20 January 2026 Indian ExpressTwo Public Interest Litigations (PIL) seeking the deployment of Central forces at violence-hit Beldanga in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal were filed in the Calcutta High Court Monday.The BJP filed one of the PILs, while a local resident ...
20 January 2026 Indian ExpressFrom Singur, synonymous with Mamata Banerjee’s land acquisition stir against Tata’s Nano car factory that stormed her to power in West Bengal two decades ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused her government of failing to bring industries ...
20 January 2026 Indian ExpressMinutes after Narendra Modi exhorted people of West Bengal to punish the Mamata Banerjee-led government at a BJP rally in Singur, it was TMC general secretary and party heir apparent Abhishek Banerjee who countered the prime minister, saying the ...
20 January 2026 Indian ExpressChief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Sunday said that “in an age of immediacy, judiciousness has become rare and therefore deeply valuable.”Addressing the convocation of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata, CJI Surya ...
19 January 2026 Indian ExpressAfter below-normal temperatures in the state in the first half of January, the weather office Sunday said that the mercury is set to rise across South Bengal in the next few days.According to the Alipore Regional Meteorological Centre, temperatures ...
19 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India has extended the deadline for filing claims and objections regarding inclusion, deletion, and name change in the electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to January 19. In a press note issued on Friday, ...
19 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur on Saturday inaugurated the two-day Impact RISE 2026 conclave at the IIT KGP Research Park in Newtown, Kolkata.The event, themed “Forging Futures: Engineering Social Change – Converging Capital, Innovation, and Action,” brought ...
19 January 2026 Indian ExpressKavach railway safety system: The Ministry of Railways has approved the proposal to install Kavach, an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system over 443 Route km (RKM) across West Bengal. The move will significantly enhance passenger safety by ...
19 January 2026 Indian ExpressUnrest was reported from Beldanga in Murshidabad district for the second day on Saturday after hundreds of people blocked the Barua crossing, alleging that another migrant worker from the district was assaulted in Bihar.According to police, 30 people have been ...
18 January 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday appealed to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to “protect the Constitution and democracy from disaster” so as to safeguard the country’s institutions which are under threat.Addressing a gathering on the ...
18 January 2026 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off India’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper train from Howrah to Guwahati in Assam and announced several rail and road projects worth over Rs 3,250 crore to election-bound Bengal during his two-day visit ...
18 January 2026 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attacked the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, saying that the party was using infiltrators as its vote bank and asserting that the state needed a change in government.Addressing a public rally in ...
18 January 2026 Indian ExpressKolkata traffic advisory: Major roads will remain closed and traffic will be diverted for several hours on January 24 and January 26 in Kolkata in view of the Republic Day parade and its rehearsal. “All classes of vehicles and all ...
18 January 2026 Indian ExpressKolkata road closure, Kolkata Traffic Advisory, Kolkata Traffic Update: Vidyasagar Setu also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, will remain closed for eight hours on Sunday, January 18, due to repair and rehabilitation work, including the replacement of stay and ...
18 January 2026 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gifted several rail and road projects, worth over Rs 3,250 crore, to poll-bound West Bengal, on his two-day visit to the state.Modi, who arrived in Malda from Purnea in Bihar, flagged off India’s ...
18 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe faded purple Chinese characters on heavy iron gates are the only signs suggesting the old glory of an airy compound in the middle of congested Tangra in Kolkata. They spell ‘Pei May Chinese School’ — once a symbol ...
17 January 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced plans to transform Siliguri into a global tourism and spiritual destination, promising that the city will no longer be just a transit point.Speaking at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Mahakal Temple ...
17 January 2026 Indian ExpressAhead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to West Bengal’s Malda on Saturday, where he flagged off the first Vande Bharat sleeper train between Howrah and Guwahati, the Railways had written to the officer in charge of the local Kaliachak ...
17 January 2026 Indian ExpressConcerned by the recent Nipah outbreak in West Bengal, the state government has decided to launch a survey of bats in a bid to identify the source of the infection.According to an official with the forest department, the survey ...
17 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) in Mayapur, located in West Bengal’s Nadia district, registered a First Information Report (FIR) on Friday following a surge in sophisticated online accommodation scams targeting devotees.The temple management also issued a high-level ...
17 January 2026 Indian ExpressTension simmered in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal a day after a Block Development Office in Chakulia’s Goalpokhar area was ransacked by a mob of around 300 people protesting over the SIR hearings.The intensity of Thursday’s mob violence ...
17 January 2026 Indian ExpressA wave of violent protests erupted in Beldanga, in the Murshidabad district on Friday over the death of a migrant worker in Jharkhand, as angry locals blocked railway tracks and National Highway-12 for hours, leaving thousands of passengers stranded ...
17 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe BJP on Wednesday said the Supreme Court’s notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly interfering in the ED raids at political consultancy firm I-PAC’s premises was a “legal slap” for the TMC supremo “who considers ...
17 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal health and family welfare department has released guidelines on the transmission of the Nipah virus and the necessary precautions to be taken, days after two nurses tested positive for the virus. A five-member medical team from ...
17 January 2026 Indian ExpressFollowing the confirmation of Nipah virus infections in five individuals, including a doctor, in West Bengal, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has dispatched an advanced mobile testing van from the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune ...
17 January 2026 Indian ExpressA mob protesting against SIR hearings ransacked the Block Development Office (BDO) and attacked police personnel in Chakulia in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district on Thursday. The mob also brought out files, furniture and other documents from the BDO ...
16 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted permission to Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and other BJP MLAs for holding a sit-in dharna at Mandirtala bus stand, close to state secretariat, Nabanna, after the Enforcement Directorate allegedly faced obstruction ...
16 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe National Testing Agency (NTA) has postponed the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2026 exam date for West Bengal, initially scheduled for January 23, due to Saraswati Puja. The exams were scheduled between January 23 and 30. A revised ...
16 January 2026 Indian ExpressIIT Kharagpur will host a global convergence, “Parliament of Enlightened Thoughts”, organised under the aegis of its Platinum Jubilee celebrations in collaboration with The Boston Pledge, to launch Renaissance 2.0, a movement to reimagine the future of civilization, at ...
16 January 2026 Indian ExpressEven as electors are summoned for “logical discrepancies” as part of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) for electoral rolls in West Bengal, sources said that at least 11,500 more names have been deleted so far as part ...
16 January 2026 Indian ExpressMidway through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal has proposed to the Election Commission of India (ECI) that electors attending hearings and submitting documents to include their names ...
16 January 2026 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi is set to flag off three new Amrit Bharat trains from Bengal during his forthcoming visit to the state on January 18. Railway officials said the new launches will serve critical suburban routes and spur ...
16 January 2026 Indian ExpressWith two human Nipah cases detected in West Bengal recently and many more people put in isolation as a precautionary measure, the Alipore Zoological Garden has stepped up monitoring of resident fruit and Indian flying fox bats in the ...
16 January 2026 Indian ExpressAT least three more persons, a doctor, a nurse, and a health staff member, have been infected with the Nipah virus in West Bengal, taking the total number of active cases to five.The first two patients – a male ...
15 January 2026 Indian ExpressA BDO office in Farakka was ransacked during the hearing for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on Wednesday. Police have registered an FIR against unknown people after the Election Commission intervened, sources said.The incident took place ...
15 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office has initiated a large-scale administrative overhaul in West Bengal, with the state government formally notified to reshuffle police personnel ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. Following directives from the Election Commission of India, ...
15 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Police have intensified their investigation into the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids carried out at premises linked to the election management company I-PAC last week, with teams now working to identify and potentially summon the officials involved ...
15 January 2026 Indian ExpressTMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday presented 10 more people, who were allegedly declared dead in the draft electoral rolls during the SIR exercise in West Bengal, at a rally here, and accused the Election Commission of taking away ...
15 January 2026 Indian ExpressUpping the ante against the Election Commission (EC) over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that the poll panel brought in the concept of “logical discrepancies” to remove genuine voters ...
15 January 2026 Indian ExpressUpping the ante against the Election Commission (EC) over the SIR exercise, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that the poll panel brought in the concept of “logical discrepancies” to remove genuine voters from the electoral ...
15 January 2026 Indian ExpressKolkata road closure, Kolkata Traffic Advisory: The Belgharia Railway Over Bridge (ROB) will remain closed from January 17 as Sealdah Division undertakes renovation work. Thus, vehicular movement on the bridge will be completely restricted from Saturday, January 17, until the ...
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