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  • ‘105.49% in Uttar Dinajpur’: Since 2002 SIR, steepest rise in voters in Bengal’s border districts

    Between 2002, when the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was last conducted by the Election Commission of India, and 2025, West Bengal has seen a 66% increase in the number of registered voters — from 4.58 crore to 7.63 crore. ...

    22 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘It lasted for quite some time’: Strong tremors spark panic in Kolkata, parts of Bengal after earthquake in Bangladesh

    West Bengal Kolkata Earthquake Today: Kolkata and several parts of West Bengal were rattled by strong tremors on Friday morning after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck neighbouring Bangladesh. The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at approximately 10.08 am ...

    22 November 2025 Indian Express
    ED searches multiple locations in Bengal, Jharkhand in connection with ‘corruption’ in coal mining exports

    The ED has launched a search operation at multiple addresses of coal traders. Since Friday morning, searches have been underway in Dhanbad in Jharkhand and Asansol, Purulia and Kolkata in West Bengal.According to ED sources, search operations are underway ...

    22 November 2025 Indian Express
    After Mamata asks ECI to stop Bengal SIR, Suvendu says ‘TMC nurtured illegal elements’

    Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikary has hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process “inhuman” and urging the Election Commission of India (ECI) to stop it. Amid the ongoing SIR of ...

    22 November 2025 Indian Express
    Coal Mining Scam: ED raids in Jharkhand, West Bengal against coal mafia

    ED Raids in Jharkhand, Bengal News: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches in a coordinated money laundering case action against the coal mafia in Jharkhand and West Bengal, official sources said.More than 40 premises in the two states are ...

    22 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Governor at heritage walk. But will he talk?

    All eyes will be on West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose today as he will  attend a heritage initiative on the banks of the Hooghly river – his first public appearance since a war of words erupted between him ...

    22 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Turnaround Tycoon’ booked in cyber crime racket case: Who is Pawan Ruia

    For 68-year-old industrialist Pawan Ruia, the chairman of the Ruia Group, booked in a multi-crore cyberfraud racket case, this is not the first time he has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons.He was arrested by the CID ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    Jadavpur University to have more CCTVs, 32 more guards, and security audit by Kolkata Police: Bengal govt submits report to Calcutta HC

    The Bengal Education department has submitted a compliance report to the Calcutta High Court detailing the implementation of security measures on Jadavpur University’s main and Salt Lake campuses.In August, the Calcutta High Court had directed the department to file ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    How Bengal police linked industrialist Ruia to a multi-crore cybercrime network

    At 9, Ezra Street in Kolkata, the centrepiece of a Rs 317 crore cyberfraud probe in which industrialist Pawan Ruia has been named accused, stands a dilapidated, three-storeyed, colonial-era building with exposed patches of bricks and a jumble of ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    Vande Mataram birthplace fights for survival: Damp walls, crammed rooms & fund crunch

    In one corner of the Bankim Bhavan Gaveshana Kendra Museum — some 45 km from Kolkata — a bronze bust, a handwritten music book, a shawl and a turban compete for space in a pastel-blue room lined with family ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    Jadavpur University forms team to probe alleged moral policing on campus

    Jadavpur University has formed a four-member team to investigate an incident of alleged moral policing on campus involving four fourth-year engineering students.According to a senior JU official, a group of women submitted a complaint to Vice-Chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee, alleging ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    Halt SIR, reassess method and timelines: Mamata to CEC

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, urging him to immediately halt the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state and “thoroughly reassess the present methodology and timelines”.The ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    To help pilots combat winter fog, Kolkata airport completes CAT III-B ILS upgrade

    The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata is set to boost its operational resilience during fog-prone winter months and heavy rain, with the full installation of the modern Category (CAT) III-B Instrument Landing System (ILS) on both ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    SIR on, EC team begins preparations for West Bengal Assembly elections with EVM checks

    Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, the Election Commission is going to start preparations for the Assembly elections in the state, which is scheduled to take place between April and May next ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    At a Bengal border outpost, SIR scare and a surge in people crossing over to Bangladesh: ‘They said we will be caught… didn’t want to take the risk’

    At Hakimpur border outpost in West Bengal, the road leading to Bangladesh is strewn with groups of people – men, women, children, young and old alike – squatting with bags, blankets, and boxes, waiting for their turn to cross ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    School Jobs Scam Case | Modify & republish ‘tainted’ candidates names: HC to SSC

    The Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to modify and republish the list of ‘tainted’ candidates from 2016, including roll numbers, names, father’s name, and subjects, to ensure transparency and prevent ineligible candidates from ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: EC team in Murshidabad, Malda

    The visiting four-member Election Commission team, led by Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, will today visit Murshidabad and Malda districts as part of their review of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. While ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    TMC to organise mega rally on Babri Masjid demolition anniversary

    Ahead of next year’s Assembly election, the Trinamool Congress is set to organise a grand rally on December 6, the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition.The TMC’s minority cell generally organises this rally every year, but this time, the ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro Purple Line: Land deal with Nepal Consulate clears path for Joka-Esplanade metro work

    After three years of effort, a complex issue that delayed work on the metro line from Esplanade to Mominpur on the underground stretch of the Kolkata Metro’s Purple Line has been resolved. Construction on the stretch is set to ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    Will use AI-based app to identify duplicate voters in SIR: Bengal Chief Electoral Officer

    West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Tuesday said that an AI-based software with face recognition features will be used to identify duplicate voters in West Bengal during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    Mohammad Sohrab, Lucknow gangster who jumped parole after Tihar jail finally arrested in Kolkata

    Months after he jumped parole, failing to return to Delhi’s Tihar jail,  gangster Mohammad Sohrab, who operates out of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested in Kolkata by a joint team of Delhi Police and Kolkata Police, said police ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal’s primary education board opens teacher applications: With 13,421 vacancies, here is what to know

    The West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) Wednesday opened its online portal for applications for 13,421 primary teacher positions.State Education Minister Bratya Basu took to social media on Tuesday and said, “From tomorrow, the online portal will open ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘She wanted to resign’: BLO dies by suicide, her family in Bengal alleges ‘work pressure’

    A Booth Level Officer (BLO) in West Bengal died by suicide, with her family finding the body in the courtyard of her home in Malbazar. They have alleged that it was due to the pressure of Special Intensive Revision ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    Mass Connect March: Amid SIR, CPI(M) to hold 1,000-km yatra to prepare ground for Assembly polls

    With the Election Commission conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, the CPI (M), which failed to win a single seat in the last Assembly elections, is keen on using the exercise to rejuvenate ...

    19 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Maximum punishment of seven years under BNS sections’: Bengal governor lodged police complaint against TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee

    An FIR has been registered against TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee in Kolkata on a complaint lodged by the Raj Bhavan for accusing West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose of “sheltering BJP’s criminals” and “stocking arms and ammunition”.The FIR, lodged ...

    19 November 2025 Indian Express
    Voters’ SIR concerns: What to do if you don’t have documents from the 2003 voter list

    The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls often uses the last available record to verify voters’ names, which is the 2002–2003 voter list. This has raised some common questions among citizens, such as: “What if my name ...

    19 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Unconstitutional & arbitrary’: Mamata writes again to PM over appointment of interlocutor for Darjeeling hills

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the Central government’s decision to appoint an interlocutor for the Darjeeling hills over the demands of the Gorkha community, including the issue of ...

    19 November 2025 Indian Express
    TMC MP Mamata Bala Thakur falls ill after 13-day hunger strike over electoral roll issue, hospitalised

    TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP and Matua Mahasangha leader Mamata Bala Thakur, who along with her supporters, has been protesting against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls fell ill on Monday, after a 13-day hunger strike.Although the ...

    19 November 2025 Indian Express
    Jalpaiguri: Woman, sister ‘assaulted’ after she confronts husband over ‘love emoji’ on ex-girlfriend’s post

    A woman and her sister were allegedly assaulted by her husband and his family in the Dhupguri area of West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district after she confronted him for reacting with a ‘love’ emoji on a picture shared by his ...

    19 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Love react’ on an ex-girlfriend’s post leads to violent clash between married couple’s families; police lodge complaint

    A woman and her sister were allegedly assaulted by her husband and his family in the Dhupguri area of West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district after she confronted him for reacting with a ‘love’ emoji on a picture shared by his ...

    18 November 2025 Indian Express
    TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha’s praise for NDA’s Bihar victory and Nitish Kumar raises eyebrows in Bengal’s ruling party

    With the BJP-led NDA securing victory in the Bihar elections and West Bengal preparing for the 2026 Assembly polls, TMC MP and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha’s praise for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has raised eyebrows within the Trinamool ...

    18 November 2025 Indian Express
    EC team to visit West Bengal tomorrow again for SIR progress review

    A high-level team of senior officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI), led by senior Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, is scheduled to arrive in Kolkata on Tuesday to review the progress of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ...

    18 November 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Governor leads combing operation in Raj Bhavan with Kolkata Police, after TMC MP’s ‘sheltering criminals’ allegations

    A political storm intensified in West Bengal on Monday after Governor C.V. Ananda Bose abruptly cut short his North Bengal visit to personally lead a live-broadcast combing search of the Raj Bhavan premises.The move came after allegations by Trinamool ...

    18 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Mega jansunwai by NCW, tea gardens to reopen

    The National Commission for Women (NCW) will commence a two-day maha jansunwai (mega public hearing) in Kolkata to tackle the heavy load of complaints from women in the city.The two-day public hearing will start from 10:00 am at Dr ...

    18 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘What will happen to us now?’ ask untainted candidates who could not make it to WBSSC interview list

    On Saturday evening, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) released a list of over 20,000 candidates who will be called for interviews for assistant teachers (higher secondary) posts in government-aided schools.According to the Commission, the list has been ...

    17 November 2025 Indian Express
    IIT Kharagpur starts taking applications for 7th Young Innovators’ Program

    The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur recently announced the opening of applications for the first round of the 7th edition of its Young Innovators’ Program (YIP), a global science and technology competition designed for students of Classes 8 ...

    17 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Their Bengal-phobia is real’: TMC launches ‘Bangla Birodhi BJP’ campaign after MP minister calls Raja Ram Mohan Roy ‘British agent’

    The Trinamool Congress has launched a “Bangla Birodhi BJP (anti-Bengal BJP)” campaign online after a leader of the saffron party, Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar, allegedly called 19th-century social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy a “British ...

    17 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Vidyasagar Setu to be shut till 9pm, monthly film screening & discussion on SIR and citizenship

    Kolkata Police has announced a full closure of Vidyasagar Setu (Second Hooghly Bridge) on Sunday, November 16. The bridge will be shut to all vehicular traffic from 5:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. for essential repair and rehabilitation work, officials ...

    17 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Sheltering BJP goons’ charge: Governor seeks legal action against MP

    West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has sought a legal opinion and will be asking Lok Sabha Speaker to order a probe after TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee accused him of “sheltering BJP criminals in Raj Bhavan”.“The Governor is writing ...

    17 November 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal govt to develop new airport in Purulia, access to several industrial areas in Jharkhand to get easier

    The West Bengal government has decided to develop an abandoned airstrip in Purulia’s Chharra into an airport.On Saturday, Bengal Transport Minister Snehashish Chakraborty said, “A delegation of the transport department recently went to Purulia to see the land. We ...

    16 November 2025 Indian Express
    Amid S.I.R. exercise in West Bengal, BLOs protest against digital data entry; cites ‘unreasonable’ workload, boycott training

    Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal, several Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in many districts across the state on Saturday staged protests against data entry of enumeration forms and refused to take ...

    16 November 2025 Indian Express
    Punjab-based doctor who passed out from Al-Falah University picked up for questioning in Bengal

    The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has picked up a Punjab-based doctor from West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district for questioning in connection with the probe into the car blast near the Red Fort in the national capital in which 10 ...

    16 November 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata city records highest inhalable microplastic levels, followed by Delhi: IISER study

    Every breath of air we inhale may have not just dust and smoke as air pollutants, but also tiny plastic particles, according to a recent study by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata.These tiny particles ...

    16 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening Today In Bengal: Ultadanga Flyover to be shut till Sunday for repair, traffic diversions in city; new EMU train to be inaugurated

    Ultadanga flyover to be shut till Sunday for repair work, leading to traffic diversions that could create significant traffic disruptions on Saturday. The flyover that connects to the Kolkata airport will be closed for maintenance work until November 17 ...

    16 November 2025 Indian Express
    Major fire at Kolkata’s Ezra Street, 300 shops gutted, 20 fire engines pressed into action

    Around 300 shops were gutted after a major fire broke out early on Saturday in Kolkata’s congested Ezra Street. According to fire officials, there are no casualties as all people staying in the adjoining buildings have been evacuated.“We had ...

    16 November 2025 Indian Express
    BSF woman constable chases down ganja smuggler at North 24 Parganas border

    A woman constable of the Border Security Force (BSF) single-handedly chased down and apprehended a suspected Bangladeshi smuggler attempting to traffic Ganja across the international border from India on Thursday.The incident occurred around 3:00 PM, near Border Outpost Sutia ...

    15 November 2025 Indian Express
    New Garia-Airport Metro: Kolkata Metro may soon get police nod for completion of crucial 366-metre stretch near Chingrighata

    A crucial section between the Beleghata and Gourkishore Ghosh stations in the New Garia-Airport Metro (Orange Line) project may soon get the much-awaited clearance from the police, Kolkata Metro Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) S S Kannan said on ...

    15 November 2025 Indian Express
    Hate graffiti appear on ISI hostel walls, institute warns of strict legal action

    After graffiti targeting a particular community appeared on the walls of the boys’ hostel at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Kolkata, the institute on Friday warned of severe legal action against those responsible for the “derogatory comments”.“It has ...

    15 November 2025 Indian Express
    Amid SIR Survey 34 lakh Aadhaar card holders ‘dead’, TMC questions UIDAI’s numbers

    A day after the UIDAI authorities informed the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, that nearly 34 lakh Aadhaar card holders in the state were found to be ‘deceased’, since the introduction of Aadhaar cards in January 2009, the TMC ...

    15 November 2025 Indian Express
    KIFF concludes: Cuban film bags Best Film trophy, Best Director award goes to Sri Lanka

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who made a surprise appearance at the closing ceremony of the 31st Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), extended an invitation to foreign delegates to invest in the state’s film industry.Cuban film ‘To the West in ...

    15 November 2025 Indian Express
    TMC leader is third person to be arrested for jeweller’s murders

    The Bidhannagar Police have arrested a local Trinamool Congress block president, Sajal Sarkar, in connection with the murder of jeweller Swapan Kamillya, whose body was found near a canal in New Town’s Jatragachi area on October 29.This is the ...

    14 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: TMC, BJP to keep a close tab on Bihar poll results, India-South Africa Test Match at Edens

    As counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly polls will begin on Friday morning, the political parties here will be keenly watching the outcome in the neighbouring state since West Bengal is the next to go for elections early ...

    14 November 2025 Indian Express
    Amid S.I.R. Survey: In 40 seats, slow pace of form distribution, EC flags

    The Chief Electoral Office (CEO) of West Bengal has expressed concern over the slow distribution of enumeration forms (ER forms) in 40 Assembly constituencies. Despite a statewide average of 88.8% ER form distribution, these 40 constituencies have lagged behind ...

    14 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Humanity and love for mankind’: Mamata lauds Bengal & Japan ties after receiving honorary D.Litt

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been conferred an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) by Okayama University of Japan in recognition of her contribution to women’s empowerment at a ceremony in Kolkata on Wednesday.The award was conferred to Banerjee in ...

    14 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Why can’t I have a girlfriend, she will answer about money found at her house’ – Partha Chatterjee SSC scam accused

    Former West Bengal minister and suspended senior Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee said on Wednesday that if Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee looks at things justly, she will take the right decision on his suspension from the party.Speaking to mediapersons ...

    14 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: India, South Africa prep for Test match at Eden Gardens; KIFF to conclude

    India vs South Africa Test matchFor the next few days, the focus of the people will shift to the pitch as the India and South Africa teams gear up for their Test match ahead. They continue with their preparations ...

    14 November 2025 Indian Express
    Municipal recruitment ‘scam’: ED summons Bengal minister Sujit Bose’s wife, son and daughter

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned the wife, son, and daughter of Fire and Emergency Services Minister and Trinamool Congress MLA Sujit Bose, directing them to appear at the CGO Complex next week.According to ED sources, Bose’s wife, son, ...

    14 November 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC disqualifies Mukul Roy as MLA — from day he joined TMC

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday disqualified veteran leader Mukul Roy as (MLA) under the anti-defection law for switching over to the ruling TMC, after having been elected on a BJP ticket in the 2021 elections.The division bench of ...

    14 November 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata records 17 degrees Celsius: Temperature to remain low for next 2 days in Bengal

    Kolkata and several other parts of West Bengal are experiencing an early winter chill, with temperatures dipping sharply across the state over the past two days.On Wednesday, the minimum temperature in Kolkata dropped to 17 degrees Celsius, which is ...

    14 November 2025 Indian Express
    Worried that your name will be removed during West Bengal SIR? A guide on how to challenge exclusion

    Bengal voter roll revision 2025: The Election Commission of India (ECI), through the Chief Electoral Office (CEO) of Bengal, has launched a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. As of 8 pm on November 11, more than ...

    13 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Mamata to receive Japanese D’Lit; Matua leader’s SIR fast

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday will receive a Doctor of Letters (D’Lit) from Okayama University for “significant contributions to social development, women’s empowerment, culture, and humanitarian efforts”.A delegation from Japan’s university has already arrived in Kolkata ...

    13 November 2025 Indian Express
    SIR form: What to do if you’re not in the country or if someone has passed away

    The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has begun across 12 states, including West Bengal. Booth Level Officers (BLOs) continue door-to-door distribution of enumeration forms, and, along with Booth Level Agents (BLAs), are assisting voters and clarifying procedures. ...

    13 November 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata launches 110 mobile health clinics for remote areas; funded largely by MPLADS

    The West Bengal government has taken a unique initiative to bring basic health care to remote villages and hilly areas by launching 110 mobile medical units, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday. The vans, inaugurated from Swasthya Bhavan, ...

    13 November 2025 Indian Express
    Construction of new Bailey bridge in Kolkata to connect VIP Road, Salt Lake & EM Bypass underway | When will it open for public?

    To ease traffic congestion on Kolkata’s busy Ultadanga flyover, a new Bailey bridge is under construction to connect Dakshindari with Salt Lake’s AA Block.According to officials of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), the bridge will provide a new ...

    12 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Back-to-back security lapses – from Pahalgam to Delhi’, TMC demands Amit Shah’s resignation

    Stating that the country has been witnessing “back-to-back security lapses” from the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack to Monday’s Delhi car blast, the TMC on Tuesday demanded Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation and said that a time-bound probe ...

    12 November 2025 Indian Express
    School jobs scam: After ‘3 years 3 months’, former Education minister Partha Chatterjee finally gets to walk out of jail today

    After three years and three months, former TMC minister Partha Chatterjee, who was arrested in connection with the school recruitment scam case, will step out of jail as a special CBI court on Monday ordered his release. The court ...

    12 November 2025 Indian Express
    North Bengal visit | SIR is ‘Super Emergency’, stop it now: Mamata Banerjee to EC

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the Election Commission to stop the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, calling the exercise a “votebandi” and describing it as a “super emergency” that cannot be completed fairly ...

    12 November 2025 Indian Express
    Delhi blast: From airport to metro stations, Kolkata on high alert; TMC asks Amit Shah to quit

    A high alert was issued in Kolkata on Monday evening after a high-intensity explosion outside a Metro station in New Delhi, killing at least eight people and injuring several others.Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma said all police stations in ...

    11 November 2025 Indian Express
    More Mamata govt honour for Richa Ghosh, a cricket stadium in Siliguri to be named after her

    After bestowing cricketer Richa Ghosh with cash prize, Banga Bhushan award, and a gold chain among others, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced plans to build a cricket stadium in Siliguri, which will be named after her.Siliguri ...

    11 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Finally, Partha walks out of jail; Mamata to return from North Bengal

    Former TMC minister Partha Chatterjee, who was arrested in connection with the school recruitment scam case three years ago, is most likely to step out of jail after a special CBI court on Monday ordered his release. Along with ...

    11 November 2025 Indian Express
    Filling the SIR form: what photo, which ink, and how to fix mistakes — answers to your top questions on Bengal’s voter roll revision

    Bengal voter roll revision: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is in full swing across Bengal, with massive outreach efforts underway. As of Sunday, more than 5.15 crore enumeration forms have been distributed across the state.With lakhs ...

    11 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘I salute the Sundarbans village for supporting Riya and Rakhi,’ says Abhishek Banerjee as TMC felicitates same-sex marriage

    Defying social norms, two young women in their early twenties married each other last week, at the Paler Chak Temple in Jalaberia, Kultali block of the Sundarbans.Riya Sardar and Rakhi Naskar, both professional dancers, met two years ago. When ...

    11 November 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal school jobs case: Partha, 2 others to walk out of jail

    After three years and three months, former TMC minister Partha Chatterjee, who was arrested in connection with the school recruitment scam case, will step out of jail as a special CBI court on Monday ordered his release. The court ...

    11 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Rs 317 crore cyber fraud racket’ busted: Industrialist Pawan Ruia-linked premises raided by Bengal police, after trail from 2024 cheating case

    Following an investigation into a cyber fraud case registered last year involving a senior citizen from New Town who lost Rs 93 lakh, the Cyber Crime Wing of West Bengal Police has unearthed a massive pan-India racket that allegedly ...

    11 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee to visit Siliguri; dry weather to persist in northern, southern parts

    Mamata Banerjee to visit Siliguri: Chief Minister is on a day-long trip to Siliguri today (November 10) and is likely to review the post-flood and landslide situation in the region. she is expected to be back in Kolkata tomorrow.Shilper ...

    11 November 2025 Indian Express
    SpiceJet flight from Mumbai makes emergency landing in Kolkata after mid-air engine snag

    A SpiceJet flight travelling from Mumbai to Kolkata made an emergency landing at the airport in the West Bengal capital late Sunday due to a technical issue with one of its engines while mid-air.“The flight, SG670, was carrying more ...

    11 November 2025 Indian Express
    Vande Mataram vs Jana Gana Mana: New front in TMC, BJP war before 2026 polls

    In the run-up to the West Bengal Assembly elections slated for March-April next year, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the principal Opposition BJP are caught in a new conflict, this time over two of the state’s cultural icons ...

    10 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘We are giving all the help’: TMC teams start meeting families of those who ‘died of SIR’

    Amid allegations of rising deaths in West Bengal linked to the fear about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has launched an outreach programme under party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who has set ...

    10 November 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Raj Bhavan to host community wedding to mark Governor Anand Bose’s completion of 3rd year in office

    The majestic Raj Bhavan in Kolkata is set to shed its formal persona and don the colours of a grand wedding venue, as the governor’s secretariat has announced plans to host a community marriage ceremony for 100 people on ...

    10 November 2025 Indian Express
    4-year-old girl sleeping next to grandmother kidnapped, sexually assaulted in Bengal’s Hooghly; BJP attacks Mamata Banerjee govt

    Chandannagar hospital rape case: A four-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted by an unidentified accused in West Bengal’s Hooghly district Friday night. The girl was reportedly sleeping beside her grandmother on a cot under a mosquito net ...

    10 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘What has TMC given back to Murshidabad?’: MLA Humayun Kabir alleges neglect and announces plan to float new party

    Humayun Kabir, the Trinamool Congress MLA for West Bengal’s Bharatpur constituency, has finally made a decision—which many had expected him to—to float a new party, just months away from the Assembly polls. On Saturday, he announced that he would ...

    10 November 2025 Indian Express
    ED crackdown on sex racket in bar-cum-restaurants across Bengal: Land Rover Defender, Jaguar and over Rs 1 crore in cash seized  

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Friday intensified its probe into an alleged immoral trafficking racket operating through bar-cum-restaurants and dance bars in West Bengal.During the searches, the ED announced the seizure of over Rs 1.01 crore in cash and various ...

    10 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘It’s final this time’: TMC MLA Humayun says will launch new party on Dec 22

    Rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir announced on Saturday that he will finally launch his own party on December 22 “for the common man”.“This time it is final, I will no longer stay with the Trinamool Congress. On December ...

    9 November 2025 Indian Express
    Abduction-murder of gold trader: Rajganj BDO booked, his two associates arrested

    Bidhannagar Commissionerate police have arrested two close associates of Jalpaiguri district’s Rajganj Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Barman in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Duttabad gold merchant Swapan Kamilya, who was abducted on October 28 and found dead ...

    9 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Vidyasagar Setu to remain closed, TMC to visit families of those died due to ‘anxiety over SIR’

    Vidyasagar Setu to remain closed: Vidyasagar Setu (Second Hooghly Bridge) will be fully closed to all vehicles for 16 hours on Sunday, November 9, 2025, for repairs and rehabilitation, as announced by Kolkata Police.Why the closure?The work will be ...

    9 November 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata pathology lab performs non-invasive endoscopic foreign body removal procedure, saves 2-year-old Labrador that swallowed bike keys

    Ten days after a two-year-old male Labrador swallowed bike keys in Singur, the pet successfully underwent a non-invasive endoscopic foreign body removal procedure at a pathology laboratory in south Kolkata on Thursday.Neha Chanda, the owner of the pet, said, ...

    9 November 2025 Indian Express
    Got voting rights two decades back, why sex workers at India’s largest red light area are leaving amid SIR panic

    In 2007, sex workers in Sonagachi, Kolkata, gained voting rights through a cooperative initiative, but 18 years later, many are now leaving the country’s largest red-light area due to the confusion regarding the Special Intensive Revison (SIR) and fear ...

    9 November 2025 Indian Express
    As SIR starts in Bengal, Matuas wary of exclusion from voter list amid fissures in ‘first family’

    In the wake of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) rollout in West Bengal and 11 other states, panic has gripped Bengal’s Matua community amid fears of their names being excluded from voter lists.The situation has left both the BJP ...

    9 November 2025 Indian Express
    WBSSC publishes SLST results; State schools to get over 12,000 teachers, fresh appointments likely by December

    In relief to thousands of teaching job aspirants, including those whose appointments were invalidated by a Supreme Court order, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Friday evening released the results of the State Level Selection Test (SLST) ...

    9 November 2025 Indian Express
    Away from Bengal? Your SIR 2026 enumeration form is now online. Here’s how to fill it and protect your vote.

    Those away from home or outside the state are concerned about the availability of the Systematic Initiative for Revision (SIR) forms online.The SIR enumeration form has been available online since Friday evening. Unlike the offline process, the online SIR ...

    9 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Satyajit Ray’s classic film ‘Aranyer Din Ratri’ to be screened, Cricket Association of Bengal to honour cricketer Richa Ghosh

    SIR Day 4: Booth Level Officer’s (BLO) in West Bengal will continue visiting voters and distribute enumeration forms today. More than 2.72 crore enumeration forms have already been distributed in the State till November 7.A dedicated team of the ...

    8 November 2025 Indian Express
    Bus plunges into Rajarhat canal; over 40 injured, 9 serious

    A private bus lost control and fell into the Mazar canal in Rajarhat near Kolkata on Friday morning. The accident happened at Kharibari under the Rajarhat police station, when the bus was heading from Berachapa to Chakla Karunamayi in ...

    8 November 2025 Indian Express
    Richa Ghosh, who helped power India to World Cup win, on why pay parity is important

    Thousands thronged the streets of Siliguri on Friday to give a hero’s welcome to cricketer Richa Ghosh, the star of India’s Women’s World Cup triumph over South Africa.The celebrations began at Bagdogra Airport in Siliguri, where a crowd greeted Ghosh, ...

    8 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Banglar Mati, Banglar Jol’: Bengal’s state song now mandatory in morning govt school assemblies

    The West Bengal government has made it mandatory for all state government-run and aided schools to sing the state anthem, “Banglar Mati, Banglar Jol”, during their morning assembly.The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education issued a notification on Thursday, ...

    8 November 2025 Indian Express
    Missed the BLO’s visit? Here’s how to contact your BLO during the Special Intensive Revision in Bengal

    BLO contact West Bengal: Many citizens in Bengal, especially working professionals and frequent travellers, are worried about missing the Booth Level Officer’s (BLO) visit for voter verification.There is a common misconception that being absent during the BLO’s door-to-door verification ...

    8 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Start without delay’: Calcutta HC orders Centre to resume 100-day MGNREGA work in Bengal

    In a major relief for the West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Centre to immediately resume the 100-day work scheme under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the state.The scheme ...

    8 November 2025 Indian Express
    After 38-year-old ‘dies by suicide’ in Bengal, family says he couldn’t find parents’ documents for SIR, broke down a day ago

    A 38‑year‑old man allegedly died by suicide in Murshidabad district on Thursday afternoon. His family said that he was unable to produce documents required for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.According to police, the deceased, identified as ...

    7 November 2025 Indian Express
    In a race of BLAs in Bengal, ruling and opposition fail to touch halfway mark of over 80,000 polling booths

    Out of the 80,681 polling booths in West Bengal, political parties, including the ruling TMC, have so far not been able to register names of their Booth Level Agents (BLA) in half of them, even as the Election Commission’s ...

    7 November 2025 Indian Express
    At 31st Kolkata International Film Festival, Mamata seeks foreign film collaborations: ‘World is one’

    The 31st Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) opened on Thursday at the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium, Alipore, in Kolkata, marking the start of a week long showcase of global and Indian cinema.The programme commenced on a patriotic note with the ...

    7 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘We are solving all SIR problems here’ – inside TMC’s blue and white camp, a laptop hectic phone calls and a long queue

    Mamata Banerjee electoral roll camps: At the crossing of Golabari Bazar in Haroa in North 24 Parganas district, a huge blue and white makeshift camp cannot be missed.Decorated with frills hanging from the ceiling, three tables are laid out ...

    7 November 2025 Indian Express
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