Written by Oishiki BhattacharyaHeavy woollens are slowly being packed away in West Bengal after a biting start to the year. The state is officially hitting the ‘reset’ button on its weather, with Kolkata recording a balmy maximum of 28°C ...
13 February 2026 Indian ExpressA nurse of a private hospital in West Bengal’s Durgapur was found dead outside a 12-storey residential building on Wednesday evening.The body of the deceased, identified as Mandira Pal, 24, a native of Bishnupur in Bankura district, was found ...
13 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe higher secondary (Class 12) examinations began Thursday across 2103 centres across West Bengal and are set to continue until February 27. The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has asked schools hosting exam centres to suspend ...
13 February 2026 Indian ExpressIn a case that has ignited a fierce debate over police conduct and social stigma about organ donation, a school teacher was arrested in Krishnagar in West Bengal’s Nadia district Monday. The arrest followed a neighbour’s complaint alleging that ...
13 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to actor-turned-BJP MLA Hiranmoy (Hiran) Chatterjee in connection with a case of alleged bigamy filed by his first wife Anindita Chatterjee.Justice Jay Sengupta granted the anticipatory bail in the matter.Publicly ...
12 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe son of former Kolkata Police Commissioner and current Director (Security) Manoj Verma, was allegedly duped of Rs 30,000 while searching for paying guest accommodation in Delhi through an online portal.According to police, Piyush Verma, a college student, came ...
12 February 2026 Indian ExpressA controversy has erupted in West Bengal over the list of 8,505 Group B officers provided by the state government to assist in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls exercise, in compliance with a Supreme Court ...
12 February 2026 Indian ExpressKolkata lost approximately Rs 274 crore to cyber fraud in 2024. While the figures for 2025 show a dip to Rs 208 crore, the human cost remains high—particularly for the elderly. A staggering 80 per cent of all cybercrime ...
12 February 2026 Indian ExpressUnion Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for going against her government employees and moving to the Supreme Court in the dearness allowance (DA) matter.While addressing a press conference on the ...
12 February 2026 Indian ExpressSuspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir on Wednesday commenced construction of a Babri Masjid replica mosque at Beldanga in Murshidabad, triggering a political slugfest ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.Kabir, now chairman of the Janata ...
12 February 2026 Indian ExpressA Special CBI Court in Alipore on Tuesday ordered seven-day judicial custody of former deputy superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Akhtar Ali in connection with the financial irregularities at the state-run facility. Ali had shot into ...
12 February 2026 Indian ExpressWith nearly 150 incidents of stone-pelting recorded in the Eastern Railway zone over the past year, a surging security crisis in West Bengal’s Malda district is casting a long shadow over the Ministry of Railways’ most ambitious projects. The ...
12 February 2026 Indian ExpressWith the Higher Secondary Examinations in West Bengal set to begin on Thursday, February 12, the Kolkata Police on Monday evening issued a notification regulating the movement of vehicles and pedestrians in the city limits on all days of ...
11 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission on Tuesday extended the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal by two weeks. The final electoral roll of the state will now be published on February 28.The EC’s decision ...
11 February 2026 Indian ExpressWith the Assembly elections approaching, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in a surprise move, on Tuesday advanced the launch of Banglar Yuvasathi – allowance scheme for educated jobless youth – from April 1, instead of August 15.Addressing mediapersons ...
11 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Police Monday began the process of freezing the properties of Shariful Islam, the father-in-law of suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir’s daughter, on charges of involvement in drug trafficking.According to police sources, properties worth Rs 10.73 ...
11 February 2026 Indian ExpressWith the 2026 Assembly elections round the corner, political parties in West Bengal are busy preparing candidate lists, poll strategies, and manifestos. For the first time, the Opposition BJP has decided to seek inputs from district leaders before finalising ...
11 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) Monday arrested two coal traders in connection with coal smuggling cases after multiple rounds of interrogation. The arrested accused have been identified as Kiran Khan and Chinmoy Mondal.As per sources, Chinmoy is a close associate ...
11 February 2026 Indian ExpressA Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor has been arrested for the death of an elderly man in his ward in North Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district.TMC councillor Rabindranath Bhattacharya allegedly hit 81-year-old Tulsi Adhikari during a protest against illegal ...
10 February 2026 Indian ExpressTwo years after her brutal rape and murder, the parents of the trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital marked what would have been her 33rd birthday Monday, holding on to the hope that they will ...
10 February 2026 Indian ExpressIn West Bengal, more girls than boys are appearing for this year’s higher secondary exams. A total of 395,079 girls (55.60%) are taking the exams, compared to 315,732 boys (44.40%), with 79,347 more girls appearing than their counterparts.The West ...
10 February 2026 Indian ExpressDiscovering your name missing from the final electoral roll can feel like a door closing on your civic rights. However, the Election Commission (EC) has a “safety net” in place. Even as the final list of the electoral rolls ...
10 February 2026 Indian ExpressWhile the TMC government in West Bengal spent more than the budgetary allocation for its flagship women-centric direct cash benefit schemes, such as Lakshmir Bhandar, Kanyashree and Rupashree, it substantially reduced spending in several social welfare and educational schemes.The ...
10 February 2026 Indian ExpressAfter spending nearly three years in a government-run home, three minor girls have finally been reunited with their parents, from whom they were separated because of alleged torture, thanks to a Calcutta High Court order.A division bench comprising Justice ...
10 February 2026 Indian ExpressIn the last hours of the Budget Session on Saturday, the West Bengal Assembly passed the Panchayat (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which gives a three-year immunity to panchayat office-bearers from no-confidence motions.The Bill raises the bar for filing no-confidence motions ...
10 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) is facing a new challenge during the Madhyamik examinations for Class 10: the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for cheating.On Saturday, the Board reported that 12 candidates were caught with mobile ...
9 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India has issued a formal notification to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal laying down strict parameters for the acceptance of Permanent Resident Certificates (PRC) during the 2026 Special Intensive Revision (SIR).Citing previous ...
9 February 2026 Indian ExpressSupreme Court Justice R Mahadevan on Saturday emphasised that tax litigation is not a sign of system failure, but rather a testament to a living legal order that responds, corrects, and recalibrates itself.Addressing a seminar on Direct Taxes organised ...
9 February 2026 Indian ExpressKolkata Metro services were disrupted once again Sunday morning following an alleged suicide attempt by a passenger at the Rabindra Sarobar station. The incident involving a person jumping onto the tracks prompted an immediate suspension of service.According to Metro ...
9 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday launched the Sankalp Patra Paramarsha Yatra seeking suggestions from the electorate to draw up the party’s election manifesto in West Bengal.At the launch event in the BJP’s Salt Lake office, the party’s state ...
8 February 2026 Indian ExpressLakshmir Bhandar Scheme 2026: West Bengal government has raised the monthly grant under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme by Rs 500, from this month. The increase was announced by state Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya while presenting the 2026–27 Budget in ...
8 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe names of at least 5 lakh voters are likely to be deleted from the electoral roll during the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal as they have not responded to hearing notices ...
8 February 2026 Indian ExpressFormer deputy superintendent of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Akhtar Ali, arrived at the special CBI court in Alipore Saturday to surrender in connection with the case of financial irregularities at the state-run facility.Ali, the key whistleblower ...
8 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) stated that 13 candidates have been barred from taking the Madhyamik (Class 10 Board) examination after being caught with mobile phones inside examination halls on Friday.Among those 13 candidates, four each ...
8 February 2026 Indian ExpressFor Sweety Bibi, 33, and her two children, Qurban, 6, and Imran, 12, it has been more than seven months since they were picked up by the Delhi Police and pushed into Bangladesh. Confined in a house in Chapainawabganj, ...
8 February 2026 Indian ExpressKolkata Metro Kavi Subhash station latest news: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said there are structural issues at the Kavi Subhash Metro station on Kolkata Metro’s Blue Line. He also clarified that no structural distress has been found ...
7 February 2026 Indian ExpressChaos erupted on the third day of the ongoing Assembly budget session on Friday after TMC MLAs protested against their BJP counterpart Agnimitra Paul’s remark over budgetary allocation to madrasas as she claimed the minority community was fostering the ...
7 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Transport Department is targeting a record revenue collection of Rs 4,500 crore for the 2025-26 financial year, driven by a major push towards green and digital mobility.State Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, while speaking at the Assembly ...
7 February 2026 Indian ExpressTo ensure public safety and smooth traffic flow during the ICC T20 World Cup matches, the Kolkata Police Commissioner has issued a comprehensive traffic notification detailing road closures and diversions. The regulations will be in effect on match days ...
7 February 2026 Indian ExpressLaying out a Rs 4.06 lakh crore interim Budget, weeks ahead of the Assembly elections in West Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government has doled out cash sops to women and youths, and also hiked Dearness Allowance (DA) for ...
7 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe arrest of Kolkata-based social media influencer Shamik Adhikary for allegedly forcibly detaining and assaulting a woman sparked a political confrontation in West Bengal amid allegations of criminal violence and political vendetta.Adhikary, widely known by his handle “YourNonsane,” was ...
7 February 2026 Indian ExpressIn a renewed push to develop urban infrastructure, Minister of State for Finance Chandrima Bhattacharya on Thursday announced plans to modernise at least 25 towns and cities.Presenting the interim Budget in the Assembly, Bhattacharya said that the government has ...
7 February 2026 Indian ExpressPolice have booked a Kolkata-based social media influencer for allegedly confining a 22-year-old woman at his house for nearly 20 hours and physically assaulting her, officials said.According to police, the accused, a resident of Behala, was the complainant’s friend.In ...
6 February 2026 Indian ExpressDespite the heavy human activity and industrial pollution affecting the Bay of Bengal’s coastline, researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), in collaboration with international experts, have uncovered two remarkable new marine worm species (polychaetes) from the coasts ...
6 February 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tore into the Opposition BJP on Thursday in her response to Governor C V Ananda Bose’s address to the Assembly session, which will be the last before the next state elections. She also ...
6 February 2026 Indian ExpressBengal Minister of State (Finance) Chandrima Bhattacharya announced an increase of Rs 500 per month for beneficiaries of the ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ scheme during her ‘Vote on Account’ speech on Thursday.Bhattacharya also declared a 4 per cent Dearness Allowance (DA) ...
6 February 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Oishiki BhattacharjeeA drop in minimum temperatures by 2-3 degree Celsius is likely across the state over the next two days, the Regional Meteorological Centre, Alipore said on Thursday.According to the weather department, the dip in temperature is ...
6 February 2026 Indian ExpressIn a big relief to passengers arriving at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, a new washroom block has opened on the Upper Arrival level, where travellers enter the terminal from the aerobridge.The new facility—the first of ...
6 February 2026 Indian ExpressLeader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari arrived at the West Bengal Assembly on Thursday in a jubilant manner and hailed the Supreme Court’s order on dearness allowance (DA) dues for government employees as a “historic defeat” for the Mamata ...
6 February 2026 Indian ExpressHours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made submissions before the Supreme Court in her plea challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, the Election Commission of India (ECI) dashed off a letter ...
6 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate has filed its third supplementary prosecution complaint against Tushar Patel and five others in connection with TP Global FX/IX Global forex trading scam, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).A special court (PMLA), Kolkata, took ...
5 February 2026 Indian ExpressEven as the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) saw party supremo Mamata Banerjee’s intervention in the Supreme Court against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal as a “moral victory” for the party, the Opposition BJP ...
5 February 2026 Indian ExpressA Turkish Airlines widebody aircraft carrying 236 people made a “full emergency landing” at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata Wednesday afternoon after its right engine reportedly caught fire shortly after departure from Kathmandu.Airport authorities confirmed that ...
5 February 2026 Indian ExpressA bar of soap, an electric saw, and a money counting machine—these were the three unlikely tools that a 19-year-old Kolkata student used to allegedly orchestrate a sensational multi-crore robbery at his friend’s house.The crime came to light after ...
5 February 2026 Indian ExpressThree days after the clash between two rival groups in south Kolkata’s Golpark area that left two persons injured, the police on Wednesday arrested two more persons in connection with the case.A total of 19 people have been apprehended ...
5 February 2026 Indian ExpressSignalling a major push for restoring connectivity between India and China, Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Xu Wei on Tuesday called for more direct flights between the two countries, especially between Kolkata and Kunming.Hosting the 2026 Chinese New Year ...
5 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Lake Club was transformed into a glittering gallery of automotive history on Sunday. The Eastern India Motoring Group (EIMG) Concours d’Elegance 2026 returned for its fifth edition, setting The Lake Club ablaze with a breathtaking collection of heritage ...
5 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on Tuesday suspended the headmaster of Ajhapur High School in East Burdwan and seven other staff members, in connection with the assault on a Class X board exam centre officer who ...
5 February 2026 Indian ExpressOut on bail in the school jobs scam case, former minister and suspended TMC MLA Partha Chatterjee has been included in several important committees of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.According to the Assembly bulletin, released on Tuesday, the Behala ...
4 February 2026 Indian ExpressFor generations, his family has been working at Olypub. First his father, his uncle and then him. Last week, close to 10 years after he joined the iconic Kolkata restaurant-cum-bar, Sheikh Nasimuddin found himself behind bars on the complaint ...
4 February 2026 Indian ExpressEarthquake tremors were felt in Kolkata and other districts of West Bengal on Tuesday around 9:07 pm.According to initial reports, the epicentre of the earthquake was Myanmar, while tremors were also felt in Bangladesh and Indonesia. The earthquake’s intensity ...
4 February 2026 Indian ExpressA BJP delegation, led by Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, met Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Monday, alleging deliberate harassment by electoral officers in collusion with Trinamool Congress and its political advisor firm Indian ...
4 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate Tuesday carried out raids in multiple locations in West Bengal and Delhi in connection with its money laundering probe into the alleged multi-crore coal scam.According to ED sources, the raids began around 6.30 am to investigate ...
4 February 2026 Indian ExpressIn an unprecedented escalation of the ongoing friction between the West Bengal government and the Centre, the Mamata Banerjee-led administration has dispatched a special state police contingent to New Delhi to take over security duties at Banga Bhavan.The move ...
4 February 2026 Indian ExpressFormer Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and Awami League leader Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Monday warned if the Bangladesh Nationalist Party emerges as the largest party in the upcoming election, the Islamist outfit Jamaat-e-Islami will exert influence from ...
4 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Centre has allocated Rs 14,205 crore for railway infrastructure in West Bengal in the Union Budget for 2026-27, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Monday, adding a high-speed rail corridor between Varanasi and Siliguri, which is slated to ...
4 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Madhyamik examination for Class 10 began Monday across the state and will continue until February 12. The examination coincides with the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state’s electoral rolls. With the Assembly elections just a few ...
3 February 2026 Indian ExpressA popular restaurant in Kolkata issued a statement Sunday seeking to de-escalate tensions following a controversy over a food-order mix-up that led to the arrest of one of its staff members.The incident, which occurred on the evening of January ...
3 February 2026 Indian ExpressTen people have been arrested in connection with Sunday night’s clash between two rival groups in south Kolkata’s Golpark area that left two persons injured.“Those arrested are between 18 and 38 years old. While five are residents of the ...
3 February 2026 Indian ExpressLess than a week after Arijit Singh bid adieu to Bollywood singing, Hindi film industry’s “perfectionist” actor Aamir Khan made a surprise trip to his hometown Jiaganj in Murshidabad district of West Bengal to meet the 38-year-old singer.Khan landed ...
3 February 2026 Indian ExpressIt was raining rails for West Bengal this weekend. A day after the Ministry of Railways announced three new railway line projects for North Bengal, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech on Sunday announced the high-speed ...
3 February 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court against the Election Commission of India and the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEo), apparently over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.The plea ...
3 February 2026 Indian ExpressBJP MLA and economist Ashok Lahiri on Sunday hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for criticising the Union Budget, saying she does not have any alternative plan for the development of the state.“There is something called constructive criticism, ...
3 February 2026 Indian ExpressTwo persons were injured as rival gangs clashed in South Kolkata’s Golpark area on Sunday night, police said.According to the residents, violence erupted around 8:30 pm when around 200 people belonging to a gang led by Sona Pappu allegedly ...
2 February 2026 Indian ExpressWith West Bengal gearing up for the Assembly elections, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday outlined a roadmap for “Purvodaya” states, which included new cargo corridors – both rail and waterways, medical tourism status, focus on revival of ...
2 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Ministry of Railways has approved three new line projects in northern Bengal, strengthening connectivity near the India-Bangladesh border, the Eastern Railway said in a statement on Saturday.The approved projects include the Raiganj–Dalkhola (43.43 km), Gazole–Itahar (27.20 km), and ...
2 February 2026 Indian Express“It’s a Humpty Dumpty Budget… vision-less, mission-less, action-less,” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told the waiting mediapersons on Sunday as she hurried towards the airport to catch a flight to New Delhi to meet Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh ...
2 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Police Saturday formed a Special Investigation Team to probe the cause of the fire at a warehouse in Kolkata’s Anandpur in which the death toll has risen to 25.According to senior police officers, the SIT will ...
2 February 2026 Indian ExpressIn her last Union Budget presentation before the 2026 Bengal Assembly elections, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday made a slew of announcements for the ‘Purvodaya’ (eastern) region and West Bengal in particular. Although Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was ...
2 February 2026 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday countered Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s criticism of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the Anandapur fire incident, highlighting BJP’s alleged links with fugitive businessmen Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi.Abhishek accused ...
1 February 2026 Indian ExpressAradeep Chatterjee, who was arrested on charges of illegal medical practice and money laundering, along with his father Ashim Kumar Chatterjee, a homeopath and co-accused, was exonerated from all charges by two courts after a protracted legal battle of ...
1 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday began its probe into the violence that erupted in Beldanga in Murshidabad, following the death of a migrant worker in Jharkhand earlier this month, an officer said.An eight member NIA team reached ...
1 February 2026 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar again regarding the methodology adopted during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal and alleged that the observers and micro-observers were manipulating ...
1 February 2026 Indian ExpressFrom “cut money (commission)” culture, alleged scams, to corruption and infiltration, Union Home Minister Amit Shah targeted CM Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government, saying that the Anandapur warehouse blaze that killed at least 25 people was “not an accident” but ...
1 February 2026 Indian ExpressLaunching a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the recent fire incident at a warehouse in Anandpur, which has claimed at least ...
1 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission has directed that all hearings related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal be completed within seven days, a senior official said.The directives were issued during a video conference meeting of ...
1 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal government has deputed micro-observers to oversee development work in 23 areas of the state, officials said. The deployment is not officially for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) but is linked to the process, which has kept ...
1 February 2026 Indian ExpressThe Madhyamik (Class 10 Board) examination of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) is all set to begin on February 2, but there is still confusion whether the teachers and education department officials engaged in the Special ...
1 February 2026 Indian ExpressUnion Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the Baruipur warehouse fire incident, alleging that she was trying to cover up the tragedy that left at least 27 people dead ...
1 February 2026 Indian ExpressA waiter at an upscale restaurant in Kolkata’s Park Street was arrested on Saturday after Bengali actor and influencer Sayak Chakraborty alleged he was served cow meat instead of the mutton steak he had ordered. A video of the ...
1 February 2026 Indian ExpressIn a major police department overhaul just months before the West Bengal Assembly elections, the state government on Friday appointed 1993-batch IPS officer Peeyush Pandey as the acting Director General of Police (In-charge).The move comes as the incumbent DGP, ...
1 February 2026 Indian ExpressIndia and Bangladesh repatriated 151 fishermen and seven fishing vessels across the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) early Friday.While 23 Indian fishermen and two Indian Fishing Boats (IFBs) returned to India, 128 Bangladeshi fishermen and five vessels, apprehended for ...
31 January 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister alleged on Friday that the Election Commission (EC) intentionally deleted electors’ names in her Assembly constituency of Bhabanipur during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.During a meeting with the party’s 267 ...
31 January 2026 Indian ExpressTwenty-five charred body parts and bones are undergoing DNA tests to match samples collected from 27 people who say their relatives have been missing since a fire gutted two warehouses, including one belonging to Wow Momo, in Nazirabad on ...
31 January 2026 Indian ExpressTwo senior employees of the popular food chain Wow! Momo were arrested on Thursday night in connection with the fire at two warehouses in Kolkata’s Anandapur area.The police identified the accused as Raja Chakraborty, Wow! Momo’s deputy manager, and ...
31 January 2026 Indian ExpressWith 16.7 lakh cases, Murshidabad tops the list with the highest number of ‘logical discrepancies’ in the electoral rolls in West Bengal as the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is underway. In fact, districts bordering Bangladesh ...
31 January 2026 Indian ExpressKolkata Metro latest update: Kolkata Metro on Friday recommissioned an IGBT-based DC-DC chopper propulsion system-driven BHEL rake (MR-301) and also flagged off the 10th Dalian rake (MR-503) for commercial service. In a statement, Kolkata Metro said: “Metro Railway, Kolkata ...
31 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal government on Thursday sought changes in the list of central observers sent by the Election Commission and proposed alternative names for nine of the 15 IAS officers selected by the poll panel.This after the Election Commission ...
31 January 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) Thursday started a thorough scrutiny of documents submitted during the hearing phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.Dubbed ‘Super Checking’ by ECI officials, several teams have been ...
31 January 2026 Indian ExpressStating that conscience should guide the police force, outgoing West Bengal Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar on Thursday told police personnel not to be affected by what people say on social media or TV debates.Speaking at his farewell ...
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