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  • 7 things to watch out for in West Bengal this year

    West Bengal is all set to witness an action-packed 2026, with politics, sports, and culture taking the spotlight! The state’s calendar is jam-packed with exciting events, including the high-stakes Assembly Elections, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, and the ...

    2 January 2026 Indian Express
    SIR Bengal 2.0: Which OBC certificates will be allowed during hearings and why

    In the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the Election Commission has issued a clear explanation on which Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates will be considered valid during hearings.Based on these directions, the Chief ...

    2 January 2026 Indian Express
    Amit Shah forms BJP core group to lead party in Bengal polls, Dilip Ghosh roped in

    As senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday wrapped up his three-day visit to West Bengal, he tried to unite the party and invited former state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh to a core group meeting ...

    2 January 2026 Indian Express
    For 2nd time this month, EC pulls up Bengal DEOs for not listing apartment complexes for polling booths

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) Tuesday issued an ultimatum to District Electoral Officers (DEOs) of eight districts in West Bengal to submit a list of apartment complexes eligible for setting up polling booths by Wednesday, warning of strict ...

    1 January 2026 Indian Express
    New Year weather: Snowfall in Darjeeling; coldest spots in south Bengal — read IMD’s forecast for first week of 2026

    As West Bengal rings in the New Year, the hills of north Bengal are likely to witness a wintry start, with the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Kolkata, forecasting light snowfall and rain in Darjeeling district on January 1 and ...

    1 January 2026 Indian Express
    New Year’s Eve in Kolkata: Extra Metro trains, extended timings, dog squads, and CCTV cover

    As the sun sets on New Year’s Eve, Kolkata’s Park Street will begin to glow with festive lights, expected to swell with thousands of revellers. For Park Street and adjoining areas on New Year’s Eve, Metro Railway has announced ...

    1 January 2026 Indian Express
    ‘Timeless machines meet timeless heritage’: 35 classic cars find place at CCFC-EIMG Vintage Car Display 2025

    The grounds of the historic Calcutta Cricket & Football Club (CCFC) on a typical December morning are usually defined by the rhythmic thud of leather on willow and tactical shouts of football practice. But on December 28, the 1792-established ...

    1 January 2026 Indian Express
    Mamata hits back at Shah: ‘Terror attacks in Kashmir, Delhi; you failed as Home Minister. So, resign’

    Hours after Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the TMC government in West Bengal of “abetting infiltration”, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded his resignation for failing to prevent terror attacks in the country.In a pointed rebuttal of the charges ...

    1 January 2026 Indian Express
    For New Year, traffic, parking curbs in place in Kolkata today. Here are the roads to avoid, places to park

    The Kolkata Police has issued a comprehensive traffic notification to manage the influx of revelers ahead of numerous parties and events lined up for New Year’s Eve parties. The city will see heavy traffic around areas such as Park ...

    31 December 2025 Indian Express
    BJP IT cell sitting in EC, using AI to delete voters’ names, says Mamata

    Amid growing fear of more names getting deleted by from the electoral rolls during the second phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the BJP’s IT cell was operating ...

    31 December 2025 Indian Express
    Amid disruptions and gherao, EC may deploy Central forces to give security to special observers in Bengal

    After deploying Central forces outside the West Bengal Chief Electoral Office in Kolkata, the Election Commission (EC) is considering using them to provide security to special roll observers following incidents of gherao and attack on them during the ongoing ...

    31 December 2025 Indian Express
    SIR being conducted using AI, says Bengal CM Mamata: ‘Poor being tortured ahead of polls’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is being conducted using artificial intelligence (AI) and dubbed it as a “huge scam”. Banerjee made the claim while speaking at a ...

    31 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Important component in overall corruption’: How RG Kar whistleblower turned into an accused in CBI case

    From being “grossly involved” in manipulating procurement procedures at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMGH) to receiving undue financial benefits worth lakhs of rupees from vendors, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has accused Akhtar Ali—the key ...

    31 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘We are a federal entity’: Bengal Governor urges Centre-state coordination to resolve border fencing ‘hitch’ in state

    Amid a growing political row over alleged border infiltration and “stalled” fencing projects, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Tuesday said India was “strong enough” to resolve internal hitches through federal cooperation, and urged coordination between the ...

    31 December 2025 Indian Express
    Ahead of poll season, Shah invokes ghuspetiya, accuses Mamata govt of abetting infiltration for votes

    Accusing the TMC government in West Bengal of “abetting infiltration” of Bangladeshi migrants for electoral gains, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the issue of illegal immigration has gone “beyond the state” and has become a national ...

    31 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Poll strategy, Matua and Rajbanshi outreach, SIR’: Three days of meetings — here’s why Amit Shah is visiting Bengal 

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached Kolkata on Monday evening, months ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, for a three-day visit to the state.After landing in the city, Shah posted on social media: “West Bengal is fully prepared ...

    31 December 2025 Indian Express
    SIT formed for probe into home guard’s death in Bengal police quarters; family lodges complaint against sub-inspector of the station

    The police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death of a Home Guard attached to the Canning Police Station. The six-member investigation team will be headed by Rupantar Sengupta, the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) ...

    30 December 2025 Indian Express
    People accuse me of appeasement politics, I am a true secularist: Mamata Banerjee

    Lashing out at the Opposition BJP’s “appeasement politics” charge, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted that she’s a “secularist in true sense.”Laying the foundation stone of ‘Durga Angan’, a cultural complex dedicated to Goddess Durga, in New Town ...

    30 December 2025 Indian Express
    Humayun Kabir accuses Mamata of ‘appeasing Hindus’, says Muslim voters shifting towards him

    Suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir on Monday claimed that his recently launched political outfit, Janata Unnayan Party (JUP), would get the minority votes in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.West Bengal will go to the polls early ...

    30 December 2025 Indian Express
    TMC’s protests disrupt SIR hearings at 3 Bengal centres

    Members of Trinamool Congress on Monday disrupted hearings under the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls at multiple locations in West Bengal, protesting the exclusion of Booth Level Agents (BLAs) from the proceedings.The agitation, ...

    30 December 2025 Indian Express
    Student ‘asked to partially remove hijab’ before exam: Jadavpur University forms 3-member fact-finding committee

    Jadavpur University has constituted a three-member fact-finding committee to look into the hijab-related controversy that surfaced during the ongoing semester examinations. The committee has been asked to submit its report within 30 daysThe premier West Bengal university found itself ...

    30 December 2025 Indian Express
    Snowfall likely in Darjeeling as hills dip below 4°C: Read Bengal’s forecast for weather, fog as the year ends

    West Bengal is set to witness varied weather conditions over the next week, marked by dense fog, low temperatures in parts of the state and a possible late-week shift in weather in the hills.Meteorological observations on Sunday morning showed ...

    30 December 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal SIR: TMC slams Election Commission for summoning elderly, people with disabilities for hearing

    The Trinamool Congress on Sunday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) for calling the elderly, ailing citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) to attend the hearing at camps away from their residences as part of the Special Intensive ...

    29 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Can no longer handle the pressure’: Bengal BLO, a headmaster, ends life amid SIR work

    A booth-level officer (BLO) died allegedly by suicide in Ranibandh block of West Bengal’s Bankura district on Sunday, citing work pressure related to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, officials said.The body of Haradhan Mandal (53) was found ...

    29 December 2025 Indian Express
    Digha Jagannath Dham sets new benchmark with 1 crore visitors in less than one year

    In a new benchmark for spiritual tourism in India, Jagannath Dham, Digha, crossed the mark of 1 crore visitors on Sunday.This feat comes less than a year after the temple’s inauguration on April 30, 2025, marking a massive shift ...

    29 December 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal SIR 2.0: Name deleted from voters’ list? New voter? How to apply through Form 6 with Annexure IV

    The second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has begun in West Bengal. At present, electors whose names have no mapping with the 2002 electoral roll are being called for hearings.After the conclusion of the ...

    29 December 2025 Indian Express
    Belgharia flyover, key connector for Kolkata’s northern suburbs, to be closed in New Year for urgent repairs

    The Belgharia flyover, which connects the Belgharia Expressway to Dum Dum Airport in Kolkata, will be closed for urgent repairs in the New Year, officials said.Repair work is already underway at the Sodepur flyover, causing inconvenience to commuters, office-goers, ...

    29 December 2025 Indian Express
    Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir’s son detained for ‘assaulting’ father’s security officer

    The Saktipur police in West Bengal Sunday detained the son of suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir from Bharatpur for allegedly assaulting the personal security officer (PSO) of his father.Constable Jumma Khan approached the Saktipur police station and ...

    29 December 2025 Indian Express
    TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee hits out at EC, demands list of illegal immigrants in Bengal draft electoral roll

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday hit out at the Election Commission, demanding the publication of the list of voters with “logical discrepancies” in the enumeration forms which have been submitted during the Special ...

    29 December 2025 Indian Express
    No ‘legacy’ needed: How CAA certificates are bridging voter registration gap for Matuas in West Bengal

    The Election Commission of India (ECI)’s decision to recognise citizenship certificates issued under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as valid documentation for voter registration will be beneficial for the Matua community in West Bengal.Following the release of the draft ...

    29 December 2025 Indian Express
    From doll museum to zoo: Know the best child-friendly destinations in Kolkata for winter holidays

    Winter has arrived in Kolkata, and with schools closing for the holidays, parents are often on the hunt for ways to keep their children engaged and entertained. Fortunately, the ‘City of Joy’ is packed with destinations that blend fun ...

    28 December 2025 Indian Express
    Trinamool Congress ‘Jotoi koro hamla, abar jitbe Bangla’ slogan for 2026 West Bengal elections

    West Bengal elections 2026 news: The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) Saturday launched a new slogan – “Jotoi koro hamla, abar jitbe Bangla” (no matter how many attacks you launch, Bangla will win again) – ahead of the West Bengal ...

    28 December 2025 Indian Express
    Bangladesh should be taught a lesson akin to what Israel taught Gaza: Suvendu Adhikari

    BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Saturday said Bangladesh ought to be taught a lesson akin to what Israel taught Gaza. Suvendu marched to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata alongside party leaders and ...

    28 December 2025 Indian Express
    Spellings to mismatches: Bengal voters queue up to remain on rolls

    ON THE first day of hearings in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district as part of the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) exercise to decide if electors who have been issued notices will remain on the rolls, Bidhubhushan Mondol, 62, ...

    28 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Acting on BJP’s instructions’: TMC MP Kakoli Dastidar slams EC after family members summoned for SIR hearing

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Saturday hit out at the Election Commission (EC) and alleged that it was acting at the behest of the BJP after four members of her family, including her mother and sons, ...

    28 December 2025 Indian Express
    Jadavpur University in Bengal faces heat over ‘hijab check’ on student during exam; ‘Looking into matter,’ says V-C

    A third-year student of the English Department at West Bengal’s Jadavpur University has complained to the varsity authorities over an incident allegedly involving a hijab check during the semester examination held on December 23.According to the student’s complaint, which ...

    28 December 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee ‘strongly’ condemns violence against Bengali migrant workers after 19-year-old lynched in Odisha

    Reacting to the recent killing of a 19-year-old migrant worker from West Bengal in Odisha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee  Saturday condemned violence against Bengali-speaking people in other states.“We strongly condemn the brutal oppression and persecution that has ...

    28 December 2025 Indian Express
    Bengali actress Parno Mittra joins Trinamool Congress, says her BJP tenure was a ‘mistake’

    Bengali film actress Parno Mittra on Friday joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the presence of party leader and state Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya and TMC leader Jayprakash Majumder.Mittra had joined the BJP six years ago and contested the ...

    27 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘He was the only earning member’: Body of 19-year-old migrant lynched in Odisha reaches Bengal village

    Odisha migrant lynching: Thousands gathered at Bahadurpur village under Suti police station in Murshidabad on Friday, as the body of 19-year-old migrant labourer Jewel Sheikh arrived from Odisha.Sheikh was lynched in Sambalpur district of Odisha on the evening of ...

    27 December 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata’s meet with WBCS officers stirs row, Opposition calls it ‘bid to influence’

    In the run-up to the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal starting on December 27, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a meeting with representatives of the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) ...

    27 December 2025 Indian Express
    With party agents barred, EC hearings for ‘unmapped voters’ begin in West Bengal

    As hearings to decide whether lakhs of electors will remain on the rolls begin in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India has allowed only Booth Level Officers (BLOs), their supervisors, Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and micro-observers to be ...

    27 December 2025 Indian Express
    New Kolaghat bridge to end major bottleneck on Howrah-Kharagpur railway section: ‘Every effort being made’

    The South Eastern Railway (SER) has approved a major infrastructure project to replace the ageing Kolaghat Bridge No 57 on the Howrah–Kharagpur section, one of the busiest rail corridors in eastern India. The new bridge, to be built at ...

    27 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Changed five lawyers, fighting alone for justice’: 16 months on, parents of RG Kar rape-murder victim wait for closure

    Sixteen months after their 32-year-old daughter was raped and murdered while on duty at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in August 2024, her parents say their lives now revolve around courtrooms, adjournments and an unending wait for ...

    27 December 2025 Indian Express
    High number of ‘untraceable voters’ in Matua-dominated Assembly seats 

    The Matua-dominated assembly seats accounts for a high rate of “untraceable” voters after the first phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls concluded in West Bengal, a survey has shown.According to the data collated for 15 assembly ...

    26 December 2025 Indian Express
    Gridlock Alert: Central Kolkata likely to get paralyzed as Park Street carnival triggers massive diversions due to crowd gathering

    As Christmas festivities reach it’s peak. Major thoroughfares in Central Kolkata, particularly J.L. Nehru Road and the AJC Bose Road crossing, are witnessing massive gridlock due to the influx of revelers heading toward the Park Street carnival. With Park Street, ...

    26 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Assembly poll strategy, SIR’ on agenda as Amit Shah to visit Bengal, hold internal BJP meetings

    Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to arrive in Kolkata for a two-day visit beginning December 29, during which he will hold a series of internal Bharatiya Janata ...

    26 December 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal resident lynched in Odisha, friends say asked for Aadhaar cards

    A 19-year-old labourer from West Bengal’s Murshidabad was lynched in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on Wednesday night. Police have arrested six accused in connection with the incident.The victim, Jewel Sheikh, hailed from Chakbahadurpur village under Suti police station limits and ...

    26 December 2025 Indian Express
    SIR 2.0 in Bengal: With hearings from December 27, here’s how your documents will be verified

    The second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal will begin on December 27, with the Election Commission of India (ECI) gearing up to conduct hearings for more than one crore voters across ...

    26 December 2025 Indian Express
    After Mamata’s GST ‘big blunder’ charge, why is Amit Mitra blaming the Centre

    Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that agreeing to the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the advice of then state Finance Minister Amit Mitra was a “very big blunder”, Mitra on Wednesday said ...

    26 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘From jail to foreigners detention camp as suspected Bangladeshi’: How fate hangs for this Bengal migrant worker in Tamil Nadu

    For over eight months, 25-year-old Awal Sheikh has been languishing in confinement – first in a jail, and then at a detention centre for illegal foreigners, in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district — miles away from his Murshidabad home in ...

    25 December 2025 Indian Express
    Where to park car, roads to avoid: Kolkata Police deploy 2,500 personnel, announce traffic curbs for Christmas, New Year

    With a massive number of revellers expected to throng Park Street and adjoining areas during Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Kolkata Police have rolled out an extensive security and traffic management plan, deploying around 2,500 personnel to maintain ...

    25 December 2025 Indian Express
    Protests over Bangladesh killing enter second day in Kolkata; BJP workers stopped by police near Howrah Bridge

    Kolkata remained tense for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as protests continued over the killing of a Bangladesh-origin man, with chaotic scenes unfolding during the BJP’s “Howrah Bridge Blockade” programme. Police stopped the BJP procession before it could ...

    25 December 2025 Indian Express
    68th annual convocation: SFI protests ICC elections’ delay, infrastructure issues at JU Convocation; Governor assures action

    Describing JU as the “best university of West Bengal,” Governor CV Ananda Bose on Wednesday said Jadavpur University (JU) will become the best in the country in the near future.Delivering the keynote address at the university’s 68th annual convocation, ...

    25 December 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal’s SIR 2.0 | Hearings to begin December 27; notices issued to 10 lakh electors: Here’s what to know

    Hearings for the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal will begin on December 27, with notices already issued to around 10 lakh electors, officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI) ...

    25 December 2025 Indian Express
    Bangladesh lynching: Protesters try to march to Bangladesh mission in Kolkata, get police lathis

    The protests over the killing of a garment factory worker in Bangladesh escalated in Kolkata on Tuesday, with police resorting to a lathicharge to disperse demonstrators who attempted to march to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in the Beckbagan ...

    25 December 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC quashes woman’s cruelty case against 86-year-old husband over dispute involving 40 cats, considering her death

    The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against an 86-year-old man in a domestic cruelty case filed by his wife, following the complainant’s death.The dispute, which arose in June 2023 under the jurisdiction of Kalyani police station, centred ...

    24 December 2025 Indian Express
    Hanskhali gang rape case: Life imprisonment for three including TMC leader’s son; two released on bail bonds, four others get prison terms

    A Ranaghat Additional District Judge (ADJ) court on Tuesday pronounced the quantum of punishment for the nine accused convicted in the Hanskhali gang rape case, sentencing three prime accused to life imprisonment.All nine accused were produced before the court ...

    24 December 2025 Indian Express
    Planning a late night at Park Street this Christmas? Here’s Kolkata Metro’s year-end special service and timings

    In a festive boost for city revellers, Kolkata Metro has announced extended operations on Christmas Day, with additional and late-night services on the Blue Line (North–South) and Green Line (East–West) to manage the expected surge of commuters heading to ...

    24 December 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: 13 convicted of lynching father-son during Waqf protest in Murshidabad

    Almost eight months after a 72-year-old man and his 40-year-old son were brutally hacked to death by a mob during a protest against the Centre’s new Waqf law, a court in Murshidabad on Monday convicted 13 men of mob ...

    23 December 2025 Indian Express
    SIR phase 2 in Bengal: Hearings post-Xmas, EC focuses on five border districts with most ‘discrepancies’

    As the Election Commission (EC) gears up for hearings in cases of discrepancies in the enumeration forms submitted by the electors during the first phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the poll panel is focusing on ...

    23 December 2025 Indian Express
    Rs 1,700-crore Gangasagar bridge to link Sagar Island with mainland of West Bengal; stone-laying ceremony likely in Jan

    The long-awaited stone-laying ceremony of the Gangasagar bridge is likely to be held in the first week of January. The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has decided to construct a five-kilometre-long bridge over the Muriganga river to connect Sagar ...

    23 December 2025 Indian Express
    Ahead of Bengal Assembly polls, Humayun Kabir launches party, targets Mamata: Will make TMC zero in Murshidabad

    As Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir on Monday launched a political outfit — ‘Janata Unnayan Party’ – days after he was suspended from the TMC for going ahead with his plans to lay the foundation stone of a Babri-like mosque ...

    23 December 2025 Indian Express
    Jewellery shop owner’s murder: Calcutta HC rejects BDO’s anticipatory bail, directs to surrender within 72 hours

    The Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail granted to a Block Development Officer named in the murder of a jewellery shop owner in October this year.The single bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh also ordered the Rajganj ...

    23 December 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC junks plea seeking central agency probe into Messi event fiasco

    The Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected a plea seeking a central agency probe into the chaos that abruptly ended the Lionel Messi event at the Salt Lake Stadium earlier this month.After the hearing of three Public Interest Litigations ...

    23 December 2025 Indian Express
    From glory to ruin: Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium’s history of controversies

    A week after chaos that took place at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, after thousands of angry and disappointed football fans failed to catch a glimpse of Argentinian soccer superstar Lionel Messi at the stadium and tore down banners, ...

    23 December 2025 Indian Express
    Hindus in Bangladesh must stay united… India must do something: RSS chief on Bangladesh turmoil

    Pointing to the ongoing round of turmoil in neighbouring Bangladesh, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday called upon the Hindus there to stay united and urged the members of the community, spread across the world, to ...

    23 December 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Kabir to launch party, Mamata to meet TMC BLAs

    Suspended from the ruling TMC just days ahead of him going ahead with his plan to lay the foundation stone of a Babri Masjid-like in Murshidabad despite the party’s objection, Kabir has been claiming to attract Muslim support, a ...

    23 December 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata to touch 13°C, Darjeeling 5°C this Christmas week: Know the coldest spots in Bengal

    Even as temperatures across Bengal fluctuated over the past day, dense fog affected visibility in several districts. In South Bengal, Bardhaman recorded the lowest minimum at 10.8 degrees Celsius, while in the North Bengal plains, Alipurduar registered 9 degrees ...

    23 December 2025 Indian Express
    Tiger conservation model must be science-based, says Minister

    The sixth cycle of the tiger census, known as the All India Tiger Estimation, was officially launched on Sunday, with ground surveys having begun last month.Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, who chaired a high-level joint meeting of the National ...

    22 December 2025 Indian Express
    Messi Kolkata event chaos: Arrested organiser Satadru Dutta blames ‘influential’ person, officials

    The Bidhannagar police recently said that Satadru Dutta, Lionel Messi GOAT India Tour’s arrested organiser, has blamed an ‘influential’ person and also officials for the chaos at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata during the Argentine footballer’s event earlier ...

    22 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Don’t assume RSS is a paramilitary organisation seeing our uniforms’: Mohan Bhagwat warns against misinformation about Sangh

    Trying to understand the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) through the lens of the BJP is a mistake, said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Kolkata Sunday.Addressing the ‘RSS 100 Vyakhyan Mala’, a lecture series as part of the RSS’s centenary ...

    22 December 2025 Indian Express
    Happening Today: Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata 2025 marathon today, traffic diversions in city; CPI(M) women rally

    The city is bracing for a busy Sunday with the Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata 2025 marathon, a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race, which will kick off from Indira Gandhi Road. Elite runners from India and around the ...

    22 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Modi speech lacked concern for Matuas’: TMC hits back at PM over ‘jungle raj’ remark

    After Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over “non-development” and “jungle raj”, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) hit back at his alleged lack of concern for the Matua community.Addressing a press conference, ...

    22 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Enough is enough, now sing something secular’: Bengali singer Lagnajita Chakraborty harassed for singing devotional songs, 1 arrested

    The Purba Medinipur police Sunday arrested the owner of a school for allegedly harassing Kolkata-based singer Lagnajita Chakraborty.The accused has been identified as Mehboob Mallick.Chakraborty complained that the accused heckled her for singing devotional songs and asked her to ...

    22 December 2025 Indian Express
    Arrested organiser tells SIT why ‘unhappy’ Messi left Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium early

    Satadru Dutta, the arrested main organiser of Lionel Messi event in Kolkata on December 13, has told investigators that the football icon was “unhappy with being touched or hugged” during his appearance at the Salt Lake Stadium and left ...

    21 December 2025 Indian Express
    PM Modi sounds poll bugle in West Bengal: ‘End TMC jungle raj, bring double-engine govt’

    Ahead of the Assembly elections in West Bengal next year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for an end to the Trinamool Congress government’s “jungle raj” and urged people to give the BJP a chance to form a ...

    21 December 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal renames ‘Karmashree’ scheme to ‘Mahatma-Shree’ after Parliament passes Viksit Bharat- G RAM G Bill 2025

    Following Parliament’s passage of the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB—G RAM G, after a sharp debate over dropping ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ from the Centre’s rural employment scheme, the Trinamool Congress has announced that the West ...

    21 December 2025 Indian Express
    PM hits out at TMC from Nadia rally, says he would have been happy if the party put up ‘Go back infiltrators’ posters instead of ‘Go back Modi’ billboards

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday virtually addressed the public at Taherpur in Bengal’s Nadia district after his helicopter was unable to land due to low visibility.Hitting out at the ‘jungle raj’ in Bengal, PM Modi said, “Bihar has unanimously ...

    21 December 2025 Indian Express
    SIR hearings to be held after Christmas, Election Commission to post 4,000 micro-observers

    After the publication of the draft electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on December 11, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will start the hearing of electors who were dissatisfied with mapping information or ...

    21 December 2025 Indian Express
    Bangladesh unrest: Alert at India’s largest land port Petrapole, meeting held at Zero Point over safety of truck drivers

    Amid fresh violence in Bangladesh following the killing of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, India’s largest land port at Petrapole was on alert over concerns regarding the safety of Indian trucks and drivers in Benapole on the Bangladeshi side ...

    21 December 2025 Indian Express
    Modi in West Bengal: PM’s visit to Ranaghat delayed as helicopter fails to land due to fog

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ranaghat in West Bengal’s Nadia district was delayed on Saturday after his helicopter failed to land at Taherpur due to heavy fog and returned to Kolkata.Modi had landed at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ...

    21 December 2025 Indian Express
    351 on December 11: As Kolkata’s AQI crosses Delhi more than once this December, what experts say

    Kolkata’s air quality has deteriorated sharply this winter, with the city recording AQI levels worse than Delhi on several occasions this December — a rare and alarming trend for the eastern metropolis.Last week, residents in Kolkata breathed air more ...

    20 December 2025 Indian Express
    ECI to deploy Micro Roll Observers in Bengal; what will their responsibilities be?

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to deploy Micro Roll Observers in West Bengal to assist Electoral Roll Observers and Special Electoral Roll Observers in the SIR process.The decision follows a proposal from state Chief Electoral Officer ...

    20 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘False, unverified info’: Sourav Ganguly slaps Rs 50-crore legal notice on a fan club secretary after Messi fiasco

    Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly has issued a Rs 50-crore defamation notice and filed a cyber complaint against Uttam Saha, secretary of the Argentina Fan Club in Kolkata, over remarks made in a recent media interview ...

    20 December 2025 Indian Express
    On Bengal visit eve, PM Modi flags ‘misgovernance in every sector’ of state; Trinamool hits back

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal on Saturday to address a rally and unveil highway projects in Nadia district’s Ranaghat. This is Modi’s first visit to the state since the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) started.On Friday, Modi ...

    20 December 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata civic body issues 12,823 birth and death certificates in 4 months amid SIR

    The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) issued 12,823 certificates between August 9 and December 9, according to data released by the civic body during the ongoing revision of the electoral rolls.“The civic body issued a total of 12,823 certificates to ...

    20 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Law & order risk’: EC asks MHA to deploy Central forces at Bengal CEO’s office

    The Election Commission has asked the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to deploy Central armed forces on the premises of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer’s office in Kolkata, citing a potential “law and order” risk during the ...

    20 December 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata slams PM for replacing MGNREGA, says Karmashree job scheme to be named after Mahatma Gandhi

    On a day, the Lok Sabha passed a Bill to replace the 20-year-old scheme MGNREGA, the rural employment guarantee scheme named after Mahatma Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that the state’s Karmashree scheme would ...

    19 December 2025 Indian Express
    15 years after a TMC worker was ‘killed by a cop’ in Left-ruled Bengal, HC orders CBI probe: ‘Not satisfied with the CID probe so far’

    Fifteen years after the murder of a TMC worker in Left Front-ruled West Bengal, and 12 years after the family of the victim had filed a petition for a CBI probe, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the ...

    19 December 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Answer to VB-G RAM G Bill’: Mamata announces Karmashree scheme will be renamed after Mahatma Gandhi

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday criticised the Centre for what she called the removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the rural employment guarantee scheme, and announced that the state’s Karmashree scheme would be renamed in honour ...

    19 December 2025 Indian Express
    CM Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Kolkata Christmas Festival, traffic-free Park Street is place to celebrate

    Kolkata kickstarted its year-end festivities with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurating the 15th edition of the Kolkata Christmas Festival at Allen Park on Thursday.Addressing the inaugural programme, Banerjee said, “Today marks the beginning of the 15th Christmas Festival at ...

    19 December 2025 Indian Express
    North 24 Parganas: A slum fire near Kolkata sparks political row amid SIR, Mamata orders probe

    A day after a massive fire completely destroyed Ghuni Basti, a slum in New Town’s Eco Park, near Kolkata in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday ordered a probe.The chief minister’s order ...

    19 December 2025 Indian Express
    What steps has ECI taken ahead of SIR hearings in Bengal? Here are the details

    Following the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and publication of the draft electoral roll, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to begin hearings from December 23, which will continue until at least January 31.Chief ...

    19 December 2025 Indian Express
    Gold deposits in Bengal: Where are the 9 sites as confirmed by GSI? Read here

    West Bengal’s mining sector could see a significant boost, with recent Geological Survey of India (GSI) surveys identifying potential gold and critical mineral deposits across several districts. In a written response to Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, the Union ...

    19 December 2025 Indian Express
    Why Calcutta HC dismissed plea against construction of Babri Masjid replica in Murshidabad

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the construction of a Babri Masjid in Beldanga, Murshidabad by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice ...

    19 December 2025 Indian Express
    How plastic waste from Kurseong is paving way to a new road in Gorkhaland

    Plastic waste from Kurseong, a hill station in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district, is being used to build a brand-new road in Mirik Block of northern Bengal, the first such public thoroughfare within the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA).The 4.420-km stretch, ...

    19 December 2025 Indian Express
    Despite reducing joblessness, we are being defamed: CM Mamata Banerjee at Traders’ Conclave

    Without mentioning the fiasco during Lionel Messi’s visit to Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that despite good works done by her TMC government in the state, a section of people tries to defame her ...

    18 December 2025 Indian Express
    In Bengal SIR survey done, BLOs relieved: ‘It’s like we have passed the test’

    Ayesha Akhtar, a mother of two and an Urdu para-teacher, sits with a sigh of relief at Taki House School in Sealdah, designated as the Booth Level Office centre for the area.For her, Wednesday marked the end of a ...

    18 December 2025 Indian Express
    In Bengal draft roll, Mohd Salim’s son surname changed to Avasti: ‘Reflects EC’s unplanned exercise’

    A day after the Election Commission released the draft electoral roll of West Bengal on the conclusion of the first phase of the SIR, senior CPI(M) leader Mohammad Salim’s son, Atish Aziz, on Wednesday pointed to the error in ...

    18 December 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata oxygen godown blast: Massive fire breaks out, explosion sound heard within 2-3 km radius

    A massive cylinder blast at an oxygen godown near Kankurgachi triggered a large fire early Wednesday, with residents reporting that the explosion sounded like a “bomb or missile attack”.The blast caused panic across the area, with those living within ...

    18 December 2025 Indian Express
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