The newly formed BJP government in West Bengal held its first Cabinet meeting at the state secretariat in Kolkata on Monday, announcing a series of decisions ranging from national security to administrative reforms.Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, flanked by senior ...
12 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Police arrested three suspects Monday in connection with the killing of Chandranath Rath, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s aide, from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.Following specific intelligence leads, a specialised team detained Mayank Raj Mishra and Vicky Maurya ...
12 May 2026 Indian ExpressFulfilling a key electoral promise, the new BJP government in West Bengal has begun efforts to curb the alleged “syndicate raj” and illegal cattle smuggling in the state. On Sunday, Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariala verbally instructed all district administrations ...
12 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, will hold its first meeting at 11 am on Monday at Nabanna, the state secretariat.Sources said that the portfolios of the five ministers – Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Nisith ...
11 May 2026 Indian ExpressFollowing the change of guard in West Bengal, the Kolkata Police’s official X handle has unfollowed former chief minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee. The force now follows 44 accounts, reflecting the state’s new political reality.The ...
11 May 2026 Indian ExpressFour days since the murder of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath and police are yet to make any arrest, with the ongoing probe hinging on the testimony of the 33-year-old survivor in the car. While the ...
11 May 2026 Indian ExpressA massive fire that gutted dozens of shops in Khejuri area in Purba Medinipur has ignited a war of words between the ruling BJP and Opposition TMC, with the latter calling it a “barbaric act of state-sponsored arson” and ...
11 May 2026 Indian ExpressIt has been a dream debut for Kshudiram Tudu. Days after defeating TMC leader Tanushree Hansda, the 55-year-old first-time MLA on Saturday joined the Cabinet of the first BJP government in West Bengal. Taking oath in his native Santhal ...
11 May 2026 Indian ExpressA 24-year-old footpath dweller in Kolkata was arrested by the Maidan Police on Friday for allegedly murdering his five-month-old daughter.The arrest of Debojit Jana, alias Piklu, followed a dramatic confrontation near the Brigade Parade Ground after his wife publicly ...
11 May 2026 Indian ExpressAll eyes are now on Nabanna Sabhaghar (conference hall of state secretariat) in Howrah, where Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will hold his first meeting with top police officers – including district police superintendents and CID personnel – on ...
11 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe induction of the formidable BJP MLA from Bongaon North into the Cabinet was not surprising. A prominent face of the Matua community, 52-year-old leader Ashok Kirtania is widely regarded as the BJP’s most trusted strategist in the North ...
11 May 2026 Indian ExpressOn a day when Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the first ever BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee reached out to all opposition parties, especially the Left, with a call for unity to fight ...
10 May 2026 Indian ExpressSince early morning, Kolkata has been in a festive mood. A sea of people from within the state, across the country, and even from abroad has thronged the city to witness the historic moment when Suvendu Adhikari is sworn ...
10 May 2026 Indian ExpressInvestigators probing the murder of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to chief minister-elect Suvendu Adhikari, said what initially appeared to be a daring hit has now turned into a textbook case of a high-level contract killing, with the seven-member Special ...
10 May 2026 Indian ExpressSuvendu Adhikari has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal on Saturday, marking the beginning of a new political era in the state. Adhikari has become the first BJP leader to hold the top post in ...
10 May 2026 Indian ExpressFollowing the conclusion of the West Bengal Assembly elections and the transition towards a new government, the State Legislative Assembly is undergoing a visible transformation, with officials and staffers working in full swing to prepare the premises for an ...
10 May 2026 Indian ExpressPutting all speculation to rest, the BJP today chose Suvendu Adhikari for the Chief Minister’s post in West Bengal, where it scored a thumping win in the recently held Assembly polls.Adhikari was elected the leader of the BJP’s legislature ...
9 May 2026 Indian ExpressUnion Home Minister Amit Shah and Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi are Friday holding a marathon meeting at a private hotel in Newtown with the party’s central leaders who were in charge of West Bengal and the party’s ...
9 May 2026 Indian ExpressNo goods vehicles, barring those carrying essential supplies like milk, medicines, and oxygen, will be allowed to enter Kolkata’s city limits on Saturday as the city prepares for a massive security lockdown ahead of the historic oath-taking ceremony of ...
9 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) declared the results of the Madhyamik (Class 10) examination on Friday. This year, the pass rate (86.83 per cent) is slightly higher compared to last year (86.53 per cent).Abhirup Bhadra of ...
9 May 2026 Indian ExpressPolice probing the murder of Chandranath Rath, the executive assistant of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari and one of his closest aides, on Thursday said that the killing has all the signs of involvement of professional killers.A day after Rath, ...
8 May 2026 Indian ExpressIn a first show of support for Mamata Banerjee from the national Opposition parties after her defeat in the Assembly elections in West Bengal, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav met the TMC supremo at her Kalighat residence on Thursday.Akhilesh, ...
8 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe BJP on Thursday described the killing of party leader Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide, Chandranath Rath, as a “planned political murder” and claimed that it was designed to cause instability in the state.“It was a targeted violence… By the ...
8 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe Brigade Parade Ground is being turned into a fortress for the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal’s first BJP government on Saturday, May 9, with the police expecting a crowd of nearly 10 lakh people.The ceremony, which coincides with ...
8 May 2026 Indian ExpressA Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Thursday over alleged incidents of post-poll vandalism, including the toppling of a Vladimir Lenin statue in Murshidabad and the shops damaged by bulldozers in Hogg Market ...
8 May 2026 Indian ExpressChandranath Rath, the executive assistant of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari and one of his closest aides, was on the way to his home in Barasat last night. He was in the co-passenger seat of a Scorpio SUV. According to ...
8 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe political situation in West Bengal remained tense Thursday after a series of violent incidents across North 24 Parganas left multiple BJP workers injured, including a shooting in Basirhat and bomb attacks in Panihati, deepening post-poll unrest in the ...
8 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe mother of Chandranath Rath, a close aide of senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday demanded life imprisonment for those behind her son’s murder. Speaking after Rath was shot dead in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, she ...
8 May 2026 Indian ExpressA day after Chandranath Rath, the executive assistant to West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead 200 metres away from his residence, his cousin claimed on Thursday that he had been worried over the last few days ...
8 May 2026 Indian ExpressA day after Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath was shot dead in Madhyamgram, near Kolkata, the police on Thursday said they had seized the car that had been used to block the road in which Rath’s car was ...
8 May 2026 Indian ExpressGovernor R N Ravi dissolved the West Bengal State Legislative Assembly with effect from May 7 after completion of its term, according to an official notification. The order stated: “In exercise of the power conferred on me by sub-clause ...
8 May 2026 Indian ExpressShortly after his executive assistant, Chandranath Rath, was shot dead in Madhyamgram last night, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said the party was “shocked, pained and hurt” and appealed to BJP workers not to take the law into their hands. Adhikari ...
8 May 2026 Indian ExpressCricketer-turned-politician Manoj Tiwary on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamool Congress leadership, citing football superstar Lionel Messi’s brief visit to Kolkata and the handling of the Rs 700-crore sports budget as examples of “administrative ego and corruption” ...
7 May 2026 Indian ExpressBJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said an inquiry commission will be formed to probe into all the “incidents of atrocities”, from Sandeshkhali to RG Kar rape-murder case.“The day our manifesto was declared, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had ...
7 May 2026 Indian ExpressAmid incidents of post-poll violence in several parts of West Bengal, Acting Director General of Police Siddh Nath Gupta on Wednesday said that over 400 people have been arrested, and another 1,100 have been detained across the state in ...
7 May 2026 Indian ExpressFor Biswajit Sarkar, the silence in his neighbourhood feels different. For the first time in five years, the air of intimidation that settled over his home in Kolkata’s Kankurgachi following the 2021 post-poll violence has been replaced by a ...
7 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe situation in West Bengal, rocked by post-poll violence following the BJP’s landslide victory that ended 15 years of TMC rule, took a serious turn Wednesday night when Chandranath Rath, executive assistant to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was shot ...
7 May 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor R N Ravi is seeking constitutional experts’ advice before calling the BJP’s legislative party leader to form the new government, sources in Lok Bhavan said on Wednesday.Ravi has met Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal and ...
7 May 2026 Indian ExpressNearly a year after he was first intercepted with unlicensed ammunition at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, a Trinamool Congress councillor from the Pujali municipality in South 24 Parganas has been arrested by the police.Amirul Sekh Islam, ...
7 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe BJP, which has reportedly finalised its chief minister for West Bengal, will hold the oath-taking ceremony at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata at 10 am on May 9, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, national BJP president Nitin ...
7 May 2026 Indian ExpressTension erupted in central Kolkata on Tuesday after a group of people with bulldozers allegedly targeted a Trinamool Congress (TMC) office near Hogg Market, triggering panic among traders and forcing shops to shut.Police rushed to the spot soon after, ...
7 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a lookout notice for Deputy Commissioner of Police Shantanu Sinha Biswas in a money laundering case involving Biswajit Poddar, alias Sona Pappu, a history-sheeter accused of extortion and land grabbing.According to ED sources, ...
6 May 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya has hit out at Trinamool Congress’ (TMC’s) dismal performance in the 2026 Assembly elections and predicted that the party will “never return to power in Bengal”. He said that even actor Anupam Kher, ...
6 May 2026 Indian ExpressTwo BJP workers were killed in New Town in North 24 Parganas and Udaynarayanpur in Howrah, while the TMC alleged that two of its party members were killed in Beleghata in Kolkata and Nanoor in Birbhum amid alleged post-poll ...
6 May 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Advocate General (AG) Kishore Datta tendered his resignation Tuesday, a day after the BJP secured a historic majority in the Assembly polls. Sources said Datta sent his resignation letter to Governor R N Ravi, marking the beginning ...
6 May 2026 Indian ExpressA day after the BJP swept West Bengal and ended her 15-year-rule in the state, a defiant Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that she would not visit the Lok Bhavan to submit her resignation to the governor. She alleged ...
6 May 2026 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra acknowledged the party’s defeat in the recently concluded Assembly elections in West Bengal, and said the TMC respects people’s mandate.“The will of the people is supreme. If Bengal wanted BJP then Bengal has ...
6 May 2026 Indian ExpressSaffron clouds of aabir hung over counting centres across West Bengal on Monday as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was headed for a huge victory in the Bengal Assembly elections 2026. The party’s supporters celebrated not just with drums ...
5 May 2026 Indian ExpressAs the Trinamool Congress (TMC) trailed behind the BJP through the day in West Bengal, the final nail came as the day ended — party chief and outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost to the BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari by ...
5 May 2026 Indian ExpressTensions flared in parts of West Bengal Tuesday as the Trinamool Congress alleged widespread attacks on its offices and workers following the BJP’s win in the Assembly elections, even as the saffron party appealed for calm and denied involvement.According ...
5 May 2026 Indian ExpressKalita Majhi’s victory stands out as one of the highlights of the BJP’s sweeping win in West Bengal. A domestic help, Kalita, got a second chance when the BJP named her as its candidate in Ausgram in the state’s ...
5 May 2026 Indian ExpressSaffron clouds of aabir hung over counting centres across West Bengal Monday as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was headed for a huge victory in the Bengal Assembly elections 2026, its supporters celebrated not just with drums and dancing, ...
5 May 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariala on Monday afternoon ordered all department secretaries not to remove or take away any “important file or paper” from the state secretariat Nabanna or other state administration offices in Kolkata.The circular was issued ...
5 May 2026 Indian ExpressAnchored in the ethos of quintessential Bengali bhadralok and intellectual elite, the high-profile urban constituencies in Kolkata, long considered a secure turf of Mamata Banerjee, have, for the first time in decades, shown visible cracks with the BJP making ...
5 May 2026 Indian ExpressBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari Monday expressed confidence that the party would form the next government in West Bengal, owing to strong Hindu consolidation, as the party was headed for a huge victory in the the assembly ...
5 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe Kolkata Police have banned victory processions, rallies, and public celebrations within their jurisdiction on the day of counting for the West Bengal Assembly polls on Monday.“Victory processions, if any, may be conducted on 5th May, 2026, or thereafter, ...
5 May 2026 Indian ExpressIn her first reaction on Monday amid the counting of votes for the West Bengal Assembly election 2026, Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee requested party candidates and counting agents to not leave the counting centres. Her message comes ...
5 May 2026 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is currently trailing in Bhabanipur, even as the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is surging ahead, according to early trends.The numbers come about half-an-hour after the counting of votes ...
5 May 2026 Indian ExpressA day before the results of the West Bengal Assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday alleged that several VVPAT slips were found lying on a road in Madhyamgram in North 24 Parganas district.Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail ...
4 May 2026 Indian ExpressOn the eve of counting of votes for the West Bengal Assembly elections, the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday said that it has deployed 432 officials as counting observers for 293 of the total 294 constituencies. Polling in the ...
4 May 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Avantika BasuAs West Bengal prepares for the Assembly election results on May 4, weather conditions across the state are expected to remain unsettled and rain-bearing through the week.According to forecasts issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), ...
4 May 2026 Indian Express“What’s your view? It will be Mamata Banerjee… May 4 is our D-day. Let’s see what happens.”It is around 11 pm Saturday outside the Netaji Indoor Stadium, and Kamar Ilahi and a group of fellow TMC workers have just ...
4 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Police recently tracked down four minor girls from Kolkata in Delhi who left their homes without informing their families to apparently watch a concert of K-Pop band BTS in Seoul, South Korea.According to the police, these ...
4 May 2026 Indian ExpressPolice have arrested seven individuals in connection with an attack on the office and vehicle of a BJP polling agent in Garia’s Panchasayar area on Saturday.The accused, all of whom were named in the First Information Report (FIR), were ...
4 May 2026 Indian ExpressOn the eve of the West Bengal Assembly election results, Arjun Singh, the BJP candidate for Noapara, Sunday alleged that Trinamool Congress (TMC)-backed miscreants opened fire at the house of a local BJP leader.The alleged shooting took place around ...
4 May 2026 Indian ExpressTwo days ahead of the counting of votes, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday told counting agents of the party during a meeting that it will secure over 200 of the 294 ...
4 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission (EC) Saturday transferred the officer-in-charge (OC) of the Kalighat Police Station in Kolkata, Gautam Das, by replacing him with Chameli Mukhopadhyay, OC of Ultadanga Women Police Station in the city.This decision was taken after Das posted ...
3 May 2026 Indian ExpressAfter what it called a detailed investigation of the polling process, the Election Commission (EC) has ordered a repoll in West Bengal’s Falta Assembly constituency. Fresh polls will now be held at all 285 polling stations in Falta on ...
3 May 2026 Indian ExpressTMC Bidhannagar candidate and Bengal minister Sujit Bose has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) again on May 6 after being questioned for nine hours on Friday in connection with its probe into the alleged cash-for-municipal-job scam. The ...
3 May 2026 Indian ExpressTwo days before counting for the West Bengal Assembly polls is to be held, repolling is underway in 15 booths under two Assembly constituencies in the South 24 Parganas district on Saturday.Of the 15 booths where repolling was ordered ...
3 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered repolling at 15 booths in South 24 Parganas’ constituencies of Magrahat-Paschim and Diamond Harbour on Saturday. The decision was taken on the basis of reports submitted by presiding officers.ECI Secretary Sujeet Kumar ...
3 May 2026 Indian ExpressAllegations and counter-allegations between the BJP and the TMC over counting-related measures and security arrangements in strong rooms have increased as the counting day for the West Bengal Assembly polls is drawing nearer.TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien wrote ...
3 May 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Avantika BasuThe heavy rainfall, driven by a low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal and strong southeasterly winds, impacted several districts of West Bengal this week. As per India Meteorological Department (IMD) data released on May 1, ...
3 May 2026 Indian ExpressTMC Bidhannagar candidate and Bengal minister Sujit Bose reached the CGO Complex in Kolkata on Friday with his son and legal counsel to appear before the Enforcement Directorate.Speaking to the media before entering the ED office, Bose said, “I ...
2 May 2026 Indian ExpressWhat began as a video message by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to her workers and leaders quickly snowballed into a major controversy surrounding strong rooms and allegations of attempted EVM tampering on Friday.Banerjee herself visited a strong ...
2 May 2026 Indian ExpressElection tensions escalated in Kolkata on Thursday night as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clashed over allegations of EVM tampering ahead of the May 4 counting for the West Bengal Assembly elections.As the high ...
2 May 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Avantika BasuA prolonged spell of unsettled weather is set to grip West Bengal over the coming week. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rainfall, thunderstorms, and gusty winds across both North and South Bengal from ...
1 May 2026 Indian ExpressIn a video message, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rejected the exit polls and alleged that the BJP paid a section of media to run such data. She also said Trinamool Congress (TMC) will win more than 226 ...
1 May 2026 Indian ExpressA day after polling concluded in West Bengal and most exit polls gave the Opposition BJP the edge, TMC chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged party workers and people of the state to guard strong rooms where Electronic ...
1 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) will introduce QR code-based photo identity cards and three-layer security checks at counting centres for votes to be counted on May 4, officials said on Wednesday.Votes for the Assembly elections in West Bengal, ...
1 May 2026 Indian ExpressIt was an unusual polling day morning for Trinamool Congress chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is fighting to remain in power for the fourth consecutive term.Banerjee was on the streets since morning Wednesday.Shortly after voting commenced, she ...
1 May 2026 Indian ExpressAs polling concluded for the Assembly elections in West Bengal on Wednesday, the Election Commission said it will order repoll in booths where allegations of EVM tampering are found to be true. Asserting that the poll panel has a “zero ...
1 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe high-stakes battle between the ruling TMC and Opposition BJP for control of West Bengal ended Wednesday with the state recording a record voter turnout of 92.50% in the second and final phase of polling for 142 Assembly seats ...
1 May 2026 Indian ExpressA writ petition was filed in the Calcutta High Court against Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday, alleging that he made “provocative and derogatory” remarks during an election rally in Darjeeling on April 21. Justice Krishna Rao’s single bench ...
30 April 2026 Indian ExpressChief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar hailed West Bengal for the highest ever polling “since Independence” as the second and final phase of Assembly elections concluded Wednesday with a massive voter turnout. West Bengal saw record turnout of 93.19 per ...
30 April 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Avantika BasuThe BJP on Tuesday lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra was engaged in “grave, open and direct intimidation” of a police observer during ...
30 April 2026 Indian ExpressIn an unprecedented move, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited polling booths in Bhabanipur as voting in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections began at 7 am Wednesday, levelling multiple allegations of high-handedness by Central forces and ...
30 April 2026 Indian ExpressFor violence-free polling on Wednesday, the concluding phase of the Assembly elections in West Bengal, the Election Commission (EC) has deployed over 2,300 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) alongside drone surveillance and patrolling bikes to maintain ...
29 April 2026 Indian ExpressAcross the Kalagachi river in the Sunderbans region of West Bengals’ North 24 Paraganas district lies the island block of Sandeshkhali. Some pucca houses are scattered across the village, alongside mud houses – especially those belonging to fishermen who ...
29 April 2026 Indian ExpressSweets are woven into the fabric of Bengali life and are present at every celebration, ritual, and everyday meal. Even as health concerns reshape diets, the tradition endures: a meal often feels incomplete without something sweet.So it’s no surprise ...
29 April 2026 Indian ExpressA fourth-year M Tech student of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur was found hanging in his hostel room on Tuesday, the second such incident in 10 days.The deceased student has been ...
29 April 2026 Indian ExpressJust before the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections on Wednesday, 1,468 names were added back to the electoral roll. In the case of six, the tribunals said their names cannot be included.However, there is no clarity ...
29 April 2026 Indian ExpressThe Trinamool Congress (TMC) has taken on Ajay Pal Sharma, an Uttar Pradesh IPS officer posted as a police observer for the West Bengal polls.In a post on X, the party claimed, “Uttar Pradesh’s notorious ‘Singham’ and Yogi Adityanath’s ...
29 April 2026 Indian ExpressFor the West Bengal Assembly polls, the Election Commission has updated several protocols to ensure smooth voting. Here is a quick guide on what you should carry and what you should leave behind while visiting the polling station to ...
29 April 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Avantika BasuWith 142 constituencies in West Bengal set to go to polls on April 29 for the final phase of Assembly elections, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rain and thunderstorms across the state.The seven districts ...
29 April 2026 Indian ExpressJust two days before the conclusion of the voting in West Bengal, IPS officer from Uttar Pradesh, Ajay Pal Sharma, joined duty as Police Observer of South 24 Parganas, and was seen issuing a stern warning, especially to TMC ...
28 April 2026 Indian ExpressFrom the sleek IT corridors of New Town, modern flyovers on the VIP road, to the rain-lashed alleys of Sector 5, varying issues may impact the high-stakes elections in the two Assembly constituencies of Rajarhat–Gopalpur and Rajarhat–New Town. As ...
28 April 2026 Indian ExpressThe Thanthania Kalibari temple in north Kolkata made headlines on Sunday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently in West Bengal for election campaign, offered flowers to the deity here.Famous among the Bengalis, Goddess Kali is worshipped here as ‘Siddheswari ...
28 April 2026 Indian ExpressStray clashes marked the last 24 hours of the campaigning for West Bengal elections, in which a CISF jawan was injured in firing, and a TMC MP’s vehicle was vandalised.TMC Arambagh MP Mitali Bag said her car was vandalised ...
28 April 2026 Indian ExpressThe campaign for the second and final phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections concluded on Monday after weeks of fierce exchanges over Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, undocumented immigration, corruption, and unemployment.From Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ...
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