The West Bengal BJP government on Monday held its second Cabinet meeting under the leadership of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, where it took several key decisions including a monthly assistance of Rs 3,000 to women under the Annapurna Bhandar ...
19 May 2026 Indian ExpressA Day after the protests in Kolkata’s Park Circus turned violent, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari issued a stern warning to protesters Monday, asserting that just as “stone-pelting was successfully ended in Jammu and Kashmir, it will soon be completely ...
19 May 2026 Indian ExpressDays after the new BJP government in West Bengal issued directives to all district administrations to ensure strict adherence to the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Act and issued guidelines, senior Congress leader and former MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has ...
19 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe newly elected BJP government in West Bengal will launch a fresh investigation into the December 13 ‘Messi fiasco’, with officials within the administration hinting that the tickets for the event might be refunded.The superstar footballer visited Kolkata’s Salt ...
19 May 2026 Indian ExpressFormer TMC minister Giasuddin Molla has filed a police complaint against the party’s second-in-command, Abhishek Banerjee, for alleged threats and intimidation. This comes days after an FIR was registered against Banerjee over alleged provocative speeches during the recent West ...
19 May 2026 Indian ExpressHaving formed the government for the first time in West Bengal, the BJP has turned its attention toward alleged irregularities in Deocha Pachami, the country’s largest coal block.A delegation of BJP MLAs held a meeting with the District Magistrate ...
18 May 2026 Indian ExpressA protest against the recent demolition drive in Tiljala, and the new BJP government’s ban on offering namaz on the roads, turned violent in Kolkata’s Park Circus area on Sunday, leaving three police personnel injured and several vehicles damaged. ...
18 May 2026 Indian ExpressIn a major decision, the newly elected Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP government in West Bengal has ordered re-verification of around 1.69 crore caste certificates issued in the state since 2011, when the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) had first come ...
18 May 2026 Indian ExpressViolence broke out in West Bengal’s Asansol on Friday night after a mob allegedly pelted stones and vandalised a police post following complaints against the volume of loudspeakers at a mosque. At least seven people have been arrested in ...
18 May 2026 Indian ExpressAsian Games gold medal-winning athlete Swapna Barman, who unsuccessfully contested from the Raiganj Assembly seat on a TMC ticket this year, on Saturday alleged that miscreants tried to set her house ablaze in Jalpaiguri, police said.She later lodged a ...
18 May 2026 Indian ExpressSenior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has sought Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s intervention to mitigate the “unease and confusion” triggered by the West Bengal government’s recently issued animal slaughter guidelines.Chowdhury wrote a letter to the newly elected Chief Minister ...
18 May 2026 Indian ExpressPolice on Friday registered an FIR against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee under non-bailable sections for his remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah at an election rally last month.The FIR was registered on a complaint lodged by one Rajiv ...
17 May 2026 Indian ExpressAfter the TMC suffered a setback in Bengal, party chief and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday convened a meeting and urged party leaders to help rebuild the organisation. News agency PTI also quoted her as saying that ...
17 May 2026 Indian ExpressTension prevailed in Kolkata’s Rajabazar area on Friday when a group tried to offer namaz on the road despite a recent ban by the new Suvendu Adhikari-led government on such activities at public places.The situation spiralled out of control ...
17 May 2026 Indian ExpressKalita Maji, the newly elected MLA from West Bengal’s Ausgram, must get used to a different schedule. The 38-year-old, who worked as a domestic help before the polls, is set to start work as an elected public representative.“Now it ...
17 May 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Avantika BasuThe Kolkata police have announced a full-day closure of Vidyasagar Setu on Sunday, May 17, for repair and rehabilitation work, including the replacement of stay cables, holding-down cables, and bearings. The restriction will remain in force ...
16 May 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Avantika BasuA series of civic and public safety initiatives, including a plan for an integrated women and child emergency helpline mechanism, geo-tagging-based garbage complaint system, and stricter parking regulations, are the latest announcements from the new BJP ...
16 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal government to “strictly maintain law and order at the ground level” in the wake of Trinamool Congress’s allegations of widespread post-poll violence in the state.The High Court also directed ...
16 May 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said three IPS officers have been suspended on charges of mishandling the RG Kar doctor rape and murder case. Vineet Goyal, the then Kolkata Police Commissioner, Abhishek Gupta, the then Deputy ...
16 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal government Wednesday gave approval to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file charge sheets against nine government officials allegedly involved in recruitment scams during the erstwhile Trinamool Congress-led regime. Among these officials, eight are accused ...
15 May 2026 Indian ExpressRathindra Basu, BJP MLA from Cooch Behar South constituency, is slated to be the new Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly.BJP’s parliamentary party has chosen Basu as its candidate with the election for Speaker scheduled on Friday. Though it ...
15 May 2026 Indian ExpressSinging Vande Mataram is now mandatory in West Bengal’s government-run and aided schools.Days after coming to power, the Suvendu Adhikari government in West Bengal has directed state-run and aided schools to mandatorily include the singing of Vande Mataram during ...
15 May 2026 Indian ExpressAfter a marathon questioning for close to 11 hours, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday evening arrested Deputy Commissioner of Kolkata Police Santanu Sinha Biswas in connection with a fraud and extortion case, officials said.After having skipped four summons, ...
15 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) on Thursday announced the Higher Secondary examination results, recording an overall pass of 91.23 per cent. Sixty-four students featured among the top 10, which included 56 boys and 8 girls, ...
15 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Government Wednesday issued fresh directions for the strict enforcement of the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950, banning animal slaughter in public places and making fitness certificates mandatory before slaughter.The notice, issued by the state ...
15 May 2026 Indian ExpressRitesh Tiwari, the BJP MLA for the Kashipur-Belgachia constituency in Kolkata, said Wednesday that he would not work for Muslims because not a single one of them voted for him in the recent elections.“‘Ek kaam unke nahi karunga aane ...
14 May 2026 Indian ExpressAuthorities have started demolition of illegal leather goods manufacturing factory in Kolkata’s Tiljala area, where two workers lost their lives in a fire on Tuesday.The move comes immediately after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that the Urban ...
14 May 2026 Indian ExpressDays after the BJP-led government took charge in West Bengal, senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking urgent intervention of the Centre for various development works in Murshidabad.The former state president ...
14 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe work on the long-pending Chingrighata section of Kolkata Metro’s Orange Line will commence along the busy Eastern Metropolitan Bypass from May 15. Kolkata Police have announced major traffic diversion plans around Chingrighata for two consecutive weekends this month, ...
14 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe new BJP government in West Bengal has directed the state police to review all cases of political violence that took place in 2021 following the TMC’s victory in the Assembly polls.The police will also launch a major drive ...
14 May 2026 Indian ExpressWest Bengal recently elected a new government under Chief Minister Suvendhu Adhikari, who announced the implementation of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) by the Central government. A new policy expansion has turned health security into a ...
14 May 2026 Indian ExpressWith a change of guard in the state, key government buildings, including the Legislative Assembly and the Writers’ Building have been illuminated with saffron lights. Under the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, the Assembly building was lit ...
13 May 2026 Indian ExpressKolkata Police on Tuesday arrested Shraddha Biswas, alias Bela, a veteran Maoist leader from Jharkhand, from the North Kashipur area. A resident of Chakdaha in Nadia, Bela was a member of the Maoists’ Jharkhand Regional Committee and had been ...
13 May 2026 Indian ExpressIn a bid to reshape the state’s social support structure, the newly elected government is preparing to implement a series of major welfare schemes, from rolling out the proposed direct cash transfer scheme for women, free bus travel for ...
13 May 2026 Indian ExpressTwo persons died and five others were injured in a fire at a factory in Tiljala, Kolkata on Monday afternoon, police said and four fire engines were pressed into service to douse the blaze. The blaze erupted around 1.45 ...
13 May 2026 Indian ExpressA week after her party’s defeat and a day after the newly formed government’s first cabinet meeting, former chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee sent a message to her followers through a poem on Tuesday titled “Brave”.Coming after ...
13 May 2026 Indian ExpressNewly sworn-in West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will keep a majority of important departments with him, including Home and Hill Affairs, Health, Law, and Finance.Two days after he was sworn in as the first BJP chief minister of ...
13 May 2026 Indian ExpressAmid the ongoing war of words between the Opposition TMC and the ruling BJP over a massive fire that gutted dozens of shops in Khejuri in Purba Medinipur district, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday alleged that “BJP-backed miscreants” ...
13 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe into the murder of Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant to West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who was targeted and killed in a brutal ambush on May 6 ...
13 May 2026 Indian ExpressA city court on Tuesday remanded former West Bengal minister Sujit Bose to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till May 21 in connection with the alleged irregularities in municipal recruitment. The ED on Tuesday had sought Bose’s 10-day custody, alleging ...
13 May 2026 Indian ExpressActing on a complaint from the Election Commission, the Kolkata police on Tuesday arrested Garga Chattopadhyay, founder of the Bangla Pokkho ethno-linguistic rights organisation, for allegedly making provocative statements in the run-up to the recent West Bengal Assembly polls. Chattopadhyay ...
12 May 2026 Indian ExpressFormer West Bengal minister and TMC leader Sujit Bose was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata on Monday after more than 10 hours of questioning in connection with alleged irregularities in municipality recruitment.ED sources alleged Sujit Bose ...
12 May 2026 Indian ExpressAs the Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal government appointed Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal as the state Chief Secretary, the TMC was quick to react, saying it was “outrageous” and “brazen” and that it cleared any doubt that the ...
12 May 2026 Indian ExpressWritten by Avantika BasuA 35-year-old newly elected BJP MLA, Kaustav Bagchi, is once again drawing attention in West Bengal not only for defeating filmmaker-turned-TMC candidate Raj Chakraborty from the Barrackpore constituency in North 24 Parganas, but also for breaking ...
12 May 2026 Indian ExpressThe 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, ...
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