Hritika Mitra | Oct 9, 2026, 5:58 PM IST
BJP candidate Hasirani Rath, mother of slain Suvendu Adhikari aide Chandranath Rath, secured 1,64,427 votes in the Nandigram Assembly bypoll.
Hritika Mitra | Oct 6, 2026, 7:54 PM IST
Congress has demanded repolling in both districts of West Bengal where byelections were held on Tuesday alleging vote loot and biased action of the police.
Joy Pillai | Oct 5, 2026, 10:45 PM IST
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced key cabinet decisions, including a Rs 3,000 monthly salary hike for Karmabandhus.
Analiza Pathak | Sep 24, 2026, 1:05 PM IST
The Adani Group plans to invest over Rs 1 lakh crore in West Bengal by 2035 in sectors including ports, logistics, power generation, transmission and distribution, roads, bridges, ropeways, green cement and hyperscale data centres.
Hritika Mitra | Sep 23, 2026, 6:04 PM IST
Speaking during a Facebook Live, former Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee stated that the IR is now Special Incentive for Ruling party and not Special Intensive Revision. She further said that the ruling dispensation is running a joint venture with the Election Commission to rob elections.
Victor Dasgupta | Sep 23, 2026, 8:01 AM IST
The name Arnab (which means "ocean" in Bengali) was contributed by Bangladesh to the regional tropical cyclone naming list maintained by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Hritika Mitra | Sep 19, 2026, 7:42 PM IST
According to the West Bengal Police, Pradhan was picked up on four arrest warrants that had been pending against him. The warrants relate to non-bailable cases in which he is alleged to have been involved in rioting, murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and criminal intimidation.
Hritika Mitra | Sep 18, 2026, 10:30 PM IST
The Election Commission's interim order, issued on September 17, asked both factions to contest the October 6 bypolls under different names and symbols.
Hritika Mitra | Sep 17, 2026, 11:10 PM IST
Both factions, led by former chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee respectively, have been barred from using the AITC name and the "flowers and grass" symbol in the October 6 bypolls in Nandigram and Rejinagar.
Hritika Mitra | Sep 16, 2026, 4:12 PM IST
Abhishek Banerjee shared a close-up photo showing half of his face: a wide-open eye under a thin brow, noticeable redness on his cheek just above the nostril, and a shadow of a beard along his jawline.
Victor Dasgupta | Sep 15, 2026, 7:21 AM IST
West Bengal Bus and Minibus Owners' Association representative P N Bose said the meeting discussed several issues, including fines imposed on buses and the disparity in road toll rates between Bengal and other parts of the country. He said the minister assured the operators that all these concerns would be addressed.
Hritika Mitra | Sep 13, 2026, 9:08 PM IST
The decision comes after the Supreme Court's September 1, 2025 ruling in State of Uttar Pradesh vs Anjuman Ishaat-E-Taleem Trust & Ors., directing in-service teachers appointed before the RTE Act was implemented to obtain TET qualification, subject to specified conditions.
