Tanmay Chatterjee has spent more than three decades covering regional and national politics, internal security, intelligence, defence and corruption. He also plans and edits special features on subjects ranging from elections to festivals.
Articles by Tanmay Chatterjee
Bengal’s probe into diversion of school grants focus on interstate cyber crime
The probe revealed that ISFC codes of bank branches and account numbers of the intended beneficiaries were changed to divert a fraction of the total funds to banks in other parts of Bengal
Published on Nov 17, 2024 07:04 PM IST
Abhishek pitches TMC reshuffle to Mamata, says don’t just reward loyalty
Abhishek Banerjee said the CPI M) was the biggest example of what can happen to a party if it only focuses on loyalty, not performance
Updated on Nov 09, 2024 01:30 AM IST
Eye on 2026 polls, TMC, BJP set out to recover lost ground in festive season
The Trinamool Congress bagged 29 Lok Sabha seats this year while the BJP lost substantial ground, sliding from its record score of 18 in 2019 to only 12.
Published on Nov 03, 2024 12:16 PM IST
CPI(M) blames Congress for no alliance in West Bengal assembly bypolls
The six seats – Sitai (SC), Madarihat (ST), Naihati, Haroa, Midnapore and Taldangra – are going to polls because the incumbent MLAs were elected to Lok Sabha this year.
Published on Oct 23, 2024 05:26 PM IST
Protests over Kolkata doctor's murder cast a shadow on the Durga puja festival
Organisers of many community Durga pujas in West Bengal are allegedly facing the heat for expressing views against the state administration.
Published on Oct 02, 2024 06:45 PM IST
TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, daughter to arrive home after release on bail
Anubrata Mondal and his daughter Sukanya’s arrival will coincide with chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s presence in Bolpur to assess the flood situation in the region
Published on Sep 24, 2024 08:56 AM IST
Kolkata rape and murder: Citizens attack, abuse policemen in disturbing trend
Protesting junior doctors demanded the removal of police commissioner Vineet Goyal, accusing him of shielding the culprits.
Updated on Sep 21, 2024 07:24 PM IST
TMC MP Jawhar Sircar to quit politics over doctor’s murder, writes to Mamata
Jawhar Sircar said he was unable to bear with corruption which has contributed to the mass outrage against the August 9 rape and murder of a junior doctor at a Kolkata hospital
Published on Sep 08, 2024 03:06 PM IST
Conclude procedure to appoint over 14,000 as teachers: HC to Bengal
The Calcutta high court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to complete the appointment process for 14,052 candidates as assistant teachers at upper primary schools either sponsored or aided by the state government.
Updated on Aug 29, 2024 07:40 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Calcutta HC orders appointment of over 14,000 applicants as assistant teachers
The court passed the verdict after hearing 36 appeals that cited orders passed earlier by the single bench of former judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who questioned the transparency of the selection process
Published on Aug 28, 2024 08:36 PM IST
Kolkata protest turns violent, cops use force
A protest in Kolkata against a junior doctor's rape and murder turned violent as police clashed with demonstrators.
Updated on Aug 28, 2024 05:56 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Kolkata doctor’s gruesome murder raises questions on civic police volunteers
On May 24, 2023, the West Bengal police directorate passed an order stating civic volunteers will only “assist” police units deployed to manage traffic, tackle illegal parking, manage crowds during festivals, and ensure public safety
Updated on Aug 22, 2024 05:46 PM IST
Up doctors’ security, says Centre as stir snowballs
The central government ordered hospitals to increase security by up to 25% amid nationwide protests by doctors over the rape and murder in Kolkata.
Updated on Aug 20, 2024 07:00 AM IST
‘Will shut hospital’: High Court slams Kolkata lapses
Calcutta High Court criticized Bengal government and police for failing to prevent vandalism at RG Kar Medical College after a doctor was raped and murdered.
Updated on Aug 17, 2024 12:32 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Kolkata rape-murder case: Chaos as mob storms hospital amid night protest
The mob violence, reported after midnight on Thursday, also prompted health care providers and an umbrella body of doctors’ unions to resume a nationwide strike
Updated on Aug 16, 2024 01:11 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Kolkata rape-murder case: CBI grills hospital doctors, forensic experts
Sanjay Roy (31), a civic volunteer working for the Kolkata police, was arrested on August 10 as the prime suspect
Published on Aug 15, 2024 08:55 PM IST
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the tragic hero of Bengal’s Left politics, dies at 80
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) bade farewell to the apparatchik who repeatedly strayed from convention to emerge as a leader with an independent mind in a regimented party
Published on Aug 08, 2024 08:36 PM IST
Multiple demands for division of north Bengal gives TMC a new handle against BJP
On August 1, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee instructed all district units in north Bengal to immediately hit the streets and counter movements aimed at dividing Bengal
Published on Aug 03, 2024 03:04 PM IST
Polarisation of Muslim votes likely to block BJP’s Bengal LS target
Muslim voters play a decisive role in at least 120 of Bengal’s 294 assembly seats, of which BJP could win only 75 in 2021
Published on Jun 01, 2024 04:15 PM IST
For BJP, final phase of Bengal Lok Sabha polls is an acid test
The most high-profile of the nine in the final phase is Diamond Harbour that has twice elected Abhishek Banerjee since 2014
Published on May 31, 2024 09:36 PM IST
Bengal coast bears brunt as Cyclone Remal makes landfall
Severe Cyclone Remal hits West Bengal and Bangladesh with winds of 110-120 kmph, causing destruction.
Updated on May 27, 2024 04:40 AM IST
Jayashree NandiTanmay Chatterjee, New Delhi/ Kolkata
Remal intensifies into ‘severe cyclonic storm’, landfall tonight
The cyclone is forecasted to hit West Bengal on Sunday, bringing extremely heavy rainfall and strong winds to the coastal areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal
Updated on May 26, 2024 02:29 PM IST
Jayashree NandiTanmay Chatterjee
At Kanthi, it’s a prestige fight between Adhikari family and Mamata Banerjee
For the BJP, which set a record in Bengal in 2019 by winning 18 of the state’s 42 seats, winning Kanthi is crucial for meeting this year’s target of 30 seats
Updated on May 23, 2024 07:22 PM IST
Calcutta HC cancels OBC certificates for 77 groups, Mamata rejects order
Calcutta High Court scraps OBC certificates for 77 communities, mostly Muslim, calling the process illegal. Political controversy ensues.
Updated on May 23, 2024 05:59 AM IST
LS polls: In Bengal’s Tamluk, it’s a battle between an ex-HC judge and a poet
The BJP has fielded former Calcutta high court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay while the TMC has fielded Debangshu Bhattacharya, a young party spokesperson in Tamluk
Updated on May 22, 2024 06:01 PM IST
Citizenship for Matuas takes centre stage in Bengal
CAA fast-tracks citizenship to Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, Parsi and Sikh refugees who entered India from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh before December 31, 2014, to escape religious persecution.
Updated on May 22, 2024 08:46 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Dissident Bengal BJP leaders resurface for ex-state president’s poll campaign
Several dissident BJP leaders from across Bengal are campaigning for the party’s former state president Dilip Ghosh’s election campaign in Burdwan-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency
Published on May 11, 2024 04:12 PM IST
Polarisation marks campaign in Krishnanagar as Moitra battles to return to LS
Ranaghat, which is reserved for the scheduled caste community, was wrested by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2019 by a margin of a whopping 2.33 million and a vote share of 52.78%
Published on May 11, 2024 01:20 PM IST
Shahjahan bought arms in Bengal on licences from Nagaland: Police
Police said Shiekh Shahjahan bought three firearms from an authorised gun dealer in Kolkata between 2016 and 2019 against licences issued in Nagaland
Updated on Apr 29, 2024 06:40 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
CBI to probe crimes against women, land grabbing in Sandeshkhali: Calcutta HC
The main accused, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan, and two TMC-run zilla parishad members, Uttam Sardar and Shibu Hazra, have been arrested by the state police
Published on Apr 10, 2024 03:19 PM IST