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Tanmay Chatterjee

Tanmay Chatterjee

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 assembly clears delimitation bills, Kolkata to have 209 municipal wards

Kolkata civic wards will rise from 144 to 209 and Howrah wards from 50 to 68 after the West Bengal assembly passed delimitation bills.

Updated on Aug 12, 2026 14:44 IST

BJP workers repaint Kolkata’s Academy of Fine Arts ticket counter saffron

BJP workers repainted Kolkata’s Academy of Fine Arts ticket counter saffron, a day after theatre personalities painted over the colour with white.

Updated on Aug 12, 2026 13:52 IST

Suspected Pakistani nationals arrested near Bangladesh border by Bengal STF

Bengal STF arrested two suspected Pakistani nationals near the Bangladesh border and charged them with espionage. A Barasat court remanded them in custody.

Updated on Aug 12, 2026 11:33 IST

Theatre artists repaint Kolkata’s Academy of Fine Arts white from saffron

The ticket counter was originally painted terracotta. Now it is white. (HT Photo/ Samir Jana)

Updated on Aug 11, 2026 14:59 IST

Loudspeakers removed from several Bengal mosques through ‘unwritten’ orders

Maulana Qasmi said there were 62,000 mosques in the state according to Waqf board records, but the actual number would be much higher because many small masjids in villages were not recorded.

Updated on Aug 6, 2026 05:47 IST

Calcutta HC denies Abhishek Banerjee permission to go abroad for treatment

The Bidhannagar police commissionerate registered a first information report (FIR) on May 15 against Banerjee for his campaign speeches. (Sansad TV/ANI Video Grab)

Updated on Aug 5, 2026 08:29 IST

15 kg gold seized from Bengal village smuggled from abroad: Govt tells court

Birbhum: Security officials stand guard outside the residence of absconding stone trader Tullu Mondal, during a raid, at Suri in West Bengal's Birbhum district, Thursday, July 30, 2026 (PTI)

Updated on Jul 30, 2026 17:32 IST

₹28.5 crore, 15 kg gold seized from kin of Bengal trader with alleged TMC links

Police seize cash worth several crores of rupees and kilograms of gold during a raid at the residence of former government bus driver-turned-stone trader Minar Mondal.

Updated on Jul 30, 2026 03:58 IST

6 Bengal blood banks under scanner for selling stocks in Bihar, UP, Gujarat

The National Blood Policy prohibits the sale and purchase of blood since it is a voluntarily donated commodity of human origin. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Jul 28, 2026 15:36 IST

West Bengal BJP holds twin rallies against CJP; calls them ‘anti-national’

Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, who was touring north Bengal, also referred to the “tukde tukde gang” in his statements. (PTI)

Updated on Jul 27, 2026 15:19 IST

TMC MP Koel Mallick resigns from Rajya Sabha in fresh blow to Mamata Banerjee

Koel Mallick is a politician and a Bengali actor.

Updated on Jul 16, 2026 11:09 IST

TMC's Mitra joins rebels; Mamata says BJP is leaders' 'washing machine'

Madan Mitra resigns from the Trinamool Congress and joins the rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) faction led by Ritabratra Banerjee, in Kolkata on Wednesday.

Updated on Jul 16, 2026 03:09 IST

Mamata loyalist MLA Madan Mitra joins TMC rebel camp, says no link to ED summons

Kolkata, Jun 09 (ANI): TMC leaders Kunal Ghosh and Madan Mitra speak to the media at the residence of Former CM Mamata Banerjee as a CID team arrives at the former CM's residence, in Kolkata on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (ANI)

Updated on Jul 15, 2026 11:29 IST

ED files chargesheet against Shantanu Sinha Biswas in Bengal land grabbing case

The Enforcement Directorate alleged Shantanu Sinha Biswas did not cooperate after his arrest in the property grabbing and illegal land deals probe.

Updated on Jul 10, 2026 14:47 IST

Calcutta HC pulls up Abhishek Banerjee over voice sample in poll speech case

The court directed Abhishek Banerjee to provide his voice sample on July 15 after hearing his petition seeking exemption from recording it.

Updated on Jul 10, 2026 13:23 IST

3 ex-TMC MPs join BJP; to contest Rajya Sabha bypolls from seats they vacated

State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya welcomed them to the party at its West Bengal headquarters in Salt Lake

Updated on Jul 9, 2026 16:33 IST

BJP set to sweep Bengal RS polls as TMC factions decide against contesting

The Election Commission announced the bypolls on Monday.

Updated on Jul 8, 2026 02:03 IST

Calcutta HC allows Mamata-led TMC to hold rally on Wednesday

Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee with supporters stages a candle march to protest the alleged rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl at Baruipur, in Kolkata. (@AITCofficial)

Updated on Jul 7, 2026 14:00 IST

Rebels ‘take over’ TMC Kolkata office hours after meeting EC: 'We are original'

People walk past a banner of the rebel faction of Trinamool Congress (TMC) displayed outside the Trinamool Bhavan, in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Updated on Jul 4, 2026 02:57 IST

Former TMC councillor Debraj Chakraborty sent to 7-day police custody in extortion case

Chakraborty, who is among the new generation of TMC leaders following general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, was arrested by the state police’s Special Task Force (STF) on Wednesday (X)

Updated on Jul 2, 2026 15:21 IST

NIA arrests TMC councillor Shakir Ali for violence during 2023 Ram Navami procession

The NIA took over the investigation on April 27, 2023 following a direction by the Calcutta High Court.

Updated on Jun 30, 2026 13:27 IST

Bengal assembly passes OBC amendment bills, removes 77 Muslim communities

Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari assured the meals would be nutritious. (PTI)

Updated on Jun 30, 2026 01:00 IST

Kolkata trams may return under BJP; survey ordered, says transport minister

In February 1943, the tram services were linked to Howrah. (PTI)

Updated on Jun 29, 2026 01:52 IST

‘Anti-social activity’, UCC: Key bills set to tabled in Bengal next week

Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday that the government would also bring in strict legislation against "love jihad", "land jihad" and forced religious conversion.

Updated on Jun 27, 2026 08:32 IST

1-yr detention with no trial part of new Bengal bills on anti-social activities

The general consent was restored by the Suvendu Adhikari-led government on June 8.

Updated on Jun 27, 2026 01:36 IST

West Bengal govt set to table UCC bill in assembly next week

West Bengal will be the largest state where the BJP will attempt to implement UCC.

Updated on Jun 26, 2026 01:13 IST

TMC split deepens as rival factions move EC, stake claim of party control

After the rebel faction voted to remove her as TMC chairperson, Mamata Banerjee’s camp sent a revised list to the ECI on Monday night.

Updated on Jun 24, 2026 02:59 IST

Calcutta HC judge discloses BJP brother link, Mamata’s legal team says no issue

Kolkata: TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee takes part in a protest march against hawker eviction without rehabilitation, in Kolkata, on June 17 (PTI)

Updated on Jun 23, 2026 15:17 IST

West Bengal budget: 100Kjobs, DA hike, doles

West Bengal budget: 100Kjobs, DA hike, doles

Updated on Jun 23, 2026 24:12 IST

Rebel TMC MLAs elect Arup Roy as national chairperson, a post held by Mamata

The faction led by Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee constituted a new national leadership hierarchy, directly challenging the authority of Mamata Banerjee (Screengrab)

Updated on Jun 22, 2026 16:46 IST

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