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
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
Modi kicks off eastern push of poll campaign
The PM first travelled to Jamui in Bihar on Thursday afternoon and then to Cooch Behar in northern West Bengal, underscoring his party’s focus on development
Updated on Apr 05, 2024 05:54 AM IST
Empower religious outfits to certify CAA applicants under CAA rules: Matua body
The CAA rules require signed affidavits from applicants along with documents issued by the governments of Pakistan, Afghanistan or Bangladesh
Published on Apr 03, 2024 09:32 PM IST
Bengal nawab turns tormentor of Hindus in BJP’s poll narrative
As BJP's Krishnanagar candidate questions the Nawab of Bengal's credentials, historians say Siraj-ud-Daulah's role as a freedom fighter is well-documented
Published on Apr 03, 2024 12:16 AM IST
Seat sharing among Left Front partners in Bengal triggers dissent
Front leaders have even alleged that while giving priority to the alliance with Congress, CPI(M) has ignored the strength of its own partners
Published on Mar 29, 2024 04:29 PM IST
Bengal: 4th biggest source of migrant workers launches separate health card for them
Opposition parties in Bengal have used the outflux of migrant workers as a major issue against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)
Published on Mar 14, 2024 11:40 AM IST
Dropped by TMC, Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh vows to contest seat he won for BJP in 2019
Arjun Singh said he was promised the TMC ticket for the Barrackpore seat the day he returned to the party one and a half years ago
Published on Mar 12, 2024 08:18 PM IST
Why a high court judge decided to join a political party
During Abhijit Gangopadhyay's tenure as Calcutta HC judge, one side applauded his crusade against corruption, the other accused him of bias
Updated on Mar 07, 2024 09:47 PM IST
TMC will not last till 2026, says ex-Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay
Abhijit Gangopadhyay, shortly after resigning from the judiciary, announced that he would be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party tentatively on March 7
Updated on Mar 05, 2024 08:43 PM IST
Aadhaar scrutiny mostly affected Bangladeshi Dalits in Bengal, says BJP leader
BJP legislator Asim Sarkar said the Aadhaar deactivations have proved how crucial it is for people to support his party in the coming polls so that the Citizenship Amendment Act is enforced
Updated on Feb 28, 2024 02:38 PM IST
TMC focusses on PM Modi for LS polls; BJP hits back with Mamata’s caricatures
TMC has also focused on Gujarat by releasing posters, which claim that the healthcare system has failed in Modi’s home state
Published on Feb 19, 2024 06:13 PM IST
INDIA bloc gets jolts in Bengal and Punjab as TMC, AAP rule out alliances
In both Punjab and West Bengal, the state Congress chiefs have been opposed to any alliance with the dominant regional party
Updated on Jan 25, 2024 04:11 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee mounts pressure on Cong, says TMC can contest all Bengal seats
Mamata Banerjee made the statement at a TMC meeting when she was discussing the party strategy for the coming election with Murshidabad leaders
Published on Jan 19, 2024 10:15 PM IST
10 years on, family seeks justice for Kamduni rape and murder victim
Three convicts were awarded the death penalty for this crime. However, the Calcutta HC overturned the judgment last October. Now, the family gears up for the SC
Published on Jan 16, 2024 07:01 PM IST
CPI(M) invites Bihar CM to Kolkata event amid stalemate in INDIA talks
The Congress and the CPI(M) in West Bengal had earlier said the INDIA model will not work out in the state because they are opposed to both the TMC and the BJP
Published on Jan 08, 2024 07:41 PM IST
INDIA: Bengal Congress oppose alliance with TMC; CPI(M), too, distances itself
Mamata Banerjee, chief minister and the TMC chairperson, has urged other parties to complete the seat sharing process by December 31
Updated on Dec 21, 2023 07:51 PM IST
For INDIA, Mamata Banerjee may stay off Congress’s Bengal LS seats: TMC leaders
A section of TMC leaders feel that Banerjee is formulating a strategy to stop BJP from taking advantage of any split in votes cast by the Muslim community
Published on Dec 18, 2023 01:22 PM IST
CAA rules will be framed by March 30, 2024: Union minister announces in Bengal
Union minister of state for home affairs, Ajay Kumar Mishra announced the decision at in West Bengal while attending a festival of the Dalit Matua community that has been demanding CAA
Published on Nov 27, 2023 06:42 AM IST
CAA rules will be framed by March 2024: Union minister
The CAA, passed in 2020, offers citizenship to non-Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh who entered India before 2015.
Updated on Nov 27, 2023 05:03 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
BJP trying to erase Tagore’s legacy because of his ideology, alleges TMC
A political row has erupted in West Bengal after the plaques installed by Visva-Bharati university on its campus to mark the inclusion of Santiniketan in the UNESCO world heritage list, missed Tagore’s name on them
Published on Nov 07, 2023 10:04 PM IST
Will defeat Abhishek Banerjee in 2024, says ISF’s Nawsad Siddique
Nawsad Siddique’s claim has triggered speculations on polarisation of Muslim votes against the ruling TMC that Bengal has witnessed in some regions in the recent assembly and panchayat elections
Published on Nov 06, 2023 09:24 PM IST
Santiniketan Trust founded by Tagore’s father moves police on plaque issue
The Santiniketan Trust said the Visva-Bharati vice-chancellor had not taken any permission before installing one of the plaques marking inclusion of Santiniketan town in the UNESCO World Heritage list on a piece of land owned by the Trust
Updated on Nov 05, 2023 07:23 PM IST
Why TMC is silent on Mahua Moitra as she faces parliamentary probe
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey alleged that TMC MP Mahua Moitra had taken bribe from industrialist Darshan Hiranandani for raising questions in the Lok Sabha about industrialist Gautam Adani’s businesses
Updated on Oct 31, 2023 01:40 PM IST
Shell companies, movie projects: Common factors in job, ration scams in Bengal
Enforcement Directorate officials have found that investments in movies and use of numerous shell companies to siphon money figure among the common factors in the two cases
Published on Oct 29, 2023 10:02 PM IST
CBI probe terror angle in busted passport racket in Bengal, Sikkim
The CBI has so far conducted raids at around 50 locations including in Kolkata, Gangtok, Siliguri, Darjeeling and Alipurduar
Published on Oct 17, 2023 07:25 PM IST
Anti-citizen provisions in Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita bill: Mamata Banerjee
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam were tabled in the LS by Union minister Amit Shah
Updated on Oct 11, 2023 07:38 PM IST
Calcutta HC sets aside death sentences in 2013 Kamduni gang rape and murder
On June 7, 2013, the victim, a second-year undergraduate student was returning home from college when she was abducted, gang raped and murdered
Published on Oct 06, 2023 07:22 PM IST
Bengal family returns home 3 years after ostracised over witchcraft claims
Jyethu Hansda and his wife Jasomoti stepped inside their house along with their children and grandchildren under the watchful eyes of government officials and policemen
Published on Oct 01, 2023 04:41 PM IST
Why is Mamata Banerjee reluctant to endorse INDIA’s caste census agenda?
Experts say that any revision in quotas may take on a communal colour since both Hindus and Muslims are part of the lists of Other Backward Classes
Published on Sep 22, 2023 06:56 PM IST
Bengal job scam victim gets appointed as teacher seven years after passing test
After getting her appointment letter, Anamika Roy said that this is the happiest day in her life and hoped that others who were deprived like her get justice too
Published on Sep 20, 2023 08:14 PM IST