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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

Congress, Left parties reject Mamata Banerjee’s offer for anti-BJP alliance

Mamata Banerjee released a video message urging opposition parties to unite against the BJP. (REUTERS)

Updated on May 11, 2026 02:49 IST

Bengal Congress, Left parties reject Mamata Banerjee’s opposition alliance offer

Mamata Banerjee released a video message urging opposition parties to unite against the BJP. (REUTERS)

Updated on May 11, 2026 02:10 IST

Dada to replace Didi in West Bengal; Vijay meets guv again, left on hold in TN

Suvendu Adhikari (L) will take oath as head of the first BJP state government in West Bengal at a public ceremony at the Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata on Saturday

Updated on May 9, 2026 05:10 IST

Suvendu Adhikari to be Bengal’s first BJP CM; elected legislature party chief

Union home minister Amit Shah congratulates BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari after he is elected as the leader of the West Bengal BJP Legislative Party on Friday. (ANI Video Grab)

Updated on May 8, 2026 12:23 IST

Adhikari's aide Chandranath Rath murder sends shock waves in WB, 3 detained

A visual of the local police security personnel with the dead body of Chandranath Rath.

Updated on May 8, 2026 04:06 IST

Suvendu’s aide ambushed, shot dead in 50 seconds in planned murder: Police

Rath was shot dead late on Wednesday night in Madhyamgram in North 24 Parganas, around 7 km north of the NSCBI airport while he was on his way back home in a SUV. (ANI)

Updated on May 7, 2026 16:41 IST

Didi won when elections were impartial: Akhilesh Yadav after meeting Mamata Banerjee

President of the Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav meets AITC chairperson Mamata Banerjee at Kalighat. (HT Photo)

Updated on May 7, 2026 14:19 IST

West Bengal: Post-poll tension heightens after Suvendu Adhikari’s aide shot dead; police deployment increased

Suvendu Adhikari Aide Shot Dead Days After Bengal Poll Results, BJP Blames TMC For Murder

Updated on May 7, 2026 04:35 IST

Kolkata’s New Market hawkers told to clear encroachment by BJP union leader

BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya said no act of violence by his party workers will be tolerated. (Representative photo/ Shutterstock)

Updated on May 6, 2026 15:58 IST

Bengal’s first BJP govt to take oath at Brigade Parade grounds; PM Modi to attend

Bengal’s first BJP govt to take oath at Brigade Parade Ground on May 9 (Representative photo)

Updated on May 6, 2026 13:33 IST

Mamata Banerjee digs in: Says didn’t lose, won’t resign as CM

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, leader of Trinamool Congress (TMC), speaks at a press conference, after the Bharatiya Janata Party won the West Bengal state assembly elections, on May 5 (REUTERS)

Updated on May 6, 2026 02:43 IST

‘100 seats looted’: Mamata vows to fight from streets, says victory ‘morally ours’

Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee at a press conference on Tuesday (Hindustan Times/Samir Jana)

Updated on May 5, 2026 14:05 IST

Governance anger, Muslim split behind Mamata Banerjee and TMC's Bengal fall

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee lost her own constituency, Bhabanipur.

Updated on May 5, 2026 04:26 IST

Governance anger, Muslim split behind Mamata’s fall

The Muslim vote, on which TMC had depended, fractured. (File photo)

Updated on May 5, 2026 03:10 IST

All eyes on BJP's Bengal CM pick now - Suvendu Adhikari among frontrunners

BJP candidate for Bhabanipur and Nandigram constituencies, Suvendu Adhikari, shows a certificate of election after winning in both the constituencies for the West Bengal Assembly elections results.

Updated on May 5, 2026 04:38 IST

West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari emerges as BJP’s giant killer in Bengal

BJP Bhabanipur candidate Suvendu Adhikari arrives at the counting centre at Sakhawat Memorial Government Girls School during counting of West Bengal Assembly elections on Monday. (ANI)

Updated on May 4, 2026 15:45 IST

Mamata Banerjee: The rise and fall of the gritty street fighter

The decisive rejection of Banerjee’s 15-year-old government has been largely fuelled by strong anti-incumbency.

Updated on May 4, 2026 13:13 IST

Anti-incumbency overshadows SIR effect, TMC’s ‘anti-Bengali’ tag for BJP

The saffron camp claimed that the record turnout of 93.19% in Phase-1. (HT File Photo)

Updated on May 4, 2026 09:56 IST

Mamata Banerjee claims 226 seats in Bengal Assembly polls, BJP says ‘game over’

The TMC chief alleged that the BJP pressured a section of the media to publish fictitious exit poll data showing its landslide victory so that share prices do not crash. (ANI)

Updated on Apr 30, 2026 15:14 IST

West Bengal polls close with historic 92.59% turnout in phase 2

The second phase turnout at 92.59% was significantly higher than the previous record of 84.72% in the 2011 assembly polls.

Updated on Apr 30, 2026 02:06 IST

Kolkata records 88% turnout in second phase of West Bengal assembly elections

Voters queue up as they wait to cast their votes at a polling station in Howrah on Wednesday. (@ECISVEEP/ANI)

Updated on Apr 29, 2026 21:42 IST

‘Bengal campaign a spiritual journey’: PM Modi at last rally ahead of voting

PM Modi said he was confident about victory in West Bengal.

Updated on Apr 28, 2026 01:10 IST

Women, Matua community suffered the most under Mamata Banerjee's regime: PM Modi

PM Modi also reiterated the poll promises made by the BJP to the people of West Bengal.

Updated on Apr 27, 2026 01:19 IST

West Bengal assembly election: Modi alleges women suffered most during TMC rule

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an election roadshow in Kolkata. (ANI)

Updated on Apr 26, 2026 16:15 IST

Modi slams TMC over ‘anarchy’ at Jadavpur University; Mamata says it’s democracy

The high-decibel face-off over the university came as top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the TMC addressed more than a dozen rallies and road shows across seven districts.

Updated on Apr 25, 2026 01:27 IST

In Bengal’s Phase 1 record voting, PM Modi and Mamata Banerjee read contradictory messages

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah echoed that the BJP would secure its first victory in the eastern state with an absolute majority. (@AmitShah)

Updated on Apr 23, 2026 16:45 IST

West Bengal polls: Amit Shah, CM Mamata Banerjee kick off phase 2 campaign

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a rally in the North 24 Parganas district bordering Bangladesh (PTI)

Updated on Apr 22, 2026 14:56 IST

Tamil Nadu, West Bengal set to vote as campaign for assembly polls winds up

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee speaks during an election campaign for West Bengal Assembly elections at Haldia, in Purba Medinipur on Tuesday.

Updated on Apr 22, 2026 01:39 IST

Fiery speeches by Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee mark end of campaign for Bengal voting

Union home minister Amit Shah during a public meeting ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Salboni, Paschim Medinipur district. (@AmitShah)

Updated on Apr 21, 2026 16:51 IST

ECI can appoint Bengal college professors as presiding officers of polling booths: Calcutta HC

A view of Calcutta High Court (Samir Jana/HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 21, 2026 14:03 IST

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