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CBI arrests 2 BJP workers for murder of Suvendu Adhikari’s PA Chandranath Rath

Rath was shot dead on May 6, days before Adhikari took the oath as the chief minister of West Bengal.

Updated 3 days ago

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

Koel Mallick is a politician and a Bengali actor.

Updated 19 days ago

Bengal education minister says VCs may land in jail over past graft

Bengal education minister says VCs may land in jail over past graft

Updated 20 days ago

TMC's latest rebel has formula to reunite Mamata’s party: ‘Oust the nephew’

Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee along with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.

Updated 20 days ago

Hawkers deserve support, not brutal eviction drives

A view of the Dum Dum station area after an eviction drive against hawkers, in Kolkata last month.

Updated 38 days ago

What is the political row over renaming Kolkata road after ‘Suhrawardy’

Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari said that a historic wrong was corrected by renaming Suhrawardy Avenue to Gopal Mukherjee road.

Updated 43 days ago

Bengal Budget 2026: ₹36,000 cr allotted for women’s financial assistance scheme

Every sub-division in Bengal to have women police station; each police station to have women help desk. (File Getty Images)

Updated 43 days ago

Bengali women’s historic assertion and path to lasting empowerment

Gender equality

Published 45 days ago

Kerala man in Bengal market loses way, beaten to death; 2 minors among 7 held

Police said the man was rescued by police and paramilitary personnel, however he succumbed to injuries later at the Kultali rural hospital. (Photo for representation)

Published 49 days ago

19 MPs' signs, 20 serial numbers: Mystery over 20th TMC rebel as split looms

19 MPs' signs, 20 serial numbers: Mystery over 20th TMC rebel as split looms

Updated 52 days ago

The faces behind the TMC revolt - and why Mamata Banerjee should worry

Yusuf Pathan, Saayoni Ghosh, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Sukhendu Ray are among the leaders who have expressed displeasure with the TMC leadership.

Updated 54 days ago

Bengal Cabinet portfolios announced: CM Suvendu keeps home, land and power

All the 41 ministers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal including chief minister Suvendyu Adhikari, were allocated their portfolios on Wednesday

Updated 55 days ago

TMC rebel Ritabrata Banerjee chosen Bengal LoP, says ‘Mamata our chief advisor’

The rebel TMC leader urged party supremo Mamata Banerjee to continue guiding the legislature party.

Updated 61 days ago

Amid ‘signature’ rift, TMC writes to speaker with ‘request to recognise’ leader

Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee raises hands during a protest rally at Esplanade, in Kolkata on Tuesday.

Updated 62 days ago

What is forged signature scandal rocking TMC, Mamata after Bengal poll defeat?

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee walks towards the residence of party MP Kalyan Banerjee, at Kalighat in Kolkata.

Updated 63 days ago

Free bus ride rolled out in Bengal, passengers seek increase in frequency

West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari and state Minister Agnimitra Paul during the launch of 'Swachh' app. (PTI Photo)

Updated 64 days ago

The God that Indian liberalism has forgotten

At its core, liberalism seeks to protect the individual against compulsion. But why should we care about the individual? A leading response was that individuals were entitled to freedom because God had endowed them with reason. (Wikimedia Commons)

Published 66 days ago

'Detect, delete and deport': Why migrants are gathering around Bangladesh border

This marks the second major wave of Bangladeshis returning home, after a similar exodus in November 2025 when the SIR exercise began in Bengal.

Updated 69 days ago

Trinamool MP, MLAs join BJP-chaired meetings after Bengal poll rout

TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, along with MLAs Anisur Rahaman Bidesh, Bina Mondal and Abdul Matin Muhammad, attended a meeting chaired by CM Suvendu Adhikari.

Published 69 days ago

BJP will repeat Bengal results in UP assembly polls: Sharma

Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Sharma (File)

Published 69 days ago

BJP sweeps Bengal’s Falta repoll as Debangshu Panda wins by over 1 lakh votes

BJP candidate Debangshu Panda celebrates as he raced ahead of his nearest CPI(M) rival at Falta, in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal.

Updated 71 days ago

Searching for Bengal’s civilisational signature

Tagore's warning was timeless: When nationalism becomes aggressive, intolerant, or majoritarian, it ceases to elevate a civilisation and instead, weakens the very civilisation it claims to defend. (HT Archive)

Published 75 days ago

TMC's Saayoni Ghosh says no link to property tied to Abhishek Banerjee

TMC MP Saayoni Ghosh addresses a public rally in South 24 Parganas district ahead of West Bengal assembly elections.

Updated 76 days ago

Congress' Adhir Chowdhury writes to Bengal CM over animal slaughter notice

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury addresses a press conference.

Updated 78 days ago

Kalyan Banerjee brought back as TMC chief whip in Lok Sabha after Bengal setback

Kolkata, India - May 5, 2026: Chief Minister and AITC chairperson Mamata Banerjee along with AITC GS Abhishek Banerjee and former minister Firhad Hakim and MP Kalyan Banerjee during a press conference.

Updated 81 days ago

Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka among states to go for SIR in 3rd phase: Full list

In the first two phases, SIR was conducted in 13 States/UTs covering nearly 59 crore electors.

Updated 82 days ago

Suvendu aide's murder: Probe hinges on links with UP and UPI

A vehicle, Nissan Micra hatchback in silver colour, seized in connection with the murder of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to Suvendu Adhikari, near Madhyamgram, in North 24 Parganas on Thursday.

Updated 86 days ago

Ex-EC special observer for SIR is now adviser to Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari

File photo of Subrata Gupta

Updated 86 days ago

Who is Agnimitra Paul, the only woman in BJP's first-ever Bengal cabinet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP leader Agnimitra Paul, second left, during a rally, at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.

Updated 87 days ago

Suvendu Adhikari to be sworn in as Bengal CM: Time, date, venue, guest list

West Bengal CM Oath Ceremony LIVE: Suvendu Adhikari Takes Oath As First BJP CM Of Bengal

Published 87 days ago

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