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Comfy berths, auto doors: Inside India's first Vande Bharat sleeper train

Updated on Jan 17, 2026 08:27 IST

From 180 kmph speed to modern toilets: Inside India’s first Vande Bharat sleeper train

CM Banerjee lays foundation stone of Mahakaal temple near Siliguri in North Bengal

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee launched more than 40 bus services, including six luxury sleeper buses. (PTI)

Published on Jan 16, 2026 14:21 IST

Sujoy Paul sworn in as Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court

Within three months of his transfer to the Calcutta HC, he became its acting chief justice on October 8, 2025.

Published on Jan 16, 2026 09:47 IST

Bengal BDO’s office attacked in Uttar Dinajpur district over SIR, 2nd in 24 hrs

In a post on X, the West Bengal chief electoral officer released a copy of its complaint to the police (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Jan 15, 2026 17:55 IST

‘EC used BJP-devised tools’: Mamata alleges errors in Bengal voter roll deletion

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slams SIR process in West Bengal

Updated on Jan 13, 2026 15:40 IST

WB SIR: Poll body receives 3.5 lakh claims from voters for inclusion, deletion

People wait at a centre during hearings under the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Nadia, West Bengal on January 5. (PTI)

Published on Jan 13, 2026 12:57 IST

2 suspected cases of Nipah virus detected in West Bengal’s Barasat

Samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune. (AFP/Representational Image)

Published on Jan 13, 2026 03:25 IST

Supreme Court seeks EC reply on TMC MPs’ plea on irregularities

The applications were filed by TMC MPs Derek O Brien and Dola Sen in their pending petitions challenging the SIR in the state.

Published on Jan 13, 2026 24:24 IST

AI digitisation of voter rolls led to mismatches: Mamata to CEC

The ruling Trinamool Congress had earlier attacked the poll panel over the large number of voters with logical discrepancies in the state.

Published on Jan 12, 2026 23:48 IST

SIR procedure is fundamentally flawed, says Mamata Banerjee in new letter to EC

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee (HT Photo/Samir Jana)

Published on Jan 12, 2026 21:30 IST

CM Mamata flags ‘AI-driven errors’ in electoral roll revision, writes to CEC

AI digitisation of 2002 voter rolls causing hardship, Mamata tells election commission

Updated on Jan 12, 2026 12:04 IST

'Fine at night, did not wake up': Police probe Paatal Lok actor Tamang's death

Prashant Tamang died days after his 43rd birthday on January 4.

Updated on Jan 11, 2026 17:02 IST

Mamata Banerjee accuses election commission of excluding voters in West Bengal

Banerjee said minor spelling or age discrepancies were leading to coercive hearings, harassment, and loss of wages for ordinary people.

Updated on Jan 10, 2026 15:40 IST

‘Pleas fell on deaf ears’: What happened during Calcutta HC’s ED raid hearing

The Calcutta high court had to adjourn the hearing of petitions linked to the case on Friday.

Updated on Jan 10, 2026 07:53 IST

'If someone tries to hit me, I get reborn': Mamata Banerjee on I-PAC raids

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a protest rally against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid on the IPAC office, in Kolkata on Friday.

Published on Jan 10, 2026 02:08 IST

ED seeks CBI probe against West Bengal CM

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee leads a protest rally from Jadavpur to Hazra against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at I-PAC office in Kolkata on Friday. (HT Photo)

Published on Jan 9, 2026 23:14 IST

‘Sets unsettling precedent’: I-PAC reacts as ED raids its office, founder's home

Security force personnel stand guard in front of I-PAC office while Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducts the raid at Infinity Waterside building, Sector V, Salt Lake in Kolkata. (Photo by Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 10, 2026 01:20 IST

Mamata Banerjee leads protest against ED raids on I-PAC in Kolkata| Video

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

Updated on Jan 9, 2026 10:04 IST

‘Arrogance in uniform’: Mamata Banerjee after TMC MPs detained amid ED raid stir

TMC MP Mahua Moitra being detained during a protest against ED raids on I-PAC, in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.

Updated on Jan 9, 2026 10:09 IST

ED says Mamata ‘stormed in during peaceful I-PAC raid', she calls HM ‘naughty’

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses the media after she arrived at the residence of I-PAC chief Pratik Jain amid an ongoing ED raid on Thursday

Updated on Jan 9, 2026 24:44 IST

Who is I-PAC chief Pratik Jain, Mamata's poll strategist under ED scanner

Pratik Jain is an engineer-turned-political consultant who co-founded I-PAC over ten years back in 2015.

Updated on Jan 8, 2026 12:19 IST

'What if we...': Mamata Banerjee's big dare after I-PAC chief raided by ED

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Updated on Jan 8, 2026 09:44 IST

BJP Bengal announces new state committee ahead of 2026 polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s West Bengal unit on Wednesday announced its new state committee. (Representative photo)

Published on Jan 7, 2026 14:35 IST

Amartya Sen’s SIR hearing to be held at his Bengal ancestral home on Jan 16: EC

The booth-level officer (BLO), along with other poll panel officials, went to deliver the notice at Sen’s residence (Representative photo)

Updated on Jan 7, 2026 10:30 IST

Bengal SIR: Amartya Sen gets EC notice

Bengal SIR: Amartya Sen gets EC notice

Published on Jan 7, 2026 02:44 IST

In TMC vs EC over Bengal SIR, ‘notice to Amartya Sen’ is latest flashpoint

The TMC claimed that Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has been served with an SIR hearing notice by the EC.

Updated on Jan 6, 2026 23:00 IST

Mamata likely to move SC over ‘harassment’ due to SIR in Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the foundation stone laying program of 'Gangasagar Setu' and multiple development projects, in Kolkata on Monday. (ANI)

Published on Jan 6, 2026 24:16 IST

Mamata says she will move court on Tuesday against SIR

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (ANI Photo)

Published on Jan 5, 2026 12:27 IST

Abhishek Banerjee lauds courage of Sunali Khatun as she gives birth to baby boy

Abhishek Banerjee praised Sunali for displaying “extraordinary courage and resolve” amid the alleged injustice.

Published on Jan 5, 2026 10:43 IST

Bengal Congress sees TMC MP Mausam Noor’s return as step towards revival

TMC’s Rajya Sabha member Noor, 46, rejoined Congress on Saturday. (Mausam B Noor | Facebook page)

Published on Jan 5, 2026 08:07 IST

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