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"Let Them Dismiss Me": Mamata Banerjee Doubles Down On "Won't Resign" Threat
"Let them dismiss me. I want this to be a black day," Mamata Banerjee said
- Wednesday May 6, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey, Edited by Anindita Sanyal
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Mamata Banerjee-Appointed Retired Bureaucrats Barred From Bengal Offices
Retired officials who were still serving in various departments have been instructed not to attend the office from today onwards, officials said.
- Wednesday May 6, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey
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6 Reasons Why Mamata Banerjee Lost Bhabanipur To BJP's Suvendu Adhikari
The BJP framed the election as an election against fear (of Trinamool Congress) and that messaging seems to have worked.
- Tuesday May 5, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey
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Polling Stopped At Few Bengal Booths After BJP Claims EVM Tampering
Amit Malviya, the BJP's media in-charge, has demanded repolling in all affected booths in Falta where such election frauds have occurred.
- Wednesday April 29, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey, Edited by Chandrajit Mitra
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Guarding The Booth: The Battle Against Leopard Fear In North Bengal
Jalpaiguri district has a total of seven Assembly constituencies -Dhupguri, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri, Rajganj, Mal, Nagrakata, and parts of Madarihat block.
- Wednesday April 22, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey
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After Extending Liquor Ban For Bengal, Poll Body's Next Move: No Motorbikes
The Election Commission said its aim is to "ensure free, fair, peaceful and violence-free elections". To that end, the poll body had earlier doubled the duration of liquor ban in the state.
- Wednesday April 22, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey, Edited by Anindita Sanyal
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96-Hour Ban On Liquor Sale Imposed In Bengal For Polls, Trinamool Sees Red
EC officials the state government, and not the poll panel, ordered the extension - a claim the ruling Trinamool Congress has denied.
- Tuesday April 21, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Ashwine Kumar Singh, Manoranjan Bharti, Sreyashi Dey
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Jobs Or Schemes? What Sways Voters In Bengal's Coal Belt Durgapur
In Durgapur, the youth speak out against shrinking opportunities and lack of development that's pushing the young minds to earn a livelihood outside the state.
- Wednesday April 15, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey
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Humayun Kabir In Touch With BJP? A Stinging "Babri" Reminder By Amit Shah
Humayun Kabir had shot to limelight last year over his efforts to build a mosque in Bengal, styled after Ayodhya's Babri Masjid.
- Friday April 10, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey, Edited by Chandrajit Mitra
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BJP's Bengal Candidate Shankar Ghosh Charged For Obstructing Police Duty
Sub-Inspector Nirmal Kumar Das lodged a complaint against Shankar Ghosh, the BJP candidate for the Siliguri constituency, and several BJP leaders for allegedly obstructing police duty, issuing threats, and creating public disorder.
- Wednesday April 8, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey
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Parked IndiGo Plane Hit By Car At Kolkata Airport, Grounded For Inspections
Car Hits Parked IndiGo Aircraft At Kolkata Airport
- Tuesday April 7, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey, Tanushka Dutta, Edited by Anindita Sanyal
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Members Of Celebrated Artist Nandalal Bose's Family No Longer On Voter List
Suprabuddha Sen (88) and his wife Deepa Sen (82) have been long-time residents of Santiniketan. Another family member, Chakradhar Nayak, also had his name deleted from the electoral roll.
- Monday April 6, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey
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Bengal Officers Held Hostage In Malda Had Complained. Administration Says 'No Such Letter'
Nearly a week before the hostage incident, the officers, in a letter to Malda District Magistrate, the district's top official, had expressed "palpable apprehension of breach of security".
- Saturday April 4, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey
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Who Is Mofakkerul Islam? Man Arrested In Connection With Malda Hostage Case
A resident of North Dinajpur, Mofakerrul Islam, a practising lawyer, had fought the 2021 elections from Itahar Assembly constituency on an AIMIM ticket.
- Friday April 3, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey
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'Haven't Sold Spine': Mother's Pain Fuels Battle for Justice In Bengal Poll
Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar doctor raped and murdered in August 2024, campaigns in Bengal's Panihati ahead of the election, her quest for justice colliding with sharp political contestation between the BJP, Trinamool, and the Left.
- Tuesday March 31, 2026
- India News
- Reported by Sreyashi Dey