Kolkata: Last week, the Trinamool Congress steamrolled its way to a spectacular win in all six Assembly by-elections, which were necessitated due to the...
Byelections in six seats saw TMC retain five and win BJP’s stronghold Madarihat, vacated after MLAs’ Lok Sabha victories.
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC), led...
In hundreds of villages across Bengal, protests have erupted over allegations of exclusion of names of beneficiaries in Banglar Awas Yojana.
Kolkata: More than a...
Kolkata: West Bengal’s ruling party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by Mamata Banerjee, has launched a desperate effort to regain the ground it lost...
Mamata Banerjee’s meeting with junior doctors highlighted tensions and her unpredictable approach to corruption issues.
Kolkata: Monday’s meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...
Kolkata: ‘Almost every YouTuber, who has been critical of the Mamata Banerjee government, has been slapped with police cases on frivolous and trumped up...
Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government, fearing protests, is pulling out all stops to quash dissent in the run-up to and during West Bengal’s biggest...
KOLKATA: With the widespread allegations of irregularities and corruption at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital that have come to light following the rape...
KOLKATA: Observers say that Mamata Banerjee, for the first time in her career, is facing an opponent whom she cannot vilify or blame politically.
In...
KOLKATA: People from the UK, US, Ireland, Australia, Japan, and 22 other countries are joining the first global human chain against the brutal rape-murder...
KOLKATA: The mishandling of the RG Kar rape and murder case has become a flashpoint for broader dissatisfaction with the Mamata Banerjee government.
Like an avalanche...
KOLKATA: Emphasis on showcasing Trinamool’s achievements has overshadowed artistic and cultural essence of festivals.
Shooting at the iconic Tollygunge studios in Kolkata, popularly known as Tollywood,...
KOLKATA: The demand for a separate state or union territory status for north Bengal is because of neglect by Kolkata.
On Wednesday, Sukanta Majumdar, the...
KOLKATA: BJP insiders blame the lack of cohesion, bad blood and even infighting and sabotage for the repeated failures of the party in Bengal.
Despite...
KOLKATA: The BJP came a distant second, while Left-Congress alliance lost its deposit in three of the four seats.
As Kalyan Choubey, BJP candidate for...
KOLKATA: A stream of videos going viral in West Bengal is exposing the sordid underbelly of violence that accompanies the Trinamool Congress’ electoral success...
KOLKATA: The question that has left everybody flummoxed is how the Trinamool Congress managed to wrest victory for its ‘unpopular and unwinnable candidates’ in...
The heat and dust of the just-concluded general elections may have settled across most of India, but West Bengal—which saw the Trinamool Congress defy...
KOLKATA: Concerned over reports of post-poll violence against BJP karyakartas pouring in from across West Bengal, BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda today constituted a...
KOLKATA: The BJP’s litany of corruption allegations failed to resonate with voters, while the CAA, intended as a BJP electoral strategy, prompted minorities previously undecided...
KOLKATA: “Rigging of polls” refers to illegal or unethical practices intended to manipulate the outcome of an election. This can undermine the fairness, transparency,...
KOLKATA: Widespread allegations of vote rigging and violence in all nine Lok Sabha constituencies and one Assembly seat marked the seventh and last phase...
KOLKATA: If there is any one constituency that will keep the country engrossed, it is Basirhat. This seat comprises Sandeshkhali, which hit the headlines...
KOLKATA: After being on the backfoot for months after the women of Sandeshkhali rose in protest against atrocities committed on them by Trinamool Congress...
KOLKATA: Among the notable names are Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Yusuf Pathan and Shatrughan Sinha.
Eight Lok Sabha seats spread across five districts of West Bengal will...
KOLKATA: A BJP block president is seen saying Sandeshkhali was planned by his party.
The Trinamool Congress today released a purported sting video of a BJP...
KOLKATA: Voting for four Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal’s constituencies of Malda Uttar, Malda Dakshin, Jangipur and Murshidabad will be held in the...
KOLKATA: ‘It is shocking that at the level of the Cabinet of the state government, decision is taken to protect employment obtained fraudulently.’
Even as...
KOLKATA: Abhijit Das is a self-declared Bhumiputra who was severely assaulted allegedly by TMC.
The BJP came out with its first list of candidates for...
BJP insiders fear that the party could lose Raiganj and Cooch Behar this time. According to them, demographic changes in the two constituencies make...
A Bharatiya Janata Party rally in support of its Cooch Behar candidate and Union Minister Nisith Pramanik, raising “Allahu Akbar” slogans grabbed eyeballs in...
Many ‘rootless candidates’ have been fielded and Mamata Banerjee’s name alone may not be enough to guarantee a win for her party.
Mamata Banerjee striding...
The land-grab issue that became the cornerstone for TMC’s poll cry has now become the bugbear Mamata Banerjee needs to deal with in Sandeshkhali.
Sandeshkhali,...
The CM is Bengal’s queen of cruelty, alleges Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury.
Sandeshkhali, a sleepy hamlet about 75 km from Kolkata and close to the...
