West Bengal

The case of Mahua Moitra is yet another example of “dissent mukut Bharat” launched by the BJP after its successful attempt at “Opposition Mukt Bharat.” We have seen how Rahul…

 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the fear of Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) has prompted the union government to announce the reduction in cooking…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the TMC’s alleged use of violence, calling it a “khooni khela (bloody game)”, to secure victory in West Bengal’s panchayat elections, triggering a…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the opposition parties for walking out from Parliament during the no-confidence motion and said his government has defeated the “negativity being spread” by…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Opposition conclave in Bengaluru could be described as a “conference of corrupt people”. Addressing a gathering in Port Blair today via videoconferencing,…

The death toll in election-related violence in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal rose to 18, as the state voted for village council members, according to local media reports.…

At least seven people were killed and dozens more injured in India Saturday after clashes over local polls in West Bengal, a state notorious for political violence during election campaigns.…

AUBASH’ is a Persian word whose meaning, if grasped correctly, could help explain the runaway success of Hindutva as an Indian phenomenon. Japanese scholar Hiroshi Kan Kagaya’s insightful work on…

A student from Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir was found dead in Kolkatta, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. The student, Muhammad Umar Ganai, a resident…

Around 40 medical colleges across the country have lost recognition over the past two months allegedly for not following standards set by the National Medical Commission (NMC), official sources said.…

West Bengal in 2021 had shown the way to the people of Karnataka in 2023 to prove that the BJP is not invincible, leaders of the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress…

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who had earlier also asserted that she would not allow NRC in her state, maintained on Thursday that she would “never allow” implementation of…

Political slugfest erupted in West Bengal over an order of a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday directing the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the…

A crucial meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar has been rescheduled for Monday. Initially, sources from the state secretariat said that the…

The members of Delhi-based NGO ‘Fact Finding Committee on Human Rights Violation’, who reached West Bengal to review situation in Hooghly and Howrah districts in wake of the Ram Navami…

Clashes and violence over Ram Navami procession at Rishra in Hooghly district of West Bengal on April 2 was instigated by the processionists, the state government has informed the Calcutta…

The Trinamool Congress on Friday made it clear that there is no requirement of having any kind of coordination with the Congress, considering the latter’s political approach in West Bengal.…

The Trinamool Congress in West Bengal on Wednesday accused the BJP of misusing its power and pressuring the central agencies to draft charge sheets that can be later used to…

 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT cell head Amit Malviya who had said that he will file a case against news website ‘The Wire’ claiming that the media outlet tried to…

The ruling Trinamool Congress will move a motion in the assembly against the “hyperactive” drives by central agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate in West…

As Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is fast emerging as the principal face of the opposition for the 2024 polls, two questions are floating around in the political circles and…

The women wing of Trinamool Congress launched a 48-hour dharna in Kolkata on Tuesday in protest against the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case, calling…

Four Muslim men died in judicial custody in the last 10 days in the Indian state West Bengal. The victim Abdul Rajjak, Jiyaul Laskar, Akbar Khan and Saidul Munsi who…

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and briefed him about the teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal and discussed…

 India’s financial-crime investigation agency arrested a West Bengal government minister on Saturday for allegedly making money off recruitment for state-run schools, officials said. Partha Chatterjee, who was education minister in…

In a bid to tame inflation, the Union Government has slashed excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 8 and Rs 6 per litre, respectively. The Centre claims to…

Indian families seem to be trapped in a vicious cycle of rising expenses even as incomes have either gone down or remained stagnant since the last one year, as per…

Reports of communal violence during Navratri processions kept pouring in from across the country in the night between April 10 and 11. Different places in multiple states witnessed Hindutva mobs…

 Reports of communal violence during Navratri processions kept pouring in from across the country in the night between April 10 and 11. Different places in multiple states witnessed Hindutva mobs…

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Saturday expressed deep concern at the continued police repression against farmers in Birbhum in West Bengal and Dhinkia in Odisha, who, they said were…