Shah likely to visit city this month, set roadmap for polls
With the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections in sight, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has begun its preparations to strengthen its foothold in the state.
With the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections in sight, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has begun its preparations to strengthen its foothold in the state.
Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed Kolkata Police to register an FIR based on the complaint filed by Indranuj Roy, the student of Jadavpur University (JU) during the ruckus within the university campus on 1 March after being hit allegedly by the vehicle of education minister Bratya Basu.
Students across multiple universities and colleges, including Jadavpur University and the University of Calcutta, took to the streets in protest.
Following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s instructions, Trinamul Congress (TMC) leaders, including MP and MLAs, have begun scrutinising electoral rolls in their respective areas in Cooch Behar.
The Trinamul Congress has issued show cause notices to four sitting councillors for anti-party activities and directed to reply within seven days of Raghunathpur Municipality in Purulia district.
Bikash Mishra, an accused in the coal scam in Raniganj Coalfields area, who had been arrested earlier both by the CBI and the ED was arrested by Kalighat Police Station today allegedly on charges of molesting his niece.
Tension erupted in the Sekendra Gram Panchayat area under Raghunathganj police station in Murshidabad due to a factional feud between two groups within the Trinamul Congress (TMC).
People across cities and villages in Bengal will join nationwide protests on 26 November, organised by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, central trade unions, and federations.
After the clean sweep of Trinamul Congress in the bypolls in Bengal, an elated Abhishek Banerjee, who is also the party’s national general secretary took to social media and wrote on X-handle about the victory.
Trinamul Congress has witnessed an average 14 per cent positive vote swing in its favour in the bypolls.
