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.
The ruling party of India had suffered a major setback in West Bengal bagging only 12 Lok Sabha (LS) seats while it had a phenomenal rise, winning 18 out of 42 seats in the state in 2019 parliamentary polls.
The locked room of Matua Thakurbari's Boro Ma, Binapani Devi has been allegedly broken by the followers of Trinamul Congress Assembly candidate and daughter of Mamata Bala Thakur, Madhuparna Thakur.
Two persons have been arrested so far by Kashipore police in this connection, claimed Lalbazar sources.
The counting of votes for the 13 legislative assembly seats spread across seven states began on Saturday morning.
Trinamul Congress leaders are pumping in full effort to make the Martyrs’ Day rally on 21 July a grand success.
