BJP state secretary Nabarun Nayek removed on graft charges
In a major embarrassment for the BJP in West Bengal, state secretary Nabarun Nayek has been removed from his post following allegations of corruption.
In a major embarrassment for the BJP in West Bengal, state secretary Nabarun Nayek has been removed from his post following allegations of corruption.
Raj Bhaban has also formed a two-member panel to probe the details of reports carried in some media.
Ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, the BJP has repeatedly accused the state government of antiHindu bias, citing incidents in Murshidabad's Beldanga and neighboring Bangladesh.
Despite BJP's poor performance in the six Assembly by-elections, West Bengal BJP president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar confidently stated that they will claim power in Bengal in 2026 through the people's mandate.
Counting is underway for bypolls to six Assembly constituencies in West Bengal. As per the early trends, Trinamool Congress led three of the six Assembly constituencies.
AKLF 2022 will be live-streamed on the official Facebook and YouTube handles of the Literary Festival as well as across the iconic Oxford Bookstores.
According to a notification issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), a total of 12 Indian states have gone for a total market borrowing of Rs 20,659 crore on January 18, 2022. West Bengal's borrowing in that tranche will be Rs 1,000 crore.
The positivity rate that had gone up to more than 37 per cent has also reduced to around 23 per cent in the last seven days.
Jayanta Mitra, the advocate appearing for the state election commission, had said that the commission cannot take the decision of stopping an election because it is the state's responsibility.
In the Odishan historical city of Puri, Rasagola is still known as Khiramohana. Khiramohana is brownish, mostly because it is made of “chena” (cottage cheese) only and being boiled in “raseni” (sugar syrup, also called “sira”) for long. Khiramohana-Rasagola is less porous and less spongy as compared to the white Rasgulla.
