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.
Wienstroth Wärmebehandlungstechnik GmbH, heat treatment specialists, announced the launch of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wienstroth Furnaces India Private Limited, with its first office at Rajarhat on Friday.
With announcement of results of bypolls in six Assemblies in West Bengal scheduled on Saturday, the electoral prospects of the ruling Trinamul Congress and the will be decided.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the West Bengal and Kerala governors’ offices on two separate pleas by the two states stating that the governors were sitting over the bills passed by the respective state legislatures and sent to them for accent a long time ago.
The traders' body said they would continue to increase supplies in an effort to stabilise potato prices in the state.
The police joint search operations in the palatial house of Mohammad Sahabuddin has created huge sensation in both the states.
In a major boost to the rail network in the state, the budgetary allocation for railways in West Bengal for the financial year 2024-2025 has been announced as Rs 13,941 crore, which is Rs 131 crore more than the amount announced during the interim budget.
TAI Secretary General P.K. Bhattacharjee said that as proposed earlier in the Budget Speech of 2021-22, Rs 1,000 crores would be provided for the PMCSPY and is aimed at making need-based interventions in tea garden areas for interalia strengthening provisions of education and health services to the tea workers.
