Bengal Election 2026 Dates: Phase 1 & 2 voting schedule, which districts vote when, exit poll timing & result dayBengal Election Dates: West Bengal gears up for a high-stakes 2026 Assembly Election, with the TMC seeking a fourth term against a resurgen...
08 Apr, 2026, 11.17 AM IST
TMC leader calls agitating doctors 'anti-national' for defying SC directiveA TMC leader has labeled protesting doctors as 'anti-nationals' for defying a Supreme Court order to resume work. The junior doctors in Wes...
11 Sep, 2024, 04.13 PM IST
Mamata asks for Union Home Minister's resignation over central forces firing killing 4 during pollingAppealing to people to remain calm, Banerjee alleged that central policemen shot dead people standing in a queue to vote and demanded "Shah...
10 Apr, 2021, 02.34 PM IST
Cops watch cyber space to check Bengal clashIt has been noticed that communal tension was further fuelled by social-media mischief-makers who keep on sharing instigating posts, messag...
31 Mar, 2018, 12.39 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee blames Centre of allowing infiltration to create trouble in BengalMamata also claimed that the state government was not getting any co-operation from the Centre in handling effectively some untoward incide...
10 Jul, 2017, 08.02 PM IST
Bengal riots: Mamata announces judicial probe, attacks BJPMamata Banerjee said law would take its own course and strict action would be taken against those behind the riots, including the TV channe...
08 Jul, 2017, 07.48 PM IST
State government stops opposition from entering BaduriaCM Mamata Banerjee also urged these parties to co-operate with her government to bring back peace and normalcy in the region.
08 Jul, 2017, 01.27 AM IST
Social media posts trigger seven communal riots in a month in West BengalA proposal was mooted to set up as many as 60,000 booth level “peace committees” on a permanent basis to deal with communal riots.
08 Jul, 2017, 12.31 AM IST
RSS volunteer killed in Basirhat, TMC workers block hospital visits by BJP leadersThe victim has been identified as Kartick Ghosh, a resident of Tetra area in Basirhat and was locally known as a RSS volunteer and BJP work...
07 Jul, 2017, 01.15 AM IST
Bengal says no to 400 more central troops for riot-hit areasCommunal clashes broke out in Basirhat district on Monday following an objectionable Facebook post, but the WB govt said they don't require...
06 Jul, 2017, 08.27 PM IST
CPIM and Left parties urge governor Keshari Nath Tripapthi to solve Darjeeling impasseThe Left parties have also come down heavily on the state government for it's move to cut the supply chain of food and essential commoditie...
06 Jul, 2017, 07.45 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee blackmailing people, says Governor KN TripathiGovernor in his statement said he was “fully aware of his constitutional obligations and limitations and needs no lesson from anyone on thi...
06 Jul, 2017, 12.43 AM IST
West Bengal's Baduria remain tense, centre sought reportReports of blocking roads in Kolkata and adjacent areas and rail tracks in North and south 24 Paragana district by BJP and other groups pou...
05 Jul, 2017, 02.12 PM IST
Communal clashes in West Bengal, state government rushes paramilitary troopsA violent mob put up road blockades at several places and attacked members of other community, besides destroying many shops, said police.
04 Jul, 2017, 09.24 PM IST
- Communal violence in WB; Centre rushes paramilitary troops
Communal violence broke out in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal over an "objectionable" post on Facebook, prompting the Centre to ...
04 Jul, 2017, 06.06 PM IST
Trinamool, Congress and CPI(M) fail to agree on joint resolution against demonetisationCongress was planning to bring a no-confidence motion against the ruling Trinamool Congress on the issue of recent child trafficking racket.
30 Nov, 2016, 06.00 PM IST
- Former Rajya Sabha VC and six-time MLA jumps to death
Six-time CPI(M) legislator and EX-Rajya Sabha VC Mostafa Bin Quasem allegedly committed suicide by leaping to death from the MLA hostel.
29 May, 2011, 10.37 PM IST