Bengal polls: Matua first family split deepens battle in Bagda, Gaighata as SIR jolts BJP bastionsElections in West Bengal's Bagda and Gaighata are complicated by a divided Matua family. Concerns over voter list deletions create anxiety ...
25 Apr, 2026, 03.35 PM IST
Vedanta Chhattisgarh power plant blast: Death toll rises to 23The death toll from a blast at the Vedanta power plant in Chhattisgarh's Sakti district has risen to 23. Two more workers died from their i...
18 Apr, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
Bengal: Thakur brothers at loggerheads over Matua rights, CAA implementationSubrata Thakur accused Shantanu Thakur of irregularities in issuing caste certificates. He alleged Shantanu is exploiting the Matua communi...
24 Aug, 2025, 09.35 PM IST
Shantanu Thakur demands CBI probe into Matua temple incidentThe incident led to injury and hospitalization of more than 15 Matua disciples. The minister also apprised the Union Home Minister Amit Sha...
12 Jun, 2023, 10.20 PM IST
MLAs from Matua community express disgruntlement over non-inclusion in state committeeBJP State President Sukanta Majumdar said, “After every change or formation of new committees, these minor things crop up. We will discuss ...
26 Dec, 2021, 09.11 PM IST
Matua votes in Nadia, North 24 Parganas crucial in next phaseThe Matua population will have a major influence in the poll outcome in the Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts, where voting is schedule...
19 Apr, 2021, 11.53 PM IST
BJP declares last Bengal list, Mithun Chakraborty fails to make the cutActor Mithun Chakraborty, who had sparked speculation about his chances of getting a ticket by moving back from Mumbai to Kolkata’s Cossipo...
24 Mar, 2021, 11.25 AM IST
BJP announces 11 more candidates for Bengal assembly polls, changes nominees in two seatsFormer Chief Economic Advisor Ashok Lahiri, who was earlier pulled out from the Alipurduar seat in north Bengal after local party workers h...
23 Mar, 2021, 11.56 AM IST
Sahara Roy's counsel upset Supreme Court, sends his client back in TiharSahara owes over Rs 37,000 crore to market regulator Sebi. They were released on parole after the death of Roy's mother.
23 Sep, 2016, 03.40 PM IST
West Bengal BJP fails to bring a split in Trinamool Congress before Assembly pollsBengal BJP has lost hope of bringing a major split in the ruling Trinamool Congress before next year's Assembly elections.
18 Jun, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
Joining BJP was a mistake : Manjul Krishna ThakurTerming his joining the BJP a 'mistake', former Thakur requested West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to forgive him and take him bac...
13 May, 2015, 06.00 PM IST
TMC wins Krishanganj, takes massive lead in Bongaon LS seatTMC candidate Satyajit Biswas, who secured 95,397 votes, won the Krishnaganj seat by a margin of 36,960 votes over his nearest rival BJP's ...
16 Feb, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
TMC ahead in bypoll to 2 West Bengal seatsA voter turnout of 79.80 and 81.80 per cent respectively was recorded on February 13 in the by-elections to Bongaon and Krishnaganj seat.
16 Feb, 2015, 10.42 AM IST
Polling begins for two by-elections in West BengalThe by-polls are seen as a crucial test of popularity for the ruling Trinamool Congress at a time when the party was facing heat over the S...
13 Feb, 2015, 09.44 AM IST
Mamata stole thunder of BJP: Abhishek BanerjeeThe contest for the Bongoan Lok Sabha seat has emerged as a fight among two members of the Thakur family which serves as the religious head...
07 Feb, 2015, 11.17 PM IST
Trinamool minister Manjul Krishna Thakur joins BJPTMC minister Manjul Krishna Thakur today quit the party, accusing it of functioning in a 'whimsical' way, and joined the BJP.
15 Jan, 2015, 07.30 PM IST
Sahara chief seeks 15 more days from Supreme Court to sell propertiesThe court said that it will take up his plea if it is possible for the special bench, hearing his case, to assemble on that day.
06 Sep, 2014, 02.14 AM IST