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TMC’s actor-MLA assaults restaurant owner for ‘abusing’ Abhishek, apologises later

Kolkata: Actor-turned-Trinamool Congress MLA Soham Chakraborty created a controversy by assaulting a restaurant owner who allegedly abused party MP Abhishek Banerjee during the shooting of a film there. Both Chakraborty and restaurant…
TMC wins Muslim-majority pockets in south Bengal, BJP wins in north

Kolkata: People belonging to the minority community helped TMC sweep Muslim-majority pockets in the southern region of West Bengal while the division of their votes facilitated BJP’s victories in the northern part…

West Bengal: TMC registers over 2% vote swing, BJP down by two

Kolkata: Refuting predictions made by a majority of exit polls for West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress registered a 45.77 per cent vote share in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal,…
Several factors led to TMC’s victory, proving Exit Poll projections wrong

Kolkata: Several factors played a key role in the Trinamool Congress’ victory in West Bengal, that proved all Exit Poll projections wrong. Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee’s party bagged 29 out of 42…
Mahua Moitra returns to Parliament with resounding victory in Krishnanagar

Kolkata:In a political comeback that can only be described as triumphant, Mahua Moitra, the firebrand leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), is headed for a resounding victory in Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat…
TMC, BJP in neck and neck fight in Bengal

Kolkata: The TMC and the BJP were on Tuesday locked in a neck-and-neck contest in West Bengal as counting of postal ballots for the Lok Sabha polls was underway, with the former…
Sandeshkhali violence rocks final phase of LS polls, 69.89 pc voter turnout recorded

Kolkata: Widespread violence between supporters of the TMC and the BJP over alleged electoral malpractices in strife-torn Sandeshkhali marred the final phase of Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal on Saturday, resulting…

Sporadic incidents of violence mar final phase of voting in Bengal

Kolkata: Sporadic incidents of violence marred the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha polls in the nine parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal, as TMC, ISF and BJP workers clashed in various…
West Bengal: ED files chargesheet against Sheikh Shahjahan

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday filed a chargesheet against former Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan who has been described as the mastermind in the incident of attack on an ED…
Abhishek Banerjee faces crucial test in Diamond Harbour LS constituency

Diamond Harbour: The Diamond Harbour poll battleground encapsulates an intense dynamic in West Bengal’s political landscape where the TMC, led by its de facto number two Abhishek Banerjee, touts the seat as…
318 arrested in West Bengal for violence amid 6th phase of polling

Kolkata: A total of 318 persons were arrested throughout West Bengal on Saturday for involvement in poll-related violence and tension during the sixth phase of voting for eight Lok Sabha seats, Chief…
Severe cyclone forming in Bay of Bengal to make landfall on Sunday, red alert in WB

Kolkata: A depression in the Bay of Bengal is likely to concentrate into a severe cyclonic storm and make landfall along the adjoining coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh around May 26…
Calcutta HC order on OBC quota to Muslims ‘tight slap’ to oppn: Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called the Calcutta High Court decision of striking down the OBC status granted to “77 classes” in West Bengal since 2010 a “tight slap”…
Bangladesh MP goes missing in Kolkata

Kolkata: An MP of Bangladesh, Anwarul Azim Anar, has been missing for the last few days after he arrived in the city for medical treatment on May 12, a senior official of…
Was RSS member, ready to go back: Calcutta HC judge in retirement speech

Kolkata: Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash, who retired as a judge of the Calcutta High Court on Monday, said he was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Speaking at his farewell…