Kolkata
- Politics
TMC’s Sudip Bandyopadhyay meets Union Minister, sparks speculation
Kolkata: A meeting between senior TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Union Minister Bhupender Yadav in New Delhi on Saturday, June 13, sparked fresh political speculation amid turmoil within the party, raising questions…
- India
Bengal Police search Abhishek Banerjee’s home in 3am raid
In a predawn raid certain to deepen the political faultlines in West Bengal, police personnel, accompanied by central forces, searched Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee’s residence here for more than four…
- Kolkata
Kolkata fire destroys 4,000 EVMs used in Bengal elections
Kolkata: West Bengal minister Kaushik Chowdhury on Thursday, June 11, said that around 4,000 EVMs were gutted in a government building fire here, as the police launched an investigation following the registration…
- India
Questions remain unanswered over BJP win in Muslim locality
Kolkata: Questions remain unanswered as scepticism continues to rise over the landslide victory secured by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in the Muslim-dominated Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s capital. The controversy…
- India
Bengal: Massive fire erupts at govt building in Kolkata
Kolkata: A massive blaze erupted at a multi-storey government building in Alipore area of Kolkata on the morning of Wednesday, June 10, fire officials said. One person trapped on the top floor…
- Politics
Ritabrata Banerjee claims 59 TMC MLAs support for state Assembly
Kolkata: As many as 58 dissident Trinamool Congress MLAs backed expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of the legislature party and conveyed their decision to West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose…
- Hate Crime
Kolkata municipality serves demolition notices two days before Bakrid
Kolkata: With only two days for Bakrid, residents of Tiljala-Topsia neighbourhood in West Bengal’s capital city woke up to demolition notices pasted on their doors from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), declaring…
- India
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Kolkata on India visit
Kolkata: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Kolkata on Saturday, May 23, for his four-day diplomatic tour to India, with the city marking the opening leg of a visit that…
- World
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to begin 4-day India visit on May 23
Kolkata: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to arrive in India on Saturday, May 23, on a four-day diplomatic tour, with Kolkata marking the first leg of his visit that…
- Politics
Withdrawing from repoll as CM promised special package for Falta: TMC’s Jahangir Khan
Falta: TMC’s Falta candidate Jahangir Khan on Tuesday, May 19 announced he was withdrawing from the May 21 re-election in the assembly segment, stating that Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari‘s promise of a…
- India
Suvendu Adhikari meets senior police officers over Park Circus violence
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday, May 18, met senior officers of Kolkata Police’s South East Division to review the law and order situation, a day after violence broke…
- Entertainment
Before Bollywood, this city built India’s first cinema hall
Hyderabad: Indian cinema today has become a global phenomenon. From Pan India blockbusters to Oscar-winning films, Indian movies are now celebrated across the world. Cinema halls, multiplexes, and luxury theatres have become…
- India
Dozens protest against ban on roadside namaz, police intervene
Kolkata: Days after the newly sworn-in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government prohibited roadside namaz and restricted loudspeaker volumes, members of the Muslim community staged a major protest in West Bengal’s Kolkata following…
- India
Bengal Muslims weigh first BJP govt amid caution, pragmatism
Kolkata: As dusk settled over Metiabruz in southwest Kolkata on Saturday May 9, television screens inside crowded restaurants replayed visuals of Suvendu Adhikari taking oath as West Bengal’s first BJP chief minister,…
- Kolkata
BJP supporters flood Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Grounds for CM oath ceremony
Kolkata: Jubilant scenes unfolded at the Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata on Saturday, May 9, as thousands gathered for the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal’s first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, with…
