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Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir announces new political party
Kolkata: Humayun Kabir, the suspended Trinamool Congress legislator from Bharatpur Assembly Constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, on Monday announced his political party, christened the Janata Unnayan Party. According to Kabir,…
- India
Mamata wants to incite communal riots: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wanted to incite riots between the Hindu and Muslim communities and accused her of indulging in communal politics,…
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Photos: Protest against Waqf Act in Kolkata
Members of the All Bengal Imam Muazzin Association and Charitable Trust (WB State Committee) take part in a protest march opposing the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, and demanding the protection of Waqf…
- Telangana
2,081 govt schools in Telangana have no students, highest in country: Centre
Hyderabad: The Union Education Ministry has revealed that 5,149 government schools across India had zero students enrolled during the 2024–25 academic year, with nearly 70 percent of these located in Telangana and…
- India
SIR in Bengal: 45K voters deleted from Mamata’s assembly seat
Kolkata: The TMC leadership has decided to instruct its booth-level agents to carry out fresh, door-to-door scrutiny of deleted voters’ names in Bhabanipur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s assembly constituency, after…
- India
Pan India SIR: Over 1 crore voters missing from draft rolls, West Bengal tops list
New Delhi: As many as 12.32 crore electors have found their names in the draft electoral rolls of three states and two Union territories published on Tuesday as part of the ongoing…
- India
SC defers hearing in West Bengal VC appointment matter to Jan
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred to January next year a plea related to the appointment of regular vice-chancellors in the state-aided universities in West Bengal. A bench comprising Chief…
- Kolkata
200 BLOs demo against voter deletion in West Bengal
Kolkata: Around 200 members of a forum of booth-level officers (BLOs) held a demonstration outside the West Bengal CEO’s office here on Tuesday, protesting against the alleged deletion of thousands of genuine…
- India
West Bengal sports minister resigns over Messi event debacle
West Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas resigned on Tuesday, December 16 following the debacle at Lionel Messi’s match in Kolkata on December 13. In a handwritten letter to chief minister Mamata Banerjee,…
- India
Bengal assembly polls: EC appoints nodal officers for EVM first-level checking
Kolkata: The Election Commission said it has appointed five nodal officers for first-level checking (FLC) of the electronic voting machines (EVMs) ahead of next year’s West Bengal assembly polls. All the officers…
- India
Mamata announces Rs 8,487-crore project to build 20,000 km of roads
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Thursday inaugurate one of the state’s largest road projects, launching work for the construction of over 20,000 km of new roads across the…
- India
Mamata trying to split votes on religious lines: Union min Sukanta Majumdar
Kolkata: Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of fostering communal polarisation in the state to split votes on religious lines. The former BJP state chief…
- India
SC allows entry of pregnant woman, her child into India from Bangladesh
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed on “humanitarian grounds” the entry of a pregnant woman and her eight-year-old child into India, months after they were pushed into Bangladesh. A bench…
- India
Rebel TMC MLA Kabir stokes Babri row, vows mosque & Dec 6 blockade
Kolkata: A fresh political firestorm gripped West Bengal on Tuesday as estranged TMC MLA Humayun Kabir doubled down on building a mosque modelled on the Babri Masjid in Murshidabad district and warned…
- India
Bengal: BLOs accuse EC of ignoring work-pressure concerns
Kolkata: Members of a BLO rights platform with Trinamool Congress leanings on Saturday staged a protest outside the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) here, demanding compensation for colleagues who allegedly…
