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Bengal's iconic Writers' Buildings set to return as a secretariat

Kolkata, May 9 -- Sitting across a vintage wooden table with a glass top in a spacious office on the second floor of the Writers' Buildings, a state public works department (PWD) officer reminisced ab... Read More


Bengal gets its first BJP CM as Suvendu Adhikari takes oath at Brigade Parade Ground

Kolkata, May 9 -- Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister of West Bengal in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Sha... Read More


Adhikari's PA shot dead in West Bengal; 1,500 held over post-poll violence

Kolkata, May 7 -- Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Madhyamgram, North 24 Parganas, late on Wednesday night - the most se... Read More


Over 50% turnout by 1pm in repolls at 15 Bengal booths

Kolkata, May 2 -- Repolling was conducted under tight security at 15 polling stations in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas on Saturday. While 11 booths in Magrahat Paschim and four in Diamond Harbour we... Read More


Extra forces deployed to secure strongrooms in Bengal amid EVM tampering allegations

Kolkata, May 1 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday deployed additional security forces to strengthen protection outside strongrooms in West Bengal after the ruling Trinamool Congress (... Read More


ECI orders repoll on May 2 in 15 polling stations in 2 Bengal assembly seats

Kolkata, May 1 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered repolling on May 2 in 15 polling stations across two Assembly constituencies in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, following... Read More


Calcutta HC dismisses TMC pleas on Bengal Assembly poll counting centres

Kolkata, April 30 -- The Calcutta high court on Thursday dismissed two petitions filed by All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leaders related to West Bengal Assembly elections counting centres, statin... Read More


Mamata is paving the way for BJP in Bengal: Rahul Gandhi

Kolkata, April 25 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee of paving the way for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, where Assembly ele... Read More


Bengal: ED searches 9 sites under PMLA in 2020 public distribution system case

Kolkata, April 25 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday searched multiple premises in connection with an alleged 2020 Public Distribution System (PDS) money laundering case in West Bengal, w... Read More


Bengal Assembly Polls: Clashes reported from several districts in phase 1 voting

Kolkata, April 23 -- Clashes were reported from several of the 152 constituencies across 16 districts that went to polls in the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections on Thursday, with spor... Read More