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BJP workers 'assault civic volunteer' in Baranagar

Kolkata, April 20 -- A civic volunteer identified as Govinda Ari was beaten up allegedly by some BJP activists in the Baranagar area. The incident occurred near a housing complex that falls under War... Read More


Barrackpore's fading industrial belt grapples with closures, job losses

Barrackpore, April 20 -- The Barrackpore industrial belt, once known as a hub of jute mills, paper mills, textiles and other manufacturing units across areas like Kanchrapara, Halisahar, Naihati, Bhat... Read More


Tamluk set for high-stakes electoral face-off between Trinamool and BJP

Tamluk, April 16 -- Tamluk Assembly Constituency, which carries historical significance with links to the ancient Indian port town of Tamralipta, is set to witness an interesting electoral battle this... Read More


Egra poll battle intensifies amid 'Parivarbad' allegations, local discontent

Egra, April 15 -- Suvendhu Adhikari who often attacks the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) over "Parivarbad" seems to be quietly building his own "dynasty" in East Midnapore, but this time he faces the... Read More


'Poila Boishakh' turns political as BJP, TMC trade barbs

Kolkata, April 15 -- 'Poila Boishakh' was celebrated across Bengal amid high-pitched campaigning, as the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP traded sharp allegations against each other. PM Mo... Read More


Bengal polls: Nandigram voters seek 'real' development over rhetoric

Nandigram, April 9 -- Amid an intense, high-voltage electoral battle in the Nandigram Assembly Constituency-largely a bipolar fight between Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Pabitra Kar and BJP's Suv... Read More


Suvendu's 'financial dole' under lens amid dev, religious card backlash & shifting alliances?

Nandigram, April 8 -- Will the 'Anugami Bhata' (locally referred to as Sangrami Bhata) - an annual financial dole allegedly "extended to a select circle of party workers and loyalists" - be enough to ... Read More


Advocate Anirban Banerjee joins TMC, 'Babu master' returns

Kolkata, April 7 -- Advocate Anirban Banerjee joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday in the presence of party leaders Chandrima Bhattacharya and Kunal Ghosh at the party office, where he was h... Read More


Trinamool alleges bias, questions ECI neutrality

Kolkata, April 7 -- Questioning the "integrity" of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal was ac... Read More


Monirul Islam withdraws nomination

Kolkata, April 6 -- A day after Mamata Banerjee issued a stern warning of expulsion, Farakka's outgoing MLA Monirul Islam withdrew his nomination and stepped back from contesting the upcoming Assembly... Read More