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Adhikari orders probe into 2021 post-poll violence, targets Abhishek Banerjee

Kolkata, May 16 -- West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday held an administrative meeting and directed police stations across the state to investigate all post-2021 assembly poll viole... Read More


Calcutta HC stays demolition of Tiljala buildings ordered by CM Adhikari

Kolkata, May 15 -- The Calcutta high court on Friday issued an interim stay on the demolition of alleged illegal constructions in Kolkata's Topsia area under Tiljala Police Station limits, while restr... Read More


Bengal CM suspends 2 jail officials after phones, SIM cards found in Presidency Jail

Kolkata, May 15 -- West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday suspended the superintendent and chief controller of Kolkata's Presidency Correctional Home after police recovered 23 mobile ph... Read More


ED arrests Kolkata DCP Santanu Sinha Biswas in alleged land deal case

Kolkata, May 14 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) have arrested Kolkata Police deputy commissioner (DC) Shantanu Sinha Biswas on Thursday night after a 10-hour grilling in connection with alleged mu... Read More


Bengal CM orders closure of illegal toll booths, says zero tolerance with corruption

Kolkata, May 13 -- West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday told bureaucrats from all departments that there would be no compromise on corruption and that prompt service to the people ... Read More


Bengal CM orders power, water cut to illegal buildings; demolition after Tiljala fire

Kolkata, May 13 -- West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday ordered the disconnection of power and water supply to all illegal buildings in the Kasba, Tiljala, Iqbalpur and Mominpur ar... Read More


Bengal govt will follow PM Modi's example on fuel consumption: CM Adhikari

Kolkata, May 13 -- West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday directed officials to cut down the number of vehicles in his convoy to save fuel. "I watched Prime Minister Narendra Modi's... Read More


Pro-Bengali group activist arrested for 'rigged EVM' posts: Kolkata Police

Kolkata, May 12 -- Kolkata police on Tuesday arrested Garga Chatterjee, the leader of Bangla Paksha, a pro-Bengali activists' group for uploading social media posts during the recent two-phase assembl... Read More


Land for BSF, census, job age-limit relaxed: First decisions by Adhikari cabinet

Kolkata, May 11 -- West Bengal's first Bharatiya Janata Party government led by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, chaired its first cabinet meeting on Monday and announced the transfer of land to Borde... Read More


Bengal Congress, Left parties reject Mamata Banerjee's opposition alliance offer

Kolkata, May 10 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday found herself rejected as a potential ally against the state's first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government by all other op... Read More