Former West Bengal Assembly Deputy Speaker and TMC leader Ashis Banerjee was found hanging at a Trinamool Congress party office in Birbhum’s Rampurhat on Sunday morning. Police recovered a purported suicide note, while his body was sent for post-mortem examination
The Calcutta High Court on Friday dismissed TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh's plea seeking permission to participate in West Bengal Assembly debates, holding that grievances over speaking opportunities must be resolved within the House. The court cited Article 212, which bars judicial interference in legislative proceedings
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari told the Assembly that anti-social infiltrators hijacked Friday's NEET paper leak protest in Kolkata, attacking police and journalists. Authorities have identified 70 suspects via CCTV and filed seven cases under strict anti-rowdyism laws
West Bengal will table a Bill on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in its Assembly on Monday, becoming the fourth Indian state after Uttarakhand, Gujarat, and Assam to move towards a unified civil law system replacing religion-based personal laws.
The Calcutta High Court questioned the West Bengal Assembly Speaker’s authority and procedure in deciding between conflicting Leader of Opposition nominations from the same party. Hearing a challenge by TMC MLA Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, the court sought clarity on resolving such unprecedented disputes
Abhishek Banerjee appeared before Kolkata CID for a second round of questioning over alleged forgery of MLA signatures in West Bengal Assembly proceedings. The probe also involves Kunal Ghosh amid discrepancies in documents supporting a Leader of Opposition nomination
A rebel faction of the Trinamool Congress has become the official opposition in the West Bengal Assembly after securing support from 60 MLAs. Ritabrata Banerjee was recognized as Leader of Opposition, while the original Trinamool Congress bloc was reduced to 20 legislators
West Bengal recorded 78.68 per cent polling till 3 p.m. in the second phase of Assembly elections across 142 constituencies. East Burdwan registered the highest turnout, while Bhabanipur also saw strong voting amid the high-profile contest involving Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari
The Election Commission removed West Bengal DGP Peeyush Pandey and Kolkata Police Commissioner Supratim Sarkar a day after announcing the assembly poll schedule. Siddh Nath Gupta has been appointed the new DGP, while Ajay Kumar Nand becomes Kolkata Police commissioner
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s convoy was attacked in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar during a protest. BJP accused TMC of orchestrating the violence, while Trinamool dismissed it as a staged drama. No injuries were reported; police investigation is underway.
Kolkata: As protests on the issue of corruption are on the rise in West Bengal and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee being targeted in many cases, top leaders of Trinamool Congress have started losing control over the use of words against the protesters in public forums. The use of abuses is no more restricted to those […]
There are 89 companies already stationed in South 24 Parganas which pushes up the number of forces to 707, the highest deployment in this election so far.
Chakraborty arrived at the Brigade Parade Ground at around 12 noon and was welcomed by BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargi and other state BJP leaders
