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ED questions TMC Rashbehari MLA Debasish Kumar in Kolkata land-grabbing case

March 30, 2026 3:37 pm

Trinamool state vice-president Jayaprakash Majumdar slammed the ED summons to Debasish Kumar as pre-poll intimidation.

'Don’t want what happened to my daughter to be repeated’: RG Kar victim’s mother says she agreed to be BJP candidate from Bengal’s Panihati

March 19, 2026 4:00 pm

The mother of the junior doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital may be fielded by the BJP as a candidate from the Panihati constituency of West Bengal.

PM Modi Open letter to Bengal ahead of polls

In open letter in Bengali, PM says Bengal is sinking due to narrow vote-bank politics & anarchy, seeks ‘opportunity to serve’

February 24, 2026 3:49 am

Says fate of the state and its next generation will be decided in the upcoming Assembly elections.

Rs 2,200 crore at stake: Saturated market and Bangladesh unrest crippling Bengal’s potato trade?

February 17, 2026 3:34 pm

Cold storage owners in West Bengal have raised concerns over the approximately 72 lakh metric tonnes of potatoes that are currently stockpiled in storage.

Suspended from TMC and out on bail, Partha makes a comeback – in House panels

February 03, 2026 9:52 pm

The former minister was arrested by the ED in school jobs case in 2022, was released on bail last November.

Rajeev Kumar, Director General and Inspector General of Police, West Bengal, with his wife Sanchita Kumar during his farewell parade at Alipore Bodyguard Lines, in Kolkata, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026.

‘Don’t be affected by what’s said on social media, TV’: Outgoing DGP Rajeev Kumar to police force

January 29, 2026 8:21 pm

Kumar is set to retire on January 31.

‘Just 5 more minutes, then we will die’: victim's wife recalls last call as death toll mounts in Kolkata warehouse fire

January 28, 2026 5:03 pm

Dozens of people have been missing since the massive fire that erupted at the warehouses in Kolkata’s Anandapur early Monday. Police sources said the death toll has risen to 19.

On Tuesday, Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition, filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court requesting a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the attack on his convoy, which he claims was carried out by TMC goons in Chandrakona. (Express Photo)

I-PAC ED raid row: BJP moves Calcutta High Court seeking nod to protest outside Nabanna against CM Mamata Banerjee

January 13, 2026 1:51 pm

The BJP's request for permission for a protest rally outside Nabanna in Kolkata was denied by the police due to security concerns.

Putatundu, a prominent figure in the Left movement in West Bengal, was an influential CPI(M) leader. (Source: X/@PutatundaSamir)

Veteran Left leader Samir Putatundu dies following prolonged illness

January 12, 2026 11:25 am

Over the years, he played a significant role in several political struggles, including the anti-land acquisition movement in Singur and Nandigram, led by Mamata Banerjee, in the late 2000s.