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WB Governor R. N. Ravi dissolves West Bengal Assembly; Mamata Banerjee no longer CM, BJP prepares to form government after landslide win

Mamata Banerjee skips Suvendu Adhikari's swearing-in as chief minister

Suvendu Adhikari took oath as West Bengal's first BJP Chief Minister at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah attended the ceremony, while speculation continued over former CM Mamata Banerjee's absence from public view.

5 days ago

Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as Bengal's first BJP CM; PM Modi touches feet of 97-year-old Makhan Lal Sarkar in Bengal

Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as Bengal's first BJP CM; PM Modi present, Mamata skips

Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the chief minister of West Bengal on Saturday, heading the first BJP government in the state. Governor RN Ravi administered the oath

5 days ago

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari named West Bengal CM; TVK chief Vijay to be sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister at 11 AM

Vijay is set to take oath as Tamil Nadu chief minister on Saturday after securing majority support for government formation, with backing from Left parties and allies. Meanwhile, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has been formally named the next chief minister of West Bengal

6 days ago

Bengal polls: FIR filed against Trinamool candidate over vandalism at BJP office

The action followed a complaint by BJP and directions from the Election Commission of India amid the Model Code of Conduct during the West Bengal Assembly polls. While BJP accused her supporters of attacking the office, Chatterjee denied the charges and filed a counter-complaint.

Apr 6, 2026

UPI outage: Users report failed transactions across cities

UPI outage hits India: Users report failed transactions across cities

On April 1, 2026, digital payment services across India experienced widespread disruptions, affecting UPI transactions. State Bank of India (SBI) reported over 500 outage complaints, Users from cities including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Pune, Kolkata, Guwahati, and Chennai faced failed transactions, payment errors, and app loading issues

Apr 1, 2026

30 Best Bars India and rise of regional vanguard

30 Best Bars India and the rise of regional vanguard

For the first time in the platform's six-edition history, the top tier of Indian hospitality has been entirely reimagined, signaling a fundamental rebalancing of the nation's aesthetic and sensory priorities.

Jan 13, 2026

Bad weather disrupts PM Modi's Taherpur visit, chopper returns to Kolkata

The Prime Minister's chopper had returned to Kolkata and landed at the airport. While state BJP leaders had hinted at the possibility that he might reach Taherpur by road and attend his twin programmes there, one administrative and the other political, the distance - over 100 kms - did not make it feasible, and PM Modi is scheduled to address the rally virtually from Kolkata.

Dec 20, 2025

Shah Rukh Khan, son AbRam meet Lionel Messi in Kolkata;

SRK, AbRam meet Lionel Messi in Kolkata; Messi exits stadium due to poor management, angry fans throw bottles and chairs at Stadium

Angry fans have resorted to vandalising banners and seats after Lionel Messi was forced to stop his lap of honour due to overcrowding around him. Fans couldn't get a glimpse of Messi. Earlier today, Messi met SRK and his son AbRam and also posed for pictures.

Dec 13, 2025

Bengal police bust fake birth-death certificate racket, Kolkata couple arrested

During the investigation, it was revealed that fake death certificates were made from Pathankoli in the Gosaba area, which is the gateway to the Sundarban National Park. Police said that the arrested couple -- identified as George Clinton Dickson and his wife, Carol Erickson Dickson -- allegedly procured a fake death certificate to fraudulently take possession of a rented shop in the Shakespeare Sarani area.

Nov 24, 2025

Tech startups raise $2.5 bn in Jan-March, make India 3rd most funded globally

Indian startups raise $184.75 million this week; Bengaluru leads

The startup activity was also spread across cities. Bengaluru led with nine deals, followed by Delhi-NCR with five. Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai also saw their startups securing investments. Sector-wise, fintech startups emerged at the top with six funding deals.

Jun 15, 2025

Fake passport racket: Cops tracking foreign nationals enrolled in voters' list in Bengal

Bengal fake passport scam: Pak infiltrator used deceased wife's address to forge identity

Azad Mullick, a Pakistani national arrested earlier this year by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata for his alleged involvement in a fake passport and hawala racket, initially secured Indian identity documents by using the parental address of his deceased Hindu wife, Late Suchandra Biswas.

May 22, 2025

Kolkata hotel blaze: City of joy has history of negligence-prompted major fires

Kolkata has a history of negligence-prompted major fire mishaps in important buildings, which have claimed several lives, and in the latest that happened in the six-storey hotel at Madan Mohan Burman Street, 14 people were killed.

Apr 30, 2025

Woman's body with sealed lips found in dumped trolley bag in Kolkata

The body of a woman with sealed lips was recovered from a trolley bag dumped at the roadside at Baguihati in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on Tuesday.

Apr 22, 2025

Fresh ED raids in Nadia in Bengal fake passport case

Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have been conducting fresh raids and search operations since Thursday morning at Chakdaha in the Nadia district of West Bengal.

Apr 17, 2025

ED arrests Bangladeshi hawala racket kingpin operating from Kolkata

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a Bangladeshi citizen who was not only residing in Kolkata after possessing fake Indian identity documents, including a passport, but also was operating a hawala racket from his residence.

Apr 16, 2025

Bengal school job case: CBI probes why WBSSC infrastructure not used to preserve OMR sheet scans

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths probing the multi-crore cash-for-school job case are now probing why the available infrastructure of West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) was not used in preserving the "scanned" or "mirror" images of the optimal mark recognition (OMR) sheets used in the written examination for appointments for teaching and non-teaching jobs in state-run schools in 2016.

Apr 14, 2025

Communal tension continues in Bengal's Mothabari, 57 arrested

Tension continued in Mothabari in West Bengal's Malda district, where communal attacks took place last week. The state police have claimed to have made 57 arrests in this connection so far.

Mar 30, 2025

RG Kar case: Calcutta HC asks CBI to clarify 'rape or gang-rape', seeks diary

A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to clarify to the court whether the woman doctor of the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, was a victim of "rape" or "gang-rape", and also to submit the case diary.

Mar 24, 2025

Four killed, two hurt as vehicle falls from flyover after tyre burst in Kolkata

Four persons were killed and two others seriously injured in a horrific accident on a flyover on the northern outskirts of Kolkata over the Hooghly river, on Friday morning.

Mar 21, 2025

Calcutta HC lifts ban on political rallies in JU locality till March 13

Calcutta HC directs JU student named in FIR to cooperate with police

A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, directed a student of Jadavpur University (JU) to cooperate in the ongoing investigation by Kolkata Police in the case of ruckus within the university campus on March 1.

Mar 12, 2025

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