Bengal
With just a day left for the opening of the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair, the Boimela prangon in saltlake awaits to attract crowd from all across the globe. The usual winter afternoon calm is broken by the sound of hammering, and the smell of fresh paint as workers are determined to complete the preparations on time.
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 19, 2026) criticised the Election Commission for the “stress and strain” caused, through its ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, to the ordinary people of the State of West Bengal, where 1.36 crore people, almost 20% of the population, have received notices from the poll body to explain “logical discrepancies” in their names and family backgrounds
Ruling dispensation Trinamool Congress and principal Opposition outfit BJP are shouting of reaping political advantage before Assembly election even though dust is yet to settle on a Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at two offices of I-PAC in Kolkata recently. With chief minister and TMC supremo, Mamata Banerjee storming into the office of I-PAC, her party’s political consultant and emerging with a green file and a lap top stated to be containing TMC poll game plan, senior TMC leaders are claiming political advantage while her action is being looked upon as an instance of obstructing governmental investigation by the saffron camp.
The Bangladeshi immigrant matter is likely to be a major politico-legal issue in the West Bengal Assembly elections.
As the Election Commission announced on Saturday, the West Bengal Assembly is preparing to receive approximately 14,000 new poll booths during the upcoming 2026 Assembly elections. The meeting of the Parties is scheduled for August 29, at 3:30 p.m.
When the Green Line or East-West Metro begins its full Sector V-Howrah Maidan run on Friday, there will be 180 services with eight-minute frequencies during peak hours, sources said. The corridor will operate every day of the week.
India’s relationship with its street dogs has always been complex equal parts affection, fear, and frustration.
They are the men and women who build the roads we drive on, the houses we live in, and the skyscrapers that change our skylines.
Campus security, tribal student welfare, and higher education reforms took centre-stage at the vice chancellors’ conference chaired by West Bengal Governor and Chancellor C V Ananda Bose at Raj Bhavan, an official said on Wednesday.
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