Politics
The “winding down” of the Iran war has been replaced by an explicit 48-hour ultimatum. President Donald Trump has warned that the U.S. will destroy Iran’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked, an escalation that comes as Iran expands the battlefield by launching long-range missiles toward the Indian Ocean and threatening U.S. bases across the Gulf.
Internal rebellion hit the Bengal BJP as workers from five districts stormed the party’s Salt Lake headquarters, demanding changes to the 2026 candidate list. With protesters threatening a poll boycott over the nomination of “outsiders,” senior leaders Suvendu Adhikari and Samik Bhattacharya have headed to the capital to address the growing grassroots anger before the campaign hits full throttle.
Kolkata | March 2026As election season intensifies in Kolkata, one…
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday (December 15, 2025) administered the oath of office to former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Raj Kumar Goyal as the Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission.
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife, Navjot Kaur Sidhu, was suspended from the party on Monday (December 8, 2025) after she sparked a controversy by declaring that anyone with “₹500 crore” could become the Chief Minister. Mr. Sidhu is a former cricketer
Suspended Trinamool MLA HumayunKabir on Sunday said that he is likely to tie up with the AIMM in the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal as he claimed that he had a discussion with AIMIM president AsaduddinOwaisi.
With the deadline for uploading documents of Waqf establishments on the UMEED portal drawing to a close on Friday (November 5), Muslim organisations are on edge as they rely on a ‘Plan B’.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta HC rejected the verdict of (now retired) Justice Ganguly on cancelling the appointment of 32,000 primary teachers in State-run and State-aided primary schools across West Bengal.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the state government wants the Centre’s cooperation, not its non-cooperation, as she launched the report card of her Trinamool Congress (TMC) administration’s performance in the last 15 years.
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