A day before the Rath Yatra festival, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday held a high-level meeting with officials of Digha Shankarpur Development Authority (DSDA), police and ISKCON monks at the newly constructed Jagannath temple here.
The Election Commission has made it mandatory for new and existing voters to submit a self-attested declaration that they are Indian citizens, whether by birth or by naturalization, and furnish documentary proof of date and place of birth along with that of their parents, officials said on Wednesday, as a political controversy broke out over the EC’s decision to conduct a special intensive revision of the electoral rolls to weed out illegal immigrants ahead of the Bihar polls.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked the 50th anniversary of the Emergency with a scathing attack on Congress on Wednesday, saying that no Indian will ever forget the manner in which the spirit of the Constitution was violated during that period.
In West Bengal’s Kaliganj, one of the five Assembly Constituencies across the country, which went to bye-election on Thursday (June 19, 2025), allegations flew thick and fast.
Three months after the imposition of President’s Rule in Manipur, Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla has approached the Central government with a request for Rs 1,000 crore in special financial assistance to help stabilize the state’s economy.
Prompted by a series of devastating fire incidents, Minister of State Fire and Emergency services, Sujit Bose announced plans of expanding and modernising the state’s fire stations. Defending his department’s response to the Khidderpore fire that destroyed over 1,300 shops, Bose unveiled the initiative.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (June 18, 2025) objected to the use of the term Samvidhan Hatya Divas and the observance of the day on June 25 by the Union government. “Every day, the constitutional values and democracy are being trampled in this country,” Ms. Banerjee said.
The Calcutta High Court sought clarification from the West Bengal government over the controversial retaliatory transfers of Dr. Debasish Haldar, Dr. Aniket Mahato and Dr. Asfaqullah Naiya from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday issued an interim stay on the West Bengal government’s OBC list notification, putting a hold on all actions and processes based on the new list of Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities.
The Congress on Tuesday (June 17, 2025) questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on the U.S. reaching out to Pakistan while referring to Pakistani Army chief Asim Munir’s visit to the country.
