After flocking in droves to a meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Union home minister Amit Shah and making a beeline for the podium, it seems the good times are over for these BJP leaders of West Bengal. No longer can they afford to be conspicuous by their absence at the house of a slain party activist or a vandalised saffron camp unit, post a directive from BJP’s central observer for West Bengal, Bhupendra Yadav.
In a recent development, Akhtar Ali, the former deputy superintendent of the state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata and a key whistleblower in the financial irregularities case at the medical institute in the state, tendered his resignation on Monday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sought compensations and further financial support at the Centre to reconstruct flood-affected North Bengal on charges that both Bhutan and the Centre have failed to address the crisis that has killed at least 32 people and displaced thousands of others.
The government debt of West Bengal is expected to outgrow 8 lakh crore by the financial year 2025-26, and it is a considerable increase in the fiscal burden of the state that has already raised eyebrows among economic analysts and political critics.
Amid the outrage over allegations of gang rape of a medical student at Durgapur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remarks on Sunday (October 11, 2025) asking girl students residing in hostels not to venture out at night triggered a fresh controversy.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) cautioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he should not always place his trust in Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Speaking on a range of issues, including the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the State, Ms. Banerjee alleged that Mr. Shah was “behaving like an acting Prime Minister
A high-level All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) delegation which came to Agartala to show solidarity following vandalism of TMC office in Agartala staged a sit-in near the departure block in the airport, accusing authorities of deliberately creating obstacles
The landslides in Darjeeling have led to a heartbreaking toll of 28 lives lost, with six people still unaccounted for. Rescue efforts are actively underway, with teams diligently working to assist isolated villages and those impacted by the disaster. This catastrophe has ignited a fierce political debate between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
BJP MP Khagen Murmu from North Malda, who was attacked while distributing relief materials to flood-affected residents in Jalpaiguri’s Nagrakata area on Monday, has suffered a fracture below his eye.
