Suvendu Adhikari PA killed: 4 bikes, 8 gunmen, a blocked Scorpio: How Suvendu Adhikari’s aide was chased down ambushed near Kolkata airport | Kolkata News

As Rath’s car came to a halt, four assailants on two bikes pulled up next to the vehicle and started firing indiscriminately. KOLKATA: More chilling details have emerged in the killing of Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath, who was chased, trapped and shot dead by bike-borne assailants near Kolkata airport late […]

‘It’s all drama’: Mamata Banerjee reacts to PM Modi’s ‘jhalmuri’ break | India News

In this image posted on April 19, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tries ‘jhalmuri’, street snack made of puffed rice, on the sidelines of public meetings ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Jhargram. (@narendramodi/X via PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday remarked that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]

‘Will seek votes in PM Modi’s name’: Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya on party’s CM face | India News

West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya (PTI) NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday said the party has not decided on its chief ministerial face for the poll-bound state and will instead seek votes in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The BJP’s move to field leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari against […]

‘He should resign first’: Mamata targets PM Modi over voter list row in Bengal polls | India News

NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that he should resign first if voter lists contained names of infiltrators.Speaking at a rally in Dakshin Dinajpur, she said: “If voter list contained names of infiltrators, Modi also won with their votes earlier, so […]

‘No seat vacant’: Congress to take on Mamata with ‘big leader’, contest all 294 in Bengal polls | India News

NEW DELHI: Signalling an aggressive push ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, the Congress on Saturday said it will contest all 294 seats in the state and will not shy away from fielding a candidate against chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Bhawanipur.The announcement came after a meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) […]

ED to move Supreme Court against Mamata over Kolkata raid | India News

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has decided to move Supreme Court seeking remedy against the “unfortunate action of West Bengal chief minister” in obstructing the probe and tampering with evidence in a PMLA case against I-PAC, and a nod to continue with its probe against the political consultancy agency. The petition is likely to […]

VB-G Ram G: President Murmu gives assent to Bill; opposition accuses govt of undermining Gandhi’s legacy | India News

NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave assent to the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB—G RAM G) Bill, 2025, which replaces the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).The new law aims to provide a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment in a financial year to […]

Repatriate pregnant woman: Bangladesh court to Indian mission | India News

KOLKATA: Pregnant Bengal resident Sunali Khatun, disowned as an “illegal immigrant” in India and incarcerated in Bangladesh for unlawful entry after being identified as an Indian by her Aadhaar card, could be returning soon to where she and her unborn child belong.A judicial magistrate’s court in Bangladesh has asked the Indian high commission in Dhaka […]

‘Misogyny cuts across party lines’: Mohua Moitra reacts after TMC distances from Kalyan, Mitra remarks on Kolkata gang-rape case; Banerjee ‘disagrees’ | India News

NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday publicly distanced itself from party MP Kalyan Banerjee and MLA Madan Mitra over their controversial remarks on the Kolkata law college gang-rape case, prompting Banerjee to hit back at the party’s statement, saying a “moral and intellectual alignment” was lacking.In an official post on X, the party said, […]