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A CID team, meanwhile, visited TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh’s residence again on Saturday after handing over the notice to Abhishek Banerjee.

West Bengal's Education Department has directed schools to complete cleanliness, safety, drinking water, and mid-day meal checks before reopening.

If Hindutva in north and central India is preoccupied, to a great extent, with mandir-masjid politics, in the east it is concerned about illegal immigration.

With the recent polls in these states bringing in new governments, the Education Ministry had written to the Chief Secretaries of all three states last week, making a fresh attempt at prompting them to sign the MoU with the Centre.

CM Suvendu Adhikari, at a press conference in Nabanna, further alleged that the officers were involved in offering bribe to the family and conducting press conference without written order.

For the first time we are looking at a string of elections where you can debate whether the overall outcome reflected popular will.

A Chartered Accountant by profession, Rathindra Basu debuts in the Assembly by defeating Trinamool's Abhijit De Bhowmik in Cooch Behar South.

Mamata Banerjee had earlier appeared in the Supreme Court and made submissions on her petition challenging the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal.

Work for Hindus. Do it seriously, not rhetorically. Development does not stop at the gate of the mosque and temple. Clean air does not check a man's faith before entering his lungs. A functioning public hospital treats whoever walks through its door

As Chief Electoral Officer, the process of SIR that Manoj Agarwal steered achieved a much-needed cleanup, but has been tainted by execution. As Chief Secretary, can he hit reset and refresh?

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: ‘We were shooed out’: Namashi Chakraborty recalls as The Bengal Files set to release in West Bengal

We do not need to be reminded of our superficial differences and then asked to unite as though we were not already united. In a society where, at the philosophical level, divinity is recognised in every individual, artificially promoting diversity is…

West Bengal Live Updates: Garga Chatterjee, founder of the Bangla Pokkho ethno-linguistic rights organisation, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly making provocative statements in the run-up to the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections.

From mobilising 2,000 workers from outside the state who worked in months-long shifts and ran hyperlocal campaigns to detailed Opposition research, the Sangh and the BJP worked closely to lay the foundation of the victory.

A 1990-batch Bengal cadre IAS officer, he has previously served as jute commissioner of India and was CMD of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation during the Singur agitation

“The political realignment in Tamil Nadu will have an impact on the 2029 Lok Sabha polls. The Congress’s move (to break up with DMK and join hands with Vijay) is aimed at boosting its future prospects,” writes Siasat

Garga Chattopadhyay was also accused of spreading misinformation and rumours relating to the election process and electronic voting machines.

Jairam Ramesh pointed out that Subrata Gupta, another 1990-batch IAS officer who oversaw the SIR deletions in Bengal as the special roll observer, has been appointed chief advisor to the Chief Minister.

During the polls, the TMC and Agarwal had several run-ins, with the party accusing him of “working for the BJP”.

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: Manoj Agarwal appointed Bengal Chief Secretary: Oversaw SIR as CEO, faced TMC ire for ‘bias’