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    Humayun Kabir begins building Babri-style mosque in Bengal's Murshidabad

    Agencies
    11 Feb 2026 6:02 PM IST

    Suspended TMC MLA launches Rs 55-cr project under Janata Unnayan Party banner as BJP criticises the move ahead of 2026 West Bengal assembly polls

    Murshidabad, Bengal
    West Bengal
    Bengal police operation to arrest forgery suspect in Mahua Moitra case halted in Noida
    West Bengal

    Bengal police allege political interference in UP over Mahua Moitra 'fake' chat case

    11 Feb 2026 2:58 PM IST
    Why in West Bengal, govt-recognised madrasas aren’t the isolated religious hubs as portrayed by BJP
    West Bengal

    Why in West Bengal, govt-recognised madrasas aren’t the isolated religious hubs as portrayed by BJP

    10 Feb 2026 7:11 PM IST
    SIR hearings underway in West Bengal
    West Bengal

    Amid SIR row, Kolkata civic body sees massive surge in domicile certificate pleas

    9 Feb 2026 6:04 PM IST
    Bengal leaders of the Congress party meets the high command

    West Bengal elections 2026: Congress to go solo after 20 years

    5 Feb 2026 6:51 PM IST
    Decades-old Maoist movement faces oblivion as BJP

    Maoist with Rs 8 lakh bounty, Udham Singh, killed in Bijapur encounter

    5 Feb 2026 6:38 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee and Chandrima Bhattacharya

    West Bengal budget: Mamata govt unveils dole for unemployed, raises women's wage

    5 Feb 2026 4:59 PM IST
    Mamata scores brownie points before polls by taking on EC over SIR in apex court

    Mamata scores brownie points before polls by taking on EC over SIR in apex court

    4 Feb 2026 6:11 PM IST
    ED

    ED conducts raids in Bengal, Delhi in coal mafia case

    3 Feb 2026 3:40 PM IST
    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi

    In Delhi SIR protest, Mamata calls CEC ‘great liar’, says ‘fate will be like Dhankhar’s’

    2 Feb 2026 7:15 PM IST
    migrants from Jharkhand

    14 Jharkhand migrant workers stranded in Dubai, seek govt help to return

    2 Feb 2026 5:52 PM IST
    Little girl protects herself with an open palm

    Red Cross school warden accused of sexually harassing students in Odisha

    2 Feb 2026 4:44 PM IST
    Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

    Repackaged Budget sops for Bengal irk state players: 'Humpty Dumpty Budget'

    1 Feb 2026 2:53 PM IST
    Budget for 2026-27 places Odisha at core of India

    Budget 2026: Big push for BJP-ruled Odisha

    1 Feb 2026 2:12 PM IST
    West Bengal elections: Congress split over solo run or alliance

    West Bengal elections: Congress split over solo run or alliance

    Ubeer Naqushbandi
    1 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST

    State unit divided on going alone or tying up with CPI(M) or TMC as leadership balances national priorities and ground realities ahead of elections

    Beef, Olypub

    Kolkata’s Olypub waiter arrested for serving beefsteak instead of mutton to YouTuber

    31 Jan 2026 8:26 PM IST
    Kolkata fire

    Wow! Momo fire 'not accident but corruption': Amit Shah tears into Mamata

    31 Jan 2026 6:11 PM IST
    Kolkata fire

    WB Governor blames authorities for Kolkata fire; Adhikari leads BJP protest

    30 Jan 2026 6:04 PM IST
    Congress Jharkhand MLAs disgruntled

    Congress top brass to Jharkhand MLAs: No change in ministerial setup

    29 Jan 2026 2:26 PM IST
    Mamata looks to up SIR ante for bigger national footprint

    Mamata looks to up SIR ante for bigger national footprint

    29 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    16 dead, 13 missing in Kolkata godown fire; owner arrested for ‘safety lapse’

    16 dead, 13 missing in Kolkata godown fire; owner arrested for ‘safety lapse’

    28 Jan 2026 8:19 PM IST
    Muslim voters in flux ahead of 2026 Bengal polls as SIR fuels fear

    Muslim voters in flux ahead of 2026 Bengal polls as SIR fuels fear

    27 Jan 2026 10:44 AM IST
    UP professor banned

    Koraput Collector withdraws Republic Day non-veg ban after backlash

    25 Jan 2026 5:39 PM IST
    Amartya Sen, Opposition unity, Manipur

    Amartya Sen flags SIR issues: Undue haste, possible ‘class bias’, ‘faulty arrangement’

    24 Jan 2026 6:12 PM IST
    EC publishes Bengal’s SIR draft list; over 58 lakh voter names deleted

    Bengal misses SC deadline on voter discrepancy list due to software delay

    24 Jan 2026 2:06 PM IST
    Bangladesh unrest casts long shadow on 2026 West Bengal polls

    SIR in West Bengal: Mamata claims 100 deaths, three to four daily suicides

    23 Jan 2026 4:23 PM IST
    Ahead of World No-Tobacco Day, high tobacco use among TN school students raises concerns

    Odisha govt issues fresh order banning chewable tobacco, nicotine products

    23 Jan 2026 9:52 AM IST
    SIR and Election Commission

    Bengal SIR on the boil as EC seeks criminal case against TMC MLA over vandalism

    22 Jan 2026 8:15 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee SIR anxiety deaths book fair

    110 died due to SIR anxiety, my poems on voters’ agony to be published at book fair: Mamata

    22 Jan 2026 6:16 PM IST
    Vehicles

    Centre consults states on stricter Motor Vehicles Act rules to avoid pushback

    22 Jan 2026 10:05 AM IST
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