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    West Bengal

    Battle for Bengal municipalities: After state, BJP eyes TMC’s local power bases

    Samir K Purkayastha
    24 May 2026 6:30 AM IST

    After losing state power, Mamata's party faces an onslaught of mass resignations, high-profile arrests, and bureaucratic blockades aimed at crippling it further

    Battle for Bengal municipalities: After state, BJP eyes TMC’s local power bases
    West Bengal
    Football sculpture designed by Mamata demolished outside Salt Lake stadium
    West Bengal

    Football sculpture designed by Mamata demolished outside Salt Lake stadium

    23 May 2026 8:04 PM IST
    Cow Hug Day, Valentines Day
    West Bengal

    Saffron tide and scarce beef: How a new political era is rewriting Bengal’s food habits

    23 May 2026 7:00 PM IST
    highway on Farakka barrage in West Bengal
    India

    Ganges Treaty talks: What Bangladesh demands from India

    23 May 2026 10:42 AM IST
    West Bengal SIR

    Bengal SIR fiasco continues as tribunals clear just 0.26 pc of around 25L appeals

    22 May 2026 9:33 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee

    After Mamata's fortress falls in Bengal, can TMC MPs keep party flag flying?

    22 May 2026 6:30 AM IST
    TMC protests against hawker eviction

    Thin turnout exposes disconnect in TMC’s first major post-defeat protest

    21 May 2026 9:44 PM IST
    Will Vande Mataram order for madrasas deepen communal fault lines in Bengal? | Capital Beat

    Will Vande Mataram order for madrasas deepen communal fault lines in Bengal? | Capital Beat

    21 May 2026 8:26 PM IST
    repolling in Falta assembly seat, West Bengal

    Falta repoll: Over 74 pc turnout till 3 pm amid tight security

    21 May 2026 4:37 PM IST
    TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee

    Calcutta HC grants TMC's Abhishek Banerjee interim protection in FIR over poll remarks

    21 May 2026 1:44 PM IST
    Why Faltas May 21 re-poll matters beyond a single seat

    Why Falta's May 21 re-poll matters beyond a single Assembly seat

    21 May 2026 6:10 AM IST
    Detect, delete, deport: Suvendu signals tough border shift with BSF land handover

    'Detect, delete, deport': Suvendu signals tough border shift with BSF land handover

    20 May 2026 9:42 PM IST
    West Bengal: TMCs Jahangir Khan accused of extortion in Falta

    West Bengal: TMC's Jahangir Khan accused of extortion in Falta

    19 May 2026 8:00 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari Falta roadshow

    Suvendu Adhikari leads high-voltage Falta campaign before repoll

    19 May 2026 5:33 PM IST
    Jahangir Khan

    West Bengal: 'Pushpa' Jahangir Khan withdraws from Falta re-poll

    The Federal
    19 May 2026 4:33 PM IST

    The Falta repoll has become one of Bengal’s most closely watched post-election flashpoints after TMC alleges intimidation and BJP mocks Khan’s exit

    West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari

    The battle after victory: Suvendu targets Abhishek’s turf as Falta goes to repoll

    19 May 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Bengal cattle slaughter crackdown before Eid triggers backlash from Hindu dairy farmers

    Bengal cattle slaughter crackdown before Eid triggers backlash from Hindu dairy farmers

    18 May 2026 8:10 PM IST
    BJP promises and west bengal debt

    Bengal govt ends religious honorarium schemes, launches Rs 3,000 Annapurna aid

    18 May 2026 4:49 PM IST
    How Suvendus BJP government in Bengal is appropriating Tagores legacy

    Why Suvendu's BJP govt in Bengal can never truly claim Rabindranath Tagore

    18 May 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Police-protesters clash in Kolkata

    Three cops injured as protest against bulldozer action rocks Kolkata's Park Circus area

    17 May 2026 8:53 PM IST
    West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari completes one week in office

    Suvendu's blitzkrieg in first week as CM: Border fencing to bulldozers to RG Kar

    17 May 2026 3:34 PM IST
    BJP promises and west bengal debt

    BJP made big promises to a debt-ridden Bengal; now how will it deliver?

    16 May 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee

    ‘Those who want to leave can go’: Mamata after TMC's election rout

    16 May 2026 12:44 PM IST
    Bulldozer

    Is West Bengal seeing the rise of ‘bulldozer governance’?| Capital Beat

    16 May 2026 6:30 AM IST
    West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari completes one week in office

    RG Kar case: Three IPS officers suspended over alleged lapses in initial probe

    15 May 2026 6:40 PM IST
    Rathindra Bose becomes West Bengal Assembly speaker

    BJP's Rathindra Bose becomes first West Bengal Assembly speaker from state's north

    15 May 2026 1:55 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee returns to the court room - current and past cases

    Mamata returns to courtroom: Past cases when she donned lawyer's gown

    14 May 2026 4:02 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee

    Mamata Banerjee appears in Calcutta HC to argue post-poll violence case

    14 May 2026 1:26 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari

    SIR effect: Bengal, Bihar to bar deleted names from welfare schemes

    14 May 2026 1:07 PM IST
    Bengal heist: How BJP captured the state by hollowing out democracy

    Bengal heist: How BJP captured the state by hollowing out democracy

    13 May 2026 6:00 PM IST
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