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Kolkata, April 11 According to data released by the Election Commission on Saturday, more than 3.6 crore voters across 16 districts will be eligible to exercise their franchise in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections on April 23.The electoral rolls for the first phase include...

Kalyani, April 11 – A quick-fire brace by Halicharan Narzary within two minutes ensured Diamond Harbour FC a 3-1 victory against Chanmari FC in the Star Cement Indian Football League (IFL) 2025-26 at the Kalyani Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday.This result ensured Diamond Harbour FC extended...

Kolkata, April 11 – The BJP wrote a letter to the office of the state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Saturday, highlighting the illegal appointment of contractual staff as sector officers/assistants in the Kasba Assembly constituency in Kolkata.In the letter, the party stated: "It has come...

Kolkata, April 11 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his final of three campaign rallies in West Bengal on Saturday, amidst the crucial two-phase Assembly elections in the state next month, appealed to the people of the state to change the Trinamool Congress regime, which he said had been ruling...

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted fresh searches today against former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and others as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering related to a teacher recruitment scam in the state. The ED conducted searches at two locations in...

Kolkata, April 11 ED officials visited the residence of former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee in Kolkata on Saturday in connection with the school jobs recruitment scam, sources said.A team of ED officials reached Chatterjee's house in the Naktala area around 10:45 am after...

New Delhi/Kolkata, April 11 The Enforcement Directorate conducted fresh searches on Saturday against former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee and others as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering related to a teacher recruitment scam in the state, officials said...

Kolkata, April 10 Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata on Friday to release the BJP's election manifesto for the West Bengal assembly polls, and to campaign for the party.He was received at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport by BJP state president Samik...

Kolkata, April 9 – The Enforcement Directorate, Kolkata Zonal Office, recently conducted searches at eight premises across Kolkata in a case linked to Biswajit Podder alias Sona Pappu, Jay S. Kamdar, and others, the central investigating agency said in a statement on Thursday.During the...

Kolkata, April 9 The Calcutta High Court said on Thursday that the CBI may question the convict, Sanjay Roy, or any other suspect in the RG Kar rape-murder case.Hearing a petition filed by the parents of the victim doctor seeking further investigation into the crime, in which former civic...

Kolkata, April 9 Former Union Minister Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury died in Kolkata due to age-related ailments, his family said on Thursday.Choudhury, popularly known as Dalu, was 89 years old. He is survived by his wife and a son, Isha Khan Choudhury, who is a Member of Parliament for Malda...

Panihati (West Bengal), April 9 – BJP leader Smriti Irani accompanied Ratna Debnath, the mother of the victim of the RG Kar rape-murder, as she filed her nomination as a candidate for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Panihati, West Bengal.During the event, Irani launched a strong attack on the...

Kolkata, April 9 Debasish Kumar, the Trinamool Congress candidate for the Rashbehari assembly constituency in south Kolkata, who is seeking re-election from the seat, has declared movable and immovable assets worth a total of Rs 4.95 crore.In the affidavit filed for the 2021 assembly elections...

Senior BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address public meetings in Haldia, Asansol, and Suri in the Birbhum district.BJP leader and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will participate in a meeting with farmers in Singur, in the Hooghly district, followed by a conclave in...

Kolkata, April 9 – Following overnight rain, the Met Office on Thursday predicted rain accompanied by thunderstorms over Kolkata and south Bengal districts for the rest of the day and Friday.The Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata's Alipore said that there is an axial line over Gangetic...

Kolkata, April 9 – As the Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency in South Kolkata prepares for the most high-profile electoral contest in West Bengal later this month, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, pitted against each other, the...

Kolkata, April 9 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has searched the premises of Kolkata-based realty company Merlin Group and its promoters as part of a money laundering investigation, an official of the central probe agency said.It was learned that about seven premises linked to the group...

Kolkata, April 8 – Three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their fourth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, which will be held at their home ground, Eden Gardens, in Kolkata on Thursday.KKR has had a difficult start to their campaign...

Kolkata, April 8 Turning her nomination filing for the Bhabanipur seat into a political counteroffensive to the BJP's call for "paribartan," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday marched from her Kalighat residence to submit her papers, presenting the constituency as a "mini...

Kolkata, April 8 – At least three people died, and ten others were injured in a head-on collision between a speeding four-wheeler and an auto-rickshaw carrying passengers on Wednesday in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.The horrific road accident occurred on the Basanti Highway in the...