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Trinamool nominates Sobhandeb as Opposition leader, Firhad as Chief Whip

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Trinamool nominates Sobhandeb as Opposition leader, Firhad as Chief Whip

Ballygunge MLA Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, 82, had served as the State Minister of Agriculture and Parliamentary Affairs earlier. File. Photo: X/@SobhandebChatt1. The Trinamool Congress on Saturday (May 9, 2026) nominated senior party leader and Ballygunge MLA Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of Opposition in the 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Mr. Chattopadhyay, 82, had served as…

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Women of Bengal rejected politics of appeasement: CM, Nabin offer prayers at Kali Mandir

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Women of Bengal rejected politics of appeasement: CM, Nabin offer prayers at Kali Mandir

BJP national president Nitin Nabin said the women of West Bengal had “rejected fear and chose good governance”.  | Photo Credit: ANI Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday (May 5, 2026) offered prayers at Kali Mandir in C.R. Park a day after the party won…

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Budget 2026: Mamata Banerjee says ‘nothing for the common man, Bengal’

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Budget 2026: Mamata Banerjee says ‘nothing for the common man, Bengal’

Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary M.A. Baby said the Budget “exposes the blind commitment” of the Modi-led government to a handful of corporate houses. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Opposition parties on Sunday (February 1, 2026) described the Union Budget 2026 as “anti-poor” and “detached” from the country’s economic realities. Left leaders said…

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Centre’s blunder caused Indigo’s flight cancellations ‘disaster’, says Mamata Banerjee

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Centre’s blunder caused Indigo’s flight cancellations ‘disaster’, says Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. | Photo Credit: PTI Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government at the Centre for failing to protect the interests of passengers following the series of lapses that led to massive cancellations of flights by Indigo, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday (December 8, 2025)…

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West Bengal Government Tables Rs 3.89 Lakh Crore Budget In Pre-Poll Year

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West Bengal Government Tables Rs 3.89 Lakh Crore Budget In Pre-Poll Year

Kolkata: The TMC government of West Bengal on Wednesday tabled a Rs 3.89-lakh crore budget for 2025-26, increased dearness allowance (DA) by four per cent state government employees, and focused on rural development, prioritising infrastructure and welfare ahead of next year’s assembly elections. The government unveiled a series of infrastructure and agricultural development projects in…

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“UP Government Not Sharing Correct Figures On Deaths In Maha Kumbh Stampede”: Mamata Banerjee

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“UP Government Not Sharing Correct Figures On Deaths In Maha Kumbh Stampede”: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday raised concerns over the stampede in Maha Kumbh, alleging that the authorities in Uttar Pradesh are “not releasing the correct toll”. Addressing a press conference after the state budget presentation in the West Bengal assembly, Banerjee expressed her frustration over the alleged non-release of the state’s…

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Railway Budget 2025: Funds to railway in West Bengal has been increased three times since Mamata was Minister says Vaishnaw

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Railway Budget 2025: Funds to railway in West Bengal has been increased three times since Mamata was Minister says Vaishnaw

File picture of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday (February 3, 2025) said funds to railway projects in West Bengal have been increased three times since Mamata Banerjee was in charge of the Ministry of Railways. “The allocation which was in Mamata Didi’s (Banerjee) time…

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Mamata Banerjee Seeks Death Penalty For RG Kar Convict, To Go To High Court

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Mamata Banerjee Seeks Death Penalty For RG Kar Convict, To Go To High Court

Kolkata/New Delhi: Expressing her disappointment that Sanjay Roy, the man convicted of raping and murdering a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, did not get the death penalty, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said her government will approach the High Court.  Immediately after a Kolkata court sentenced Roy to…

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