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Alapan Bandyopadhyay got a three-month extension last week from the Narendra Modi government after a request from the Trinamul Congress government for his efficiency in handling the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: ANI)

Bengal may defy Centre, not relieve its chief secretary Alapan...

State government has taken a firm stand by not issuing Bandyopadhyay any order for his release

31 May 2021 6:58 AM IST

East Midnapore: Indian Army personnel carry out rescue and relief works during landfall process of Cyclone Yaas in East Midnapore district. (Photo: PTI)

Cyclone Yaas affects eight lakh people in Jharkhand

Operations are being executed on a war-footing in the vulnerable areas in East and West Singhbhum

27 May 2021 12:59 AM IST

TMC chief Mamata Banerjee with her nephew Abhisekh Banerjees daughter Azania (R), during interaction with media after trends show her partys wins in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Mamata likely to contest from Bhabanipur constituency, sitting MLA to...

Mamata, who lost the polls from Nandigram, needs to get elected to the assembly within six months to hold on to the CM's...

21 May 2021 9:09 PM IST

IPS officer SMH Mirza comes out after being produced by CBI officers in connection with Narada sting operation case, in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Calcutta High Court orders house arrest of four leaders held in Narada...

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta has pleaded for a stay on the execution of the order

21 May 2021 12:56 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waves at supporters at a rally, ahead of the State Assembly polls, at Kalaikunda in West West Medinipur, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (PTI)

Mamata accuses Modi of barring her from demanding on needs for...

In a federal structure, though the CMs were invited, they were not allowed to speak about their public demands

21 May 2021 12:46 AM IST

Former TMC leader Sovan Chatterjee comes out of the CBI office, Nizam Palace, in Kolkata, early Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The Calcutta High Court issued a stay order on the bail of the four All India Trinamool Congress leaders who were arrested Monday in the Narada sting case. (PTI)

Narada sting case: Arrested TMC MLA, former party leader admitted to...

The central agency had also apprehended two senior West Bengal ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee in...

18 May 2021 11:59 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee

CBI arrests 4 TMC men, Mamata storms agency office

The arrest of these four by the CBI, close on the heels of the TMC coming to power in the state, triggered a volcano of...

18 May 2021 9:32 AM IST

TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flashes the victory sign during interaction with media after trends show her partys wins in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (PTI)

Central team in West Bengal for review

Union home ministry sent a 4-member team to review the law and order situation in the state, led by an additional...

7 May 2021 8:32 AM IST

According to the Election Commission website, the BJP was leading in only 53 places. The two parties were locked in a neck-and-neck contest in the initial stages of counting. (AP Image)

Assembly polls: TMC surges ahead of BJP in West Bengal

Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was, however, trailing her BJP rival and sitting MLA Suvendu Adhikari in...

2 May 2021 11:16 AM IST

Voters wait in queues to cast votes at a polling station during the 7th phase of West Bengal Assembly elections at a village near Balurghat in South Dinajpur district, Monday, April 26, 2021. (PTI)

Bengal records 75% voting in seventh phase of polling

Four hot seats -- Bhowanipore, Rasbehari, Ballygunge and Kolkata Port -- in South Kolkata clocked only 59.91 per cent...

27 April 2021 6:27 AM IST

When Didi needs funds, she doesnt waste a moment on these fine people she goes straight to those who have the requisite lolly the Marwaris of Kolkata. (PTI)

Didi cuts rally time, BJP for mini meets in West Bengal

BJP declared that it would not hold big poll campaign rallies in the state; public meetings with not more than 500...

20 April 2021 7:45 AM IST

Five hours before the end of the ban on her campaign, Ms Banerjee cut short her dharna at around 3 pm and headed for home at Harish Chatterjee Street in Kalighat. AP

Mamata wraps up dharna after EC acts against 3 BJP leaders

The EC ordered campaign ban against 3 BJP leaders -- Rahul Sinha, Midnapore MP Dilip Ghosh Nandigram candidate Suvendu...

14 April 2021 12:08 AM IST