With rebel TMC MPs given top positions in the little-known party they joined in June and a former BJP man at its helm, suspicions deepen on the saffron party's role in the 'merger'
Mamata Banerjee fights for the ownership of what's her own—the Trinamool name and symbol. But a bypoll complicates matters
Mahua Moitra, the TMC MP from Krishnanagar, has filed a police complaint seeking an FIR against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and alleging criminal misconduct in the SIR process
The college governing body chiefs are expected to operate without letting their political identity spill onto governance, an accusation that had dogged TMC's reign
For Mamata Banerjee, fighting the bypolls under a new party name and symbol, and having to back the Congress nominee in Nandigram is an extraordinary turn of events
Women's protests spread across Bengal after flagship welfare scheme sees patchy rollout. Suvendu says he's righting past wrongs
A Hindu outfit had objected to the use of Islamic greetings in Bushra Bano's video message to students. The BJP government said her transfer was routine
A meeting to plan the next edition of the fair turned into a heated confrontation between the Publishers & Booksellers Guild and a state-appointed advisory board
How easily technology built for creativity can migrate into politics, where questions of consent, deception, misogyny, historical distortion and reputation turn grave
ThePujaApp, documenting Kolkata Durga Pujas since 2013, has been invited to an international conference on religion in the AI age at the University of Erfurt
The Kolkata civic body has suspended licences of 40 food outlets, including big names. Inspections found fungus, rotten items, reused oil, harmful colour and more
The BJP government's altered norms mark a clear departure from the way West Bengal's biggest festival was framed during the Mamata Banerjee era
The BJP leadership in Bengal watches gloomily as local cadre behaviour begins to resemble that of the TMC, as allegations of extortion culture swell
The 'Swasthya Sathi' health cover scheme had been Mamata Banerjee's answer to the centre's Ayushman Bharat rollout. A CAG report now 'exposes' its inefficiencies
A court, while dismissing the petition over insufficient evidence, did not hold that the alleged expenditure had been proven to be legitimate or that the helicopter trips didn't happen
Implementation of the Centre-sponsored Samagra Shiksha programme in 2019-24 was marked by a huge gap between funds allocated and educational outcomes
West Bengal tops the Self-Enumeration for Census 2027 with the highest number of participating households among all states and Union territories
Patnaik's outcry flags Odisha's mammoth revenue loss, erosion of control over mineral resources, and the social and environmental burden on mining-hit communities
Bengal has no dearth of destinations. What it lacks is an integrated system that converts scattered assets into professionally managed tourism
With preparations well underway, the biggest concern for organisers is what happens should a puja fail to conform to the VHP template
