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    Teen dead, 3 children sick after eating watermelon in Chhattisgarh

    Agencies
    12 May 2026 10:54 AM IST

    The watermelon had reportedly been cut in the morning and consumed several hours later, raising the possibility of contamination

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    Chhattisgarh
    SIR exercise
    West Bengal

    TMC knocks SC door over SIR again, questions BJP over EC officials’ appointments

    12 May 2026 10:10 AM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari takes oath as the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal at Brigade Parade Ground, Kolkata, on May 9, 2026
    West Bengal

    Hardline Hindutva will backfire in Bengal, warns ex-IAS officer Jawhar Sircar

    12 May 2026 6:30 AM IST
    West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari
    West Bengal

    CM Suvendu assigns key portfolios, DA and 7th pay panel talks next week

    11 May 2026 7:23 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari holds first cabinet meeting as Chief Minister

    CM Suvendu clears land for BSF, Ayushman Bharat rollout in first cabinet meeting

    11 May 2026 2:30 PM IST
    Bengal BJP holds fish-and-rice feasts to prove non-veg is still on the menu

    Bengal BJP holds fish-and-rice feasts to prove non-veg is still on the menu

    11 May 2026 2:00 PM IST
    UPI trail leads cops to killers of Suvendus aide; 3 hitmen arrested

    UPI trail leads cops to Suvendu's aide's killers; 3 hitmen arrested

    11 May 2026 11:58 AM IST
    Beaten, yet Congress could see green shoots in Mamata-less Bengal

    Beaten, yet Congress could see green shoots in Mamata-less Bengal

    10 May 2026 7:20 PM IST
    Suvendu vs Vijay - a study in contrast

    Suvendu vs Vijay: Two first-time CMs take oath, reflecting two Indias

    10 May 2026 6:31 PM IST
    Despite her call for a mega anti-BJP platform, why Mamata seems to be a lonely warrior

    Despite her call for a mega anti-BJP platform, why Mamata seems to be a lonely warrior

    10 May 2026 5:03 PM IST
    Subrata Gupta, ECs special SIR observer, becomes new Bengal CMs adviser

    Subrata Gupta, EC's special SIR observer, becomes new Bengal CM's adviser

    9 May 2026 8:36 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee

    Post debacle, Mamata urges 'grand platform' of Opposition against BJP in Bengal

    9 May 2026 6:08 PM IST
    Siliguri Bangladesh Border BSF

    MEA figures cast doubt on BJP’s narrative of large-scale Bangladeshi infiltration

    9 May 2026 5:13 PM IST
    Narendra Modi

    PM Modi touches 98-year-old man’s feet; who is Makhanlal Sarkar?

    9 May 2026 4:08 PM IST
    West Bengals first BJP government takes over

    Symbolism, social arithmetic define Bengal’s first BJP ministry as Suvendu takes oath as CM

    Samir K Purkayastha
    9 May 2026 2:58 PM IST

    The ceremony, held at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground, marked the culmination of the BJP’s decade-long climb from a marginal force to the seat of...

    Suvendu Adhikari

    BJP govt in Bengal sparks Teesta hope and immigrant ‘push back’ concern in Dhaka

    9 May 2026 1:26 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari with Amit Shah

    From CM's 'right hand' to CM: Suvendu Adhikari set to lead Bengal's first BJP govt

    8 May 2026 8:02 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari

    Suvendu Adhikari to become first BJP CM of Bengal, elected as BJP Legislature Party Leader

    8 May 2026 5:07 PM IST
    west bengal politics

    Bengal still in a state of flux as Amit Shah lands in Kolkata

    8 May 2026 2:35 PM IST
    AI With Sanket

    Bengal violence raises questions over Election Commission's accountability | AI With Sanket

    8 May 2026 9:01 AM IST
    UPI trail leads cops to killers of Suvendus aide; 3 hitmen arrested

    Experts decode Suvendu aide Chandranath Rath murder: 'Firearms, bombs in our genes'

    7 May 2026 8:23 PM IST
    SSC case: HC directs Commission to file new report with relevant details of tainted candidates

    Bengal polls: Ex-Calcutta HC Chief Justice Sivagnanam quits SIR Appellate Tribunal

    7 May 2026 7:53 PM IST
    The Kolkata Municipal Corporation building

    After Bengal, is Kolkata Municipal Corporation set to turn saffron?

    7 May 2026 5:47 PM IST
    UPI trail leads cops to killers of Suvendus aide; 3 hitmen arrested

    From Chakraborty to Rath, Bengal sees another violent death around Adhikari’s inner circle

    7 May 2026 12:00 PM IST
    West Bengal assembly elections

    ADR: 65 pc of new Bengal MLAs face criminal cases, sharp rise from 2021; 61 pc ‘crorepatis’

    6 May 2026 8:41 PM IST
    Deshmukh dissects the Tamil Nadu and West Bengal assembly results

    SIR didn't cost Mamata Bengal, women's anger did, says Yashwant Deshmukh | AI With Sanket

    6 May 2026 6:50 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee and US President Donald Trump

    'Trump in sari': Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh mocks Mamata for refusing to quit

    6 May 2026 6:07 PM IST
    West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya

    BJP announces May 9 swearing-in for the first government in West Bengal

    6 May 2026 5:21 PM IST
    TMC office allegedly razed in Kolkata

    Bulldozer politics reaches Bengal? TMC office razed in Kolkata's New Market area

    6 May 2026 4:41 PM IST
    West Bengal assembly elections

    Will a BJP govt deliver what Bengal needs: Industry and employment?

    6 May 2026 9:57 AM IST
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