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    Months after Bengal SIR, BLOs await dues; no ex-gratia for kin of dead

    Samir K Purkayastha
    15 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST

    BLOs across state face unpaid dues; families of those who died during exercise await compensation; EC yet to decide if 18 deaths were at all linked to SIR

    SIR of electoral rolls
    West Bengal
    Madrasa
    West Bengal

    Closure notices to 252 Bengal madrasas: 'BJP's big political message to Muslims'

    14 Sept 2026 8:29 PM IST
    Ritabrata Banerjee
    West Bengal

    Rebel TMC faction names candidates for Nandigram, Rejinagar bypolls

    14 Sept 2026 8:07 PM IST
    Kolkata: Lenin Sarani, Karl Marx Sarani, Ho Chi Minh Sarani may get new names
    West Bengal

    Kolkata: Lenin Sarani, Karl Marx Sarani, Ho Chi Minh Sarani may get new names

    14 Sept 2026 6:52 PM IST
    UP: Administration closes 10 unrecognised madrasas in Shravasti district

    Bengal govt orders closure of 252 madrasas over lack of approvals, basic infrastructure

    14 Sept 2026 4:00 PM IST
    In reverse flow, India exports 500 tonnes of hilsa to Bangladesh in two months

    In reverse flow, India exports 500 tonnes of hilsa to Bangladesh in two months

    14 Sept 2026 8:49 AM IST
    Odisha constitutes technical panel for care of five rescued orangutans

    Odisha constitutes technical panel for care of five rescued orangutans

    13 Sept 2026 1:19 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari

    Suvendu counters godman’s Durga Puja remark, says food choices constitutional

    13 Sept 2026 9:04 AM IST
    Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee

    TMC symbol row: EC hears Mamata, Ritabrata factions ahead of Bengal bypolls

    12 Sept 2026 6:47 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari

    Suvendu Adhikari accuses Left, TMC of undermining Bengali Hindu traditions

    12 Sept 2026 1:14 PM IST
    Electronic Voting Machine (EVM)

    Bengal: Congress names candidates for bypolls to Rejinagar, Nandigram

    12 Sept 2026 8:52 AM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari, Ritabrata Banerjee, Mamata Banerjee

    Which TMC is the real TMC? Symbol battle heats up Bengal by-polls

    11 Sept 2026 7:59 PM IST
    Durga Puja, Navaratri, Navratri, Bhatpara

    Why Dhirendra Shastri’s Durga Puja veg food remark sparked a Bengal row

    10 Sept 2026 4:14 PM IST
    West Bengal Census: Fearing welfare cuts, households undercount assets

    West Bengal Census: Fearing welfare cuts, households undercount assets

    10 Sept 2026 2:27 PM IST
    Kolkata hotel fire

    Shikha Inn fire effect: 919 Kolkata hotels, guest houses get temporary closure notices

    Agencies
    9 Sept 2026 8:58 AM IST

    Only 41 of 960 establishments inspected so far found to be compliant with required fire safety measures

    Rare sighting: 5 orangutans, not native to India, found in Odisha forest; probe launched

    Rare sighting: 5 orangutans, not native to India, found in Odisha forest; probe launched

    8 Sept 2026 5:13 PM IST
    West Bengal Muslims deleted from rolls by SIR fear deportation

    On the voter list, yet deported? SIR throws up a new Bengal puzzle

    8 Sept 2026 9:20 AM IST
    TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee

    ‘Enough is enough’: Calcutta HC shields Abhishek Banerjee from arrest in 3 FIRs

    8 Sept 2026 9:04 AM IST
    Ashtami dry day, no DJ music, no carnival: BJP govt lays down Durga Puja rules

    Ashtami dry day, no DJ music, no carnival: BJP govt lays down Durga Puja rules

    8 Sept 2026 8:42 AM IST
    Mahua Moitra

    Calcutta HC sets aside arrest warrant against Mahua Moitra, shifts case to MP/MLA court

    7 Sept 2026 8:52 PM IST
    Bengal BJP chief rejects Bageshwar Baba’s call to shun non-veg during Durga Puja

    Bengal BJP chief rejects Bageshwar Baba’s call to shun non-veg during Durga Puja

    7 Sept 2026 8:09 PM IST
    teachers and non-teaching staff who lost their jobs protesting in Kolkata

    Bengal teachers who lost jobs due to court rulings stage sit-in, seek speedy recruitment

    7 Sept 2026 5:09 PM IST
    Samik Bhattacharya

    ‘Guptas, Jaiswals saved north Kolkata Bengalis’: Bengal BJP chief’s remark sparks row

    7 Sept 2026 9:16 AM IST
    West Bengal Christians tighten safeguards amid attacks, conversion row

    West Bengal Christians tighten safeguards amid attacks, conversion row

    6 Sept 2026 2:17 PM IST
    Senior JMM leader, Jharkhand minister Sudivya Kumar dies at 56

    Senior JMM leader, Jharkhand minister Sudivya Kumar dies at 56

    6 Sept 2026 8:54 AM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari

    Bengal school curriculum to include chapters on SP Mookerjee, Swami Pranabananda

    5 Sept 2026 6:04 PM IST
    Jhiram Valley Maoist attack: NIA court convicts all 10 accused

    Jhiram Valley Maoist attack: NIA court convicts all 10 accused

    5 Sept 2026 4:13 PM IST
    Rebel MPs meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

    Neither here nor there: BJP snub deepens TMC rebel MPs’ predicament

    3 Sept 2026 6:31 PM IST
    TMC office at Camac Street, Kolkata

    Abhishek Banerjee accuses BJP workers of vandalising TMC office; BJP denies charge

    3 Sept 2026 11:32 AM IST
    Why all eyes are on a Sept 7 meeting as VHP’s Durga Puja diktats draw flak

    Why all eyes are on a Sept 7 meeting as VHP’s Durga Puja diktats draw flak

    2 Sept 2026 7:21 PM IST
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