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    Bengal Assembly clears Bills to increase number of civic body wards in Kolkata, Howrah

    Agencies
    12 Aug 2026 5:17 PM IST

    Kolkata wards to rise from 144 to 209 and Howrah wards from 50 to 68; civic polls likely after festive season

    West Bengal Assembly
    West Bengal
    Rebel MPs meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
    Politics

    Will FCRA vote expose TMC rebels’ fragile identity as NCPI MPs?

    12 Aug 2026 11:27 AM IST
    Legal twists, endless wait: How Bengal failed a generation of job seekers
    The Federal Special

    Legal twists, endless wait: How Bengal failed a generation of job seekers

    12 Aug 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Jharkhand protest: Why UPSC, SPSC member appointments need urgent structural reforms
    The Federal Special

    Jharkhand protests: Symptom of deep rot in Public Service Commissions

    11 Aug 2026 7:00 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee

    Mamata faces ‘chor, chor’ slogans at Kolkata event over Netaji remarks row

    11 Aug 2026 6:38 PM IST
    Abhishek Porel

    IPL player Abhishek Porel arrested in rape case

    11 Aug 2026 5:20 PM IST
    BJP workers block Ranchi roads, burn tyres over police crackdown on students

    BJP workers block Ranchi roads, burn tyres over police crackdown on students

    11 Aug 2026 2:42 PM IST
    Jharkhand bandh: BJP shuts state over police action on job aspirants

    Jharkhand bandh: BJP shuts state over police action on job aspirants

    11 Aug 2026 9:28 AM IST
    Jharkhand protest

    Jharkhand protest: Students lathi-charged, teargassed; ex-JPSC chairperson arrested

    10 Aug 2026 11:39 AM IST
    Siliguri Bangladesh Border BSF

    West Bengal tea farmer allegedly abducted, taken to Bangladesh over BSF arrest

    10 Aug 2026 10:04 AM IST
    Jharkhand students to march to Assembly today over recruitment exam irregularities

    Jharkhand students to march to Assembly today over recruitment exam irregularities

    9 Aug 2026 7:47 PM IST
    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

    ‘Could have died’: Mamata alleges car attack in Bengal, slams police for ‘inaction’

    9 Aug 2026 4:38 PM IST
    Jharkhand govt calls 6th round of talks, students slam ‘political manoeuvring’

    Jharkhand govt calls 6th round of talks, students slam ‘political manoeuvring’

    9 Aug 2026 7:18 AM IST
    Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto, right, and others during an indefinite hunger strike

    No breakthrough in Jharkhand exam reform talks; ABVP clashes with police

    8 Aug 2026 3:24 PM IST
    All India Students Association (AISA) National President Neha Bora after a man threw ink on her during a protest

    Ink thrown at AISA chief during Jharkhand exam protest march; accused arrested

    Agencies
    7 Aug 2026 5:16 PM IST

    Following the incident, AISA chief Neha Bora said alleged that the man was a BJP-aided goon adding that she will not be intimidated by such acts

    Jharkhand students stir: 5 protesters join indefinite fast as Soren govt calls for talks

    Jharkhand students' stir: 5 protesters join indefinite fast as Soren govt calls for talks

    6 Aug 2026 11:00 AM IST
    Student leader Devendra Nath Mahato

    Sonam Wangchuk backs Jharkhand students as Mahato's hunger strike enters day four

    5 Aug 2026 1:21 PM IST
    West Bengal assembly elections

    Bengal BJP faces heat as charges of cut money, factional feud echo TMC-era practices

    5 Aug 2026 9:13 AM IST
    Mangal milan nda meeting

    Three NCPI MPs skip NDA meeting, deny joining hands with BJP amid voter concerns

    4 Aug 2026 8:17 PM IST
    D.Y. Patil

    DY Patil, former Bengal Governor and education pioneer, dies at 92

    4 Aug 2026 1:53 PM IST
    online self enumeration suvendu adhikari

    Census 2027: Online self-enumeration starts in West Bengal; here’s how to fill it in

    3 Aug 2026 2:06 PM IST
    Ranchi student protest alleging exam irregularities enters Day 6; CJP lends support

    Ranchi student protest alleging exam irregularities enters Day 6; CJP lends support

    3 Aug 2026 11:49 AM IST
    Dilip Ghosh

    Extortion culture haunts Bengal BJP as two leaders sound alarm

    2 Aug 2026 8:49 PM IST
    BJP yet to end extortion despite coming to power in Bengal, admits state chief

    BJP yet to end extortion despite coming to power in Bengal, admits state chief

    2 Aug 2026 10:22 AM IST
    kulgam terror attack

    Kulgam attack on workers: J&K, Chhattisgarh announce ex-gratia amid all-round criticism

    1 Aug 2026 7:46 PM IST
    West Bengal tea growers

    Bitter harvest: How a pesticide row is choking West Bengal's small tea growers

    1 Aug 2026 6:20 AM IST
    BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari takes the oath, as he becomes West Bengals Chief Minister

    Bengal CM alleges Rs 15K Cr revenue leak in Birbhum, says Mamata govt complicit

    31 July 2026 4:06 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari

    West Bengal: STF nabs suspected JeM operative, cites threat to CM

    31 July 2026 2:52 PM IST
    Taslima Nasreen in Kolkata

    Taslima Nasreen returns to Kolkata after 19 years, says 'I'm feeling very good to be back'

    31 July 2026 2:13 PM IST
    Karnataka collects samples to test claims about cancer causing substances in eggs

    Bengal to serve eggs separately besides ISKCON's satvik midday meal

    30 July 2026 8:00 PM IST
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