• The Federal

    East - Page 2

    Five Odisha school teachers held for ‘raping’ 13-year-old ‘for a long time’

    Agencies
    22 Feb 2026 9:25 AM IST

    Private school teachers held in Kendrapara after 13-year-old accuses them of prolonged sexual abuse; police and child welfare panel launch probe

    Five Odisha school teachers held for ‘raping’ 13-year-old ‘for a long time’
    Odisha
    IRB Battalion, Haryana, Nuh
    Elections 2026

    Central forces to be deployed in West Bengal ahead of Assembly elections

    21 Feb 2026 6:25 PM IST
    BJP’s ethnic strategy in North Bengal falters ahead of Assembly elections
    West Bengal

    BJP’s ethnic strategy in North Bengal falters ahead of Assembly elections

    21 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya
    West Bengal

    Bengal people can eat what they like, state BJP chief says amid Bihar fish-meat sale ban row

    19 Feb 2026 7:37 PM IST
    RG Kar protest

    How tepid R G Kar rape-murder probe is paralysing hospital's key services

    19 Feb 2026 7:11 PM IST
    whatsapp chats leaked

    TMC accuses EC of manipulating voter list via 'WhatsApp instructions'

    19 Feb 2026 2:48 PM IST
    Banglar Yuva Sathi scheme

    Bengal’s job crisis exposed? Queues for Yuva Sathi, anger outside Bikash Bhavan

    18 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Senior journalist Monideepa Banerjee speaks about the SIR controversy, identity politics, and upcoming West Bengal and Assam assembly elections.

    The election is over; Mamata has already won: Monideepa Banerjee

    17 Feb 2026 1:20 PM IST
    Banglar Yuva Sathi camp

    Banglar Yuva Sathi Scheme: Eligibility, how to apply; here’s all you need to know

    15 Feb 2026 4:06 PM IST
    Texas student arrest

    Bengal BLO calls lover’s husband ‘for SIR’, kills him, arrested

    14 Feb 2026 4:48 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal

    What Rahul, other Opposition leaders can learn from Mamata

    14 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and CEC Gyanesh Kumar

    West Bengal SIR row escalates as EC summons Chief Secretary to New Delhi

    13 Feb 2026 6:53 PM IST
    Bengal: BJP deploys external aides to plug grassroots gaps ahead of 2026 polls

    West Bengal elections: BJP deploys external aides, private agencies to plug grassroots gaps

    13 Feb 2026 2:45 PM IST
    Murshidabad, Bengal

    Humayun Kabir begins building Babri-style mosque in Bengal's Murshidabad

    11 Feb 2026 6:02 PM IST
    Bengal police operation to arrest forgery suspect in Mahua Moitra case halted in Noida

    Bengal police allege political interference in UP over Mahua Moitra 'fake' chat case

    Samir K Purkayastha
    11 Feb 2026 2:58 PM IST

    Accused linked to BJP’s IT cell escapes as Bengal police allege political interference; forged screenshots of Mahua Moitra’s alleged private chat...

    Why in West Bengal, govt-recognised madrasas aren’t the isolated religious hubs as portrayed by BJP

    Why in West Bengal, govt-recognised madrasas aren’t the isolated religious hubs as portrayed by BJP

    10 Feb 2026 7:11 PM IST
    SIR hearings in West Bengal

    Amid SIR row, Kolkata civic body sees massive surge in domicile certificate pleas

    9 Feb 2026 6:04 PM IST
    Bengal leaders of the Congress party meets the high command

    West Bengal elections 2026: Congress to go solo after 20 years

    5 Feb 2026 6:51 PM IST
    Naxal-affected districts in India reduce to 7 in latest review

    Maoist with Rs 8 lakh bounty, Udham Singh, killed in Bijapur encounter

    5 Feb 2026 6:38 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee and Chandrima Bhattacharya

    West Bengal budget: Mamata govt unveils dole for unemployed, raises women's wage

    5 Feb 2026 4:59 PM IST
    Mamata scores brownie points before polls by taking on EC over SIR in apex court

    Mamata scores brownie points before polls by taking on EC over SIR in apex court

    4 Feb 2026 6:11 PM IST
    ED

    ED conducts raids in Bengal, Delhi in coal mafia case

    3 Feb 2026 3:40 PM IST
    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi

    In Delhi SIR protest, Mamata calls CEC ‘great liar’, says ‘fate will be like Dhankhar’s’

    2 Feb 2026 7:15 PM IST
    migrants from Jharkhand

    14 Jharkhand migrant workers stranded in Dubai, seek govt help to return

    2 Feb 2026 5:52 PM IST
    Little girl protects herself with an open palm

    Red Cross school warden accused of sexually harassing students in Odisha

    2 Feb 2026 4:44 PM IST
    Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

    Repackaged Budget sops for Bengal irk state players: 'Humpty Dumpty Budget'

    1 Feb 2026 2:53 PM IST
    Budget for 2026-27 places Odisha at core of India

    Budget 2026: Big push for BJP-ruled Odisha

    1 Feb 2026 2:12 PM IST
    West Bengal elections: Congress split over solo run or alliance

    West Bengal elections: Congress split over solo run or alliance

    1 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Beef, Olypub

    Kolkata’s Olypub waiter arrested for serving beefsteak instead of mutton to YouTuber

    31 Jan 2026 8:26 PM IST
    Kolkata fire

    Wow! Momo fire 'not accident but corruption': Amit Shah tears into Mamata

    31 Jan 2026 6:11 PM IST
    X