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    5.5 magnitude quake jolts Kolkata, other parts of Bengal; no damage reported

    The Federal
    27 Feb 2026 2:17 PM IST

    A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook Kolkata and nearby West Bengal districts on Friday afternoon. No casualties reported; tremors felt across high-rise buildings

    Kolkata earthquake
    West Bengal
    Supreme Court of India
    India

    Bengal SIR training module row: SC says judicial officers won’t be ‘influenced’

    27 Feb 2026 1:40 PM IST
    Amit Shah says BJP will win West Bengal elections, vows to drive out ‘infiltrators’
    India

    Amit Shah says BJP will win West Bengal elections, vows to drive out ‘infiltrators’

    26 Feb 2026 3:52 PM IST
    BJP-CPM ‘understanding’ helped Kerala become Keralam; Bengal pleas ignored: Mamata
    West Bengal

    BJP-CPM ‘understanding’ helped Kerala become Keralam; Bengal pleas ignored: Mamata

    24 Feb 2026 8:35 PM IST
    BJP recalibrates Bengal campaign with youth outreach, professional meets and yatras

    BJP recalibrates Bengal campaign with youth outreach, professional meets and yatras

    24 Feb 2026 3:47 PM IST
    Bengal SIR: SC allows additional civil judges for electoral roll verification

    Bengal SIR: SC allows additional civil judges for electoral roll verification

    24 Feb 2026 12:27 PM IST
    Mukul Roy obit: Chanakya of Bengal politics, a Test cricket connoisseur

    Mukul Roy obit: 'Chanakya of Bengal politics', a Test cricket connoisseur

    23 Feb 2026 12:33 PM IST
    Mukul Roy

    Mukul Roy, former railway minister and Bengal's 'Chanakya' dies

    23 Feb 2026 9:11 AM IST
    IRB Battalion, Haryana, Nuh

    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

    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

    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

    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
    17 Feb 2026 1:20 PM IST

    The senior journalist says the TMC honcho's SIR stance has reshaped the electoral narrative, while the BJP struggles to expand beyond polarisation...

    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
    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

    11 Feb 2026 2:58 PM IST
    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 underway 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
    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
    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
    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
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