• The Federal

    West Bengal

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

    Ubeer Naqushbandi
    5 Feb 2026 6:51 PM IST

    Refusing to go with either the TMC or the Left, the Grand Old Party decides to contest alone, an idea that its high command backs and hopes to see the party gaining strength

    Bengal leaders of the Congress party meets the high command
    India
    Mamata Banerjee and Chandrima Bhattacharya
    West Bengal

    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
    West Bengal

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

    4 Feb 2026 6:11 PM IST
    ED
    West Bengal

    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
    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
    Kolkata fire

    WB Governor blames authorities for Kolkata fire; Adhikari leads BJP protest

    30 Jan 2026 6:04 PM IST
    Mamata looks to up SIR ante for bigger national footprint

    Mamata looks to up SIR ante for bigger national footprint

    29 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    16 dead, 13 missing in Kolkata godown fire; owner arrested for ‘safety lapse’

    16 dead, 13 missing in Kolkata godown fire; owner arrested for ‘safety lapse’

    28 Jan 2026 8:19 PM IST
    Muslim voters in flux ahead of 2026 Bengal polls as SIR fuels fear

    Muslim voters in flux ahead of 2026 Bengal polls as SIR fuels fear

    27 Jan 2026 10:44 AM IST
    Amartya Sen, Opposition unity, Manipur

    Amartya Sen flags SIR issues: Undue haste, possible ‘class bias’, ‘faulty arrangement’

    24 Jan 2026 6:12 PM IST
    EC publishes Bengal’s SIR draft list; over 58 lakh voter names deleted

    Bengal misses SC deadline on voter discrepancy list due to software delay

    The Federal
    24 Jan 2026 2:06 PM IST

    The list to be published will include names with data discrepancies as well as "unmapped" voters, totalling around 1.26 crore

    Bangladesh unrest casts long shadow on 2026 West Bengal polls

    SIR in West Bengal: Mamata claims 100 deaths, three to four daily suicides

    23 Jan 2026 4:23 PM IST
    SIR and Election Commission

    Bengal SIR on the boil as EC seeks criminal case against TMC MLA over vandalism

    22 Jan 2026 8:15 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee SIR anxiety deaths book fair

    110 died due to SIR anxiety, my poems on voters’ agony to be published at book fair: Mamata

    22 Jan 2026 6:16 PM IST
    Vehicles

    Centre consults states on stricter Motor Vehicles Act rules to avoid pushback

    22 Jan 2026 10:05 AM IST
    Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar

    Bengal DGP appointment row: CAT steps in, sets deadlines for govt, UPSC

    21 Jan 2026 6:21 PM IST
    Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally

    Kolkata’s Statesman Vintage and Classic Car Rally 2026: Living museum on wheels

    21 Jan 2026 9:38 AM IST
    Mohammed Shami

    SIR process will not harm anyone, Shami clarifies after hearing in Kolkata

    20 Jan 2026 4:42 PM IST
    Bangladesh unrest casts long shadow on 2026 West Bengal polls

    Army seeks Bengal Governor’s intervention over Mamata’s Fort William and SIR claim

    20 Jan 2026 12:08 PM IST
    SC directs EC to display SIR discrepancy lists at West Bengal panchayat offices

    SC directs EC to display SIR discrepancy lists at West Bengal panchayat offices

    19 Jan 2026 4:03 PM IST
    Chandra Kumar Bose, BJP, West Bengal, Citizenship Act, inclusion of Muslims, Hindus, Hindutva

    Netaji’s grandnephew slams SIR as ‘sheer harassment’, alleges lack of clarity

    19 Jan 2026 2:55 PM IST
    Bengal egg curry-rice

    Bengal BJP borrows rival Mamata's 'Dimbhaat' route to woo voters

    18 Jan 2026 7:25 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee

    Mamata Banerjee urges CJI to protect Constitution, democracy amid I-PAC raid row

    17 Jan 2026 7:53 PM IST
    Narendra Modi

    Modi in Malda: Infiltration biggest challenge for Bengal, refugees need not worry

    17 Jan 2026 4:46 PM IST
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off Indias first Vande Bharat sleeper train between Howrah and Guwahati

    PM Modi launches transport projects worth over Rs 3,250 cr in Bengal

    17 Jan 2026 3:14 PM IST
    Vande Bharat Sleeper, Narendra Modi

    India’s first Vande Bharat sleeper train: PM Modi flags off from Malda

    17 Jan 2026 1:55 PM IST
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