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'We had taken a pledge to bring change in this state': CM Suvendu calls Mithun key architect of BJP's Bengal victory

Kolkata, May 16 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday referred to Mithun Chakraborty as one of the key architects behind the BJP's victory in Bengal and his becoming the Chief Min... Read More


CAA applicants won't lose govt benefits despite SIR exclusion: Min

Kolkata, May 16 -- Bengal Food and Supplies minister Ashok Kirtania on Saturday assured that people whose names have been excluded in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise would still continue... Read More


Govt imposes import curbs on silver, puts metal under licence

New Delhi, May 16 -- Within days of levying high customs duties on precious metals, the government on Saturday imposed import curbs on silver by putting the metal under licensed regime for inbound shi... Read More


TMC fact-finding teams visit violence-hit districts

Kolkata, May 16 -- The TMC on Saturday sent three fact-finding teams to violence-hit districts of West Bengal, alleging attacks on party workers and raising fresh questions over the Assembly poll proc... Read More


'Govt institutions cannot accommodate everyone': Affordable education, practical learning stressed at Edu Interface 2026

Kolkata, May 16 -- BJP MLA Sajal Ghosh on Saturday called for making professional education at private institutions more affordable for middle-class and lower-income students at the inauguration cerem... Read More


Several TMC leaders, aides held across Bengal

Kolkata, May 16 -- In a series of police actions ahead of the Falta re-poll, several leaders and associates linked to the Trinamool Congress were arrested across West Bengal on Friday, even as Chief M... Read More


Mamata meets TMC's legal cell members

Kolkata, May 16 -- In the aftermath of the recent Assembly election setback, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday held a meeting with the party's legal cell and senior leaders at Kalighat in Kolkata,... Read More


Man held for fake bomb threat mail to CM

Kolkata, May 16 -- The STF has arrested a man for allegedly sending a hoax threat e-mail claiming that Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari was facing an imminent suicide bomb attack by a woman linked to a... Read More


BJP MLA signals removal of Singur movement references in textbooks

Kolkata, May 16 -- BJP MLA Sajal Ghosh on Saturday indicated that references to the Singur land movement could be removed from school textbooks during future syllabus revisions. Speaking at an educat... Read More


Govt to re-verify caste certs issued since 2011

Kolkata, May 16 -- Bengal Minister for Tribal Development and Backward Classes Welfare Kshudiram Tudu on Friday said the state government has ordered fresh verification of caste certificates issued si... Read More