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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge addresses a public meeting ahead of the Assembly elections, in Cooch Behar, West Bengal. (@kharge/X via PTI Photo)

Vote for TMC strengthens BJP: Kharge’s Bengal attack

April 20, 2026, 10:33 PM - 4 min read

Kharge alleges ‘secret pact’ between BJP and TMC in Bengal, urges voters to back Congress, flags CAA, delimitation and unemployment as key concerns.

Police personnel patrol a street in Malda amid heightened security following unrest over the SIR electoral roll revision. (File photo)

SIR protests intensify across Bengal, tear gas used, 18 held

April 2, 2026, 05:18 PM - 3 min read

SIR protests intensify in north Bengal; violence in Malda, 18 arrested, SC seeks report and orders probe as unrest spreads to Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar.

Security personnel conduct a flag march ahead of Assembly elections in West Bengal. The number of polling phases will depend on the availability of central armed police forces. (PTI Photo)

Central force availability to decide Bengal poll phases

February 12, 2026, 05:10 PM - 3 min read

The number of phases for the forthcoming West Bengal Assembly elections will depend on the availability of central armed police forces, a senior official in the Chief Electoral Officer’s office said. The Election Commission is assessing force requirements before taking a final decision.

CM Mamata Banerjee addressing a gathering in Siliguri in September this year.

Mamata lands in Siliguri for welfare push, post-flood review

November 10, 2025, 03:21 PM - 3 min read

Mamata Banerjee began a two-day visit to North Bengal to lead a public service programme, distribute pattas, inaugurate health centres and review rehabilitation work after recent floods and landslides.

Relief materials being distributed to flood-affected residents in Alipurduar.

Mamata orders swift repair of flood-hit schools in North Bengal

October 22, 2025, 02:10 PM - 3 min read

Floods and landslides have destroyed over 170 schools across North Bengal, prompting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to order urgent reconstruction before the Puja holidays.

Villagers in WB volunteer land for Indo-Bangla border fencing

May 16, 2025, 02:37 PM - 4 min read

Villagers along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal are voluntarily offering land for fencing amid rising security concerns, reflecting a strong sense of patriotism and urgency to secure the boundary.

BSF foils Bangladeshi infiltration bid at Bengal’s Cooch Behar border

BSF foils Bangladeshi infiltration bid at Cooch Behar border

August 9, 2024, 07:01 PM - 2 min read

The crowd, allegedly comprising mostly Bangladeshi Hindus, assembled some 400 metres away from the fence alongside a water body at the Genduguri and Doikhawa villages in the Lalmonirhat district of Bangladesh.

Political turmoil over women's safety derails Bengal again

July 1, 2024, 04:51 PM - 2 min read

In Cooch Behar and North Dinajpur districts of West Bengal, two incidents of assault allegedly project the ruling party's reluctance towards safety of women.

Mamata meets BJP MP Ananta Maharaj in Cooch Behar

June 18, 2024, 03:28 PM - 2 min read

While the state BJP has so far not responded to the development, which is likely to add to the party’s discomfiture, Roy himself was cryptic about the meeting.