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Senior lawyers spar in SC over 'ED's role' in WB's I-PAC case

February 18, 2026, 06:26 PM - 4 min read

While senior advocate Sidharth Luthra, appearing for the State of West Bengal, said the ED was being weaponised, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, representing the ED, alleged that the agency was being terrorised. "They will have to justify how an agency can be weaponised like this," Luthra said. "No, agency is not weaponised. The agency has been terrorised," ASG Raju said.

Won't allow impediments to SIR exercise in any state, says SC

February 9, 2026, 05:38 PM - 3 min read

The Bench reiterated that a categorical direction was issued to police to ensure maintenance of law and order, and directed the West Bengal DGP to file a personal affidavit on the allegations against the state.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, in South Avenue area, New Delhi on Monday.

Bengal SIR row: WB govt to post police at Banga Bhavan in Delhi

February 2, 2026, 09:52 PM - 4 min read

The West Bengal government is will deploying police at Banga Bhavan after CM Mamata Banerjee alleged Delhi Police harassment of families protesting errors in the SIR voter roll exercise.

Delhi Police intimidating people from Bengal : Mamta Banerjee

February 2, 2026, 05:50 PM - 3 min read

Ahead of the meeting with CEC , Mamata Banerjee visited Banga Bhawan in Delhi, alleging that people from Bengal were being intimidated by Delhi Police. She said families affected by SIR had been brought to the capital to seek justice and were now facing pressure.

The Commission stated that its primary objective during the SIR process is to ensure administrative neutrality ahead of the elections

EC flags violation by WB govt over transfer of SIR overseers

January 28, 2026, 02:00 PM - 3 min read

The Commission on Tuesday sent a strongly worded letter to the Chief Secretary of West Bengal, alleging that key officials involved in the sensitive exercise were transferred in violation of clear instructions issued earlier

According to sources, the chief minister was considering taking representatives of families who allege that their family members’ names were removed during the SIR process to Delhi

Mamata postpones Delhi trip following Ajit Pawar’s death

January 28, 2026, 01:05 PM - 3 min read

The chief minister was slated to address a rally in Singur on Wednesday and then proceed to the national capital, but sources said the plan was deferred immediately after news of the accident reached her

Citing UNESCO honour, Mamata lays foundation for ‘Durganagan’

December 29, 2025, 07:02 PM - 3 min read

The project is being developed on over 17 acres of land in Action Area-I of Newtown, directly opposite the Newtown bus stand. The construction responsibility has been entrusted to the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO), which also executed the Jagannath Temple project in Digha.