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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.

WB poll official hurt in protest over govt ad display

March 27, 2026, 06:11 PM - 3 min read

The incident took place at Ranaghat Debnath Boys' Institute High School, Nadia, where training sessions for polling personnel were underway.

A calculated jolt, not a reckless leap

March 23, 2026, 05:02 PM - 5 min read

The candidate list unveiled by Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee is not merely an electoral exercise; it is a carefully calibrated disruption. The imprint of Abhishek Banerjee on this list is unmistakable. This is not just candidate selection; it is doctrine in motion. Performance, not patronage, appears to have been the guiding metric.

Stakes high for BJP, Congress in assembly elections

March 17, 2026, 05:32 PM - 6 min read

For Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in particular, these elections are more important, as his party will need to win at least one state to ensure his credibility.

SC turns down objection to Mamata SC appearance

February 10, 2026, 05:51 PM - 3 min read

Mamata Banerjee had appeared and argued before the Supreme Court on February 4 in the case filed by her against SIR in West Bengal.

As part of Tuesday’s operation, ED officials reached the Durgapur residence of sand businessman Prabir Dutta, who has long been associated with the sand business and earlier lived in Panagarh

ED launches raids across Bengal in coal smuggling probe

February 3, 2026, 11:46 AM - 3 min read

The operation is aimed at probing the alleged illegal extraction of coal from Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) and the subsequent smuggling network, and comes days after the ED conducted searches at the house and office of I-PAC owner Prateek Jain in connection with the same coal smuggling case

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.

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

A file photo of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Mamata claims 110 deaths linked to SIR, releases poems

January 22, 2026, 09:30 PM - 3 min read

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said 110 people have died due to stress over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. At the 49th Kolkata Book Fair, she announced the release of her 162nd book, a collection of 26 poems highlighting voters’ struggles under SIR.

Confronting raiding ED team is bad optics for Mamata

January 13, 2026, 04:03 PM - 6 min read

The CM's unprecedented “counter raid” in the ED’s raid has raised eyebrows. That also appears to be the reason for not many of the ‘INDIA bloc’ members coming out in her support.

ED raids I-PAC: Mehbooba calls Mamata Banerjee a ‘tigress’

January 9, 2026, 05:00 PM - 2 min read

Mehbooba was responding to Thursday’s ED searches at the office of the political consultancy firm I-PAC and the residence of its director, Pratik Jain, in Kolkata.