The Latest Breaking News from West Bengal

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik equals Jyoti Basu's record as 2nd longest-serving CM in India. He has held position for 23 yrs & 138 days. His journey began when his father, Biju Patnaik, passed away in 1997.

Police find no evidence of BJP candidate being stripped and paraded in West Bengal's Panchla. Complaint received, FIR registered, but victim yet to come forward. BJP leaders allege incident, but central forces deployed during polls and Leader of Opposition of West Bengal have not reported any such incident.

West Bengal has seen a peak in political violence & related deaths during polls. Analysis of data from 2016-2023 shows J&K recorded the most incidents, followed by West Bengal, UP and Punjab. Most other States recorded less than 700 incidents. The 2019 Lok Sabha polls and the 2018 panchayat polls…

West Bengal BJP holds mega rally in Kolkata to protest alleged irregularities in panchayat polls. Leaders of Opposition, State BJP president and national vice-president participate. INDIA, united platform of Opposition parties, ready to battle BJP, says Mamata Banerjee.

A number of ministers and ruling party MLAs, including Ministers Aroop Roy and Tapas Roy accompanied the Trinamool nominees to the State Assembly. Read more details on The Hindu

There have been demands by States such as Bihar and West Bengal that deaths due to lightning be covered as a natural disaster. The victims will be entitled to compensation from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) once this is notified

More than 40 people have lost their lives so far in the month-long violence, which started with the notification of the elections on June 8.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Shardool Katyayan are joined by senior journalist Monideepa Banerjie.

West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has dubbed Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on violence in the State’s panchayat polls as “distasteful and insensitive”, and wondered about the role of his Ministry in restoring peace in strife-torn Manipur.