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TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.

West Bengal police files FIR against Abhishek Banerjee for alleged 'inflammatory' remarks during elections

16 May 2026

Former West Bengal CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee speaks during a meeting with the party's contesting candidates at Kalighat, in Kolkata, on Friday, May 15, 2026.

Mamata calls for TMC rebuild after Bengal polls, says 'those who want to leave can go'

15 May 2026

Bangla Pokkho chief Garga Chatterjee

Police arrest Bangla Pokkho chief Garga Chatterjee for his provocative remarks on EVM functioning

12 May 2026

Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari

Bengal CM Suvendu allocates departments to five ministers in his cabinet

11 May 2026

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

TMC councillor arrested for obstructing Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's election campaign on April 4

10 May 2026

TMC alleges sixth post-poll violence death in Bengal after Hooghly panchayat member's body found

TMC alleges sixth post-poll violence death in Bengal after Hooghly panchayat member's body found

10 May 2026

In many Muslim neighbourhoods across the city and the districts, the reaction was neither dramatic nor defiant but was rather watchful.

Caught between caution and pragmatism, Bengal Muslims weigh first BJP govt in state

10 May 2026

Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari

Kolkata erupts in festive mood as BJP supporters gather at Brigade Parade grounds for swearing-in ceremony

09 May 2026

Former EC special observer for SIR Subrata Gupta appointed adviser to West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari

SRO Subrata Gupta appointed as Bengal CM’s advisor; CEO Manoj Agarwal to become Chief Secretary

09 May 2026

TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee alleges poll irregularities in Bengal; accuses EC of 'partisan conduct'

09 May 2026

Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi.

PM Modi’s ‘Anga, Banga, Kalinga’ mission completed in Bengal: CM

09 May 2026

Party insiders said the decision to move the seat of government back to Writers’ was driven also by sentiment — by a desire to reconnect governance with the historic centre from which Bengal had long been ruled.

BJP will function from Writers’, not Nabanna from where TMC ruled

09 May 2026

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (L) with BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari during a press conference after the BJP legislature party meeting, in Kolkata, West Bengal, Friday, May 8, 2026.

Suvendu Adhikari to become first BJP CM of Bengal; to swear in today

08 May 2026

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