The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (November 13, 2025) disqualified senior political leader Mukul Roy from membership of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly following his defection to the Trinamool Congress after winning the Assembly polls on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket over four years ago. A Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice … Read more
Candidates check their seating arrangements before appearing for a West Bengal School Service Commission’s (WBSSC) school staff recruitment examination, at an exam centre, in Kolkata, West Bengal, on September 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has published the results in the rehiring process of teachers who lost their jobs … Read more
An undated image of Tahsin Ahmed, son of TMC Minority Cell’s state leader Shakil Ahmed, who has been accused by the BJP of being involved in a financial scam in Asansol. | Photo Credit: PTI Almost a decade after ponzi scams by Saradha and Rose Valley groups had rocked West Bengal, a fresh chit fund … Read more
People perform rituals at the bank of the Ganga river in Kolkata, West Bengal. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to file a detailed report with primary data on the water quality monitoring of the West Bengal … Read more
Women across the West Midlands are being disproportionately affected by gaps in HIV prevention, according to a new report. Data released ahead of a meeting which will explore the issue shows that while women accounted for 42% of new HIV diagnoses in the region, only 3% of women in the West Midlands are using prevention … Read more
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari. | Photo Credit: PTI Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders staged a protest march to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Kolkata on Friday (October 10, 2025), accusing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of … Read more
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto While there has been a marginal drop in the crime against women in the State, West Bengal continues to record highest incidents of acid attacks in the country, as per the Crime in India 2023 published on September 29. 2025. While the country recorded … Read more
Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: PTI “Around 2.46 lakh candidates are expected to appear for School Service Commission (SSC) examinations on Sunday (September 14, 2025) for the recruitment of assistant teachers for Classes XI and XII in the West Bengal government-aided schools,” officials said. “The School Level Selection Test (SLST) will be conducted … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: The Hindu The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, on Friday (August 29, 2025) held a meeting with representatives of all major political parties of the State, where the representatives were informed about rearrangement of polling booths. As per the new arrangement a polling booth will have … Read more
People holding umbrellas cross the road amid light showers of rain, in Kolkata on Thursday (July 24, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in a bulletin on July 25, 2025, forecasted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall till July 31 in several regions in West Bengal owing to a depression over coastal … Read more