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West Bengal: FIR filed against actress Sreelekha Mitra over objectionable poster of PM Modi at NEET protest in Kolkata

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2026

The BJP filed an FIR against actress Sreelekha Mitra for holding an objectionable poster of PM Narendra Modi during a NEET protest in Kolkata.

Crime

Who is Laraib Sheikh? Instagram content creator identified after viral video shows journalist being chased and assaulted during Kolkata CJP protest

OpIndia Staff - 25 July, 2026

In the viral clip, the man is seen chasing the journalist, using abusive language and shouting, "Godi Media pakda gaya".

Law

Mamata Banerjee says she would rather join Cockroach Janta Party protests than welcome the TMC ‘rebels’ back

OpIndia Staff - 21 July, 2026

Addressing TMC’s July 21 rally, Mamata Banerjee declared she would rather join the "Cockroach Janata Party" than welcome rebels backAddressing TMC’s July 21 rally, Mamata Banerjee declared she would rather join the "Cockroach Janata Party" than welcome rebels back

News Reports

Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen to return to Kolkata after two decades

Shraddha Pandey - 15 July, 2026

As the news of the potential return of Taslima Nasreen to Kolkata surfaced, Islamists in and outside the political circles of West Bengal got triggered.

News Reports

Kolkata: No Martyrs’ Day rally in front of Victoria House this year, Congress and two factions of TMC to organise 3 parallel events at...

OpIndia Staff - 15 July, 2026

The Calcutta High Court has directed the Mamata Banerjee faction of Trinamool Congress (TMC) to shift its annual Martyrs’ Day rally away from its...

News Reports

From calling Ramayana ‘cartoon’, making gaumutra jibes to harassing TMC critics with FIRs: Meet Nilanjan Das, the henchman of Mamata Banerjee who was thrashed...

Shraddha Pandey - 9 July, 2026

The TMC leader has an opprobrious record of threatening FIRs against anyone who criticized his party or Mamata Banerjee. Nilanjan Das is a close aide of TMC motormouth MP Mahua Moitra.

News Reports

Ritabrata Banerjee faction of Trinamool Congress takes control of party headquarters in Kolkata’s EM bypass, claim they are the real party

OpIndia Staff - 3 July, 2026

In a dramatic escalation of the ongoing power struggle within the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the rebel faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee took control of...

Opinions

Nazia Elahi Khan is an excuse: Islamists of Kolkata are desperate to show some street power after losing their political power

Rukma Rathore - 26 June, 2026

The political heft and the non-stop access to power for the Islamists have ceased with the dismissal of the TMC government in West Bengal. The numerous protests, violent threats and complaints against Nazia are a symptom of that.

News Reports

Supreme Court stays Delhi HC order directing release of 1993 Bowbazar blast ‘mastermind’ Rashid Khan who ‘intended to kill Hindus in Kolkata’: Read what...

Anurag - 24 June, 2026

The 1993 Calcutta explosion killed 69 people after stockpiled explosives detonated inside a clandestine workshop. First CPM govt in 2007 and then TMC govt in 2015 tried to prematurely release mastermid behind the explosion, Rashid Khan.

Crime