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West Bengal: BJP government launches ‘Apnar Sarkar Apnar Pashe’ helpline to reach out to people directly, resolve their grievances

OpIndia Staff - 4 June, 2026

Chief Minister Subhendu Adhikari has launched West Bengal's new public grievance initiative, "Apnar Sarkar Apnar Pashe."

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“If you want to live in this country, you must say Vande Mataram”: Suvendu Adhikari defends his government’s decision mandating recitation of the National...

OpIndia Staff - 3 June, 2026

The recitation of full national song (Vande Mataram) during the morning assembly at all schools and madrasas has been made mandatory.

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What is the ‘signature scam’ of the TMC, which has created a political storm in Bengal and caused embarrassment for Mamata Banerjee

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2026

The Trinamool Congress on Monday, 1st June, expelled two of its MLAs, Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha, after both leaders raised serious allegations regarding forged signatures in a document submitted to the West Bengal Assembly Speaker’s office. The controversy, now widely referred to as the Bengal “signature scandal”, has triggered a major political storm in the state and intensified tensions between the ruling BJP government and Mamata Banerjee-led TMC.

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Mamata Banerjee’s meeting with newly elected TMC MLAs falls flat as only 20 of 80 legislators turn up; party blames attack on Abhishek Banerjee

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2026

Even though around 20 MLAs had already reached the venue for the scheduled 3 pm meeting, the party eventually decided to cancel it and hold it later on another date.

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The Red Horrors: Remembering the 1990 Bantala case in West Bengal, when CPI(M) goons brutally gang-raped 3 female medical officers

Shriti Sagar - 31 May, 2026

The victims were Anita Dewan, Deputy District Extension Media Officer; Uma Ghosh, a senior official in the West Bengal Health Department; Renu Ghosh, associated with UNICEF and WHO programmes; and their driver Avni Naiya.

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West Bengal: Former TMC MLA Khokan Das arrested from UP in political violence and extortion case, was calling himself ‘BJP leader’ after election results

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2026

West Bengal Police on Sunday arrested former Trinamool Congress MLA Khokan Das from Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar (formerly Mughal Sarai) in Uttar Pradesh....

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West Bengal: Hundreds of tarpaulins, blankets and footballs recovered from TMC leader Tapan Chatterjee’s house, the former MLA arrested amid ‘chor chor’ slogans

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2026

West Bengal Police conducted a major raid on Sunday at the residence of Tapan Chatterjee, the former Trinamool Congress MLA from Purbasthali North in...

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‘Remember what we have done for you’: Mamata Banerjee threatens CEO of hospital where Abhishek Banerjee was treated after being beaten by locals, audio...

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2026

In the viral audio clip, Mamata Banerjee was heard saying, "You are running the hospital, and the BJP is in power. Tomorrow, if the central government is not there, we will take care of it.”

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West Bengal: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee assaulted by locals in Sonarpur, eggs thrown, glasses broken and ‘chor’ slogans raised while visiting slain TMC worker’s...

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2026

Amid continuing post-poll tensions in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee was reportedly up and pelted...

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