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West Bengal: Huge cache of weapons and ammunition recovered from pond near TMC leader’s house, the former party regional president fled before police arrived

OpIndia Staff -
In a major crackdown on illegal arms networks in West Bengal, the Special Task Force of the state police recovered a massive cache of...
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TMC strongman Nirmalya Sengupta arrested in Abhishek Banerjee attack case days after party worker Akash Gayen was named

OpIndia Staff -
His arrest comes days after Akash Gayen was identified as a TMC worker, raising questions over the party’s BJP-sponsored attack claim.
Government and Policy

West Bengal set to be transformed into a maritime hub with an investment pipeline of ₹19,209 crore by 2031, CM Adhikari slams TMC...

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The projects will not only contribute to the infrastructure upgradation of the state but will also generate over 62,500 direct and indirect employment opportunities.
News Reports

The opportunism of Tollywood: How actors turned TMC choti-chatas in Bengali film industry abandoned Mamata Banerjee and her nephew after the 2026 election

Rukma Rathore -
TMC and Tollywood existed in a mutually beneficial relationship for more than a decade. The latter did not merely extend indirect or passive support, but many of its key figures, such as Deepak Adhikari alias Dev, Saayoni Ghosh, Sayantika Banerjee, Kanchan Mullick, Soham Chakraborty, June Malia, Aditi Munshi and Raj Chakraborty formally joined hands with the party as its campaigners, candidates and star symbols.
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West Bengal: BJP government launches ‘Apnar Sarkar Apnar Pashe’ helpline to reach out to people directly, resolve their grievances

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

“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...

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

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

OpIndia Staff -
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.
News Reports

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 -
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.
News Reports

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

Shriti Sagar -
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.
Crime

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 -
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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