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West Bengal Assembly passes Public Safety Bill 2026, expands powers to curb organised crime and anti-social activities

OpIndia Staff - 1 July, 2026

The bills mark a significant development in the state's laws governing public order.

West Bengal assembly passes two OBC amendment bills, removes OBC quota granted by the Mamata Banerjee govt to 77 Muslim communities

Divya Bharti - 1 July, 2026

The West Bengal Assembly has passed two amendment bills to implement a May 2024 Calcutta High Court order. The legislation reduces the state’s total OBC reservation to 7% and removes the OBC status previously granted to 77 Muslim communities.

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West Bengal: 20 injured after massive fire breaks out in naphtha-carrying pipeline at Haldia

OpIndia Staff - 30 June, 2026

A massive fire in a naphtha pipeline at Haldia Petrochemicals in West Bengal injured 20 people, leaving six critical.

‘The time has come to teach such people a lesson’: Suvendu Adhikari gives stern warning to Humayun Kabir, who had threatened street violence by...

Dibakar Dutta - 29 June, 2026

On Monday (29th June), West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari issued a stern warning to Humayun Kabir in the State Assembly.' "The time has come...

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From preventive detention to the auctioning of properties of goons: Read about the 2 bills introduced by the BJP govt in West Bengal to...

Shriti Sagar - 29 June, 2026

The main objective of the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026, is to prevent organised crime before it takes place. The West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposes that people convicted of damaging public or private property during riots, unlawful assemblies, protests or other disturbances affecting public order can be made to compensate for the losses.

ISKCON removes Vice President Radharaman Das from all responsibilities, directs him not to speak on behalf of the organisation

OpIndia Staff - 28 June, 2026

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Kolkata has relieved Radharaman Das of his position as Vice-President along with all other responsibilities in the...

Crime

“My father could hear me being raped while TMC goons were beating him in the other room”: victims narrate harrowing details of TMC atrocities

OpIndia Staff - 28 June, 2026

The victim said that the TMC goons shouted the slogans of 'Joy Bangla', which is the TMC's slogan, while they raped her.

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.

Economy and Finance

West Bengal’s economic fall explained: How the state slipped from 5th richest in India to 19th

Shriti Sagar - 25 June, 2026

The analysis highlighted how the state, once among India's strongest economic performers, gradually lost its position over several decades and now faces the challenge of catching up with the national average.

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