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West Bengal: Bangladeshis gather at border to return after BJP govt launches “3D policy”, say TMC helped them get documents, gave govt benefits, and...

OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2026

Days after coming to power, the Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP government in West Bengal has announced immediate action against illegal immigrants, mostly from Bangladesh. The...

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West Bengal: FIR filed against Mamata Banerjee for 2025 comment alleging that BJP’s version of Hinduism is ‘Ganda Dharma’

OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2026

An FIR has been registered against TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in Siliguri for referring to Sanatan Dharma as "ganda dharma" during an Eid event.

Government and Policy

West Bengal: Inspector Gautam Das, suspended for photograph with riffle during elections, posted at CM’s office at Nabanna days after BJP govt revoked his...

OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2026

Inspector Gautam Das, who was suspended as Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kalighat Police Station during the assembly elections following a controversy over a social media...

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BJP government’s attack on corruption in Bengal: Over 70 TMC leaders Municipal Chiefs, and Councilors arrested across districts in one week

OpIndia Staff - 26 May, 2026

In a massive state-wide crackdown, the BJP government in West Bengal has arrested over 70 TMC leaders and councilors in a single week. The sweeping multi-district operation targets high-level recruitment fraud, local extortion syndicates, post-poll violence, and misappropriated government funds.

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Kolkata Municipal Corporation launches major demolition drive, razes down illegal buildings belonging to TMC goons Faiz Ahmed Khan and others

OpIndia Staff - 25 May, 2026

Heavy police deployment was seen in multiple parts of the city as civic authorities arrived with bulldozers, payloaders, mechanised jackhammers and gas cutters to pull down the structures.

West Bengal: E-rickshaw driver Zafar Ali Sheikh commits suicide after being denied permission by his wife to carry out animal slaughter during Eid

OpIndia Staff - 25 May, 2026

Zafar's son, Badsha, said, "The family was a little scared that cows couldn't be slaughtered this year during Eid. My mother did not want to make any animal sacrifice."

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West Bengal: BJP candidate Debangshu Panda secures landslide victory in Falta repoll, defeats CPI(M) candidate by 1.09 lakh votes

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2026

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Debangshu Panda has secured a decisive victory in the Falta Assembly constituency in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas...

Government and Policy

BJP govt in West Bengal orders all districts to set up holding centres to keep illegal immigrants awaiting deportation

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2026

The holding centres will accommodate not only newly apprehended illegal foreigners but also foreign prisoners who have completed their sentences and are awaiting deportation procedures.

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Leaders receiving notices, MLAs skipping meetings, councillors resigning en masse: Is the TMC beginning to crumble after its defeat in Bengal?

शिव - 23 May, 2026

West Bengal politics currently appears to be at a turning point. The BJP is exuding confidence after its historic victory, while the TMC appears to be teetering between introspection and discontent.