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Land-grabbing, running extortion rackets, influencing police postings and more: Meet Santanu Sinha Biswas, former DCP of Kolkata and close aide of Mamata Banerjee, now...

Aditi -
Santanu Sinha Biswas, a highly influential figure in the Kolkata Police Department, came under ED's radar when it was examining Kasba-Golpark-based criminal Pappu's bank accounts. The agency found suspicious financial transactions linked to Biswas.
News Reports

Calcutta HC dismisses petition by TMC and Communists challenging restrictions on cow slaughter in West Bengal: Read what the court said when they...

Aditi -
The impugned notification was issued by the newly elected BJP government in West Bengal in compliance with the already existing West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950. The Act has been effective in the state for 76 years and was passed with the objective of increasing the supply of milk and avoiding the wastage of animal power needed for agricultural improvement. 
Crime

West Bengal: ED conducts raids in extortion racket case involving former Kolkata DCP and close aide of TMC regime, Santanu Sinha Biswas

OpIndia Staff -
The raids started around 6 am at properties, including a hotel on Roy Street in Kolkata, along with the house of another Kolkata Police sub-inspector.
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West Bengal: Falta witnesses peaceful voting for the first time in decades during repoll with 87.90% turnout, TMC candidate Jahangir Khan refrains from voting

OpIndia Staff -
Fresh voting has begun across all 285 polling stations in West Bengal's Falta Assembly constituency under heavy security.
Government and Policy

Calcutta HC refuses to stay restrictions on cattle slaughter in West Bengal, rejects pleas by TMC, CPI-ML saying cow slaughter is not an essential...

OpIndia Staff -
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the West Bengal government’s recent public notice imposing...
Editor's picks

Kolkata: Park Street restaurants stop serving beef temporarily, supply of cow meat dries up after BJP govt enforces Animal Slaughter Control Act of 1950

OpIndia Staff -
In a positive development, several continental restaurants that used to serve beef (cow meat) in Kolkata's Park Street area have taken it off their...
Government and Policy

Suvendu Adhikari cracks down on illegal immigrants from Bangladesh living in West Bengal, announces new ‘Detect, Delete and Deport’ policy

OpIndia Staff -
CM Adhikari slammed the previous TMC government in the state for failing to implement the guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in May 2025, directing the states to identify and transfer illegal infiltrators to the BSF
News Reports

West Bengal: CM Suvendu Adhikari issues order, makes it compulsory to sing Vande Mataram in all madrasas

OpIndia Staff -
Notably, the state government has already issued a similar order directing all schools to sing Vande Mataram during morning prayers.
News Reports

What was ‘Bhaipo Tax’ in Bengal and how the BJP govt led by Suvendu Adhikari put an end to it: Explained

Shriti Sagar -
Truck drivers travelling through Jharkhand-Bengal border routes said highways were often filled with unauthorised “nakas” where money was collected from commercial vehicles.
Crime

West Bengal: Two Trinamool Congress women leaders arrested for their role in the 2024 attack on ED team in Sandeshkhali

OpIndia Staff -
In a significant development in the Sandeshkhali ED attack case, West Bengal Police have arrested two senior women leaders of the Trinamool Congress (TMC)...
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