A poster restricting celebrations with colours at an iconic artisan fair in Shantiniketan, the abode of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore about 180 km from Kolkata, has sparked a political controversy in West Bengal ahead of Holi.

Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) has decided to widen its footprint in West Bengal ahead of next year's assembly election.

The Lok Sabha witnessed a heated exchange of words between the treasury and opposition benches, over the disbursal of funds under the MGNREGA to Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal.

Calling the voters' list issue "hilarious," Bharatiya Janata Party MP Dinesh Sharma attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday and said that the TMC chief will not come to power ever again in Bengal.

The West Bengal Assembly witnessed chaos on Monday as opposition BJP MLAs protested the Speaker's decision to switch off the microphone of one of their colleagues, prompting Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay to suspend BJP MLA Dipak Barman.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday congratulated Justice Joymalya Bagchi of the Calcutta High Court on his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court.

A Bangladeshi national was killed and a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was injured on Friday as the force thwarted a smuggling bid along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, a spokesperson said.

A transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) was involved in a "serious incident" after landing in West Bengal's Bagdogra, sources said. The crew is safe, they said.

The Kolkata Police, on Thursday, registered FIRs against West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu, the driver of his vehicle, and Trinamool Congress leader Om Prakash Mishra over the March 1 ruckus within the campus of Jadavpur University.

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday orally observed a legal tussle between the Governor and the Chief Minister of any state is not desirable.

Activists of various Leftist student bodies and Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) engaged in clashes across West Bengal on Monday during a strike called by CPI(M)'s student wing SFI on university campuses in the state.

WB Class 12 Board Exams 2025: The exams will begin at 10am with Bengali (A), English (A), Hindi (A), Nepali (A), Urdu, Santhali, Odia, Telugu, Gujarati, and Punjabi papers, and conclude at 1.15pm.

The West Bengal College and University Professors Association (WBCUPA) described Saturday's rampage by left student activists in Jadavpur University campus where Education minister Bratya Basu was heckled by protestors as "lumpenism".

Members of CPI(M) students wing SFI and Naxalite AISA gheraoed West Bengal Education minister Bratya Basu and damaged the windscreen of his vehicle in the Jadavpur University campus on Saturday.

West Bengal's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has dismissed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's allegations of electoral manipulation, saying that the voter roll update process follows established legal protocols.

Setting the stage for next year's 2026 assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday set an ambitious target of winning over 215 of the 294 assembly seats to secure a fourth consecutive term in power.

Actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty has strongly responded to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks regarding the Maha Kumbh and said that her statements are inaccurate.

The death of a 27-year-old woman in Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman on Monday has led to a spat between the Trinamool and the BJP, with the latter's Sukunta Majumdar, slamming Mamata Banerjee for making Bengal a "living hell for women".

A 27-year-old event management professional was killed in a road accident in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district after her car overturned while racing with another vehicle on Monday, police said.

West Bengal on Saturday reported a death reportedly caused by the Guillain-Barre Syndrome, the second fatality in the state since January.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been criticised by BJP leaders over her "Mrityu Kumbh" comment, but got a supporter in Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, the 46th Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand.

The police on Tuesday recovered the severed head of a 29-year-old man from a canal in Duttapukur area of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, an officer said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths probing the cash-for-school job case in West Bengal have secured crucial clues about recommendations for appointments being made not only on paper but also sent via WhatsApp or SMS and were considered

The TMC government of West Bengal on Wednesday tabled a Rs 3.89-lakh crore budget for 2025-26.