If all goes as planned, Prime Minister Narendra Modi could give a green signal to at least three railway projects in West Bengal during his two-day visit to the state on 20 and 21 June.
The chief minister explained the rationale behind the exercise, saying while some wards have over 40,000 to 50,000 voters, the electorate count in some other wards is only around 8,000 to 10,000.
The Institute of Engineering & Management (IEM), Kolkata, and the University of Engineering & Management (UEM), in association with SMART Society USA, successfully concluded the 2026 edition of their flagship Study Abroad Program (SAP), International Internship Initiative, and the Smart Edge & Neuromorphic Systems Conference (SENSE-SG 2026) in Singapore.
The police had issued a third notice against Biswas requiring him to appear at the police station within 48 hours. Biswas had skipped the earlier two summons issued against him in connection with the 'Messi fiasco'.
The Asansol Dakshin MLA expressed suspicion about the timing of this entire political development within the TMC camp.
Coming as a setback to the Trinamool Congress government, President Droupadi Murmu did not give her assent to the West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which had proposed to make Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee the Chancellor of all state universities.
Police arrested two men after a rampage at Salt Lake Stadium during Lionel Messi’s Kolkata event and summoned firms involved in ticket distribution and logistics as the probe widened.
"Progeny mapping" in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal identified a voter who became a father of two sons at the age of five!
West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose will prepare a separate report on the management lapses witnessed at Salt Lake Stadium on the northern outskirts of Kolkata on December 13 during an event featuring Argentine football star Lionel Messi, and will also suggest to the state government the precautions that need to be adopted in future while organising such mega events
The BJP leader said he did not accept the inquiry committee constituted by the state government and demanded the formation of an independent and impartial investigation body to probe the incident.
