Mamata Banerjee

The BJP government on Saturday removed a controversial football-themed sculpture, designed by Mamata Banerjee, from the iconic Salt Lake stadium. It was installed ahead of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

The Rajarhat New Town seat in Bengal swung to the BJP after booth 164 in Musalman Para was counted in the final round on May 5. The result has triggered questions from the TMC and fresh scrutiny of the counting process.

BJP pulled off the unthinkable and took Bengal. I went home days after May 4 to a saffron Kolkata. The poriborton I saw was subtle but not one to be dismissed.

The booth-wise Form 20 for Bhabanipur shows the chief minister carried just 61 of 267 polling stations, and not the one on her own street.

Here is this week's Glasshouse

After the BJP's election win, the ED has launched an aggressive crackdown on criminal syndicates that the party claims are in cahoots with the TMC. At the heart of the probe lies a startling nexus between a senior Kolkata cop and a notorious criminal believed to be close to TMC.

Fresh Election Commission data shows Suvendu Adhikari fulfilled Amit Shah’s “ghar mein harana” call by crushing Mamata Banerjee in her own ward, home to her Kalighat residence, securing 63 per cent votes to her 30 per cent, while she failed to cross even 50 votes in several booths across the constituency.

The Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP government has ordered action against illegal highway collection points, branded the 'Bhaipo tax' in Bengal. The move follows Amit Shah's campaign promise in the run-up to the polls.

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation, which is controlled by the TMC, has sent demolition notices to 17 properties linked to the party's own MP Abhishek Banerjee. It has raised a key question. Why would a TMC-controlled civic body go after the party's No.2?

Trinamool Congress councillor Debalina Biswas resigned as chairperson of KMC’s Borough 9, citing pressure from the party leadership after civic notices were issued to properties linked to Abhishek Banerjee.

Falta election: Jahangir Khan withdrew from the Falta repoll days before voting. His exit has intensified focus on the TMC's silence and the politics around Abhishek Banerjee's turf.

Speaking at a meeting of TMC MLAs at her residence, Mamata alleged that minority communities and roadside hawkers are being targeted by the newly formed BJP government in West Bengal.

Damayanti Sen, a 1996-batch IPS officer, came into prominence during the 2012 Park Street rape case, which snowballed into a major political controversy after a woman alleged she was gangraped inside a moving car after leaving a nightclub in Kolkata’s Park Street area.

The Bengal government’s latest cabinet decisions have triggered sharp political debate, with religious stipends scrapped, women-focused welfare expanded and Suvendu Adhikari pushing a governance model centred on “no appeasement” and direct outreach.

The move effectively places the administration in West Bengal under the previous government led by Mamata Banerjee, whose Trinamool Congress (TMC) had won a third consecutive term in the 2021 Assembly polls, under major legal scrutiny.

The West Bengal government has begun removing the Biswa Bangla logo from official platforms and public infrastructure. The change replaces a long-standing Trinamool-era symbol with the Ashoka emblem in a visible branding shift.

The mishandling of the RG Kar Hospital rape-murder probe, for which the new BJP government in Bengal has suspended three IPS officers

While the PM praised voter participation in recent Assembly polls, cheering supporters interrupted him, prompting a smiling quip: “Jhalmuri yahan bhi pahoch gayi?”, drawing laughter at the event in The Hague.

After three officers were suspended in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital case, Ratna Debnath renewed attacks on Mamata Banerjee as the family sought more arrests and the probe intensified.

Abhishek Banerjee accepted the West Bengal Assembly election result while alleging counting manipulation by the BJP. He said the TMC would pursue legal remedies and raised post-poll violence claims.