West Bengal politics

Swapan Dasgupta named finance minister in Bengal portfolio allocation

THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK Kolkata, June 10: The West Bengal government on Wednesday allocated portfolios among its newly sworn-in ministers,…

20 Trinamool MPs seek to back NDA, say they have written to Lok Sabha Speaker

THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK New Delhi, June 8: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has claimed that nearly 20…

Bengal STF arrests Falta strongman Jahangir Khan near India-Nepal border

THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK Kolkata, June 8: Trinamool Congress strongman Jahangir Khan, popularly known as Falta’s “Pushpa”, has been arrested…

Mamata alleges BJP rigged counting in 177 seats, says anti-BJP parties to meet in Delhi

THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK Kolkata, June 2: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the BJP won…

Bengal cabinet: Tapas Roy, Swapan Dasgupta among 35 MLAs sworn in as ministers

THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK Kolkata, June 1: In the first expansion of the Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal government, 35 BJP…

Calcutta HC bars coercive action against Abhishek, restricts foreign travel

THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK Kolkata, May 21: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed police not to take any coercive…

Suvendu Adhikari named West Bengal CM after BJP win

THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK   Kolkata, May 8: Suvendu Adhikari will be the next Chief Minister of West Bengal after…