Suvendu Adhikari to Vacate One Assembly Seat Within 10 Days, Urges Supporters to Maintain Peace

PTI, May 6, 2026, Kolkata: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur and secured Na...

Senior Advisors to Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister Resign Following Political Transition

PTI, May 6, 2026, Kolkata: Two former chief secretaries – Alapan Bandyopadhyay and H K Dwivedi – have resigned as chief advisors to outgoing...

BJP Moves to Form First West Bengal Government: Amit Shah Named Observer as Power Shift Triggers Political and Constitutional Debate

KalimNews (With inputs from Agencies), May 6, 2026,  Kolkata/New Delhi :  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday appointed Union Home M...

ECI Sends Notifications Constituting New Assemblies To Governors

IANS, May 5, 2026, New Delhi: A day after declaration of results, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has sent notifications constituting...

Trump Congratulates PM Modi on BJP’s Historic West Bengal Victory; White House Calls Win “Decisive”

Agencies,  Washington/Kolkata, May 6, 2026 :  US President Donald Trump has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on what he described ...

Raju Bista Urges Protection of Municipal Records in Hills, Cites Allegations of Corruption and Risk of Evidence Destruction

KalimNews,  May 5, 2026, Kalimpong :  Darjeeling Lok Sabha MP Raju Bista has written to West Bengal Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariala, reques...

Organisational decay, mid-level leadership drift: Inside TMC’s Bengal collapse

MP, May 5, 2026, Kolkata: In a verdict that signals not just a transfer of power but a deeper institutional breakdown, the defeat of the TMC...

Stark contrast: Darjeeling Hills remain ‘peaceful’ despite power shift

Amitava Banerjee, MP, May 6, 2026, Darjeeling: Kalimpong and the Darjeeling Hills presented a contrasting picture to the plains a day after ...

Fulbari toll plaza shut after poll results; sporadic violence reported in Siliguri

MP, May 6, 2026, Siliguri: A major political shift in West Bengal after 15 years has led to dramatic developments in Fulbari, where the long...

‘Untainted’ teachers’ demand and school staff shortage to test new BJP government

MP, May 6, 2026, Kolkata: The demand for reinstatement of “untainted” teachers, alongside acute vacancies, is set to confront the incoming B...

IAS Saumitra Mohan appointed Secretary to Bengal Governor

MP, May 6, 2026, Kolkata: A day after the conclusion of the electoral process, the first major bureaucratic reshuffle has taken place in Wes...

HC rejects plea to pause proceedings after Advocate General exit

MP, May 6, 2026, Kolkata: At a time when West Bengal Advocate General Kishore Datta tendered his resignation to the Governor, the Calcutta H...

Post-poll violence: Deaths, attacks and arson shadow BJP’s historic victory

MP, May 6, 2026, Kolkata: Hours after the West Bengal Assembly results were declared, top BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Mod...

SIR: Voter roll purge casts shadow over Bengal poll as BJP defeats TMC

MP, May 6, 2026, Kolkata: In an election overshadowed by claims that lakhs of “dead”, duplicate and allegedly genuine voters were struck off...

BJP warns cadres against post-poll violence

MP, May 6, 2026, Kolkata: A day after the BJP secured a historic mandate in the West Bengal Assembly elections, state party president Samik ...

Blood spills day after verdict: At least 3 killed in post-poll violence

MP, May 6, 2026, Kolkata: Hours after the West Bengal Assembly election results were declared, top BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Nar...

EC rejects Mamata Banerjee’s allegations on Bhowanipore counting process as “baseless”

MP, May 6, 2026, Kolkata : The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday termed Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Mamata Banerjee’s all...

IFJ Centenary Congress 2026 begins in Paris, marks 100 years of global solidarity

Aseem Bhakta Singh, KalimNews, May 5, 2026, Paris: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) officially commenced its landmark Cente...

Bengal verdict: Higher welfare promises and shifting sentiment reshape women’s vote

PTI, May 5, 2026, Kolkata: A higher dole promise and shifting voter sentiment may have played a key role in reshaping the electoral choices ...

Rain, thunderstormslikely across Bengaltill May 8

PTI, May 5, 2026, Kolkata: The IMD on Tuesday forecast thunderstorms and rain across West Bengal till May 8, with the possibility of heavy p...