The West Bengal government has constituted a two-member commission to look into allegations of snooping on politicians, officials and journalists using Israeli spyware Pegasus. The decision to form a panel, with retired judges as its members,...

The Calcutta high court issued a notice to leader of the opposition in Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on an election petition filed by Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee challenging the Nandigram assembly poll result. Justice Shampa Sarkar admitted...

Veteran politician Mukul Roy, who recently rejoined the Trinamool Congress after winning the Assembly polls from Krishnanagar North on a BJP ticket, was made the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman on the last day of the Budget Session...

The Calcutta high court asked the West Bengal government to “register” all post-poll violence complaints lodged with it or the National Human Rights Commission, adding that the NHRC report had “established prima facie” that there had been post-poll...

The Supreme Court set aside the Calcutta high court’s order refusing to accept affidavits of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and law minister Moloy Ghatak in the ongoing proceedings relating to grant of bail to four TMC leaders arrested in the...

BJP legislative wing submitted a letter to West Bengal assembly Speaker’s office, urging disqualification of Krishnanagar Uttar MLA Mukul Roy, who re-joined Trinamool Congress after winning the assembly polls on a saffron party ticket.