Tanmay Chatterjee has spent more than three decades covering regional and national politics, internal security, intelligence, defence and corruption. He also plans and edits special features on subjects ranging from elections to festivals.
Articles by Tanmay Chatterjee
What’s your problem if we have a Jagannath Dham?: Mamata Banerjee to BJP
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee also alleged that migrant workers from her state are being singled out for speaking Bengali and assaulted in BJP-ruled states
Published on May 05, 2025 09:02 PM IST
Bengal: Civil engineering student found dead in his IIT Kharagpur hostel room
Kolkata: An IIT Kharagpur civil engineering student was found dead in his hostel, suspected suicide. His family has been informed; investigation ongoing.
Updated on May 04, 2025 04:41 PM IST
As Mamata Banerjee opens Jagannath temple in Digha, political row erupts
Mamata Banerjee said the new Jagannath temple in Digha would be handed over to Iskcon after the consecration
Published on May 01, 2025 04:23 PM IST
Staffer jumps off Kolkata hotel in panic after fire breaks out, dies: Official
The five-storey hotel, located near the wholesale market at Mechua Bazar in north Kolkata, mostly caters to traders from other states.
Updated on Apr 29, 2025 10:47 PM IST
Wife of BSF constable detained by Pakistan Rangers leaves for Pathankot
She left with her eight-year-old son saying she wants to meet her husband’s commanding officer at Pathankot.
Updated on Apr 28, 2025 03:45 PM IST
Mamata asks ministers to be more proactive on ground, cites Murshidabad violence
Banerjee stressed that the Murshidabad violence would never have reached such a scale if TMC legislators and MPs played their role
Published on Apr 24, 2025 05:00 AM IST
Bengal govt questions contempt petition in teacher recruitment case in high court
A lawyer of the state government said the contempt petition was not maintainable because portions of that order were modified by the Supreme Court on April 3
Published on Apr 23, 2025 09:29 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee urges teachers to end strike, says govt filing review plea in SC
Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee asked the teachers, who hit the streets on Monday evening, to have faith in the administration
Updated on Apr 22, 2025 03:40 PM IST
Bengal school teachers start fresh agitation, demand release of OMR list
The agitators, who claimed to have passed the selection test because of merit and not by paying bribe, blocked the road outside the WBSSC office at Salt Lake
Updated on Apr 22, 2025 12:34 AM IST
8 suspects in Murshidabad riots arrested from Odisha: Bengal police
The arrests were made by the special task force of the West Bengal Police after it interrogated 16 Murshidabad residents working as migrant labourers in various parts of Odisha’s Jharsuguda district
Published on Apr 21, 2025 08:07 PM IST
Fourth suspect held in Murshidabad murders; political tussle continues
Jiaul Sheikh, a resident of Sulitala village, was arrested on Saturday night by the special task force (STF) of the state police from the home of one of his relatives at Chopra in North Dinajpur district
Published on Apr 20, 2025 08:04 PM IST
Rioters tried to kill policemen in Murshidabad: Bengal govt to Calcutta HC
The violence rocked Suti, Raghunathganj, Dhuliyan and Shamserganj towns and adjacent rural areas in Murshidabad’s Jangipur sub-division for five day
Published on Apr 17, 2025 11:10 PM IST
West Bengal violence: NCW to probe alleged molestation cases in Murshidabad
A four-member NCW inquiry committee will visit Samserganj, Jafrabad and other affected areas in Murshidabad on April 19.
Published on Apr 16, 2025 05:37 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP, Amit Shah over Murshidabad riots
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged criminal elements from Bangladesh were allowed to enter India and engineer riots in West Bengal’s Murshidabad
Updated on Apr 16, 2025 04:44 PM IST
Two held in Bengal for Murshidabad murders; no violence in 48 hours
The additional director general of police (south Bengal), Supratim Sarkar, said police will not spare anyone involved in this crime directly or indirectly
Published on Apr 15, 2025 08:14 PM IST
Tanmay ChatterjeeSreyasi Pal
As police start probe in Bengal’s Murshidabad, some see a pattern in violence
While the police were busy using all its resources to stop destruction of public property and keep NH-12 operational, villages like Jafrabad were attacked, a police officer said
Published on Apr 14, 2025 10:39 PM IST
‘Mamata must resign’: BJP on Waqf violence; TMC hits back
The war of words erupted a day after three people were killed, several others injured and a number of shops torched after protests against the recently enforced Waqf (Amendment) Act turned violent
Published on Apr 14, 2025 06:28 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Murshidabad tense, parties trade blame
Murshidabad, West Bengal, remains tense after violence over the Waqf Act led to three deaths and 155 arrests. Paramilitary forces deployed; BJP calls for action.
Published on Apr 14, 2025 06:02 AM IST
Tanmay ChatterjeeSreyasi Pal, Kolkata/berhampore
Central forces, police contain violence in Murshidabad; TMC-BJP tussle escalates
Seventeen companies of central paramilitary force were deployed in Bengal’s violence-hit Murshidabad following an order of the Calcutta High Court.
Updated on Apr 14, 2025 06:29 AM IST
Tanmay ChatterjeeSreyasi Pal
Abdur Razzak Molla, who rebelled against CPI(M)’s land policy, dies at 80
Abdur Razzak Molla joined the communist movement when he was in college and was first elected to the legislative assembly for the first time from Canning East in 1977
Published on Apr 11, 2025 06:45 PM IST
Verdict may impact five other Oppn-ruled states
The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi’s decision to reserve 10 re-enacted state bills for presidential assent will have an impact on similar disputes spanning across five other states
Published on Apr 09, 2025 07:50 AM IST
Bengal schools grapple with crisis as 26,000 teachers, staff leave following SC order
At Bansberia Ganges High School in Hooghly district, head master Vishal Tiwari told reporters that the school lost 15 of its 41 staff members due to the verdict
Published on Apr 04, 2025 10:05 PM IST
Authorities on toes as over 2,000 rallies planned in Bengal on Ram Navami
Authorities have made elaborate arrangements to prevent communal violence that rocked parts of the state during the celebration of Lord Ram’s birth over the last few years
Updated on Apr 01, 2025 09:47 AM IST
Kin of murdered Nandigram villagers indifferent to HC's order to reopen cases
The Calcutta high court directed the West Bengal government on February 10 to reopen ten murder cases registered between 2007 and 2009 in the Nandigram area
Published on Mar 17, 2025 01:36 PM IST
In Santiniketan, restrictions during Holi prompt BJP’s ‘appeasement’ attack
“Our department is only requesting citizens to stay away from the forest area so that environment can be protected,” West Bengal’s minister of state for forests said
Updated on Mar 13, 2025 10:49 PM IST
WB govt starts survey amid legal battle over HC order on OBC status
The high court order was passed after multiple hearings on petitions filed by three individuals and Atmadeep, a human rights organisation, between 2010 and 2020
Published on Mar 08, 2025 04:37 PM IST
Duplicate voter IDs, name deletions trigger row in Bengal; EC assures rectification
The complaints have triggered a row with the ruling TMC and BJP, the state’s principal opposition force, accusing each other of manipulating electoral rolls in the run up to the 2026 assembly polls
Published on Mar 03, 2025 03:43 PM IST
After students, WB govt doctors leading RG Kar hospital agitation face charges
Manas Chakraborty, who served as the council’s registrar until January 31, filed a complaint at Salt Lake’s Electronics Complex police station in the last week of January
Published on Feb 05, 2025 02:35 PM IST
Bengal’s Padma awardee Hindu monk came to limelight amid Modi-Mamata tussle
Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in May 2024 accused Kartick Maharaj of helping the BJP in the then ongoing Lok Sabha polls and drew flak from Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Published on Jan 26, 2025 08:57 PM IST