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
Centre stuns Mamata Banerjee, transfers top Bengal official to Delhi after row
West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay's transfer to New Delhi is unusual, specially because the 1987 IAS officer, according to his record on the DoPT website, has never served in the central government.
Updated on May 28, 2021 11:52 PM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
134 embankments washed away, says Mamata. Ex-minister Suvendu Adhikari is target
Mamata Banerjee did not name former ministers Rajib Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari at the Cyclone Yaas review meeting but Trinamool Congress leaders said, there was no doubt the two turncoats are on her radar.
Published on May 27, 2021 11:48 PM IST
Kolkata abduction case: 5 more held; police looking for journalist
Homemaker Swity Nath Roy alleged in her police complaint on Tuesday that her husband Ajit Roy was taken away by some men claiming to be CBI officers. Later, the family started getting calls where initially ₹2 crore were sought as ransom but the alleged kidnappers eventually settled for ₹15 lakh
Published on May 27, 2021 03:00 PM IST
BJP works on new West Bengal strategy as CBI breathes down TMC’s neck
The BJP, which dealt a major blow to the TMC in 2019 by winning 18 of Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats, ended up securing only 77 of the 294 assembly seats in the latest assembly polls
Updated on May 27, 2021 04:41 PM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
Arrest of 3 ex-mayors by CBI puts Kolkata in unique list; citizens recall Netaji
Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court asked the CBI to start an investigation after hearing a case filed by another former mayor.
Updated on May 21, 2021 03:08 PM IST
Bengal cabinet nod to set up Vidhan Parishad
Bengal has 294 assembly seats. Since the strength of a Vidhan Parishad cannot be more than a third of the legislative assembly, the state can have a maximum of 98 members in the legislative council.
Updated on May 19, 2021 06:58 AM IST
CM wants to revive Bengal’s Vidhan Parishad after 52 years; Left, experts oppose
The chief minister’s decision has been questioned by political experts and Left leaders who see this as a pointless exercise.
Updated on May 18, 2021 11:31 PM IST
In Bengal’s post-poll political violence, a battle of narratives
The BJP has alleged 17 of its workers have been killed in nine days in Bengal’s post-verdict political violence, the TMC has accused the BJP of spreading fake news on social media, while police investigation into some of the alleged murders pointed at either suicide or unnatural death
Updated on May 13, 2021 12:13 PM IST
Bengal poll rout divides Left Front leaders, alliance with cleric under scanner
Three senior CPI(M) leaders, who lost the polls, have questioned the alliance with ISF. They are Ashok Bhattacharya, the former urban development minister who lost the Siliguri seat, Kanti Ganguly, another former minister who lost the Raidighi seat in South 24 Parganas and Tanmoy Bhattacharya, who lost the North Dumdum seat in North 24 Parganas.
Updated on May 08, 2021 04:20 PM IST
TMC regains ground; tribal and Dalit voters in some districts stay loyal to BJP
In Malda district, where Muslins comprise 51.27% of the population, BJP bagged five seats while the remaining seven went to TMC
Updated on May 04, 2021 05:50 PM IST
Once Mamata Banerjee’s victory ground against Left, Nandigram welcomes BJP
Kolkata: East Midnapore district’s Nandigram — where chief minister Mamata Banerjee contested against her protégé-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari — emerged as the biggest head-turner among all the assembly seats in Bengal on Sunday, after Banerjee was defeated by 1,956 votes
Published on May 03, 2021 01:37 AM IST
No Left and Congress MLA in Bengal assembly for the first time
Prominent losers among Left candidates included Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Left students’ union president Aishe Ghosh at Jamuria in West Burdwan district. She contested the seat on a CPI (M) ticket.
Published on May 03, 2021 01:36 AM IST
Didi braves BJP storm to pull off a win for the ages
On Sunday, the 66-year-old political maverick, who began her career as a youth leader and clawed her way up the ranks, pulled off an extraordinary victory that was as significant, if not more hard-fought, than her watershed 2011 ouster of the 34-year-old communist rule.
Updated on May 03, 2021 05:59 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Once Mamata Banerjee’s victory ground against Left Front, Nandigram welcomes BJP
Nandigram went to the polls on April 1 and emerged as an epicentre of the toughest battle TMC and BJP fought in the eastern state. On the day of the big fight, Banerjee alleged that polls were being rigged. She visited a booth and stayed there for around two hours.
Published on May 03, 2021 01:16 AM IST
Buoyed by Lok Sabha results, BJP targets TMC strongholds in Birbhum
For the high-profile Bolpur seat, the BJP has fielded Anirban Ganguly, director of its think tank in Delhi. He is also a member of the BJP’s policy research wing.
Published on Apr 29, 2021 12:42 AM IST
BJP, TMC in close contest in Bengal’s biggest industrial and mining belt
During her last campaign in Durgapur on Friday, chief minister Mamata Banerjee drew the attention of local industry workers, saying they would lose jobs because of the Centre’s disinvestment policy.
Published on Apr 25, 2021 12:38 AM IST
Bengal: Phase 7 campaigning over, Modi ends it with a virtual address
In all, Modi addressed more than two dozen rallies rallies in the state . Bengal reported 12,876 infections asnd 59 deaths on Friday.
Updated on Apr 24, 2021 12:37 AM IST
In Bengal’s rice bowl, TMC seeks to keep BJP out
Katwa is among the eight seats going to the polls in East Burdwan district, which is known as West Bengal’s rice bowl, in the sixth phase of polling on April 22
Published on Apr 21, 2021 11:47 AM IST
All Bengal rallies flouting Covid-19 norms
HT visited three separate rallies organised by the BJP, TMC and Sanyukta Morcha (Left-Congress-Indian Secular Front alliance) on Tuesday and saw that while political leaders followed Covid-19 guidelines like wearing masks and maintaining social distancing to an extent, crowds did not obey any rules.
Updated on Apr 15, 2021 07:01 AM IST
No Covid-19 protocol at Bengal rallies of Nadda, Abhishek Banerjee
At a small roadshow in support of TMC candidate Chandranath Sinha, people were seen dancing to the beat of recorded numbers.
Updated on Apr 13, 2021 08:51 PM IST
Bengal will back CAA if BJP comes to power, says Shah
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee attacked Shah during a rally, alleging that the home minister was trying to incite violence in the state and egging the police to engage in unethical acts.
Published on Apr 10, 2021 07:26 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
BJP will greenlight CAA if it wins Bengal polls but Centre to implement: Shah
On February 11, Shah had said the Centre will enforce the law once the entire country’s population is vaccinated and the Covid-19 pandemic ends
Published on Apr 09, 2021 04:37 PM IST
Appeaser versus outsider—the battle of narratives in Bengal polls
While the BJP had primarily projected Banerjee as an “appeaser”, the chief minister has labelled the BJP’s national leaders from the Hindi belt as “bahiragato” (outsider) to Bengal’s culture and spirit
Updated on Apr 09, 2021 07:02 AM IST
BJP slams Mamata Banerjee’s ‘block CRPF’ remark, goes to election commission
West Bengal assembly elections 2021 will see polling in five more phases, for which chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Union home minister Amit Shah have been campaigning in the state.
Published on Apr 08, 2021 08:27 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Slugfest heats up ahead of last five Bengal poll phases
Polling has been completed in 91 of the 294 assembly seats in the state, which will see five more phases of elections. The fourth phase of voting will see 44 constituencies in north and south Bengal districts go to the polls on April 10.
Updated on Apr 08, 2021 06:56 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
High-pitched campaign for third phase concludes
Top leaders from across parties, including Union home minister Amit Shah, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee among others, made a strong pitch to woo voters on Sunday, ahead of the polling in four states and a Union territory on Tuesday.
Updated on Apr 05, 2021 01:50 AM IST
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A look back at the history of Bengal’s political violence
Political observers say that with the BJP’s rapid and phenomenal rise posing a threat to the TMC, a new chapter is apparently being added to the state’s history of bloodshed
Updated on Apr 02, 2021 10:20 PM IST
High turnout, drama in pivotal second phase of West Bengal assembly elections
Tensions ran high in all 30 seats in West Bengal that went to the polls as parties traded allegations of malpractice, candidates’ convoys were attacked, and workers thrashed.
Published on Apr 02, 2021 12:14 AM IST
BJP, TMC spar over death of 80-year-old
While the Trinamool Congress targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party for alleged discrepancies in Majumdar’s death certificate and her age, the TMC has come under fire for an alleged assault on her last month.
Published on Mar 31, 2021 05:16 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Shah, Didi take aim in battle for Nandigram
Key rural seat among constituencies that go to polls on Thursday; campaigning for phase two concludes.
Published on Mar 31, 2021 01:23 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata