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
Howrah: SC verdict against triple-talaq gives abandoned wife a reason to cheer
Over two years ago, Ishrat Jahan’s husband had pronounced a telephonic triple-talaq from Dubai — leaving the 31-year-old woman to fend for herself.
Updated on Aug 22, 2017 03:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
TMC sweeps seven civic bodies in Bengal, BJP a distant second, Left wiped out
The Left put up a poor show with the Forward Bloc, a front partner, winning a seat in Nalhati municipality. The Congress failed to win even a single seat in the polls.
Updated on Aug 17, 2017 06:21 PM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
VHP to organise monks, priests to enforce ban on cow sale for slaughter in Bengal
Among the agitation programmes planned is a gherao of the state secretariat by the monks and priests.
Updated on Jul 15, 2017 09:02 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Hindu-Muslim violence in Basirhat: Why is Bengal constantly on the boil? | HT analysis
Hindus in certain pockets have often been at loggerheads with sections of Muslims who constitute about 27% of the state’s population. But critics say the situation has worsened in recent times under CM Mamata Banerjee.
Updated on Jul 16, 2017 07:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
Competitive shooters part of arms racket, hunted wildlife for sport, finds probe
Many renowned shooters involved in poaching across India, DRI discovers while probing international arms smuggling racket
Updated on Jun 26, 2017 11:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
Darjeeling Gorkhaland stir: Bows seized from GJM office not illegal, say experts
The compound crossbow and longbows recovered from the property were termed by the authorities as weapons stockpiled to target police personnel. However, they did not specify if any of these bows had been used since the unrest in Darjeeling began last week
Updated on Jun 16, 2017 07:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
Calcutta HC judge CS Karnan retires today, remains a wanted man
Justice Karnan, who has alleged that he is being targeted because he is a Dalit, retired on June 12, incidentally his birthday too.
Updated on Jun 12, 2017 04:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
Where is Justice Karnan? Police clueless about HC judge due to retire on June 12
The Supreme Court ordered the arrest Justice Karnan after his embarrassing spat with senior judges of the apex court in the course of which he even ordered the arrest of the Chief Justice of India.
Updated on Jun 08, 2017 07:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
National-level shooter Prasant Bishnoi held as arms racket probe gathers steam
A raid on Bishnoi’s ancestral residence in Meerut yielded a huge cache of imported weaponry, animal parts, meat and Rs 1 crore in cash.
Updated on Jun 03, 2017 02:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata/Meerut | Tanmay Chatterjee and S Raju
Bengal woman ‘plots husband’s murder, wanted to hear him scream in agony’
Ajit hit Anupam on the head with an iron rod, then slashed his veins with a knife to finish him off. But before that he shoved the rod in Sinha’s mouth and dialled Manua so she could hear his dying shrieks over the phone.
Updated on May 29, 2017 02:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Kolkata Police interrogate Naradanews director in Delhi
Kolkata Police asked my colleague whether K D Singh wanted to keep the Narada tapes under wraps, Naradanews.com CEO Samuel Mathew told HT.
Updated on May 20, 2017 01:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
CBI summons Mathew Samuel for questioning in Narada case
The Narada sting has landed chief minister Mamata Banerjee in her biggest trouble so far.
Updated on May 20, 2017 01:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
DRI step up search for Prasant Bishnoi, following paper trails leading to smuggled firearms
DRI officers think the investigation will take time as they have to follow many leads all over the country.
Published on May 16, 2017 10:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkatatanmay.chatterjee@hindustantimes.com
How Indian shooters and foreign middlemen smuggled hundreds of illegal firearms
The fear has increased after shooters were detained for 12 hours at Delhi airport.
Updated on May 12, 2017 02:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata/Meerut | Tanmay Chatterjee and S Raju
Is a Modi-Mamata ‘secret truce’ helping the Left chart a comeback in Bengal?
The Left’s claim that PM Modi and Mamata have an understanding in shielding TMC’s tainted legislators seems to be touching a chord with people, helping it chart new routes.
Updated on May 10, 2017 07:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
Justice Karnan refuses medical exam, offers psychiatrists some tea instead
Reiterating his accusations of corruption and nepotism against Supreme Court judges, the judicial officer refused to undergo an examination by Calcutta Pavlov Hospital for Mental Patients because he claimed to be “absolutely normal, and with a stable mind”.
Updated on May 08, 2017 08:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
Justice Karnan wants media to be fair, portray him as victim of caste discrimination
Karnan has always mentioned in his orders that he is a Dalit and his orders against the judges are based on laws protecting the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe people
Updated on May 04, 2017 12:26 AM IST
Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
Bengal BJP acts on Amit Shah’s blueprint, rural polls next year will be the quarter finals, says state president Dilip Ghosh
According to BJP leaders, the Lok Sabha polls will be the semi finals, whereas the 2021 Assembly elections will be the finals.
Published on May 02, 2017 05:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Narada case: Mention of Abhishek Banerjee in FIR sends Trinamool in tizzy
A mention of Trinamool Congress’ heir-apparent and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee six times in an FIR in the Narada sting video case has sent jitters down the spine of West Bengal’s ruling party.
Updated on Apr 21, 2017 12:26 PM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Narada investigation an acid test for Bengal BJP
Though officially it does not have any control on the CBI, the outcome of the investigation, whichever way it goes, will affect the prospect of BJP in Bengal.
Updated on Apr 25, 2017 03:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Justice Karnan summons CJI and six SC judges to his residence
Calcutta high court justice C S Karnan bans foreign travel of the seven judges and directs them to surrender their passports to Delhi Police. He issued the order on Thursday at his residence. Karnan has been banned from performing his duties by the seven-member bench of the supreme court.
Updated on Apr 29, 2017 06:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Muslim clerics in Bengal demand ban on RSS, say Ram Navami processions with weapons illegal
Muslim organisations has called for a rally on April 21 to promote communal harmony. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will be invited to attend.
Updated on Apr 23, 2017 07:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee
BJP likely to gain numbers, Left may face rout in 2018 rural polls in Bengal
The voteshare of the Left parties is going down steadily in the state since the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.
Updated on Mar 30, 2017 10:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Abhi dudh ka dudh, paani ka paani ho jayega: Narada CEO Mathew Samuel
Claims he has no political agenda and can repeat the same operation with any other party to expose the truth.
Updated on Mar 22, 2017 03:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
HC order on Narada shot in the arm for BJP, Bengal opposition
Left leaders brought out a rally in Kolkata on Friday within a few hours of the court order.
Updated on Mar 18, 2017 03:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Doctors’ body and Bengal government on collision course
Indian Medical Association has sought intervention from Bengal governor Keshari Nath Tripathi.
Published on Mar 15, 2017 05:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
‘Pellet guns’, used against Kashmir’s stone-pelters, to guard SBI offices
SBI authorities will buy as many as 11,000 of five-shot compact pellet guns, made by the Indian Ordnance Factory at Ishapore, around 40 km north of Kolkata, and phase out the single and double-barrel 12-gauge shotguns that its security guards have been carrying for decades.
Updated on Mar 09, 2017 02:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Mamata imposes strict regulations on private hospitals, to target schools & colleges soon
The 25-page bill has introduced severe penalty - ranging from monetary compensation to proceedings under the Indian Penal Code and seizure of property - if patients suffer or die because of negligence or bad management or, forced to pay inflated bills.
Published on Mar 03, 2017 06:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee
Once a boon, social media becomes bane for Trinamool and CPI(M)
The cyber security cell of the state police will be beefed up to focus on social media, said the top cop of Bengal.
Published on Mar 03, 2017 11:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Madan Mitra tries to bounce back into the reckoning using overcharging in hospitals platform
Following the groundswell of opinion in favour of the chief minister who took a tough stand just 48 hours ago against private sector hospital overcharging patients, the former minister threatened Apollo bosses with dire consequences in front of TV cameras.
Published on Feb 25, 2017 01:39 PM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata