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
“Khamosh”: Actor Shatrughan Sinha adds flavor to Bengal Lok Sabhaby-poll
Shatrughan Sinha. 76, is the TMC candidate from Asansol in West Burdwan district, which was vacated by former union minister Babul Supriyo after he joined the TMC last year.
Published on Mar 22, 2022 01:52 AM IST
CPI(M) fields actor Naseeruddin Shah’s niece Saira Halim for Kolkata by-poll
Saira Shah Halim will be contesting against singer-turned-politician and former union minister of state Babul Supriyo, fielded by the TMC.
Published on Mar 17, 2022 01:13 AM IST
As the CPI(M) makes a comeback in Bengal civic polls, BJP see TMC’s hand
Days after, saffron camp leaders raised allegations of rigging and violence, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar claimed that the CPI(M)’s resurgence was “sponsored” by the TMC.
Published on Mar 07, 2022 11:56 AM IST
Ukraine crisis: Indian restaurant in Budapest serves free meals to evacuees
Kulvinder Singh Jham , the restaurant owner, said being a devout Sikh, he immediately opened a langar (community kitchen) to serve the food
Published on Mar 04, 2022 08:27 AM IST
At Anis Khan’s village, locals point finger at TMC, police for his death
Salem Khan, father of the former student of Kolkata’s Aliah University, alleged that Anis was thrown off the roof by three civic police volunteers, who ran up the stairs soon after he opened the main gate on hearing them knock at 1.10am on February 19.
Updated on Feb 27, 2022 05:28 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Amta
RSS holds meet in Naxalbari, plans to set up units in West Bengal, Sikkim
Union home minister Amit Shah in 2017 launched the BJP’s expansion plans in Naxalbari and had lunch at a tribal home there
Updated on Feb 21, 2022 03:30 PM IST
TMC retains Abhishek Banerjee as national general secretary
The TMC chief also rewarded her trusted aides by giving them plum posts, amid a rift between the old guard and the new.
Updated on Feb 19, 2022 01:42 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
Hemmed in by Mamata loyalists on all sides, Abhishek Banerjee retains portfolio in TMC
Mamata Banerjee made Rajya Sabha member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy the national spokesperson although Derek O’Brien played the role in Delhi for almost 15 years. Another veteran, Saugata Roy, found no place in the new national working committee.
Published on Feb 18, 2022 11:48 PM IST
BJP’s defeat in 4 Bengal cities increases rumblings against state leadership
The BJP petition has sought re-election following its stunning defeat in the previous round of civic body elections. The petition will be heard on Wednesday.
Published on Feb 16, 2022 02:46 AM IST
Mamata calls meeting amid TMC rumblings over ‘one-man-one-post’
The party had adopted the policy during its organisational rejig last year. Abhishek has been an outspoken advocate of the policy since 2021, when he was made TMC national general secretary
Published on Feb 11, 2022 11:33 PM IST
Loyalists of Mamata, Abhishek face off amid social media row, leaders to meet
Top TMC leaders said West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asked four of her loyalists and Abhishek Banerjee to attend an emergency meeting at her residence on Saturday afternoon although Bengal will witness polls at four important civic bodies during the day.
Updated on Feb 12, 2022 05:48 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Mamata Banerjee’s election agent named in 5 post-poll violence cases by CBI
Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s election agent during the April 2021 election from Nandigram has been named in five cases of post-poll violence
Updated on Feb 11, 2022 01:36 AM IST
‘Internal matter,’ says Mamata as slugfest begins in Trinamool over I-PAC
Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra, I-PAC officials dismissed speculations over TMC severing ties with Prashant Kishor.
Published on Feb 07, 2022 10:36 PM IST
Differences between CM Mamata, Abhishek led to civic poll candidature fiasco: TMC leaders
Discrepancies in around 150 of 2200 names in two lists announced almost simultaneously on Friday evening triggered agitations on Saturday in 19 Bengal districts where elections will be held in two phases in February.
Published on Feb 06, 2022 11:28 PM IST
BJP turns spotlight on 1979 killings of refugees in Bengal
KOLKATA: Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Monday paid homage to the refugees from Bangladesh, who were allegedly killed in police firing in West Bengal’s Marichjhapi on January 31, 1979
Published on Feb 01, 2022 02:56 PM IST
TMC to move motion in Parliament against Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
Since a governor is protected by the Constitution, the TMC may not directly demand Dhankhar’s removal and focus on his actions instead. The TMC will also talk to parties opposed to the BJP to garner support for the motion.
Published on Jan 27, 2022 10:37 PM IST
Cracks in Bengal BJP widen as 2 former vice-presidents are charged with indiscipline
The rejig made not just some veterans, who were left out, unhappy but also left leaders from the Dalit Matua community, headed by Union minister of state Shantanu Thakur, upset. The dissidents have united under Thakur’s leadership.
Published on Jan 23, 2022 11:23 PM IST
Dissent in Bengal BJP spreads to districts where it performed best in polls; rejig stalled
The rumblings started soon after December 22 when the Bengal unit announced the names of 11 new vice-presidents, 5 general secretaries, 42 organizational district unit presidents, 12 state secretaries, the morcha (front) presidents and the heads of several cells. The rejig made not just some veterans, who were left out, unhappy but also left leaders from the Dalit Matua community grumbling.
Published on Jan 23, 2022 12:03 AM IST
TMC trade union chief in Haldia arrested for armtwisting industries, suspended
INTTUC state president Ritabrata Banerjee and law minister Moloy Ghatak held a three-hour-long meeting with top officials of all 34 big companies operating in Haldia
Updated on Jan 19, 2022 10:27 PM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee
Death, live on FB: How mob justice drove three of a family to suicide
On the morning of January 9, at 10:35am, a 25-year- old man went live on Facebook from a coastal village in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district
Published on Jan 12, 2022 12:10 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Takeaways from KMC polls: A rising TMC, a sliding BJP, a Left with green shoots
In a throwback to the 2015 polls, no party will enjoy the official status of an opposition force in the KMC. For this, a party has to win at least 20 seats. But this is just one facet in Bengal’s political edifice
Updated on Dec 27, 2021 06:17 PM IST
In Bengal BJP rejig, veterans dropped, former TMC leaders make it
Coming a day after the BJP was trounced in the Kolkata municipal polls and six months after the saffron camp secured only 77 of the state’s 294 assembly seats against the TMC’s 213, the strategic changes were made by state leaders in consultation with the central leadership in Delhi.
Published on Dec 22, 2021 11:20 PM IST
Jharkhand shooting champion dies by suicide in Bengal; fourth Indian shooter in four months
Layak suffered a setback in October when she was disqualified for the national championship at the G V Mavalankar pre-national event on charges of tampering the target, her coach, former Olympian and Arjuna awardee Joydeep Karmakar, told HT.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 06:01 PM IST
Kolkata’s Durga Puja gets UNESCO heritage tag
“Durga Puja in Kolkata has just been inscribed on the #IntangibleHeritage list. Congratulations #India,” UNESCO tweeted.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 12:16 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
UNESCO recognises Kolkata’s Durga Puja as Intangible Cultural Heritage
The UNESCO’s announcement was welcomed by Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) as chief minister Mamata Banerjee is widely recognized as the biggest patron of the festival.
Published on Dec 15, 2021 08:58 PM IST
3 more test positive for Omicron in Telangana, Bengal; India tally climbs to 52
The Union health ministry has issued an advisory to states to vigorously screen and test all passengers coming via international flights and has extended all Covid-19 restrictions till December 31. The ministry has told states to do proper contact tracking of persons found to be testing positive for Omicron.
Updated on Dec 15, 2021 06:12 PM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu/Tanmay Chatterjee
TMC eases one-person-one-post rule for Kolkata civic polls; fields 45% women nominees
The TMC controls most of the civic bodies in Bengal. The terms of the elected boards ended during the last two years but elections were not held because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Published on Nov 27, 2021 12:34 AM IST
After Punjab, Bengal eyes move against BSF order
The developments took place hours after three men, of whom two are suspected to be Bangladesh nationals, were killed when some BSF personnel opened fire after they were allegedly attacked in the Sitai area of Cooch Behar district in north Bengal.
Published on Nov 13, 2021 04:38 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
Maoist ‘Kishan Da’ caught after decades on run
Raipur/Kolkata/New Delhi: The Jharkhand Police on Friday held Prashant Bose, better known by his nom de guerre “Kishan Da”, from the Kandra area of Saraikela Kharsawan district -- possibly the most prominent alleged Maoist leader to be captured alive in the country in at least two decades
Updated on Nov 13, 2021 12:34 AM IST
Ritesh Mishra, Tanmay Chatterjee and Neeraj Chauhan
After the bypolls, TMC’s hegemony in Bengal sparks concerns
The TMC’s margins of victory – which ran into around 150,000 votes in two assembly constituencies having 232,000 and 299,000 voters, of whom about 70% turned up – speak of something more than just Mamata Banerjee’s popularity
Updated on Nov 13, 2021 05:01 PM IST