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
Another actor-turned-politician quits Bengal BJP; selection process draws flak
Before the elections -- in which the BJP secured only 77 of the state’s 294 assembly seats against a target of 200 -- more than a dozen television and movie personalities with no political background joined the saffron camp.
Updated on Nov 11, 2021 10:03 PM IST
Guv’s order triggers drama before oath-taking by TMC’s bypoll winners; CM steps in
In September, Dhankhar took away the power of the speaker to administer oath and vested it with himself
Published on Nov 08, 2021 11:19 PM IST
Mentoring Mamata Banerjee and much more, Subrata Mukherjee was man for all seasons
Mukherjee held the still unbroken record of becoming Bengal’s youngest minister at the age of 26 in 1972
Published on Nov 05, 2021 11:12 PM IST
JMB operative arrested near Kolkata specialised in forging ID cards: Official
Abdul Mannan, the suspected JMB operative arrested on Tuesday, provide forged Indian identity cards and documents to JMB sleeper cell members
Updated on Nov 04, 2021 01:09 AM IST
Bengal bypolls: Unprecedented victory for TMC on 4 seats
At all four seats , which are located in districts along the Bangladesh border, the BJP sought to make the attack on Hindus during Durga puja in the neighbouring country an issue
Updated on Nov 03, 2021 06:01 AM IST
TMC, BJP gear up for close contest in four Bengal bypolls
Two of these constituencies, Dinhata and Santipur, were won by the BJP in the March-April polls but the winners did not take oath to retain their Lok Sabha seats. In the rest two, the TMC’s winning candidates died.
Published on Oct 29, 2021 11:12 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
For the BJP, anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh is an issue in Bengal by-polls
All four districts where the bypolls will be held are located along the Bangladesh border and have a record of illegal infiltration, trans-border smuggling, and a history of an influx of Hindu refugees
Updated on Oct 26, 2021 06:26 PM IST
Bangladesh attacks trigger protests with civil society members criticising govt
Over a dozen organisations in West Bengal have held protests against the communal violence in Bangladesh since Monday. Over three dozen, actors, writers, poets and painters have taken part in the demonstrations
Updated on Oct 20, 2021 10:10 AM IST
Bengal doctors fear fresh Covid outbreak as millions hit streets during puja
The sight of crowds swelling on the streets of Bengal and Kolkata since the inauguration of the Durga Puja festival on Monday - the auspicious occasion of Sasthi according to the Hindu almanac - has panicked doctors with many fearing a rapid surge in Covid-19 cases in the coming weeks
Updated on Oct 13, 2021 03:38 AM IST
Resentment grows in Bengal BJP over promotion of former TMC minister Rajib Banerjee
On January 30, days after he resigned from the cabinet and the TMC, Banerjee drew attention when he and a team of turncoat legislators under his leadership were flown to Delhi in a chartered plane so that they could join the BJP at the residence of Union home minister Amit Shah.
Published on Oct 08, 2021 10:03 PM IST
Four TMC candidates for Bengal bypolls on Oct 30 file nomination papers
Amongt the four West Bengal seats on which bypolls are being held, Dinhata in north Bengal is expected to see the most-fierce contest between the BJP and TMC. The BJP won 7 of the region’s 8 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 and 30 of the 54 assembly seats.
Published on Oct 08, 2021 01:39 AM IST
A year on, assembly poll defeat to steal sheen from Bengal BJP’s Durga Puja
After the BJP ended up winning only 77 assembly seats in the keenly watched March-April assembly polls, many in the saffron camp are now apparently trying to distance themselves from the puja at EZCC campus in Kolkata’s Salt Lake
Published on Oct 07, 2021 10:05 AM IST
Tripura MLA Ashish Das shaves head in Kolkata, says it’s act of penance before joining TMC
KOLKATA/AGARTALA: Ashish Das, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Tripura who has been in touch with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for months, on Tuesday shaved his head, took a dip in the Ganga and offered prayers at a temple close to chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s home, saying he was performing an act of penance before joining West Bengal’s ruling party
Updated on Oct 06, 2021 01:58 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee and Priyanka Deb Barman
Bengal governor withdraws assembly speaker’s power to administer oath
The acrimonious relationship between the Bengal government led by Mamata Banerjee and governor Dhankar has been in the news since his appointment in July 2019
Updated on Oct 05, 2021 01:37 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
With the corporatisation of the OFB, uncertainty and fear run high among workers
Corporatisation means a different structure altogether, comes with financial and commercial implications, and needs to be effectively sold to the roughly 80,000 employees of the 41 factories who are nervous about what comes next.
Updated on Oct 04, 2021 04:40 PM IST
Mamata wins bypoll on Bhabanipur seat by massive margin
With a turnout of around 57%, it was the lowest showing at poll in Bhawanipore in 10 years, according to ECI.
Updated on Oct 04, 2021 01:48 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
Mamata Banerjee logs record win in Bhawanipore bypoll; BJP loses on 2 more seats
Tibrewal ended the race with only 26,428 votes against 85,263 that Banerjee secured, marking a 71.9% share of the 1,18,580 votes (including 705 postal ballots) cast on September 30. At around 57%, this was the lowest voter turnout at Bhawanipore in 10 years. Tibrewal’s defeat triggered rumblings in the BJP with several leaders questioning the decision to field her.
Updated on Oct 04, 2021 12:07 AM IST
Intense, multifaceted campaign plays out in Bhawanipore
Although bypolls will be held in two other constituencies of the state — Samserganj and Jangipur — it is Bhawanipore where all the action is happening
Updated on Sep 27, 2021 04:51 AM IST
At Bhawanipore, campaign is multifaceted in Banerjee vs Tibrewal contest
The most ferocious campaign is happening in Bhawanipur. Vote for Bhawanipur will take place on September 30 along with Samserganj and Jangipur assembly seats.
Updated on Sep 26, 2021 07:53 PM IST
What does Sukanta Majumdar’s appointment mean for the BJP in West Bengal?
While some veterans commented off-the-record, rebels such as Krishna Kalyani, legislator from Raiganj in North Dinajpur district in north Bengal did not stay silent. Majumdar represents the Balurghat seat in the adjoining South Dinajpur district
Updated on Sep 22, 2021 06:30 PM IST
BJP’s new Bengal chief Sukanta Majumdar equates TMC to Taliban
Referring to the post-poll violence incidents in the state, Majumdar alleged that many BJP supporters were killed by members of a minority community. He didn’t name the community
Published on Sep 22, 2021 12:41 AM IST
Mamata’s mosque visit insult to Islam, says Bengal BJP’s new boss; cleric rebuts
Sukanta Majumdar, the BJP’s surprise choice to replace Dilip Ghosh, said the Mamata Banerjee government” was imposing a Taliban-like regime in Bengal and vowed to evict the TMC from power at any cost in the assembly elections five years later.
Updated on Sep 22, 2021 12:41 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
Dilip Ghosh replaced as BJP’s Bengal chief, Sukanta Majumdar takes over
Dilip Ghosh was named national vice-president of the BJP; Baby Rani Maurya was also appointed national vice-president of the party
Published on Sep 21, 2021 12:22 AM IST
Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Tanmay Chatterjee
9 yrs after arrest over CM Banerjee’s cartoon, Kolkata professor fears new case
The CJM ordered that the case will be heard again in November to consider “whether any case under Section 500/509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or any other law can be made out against the accused”.
Published on Sep 19, 2021 05:09 PM IST
Kishore Datta, Bengal’s 4th advocate general since 2011, resigns like the rest
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government appointed senior lawyer Gopal Mukherjee as the state’s top law officer on Tuesday
Published on Sep 14, 2021 05:41 PM IST
CAA, NRC may drive Mamata Banerjee’s northeast expansion plan
Though all set to test her party’s strength in the BJP-ruled Tripura and Assam, before forging a national alliance against the saffron camp in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee will have to chalk out a different strategy for the two northeastern states
Updated on Sep 03, 2021 01:50 PM IST
CBI, SIT to probe Bengal post-election violence: High court
The Calcutta high court on Thursday ordered separate probes by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the state police into alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal this year
Updated on Aug 19, 2021 11:49 PM IST
Joydeep Thakur and Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
CBI, SIT to probe Bengal post-election violence: HC
The investigation of SIT will also be monitored by the court and overseen by a retired judge of the Supreme Court.
Updated on Aug 19, 2021 11:32 PM IST
Average age of India’s population should reflect in CPI(M): Yechury in Bengal
Several members of the CPI(M) central committee are more than 75 years old. Prominent among them are Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, 76, Bengal Left Front chairman Biman Bose, 81, and prominent Kerala leader S Ramachandran Pillai, 83.
Published on Aug 13, 2021 01:18 AM IST
Eyes on 2023, TMC wants to revamp Tripura unit by Dec 31
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee has created a travel roster for six TMC leaders from Bengal. Each one of them will spend three days in Tripura and leave the state when the next person marked in the roster arrives.
Published on Aug 10, 2021 10:29 PM IST