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  Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose faces death threat: 'Will blast him' email prompts security overhaul

  January 09, 2026 6:48 IST

  Governor CV Ananda Bose, protected under India's top-tier Z-plus security cover for VIPs, experienced an instant boost in his security personnel. The Governor's Officer on Special Duty disclosed that senior security leaders held an urgent late-night meeting to scrutinise threats.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: Did Mamata snatch phones, hard drives, and files from the ED?

  Aaj Ki Baat | January 08, 2026 23:43 IST

  What happened in Bengal today has never happened before in the history of the country, anywhere. The Chief Minister herself arrived to stop the ED raid. Mamata Banerjee snatched the seized documents, phones, and hard drives from the ED team and took them with her.

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  TMC vs ED showdown escalates in Kolkata over I-PAC raids; 2 FIRs filed, TMC moves HC | Updates

  January 08, 2026 20:22 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced she will lead a protest rally on Friday in response to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids. She described the searches as politically motivated, coming just months before the state assembly elections.

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  Who is I-PAC chief Pratik Jain? All about Mamata Banerjee's poll strategist now under ED radar

  January 08, 2026 16:08 IST

  Pratik Jain is the co-founder and director of I PAC and also heads the Trinamool Congress' IT cell. ED raids were conducted at his office and residence in Kolkata on Thursday.

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  I-PAC raid: 'Control your Home Minister,' Mamata's message to PM; ED moves HC citing 'interference'

  January 08, 2026 16:05 IST

  The ED said the raids were in connection with a coal smuggling syndicate led by Anup Majee and were entirely evidence-based. It said no party office was targeted.

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  Mamata Banerjee storms ED raid site in Kolkata: What's in those 'green files' at I-PAC?

  January 08, 2026 16:01 IST

  After exiting Prateek Jain's home, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee blasted ED for overstepping: "Is this ED's role or Amit Shah's- to grab party hard drives and candidate lists?" "This is pure vendetta, not enforcement," she raged, threatening tit-for-tat raids on BJP offices.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, January 6, 2026

  India | January 06, 2026 21:15 IST

  On January 5, derogatory slogans were raised against PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah by some students outside the Sabarmati Hostel in JNU in a protest after the SC denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam.

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  Bengal SIR: CM Mamata Banerjee to move court today, says 'people have died due to fear'

  January 05, 2026 23:59 IST

  However, the chief minister did not clarify whether she will personally move to the court, or would it be the state government or the TMC. Banerjee alleged that several people died in the state due to the "fear, harassment and administrative arbitrariness" linked to the SIR.

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  PM Modi wishes Mamata 'Didi' on birthday, prays for her good health and long life

  India | January 05, 2026 9:57 IST

  Mamata Banerjee was elected to Lok Sabha for seven times and also served as a union cabinet minister. She is the first woman chief minister of West Bengal.

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  Bengal SIR: Mamata Banerjee urges CEC to halt process over 'mass disenfranchisement' threat

  January 04, 2026 23:59 IST

  Bengal CM Banerjee pins the blame on "undue haste," which has spawned glitches risking mass deletions from voter lists- hitting vulnerable communities hardest. She demands urgent corrections, or else the whole flawed initiative gets shut down to avert a democratic disaster.

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  ECI directs Bengal government to release enhanced honorarium for BLOs, warns against 'intimidation'

  December 31, 2025 18:57 IST

  ECI also warned political parties, including the TMC, that any intimidation or harassment of electoral staff including BLOs, Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), and Observers will not be tolerated.

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  Haqiqat Kya Hai : Who will win the Bengal elections, Didi or Modi?

  Hakikat Kya Hai | December 31, 2025 0:08 IST

  The blueprint for the Bengal election battle, which will take place in 100 days, has been drawn up. The election fight will be centered on illegal immigration and corruption, and the issue of Hindu-Muslim relations will be a key element in the electoral arsenal.

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  Coffee Par Kurukshetra: Is infiltration happening in Bengal with Mamata's support?

  Kurukshetra | December 31, 2025 0:06 IST

  Home Minister Amit Shah, considered the BJP's strategist for the Bengal elections, has taken charge. Shah is on a three-day visit to West Bengal. He held discussions on election preparations in Kolkata and addressed a press conference.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, December 30, 2025

  India | December 30, 2025 23:12 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee described Union Home Minister Amit Shah as ‘Dushasan’ without naming him, and demanded his resignation, accusing him of failing to prevent subversive activities in the country.

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  'This time the game will be called fatafati': Mamata Banerjee targets BJP; warns of EC office gherao

  December 30, 2025 16:33 IST

  West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that a proper SIR exercise normally takes up to two years, while the current process is being rushed within two months.

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  'Couldn't have asked for better omen': TMC’s dig after Amit Shah predicts two-third majority for BJP

  December 30, 2025 14:35 IST

  The home minister also rebuked Mamata Banerjee over a plethora of issues, including corruption and blocking Centre's relief for people in Bengal. He also alleged that infiltration was happening in Bengal under Banerjee's nose as she wants to bring a demographic change to amass votes.

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  BJP Bengal push: Amit Shah vows to flush out infiltrators, slams Mamata; predicts two-third majority

  December 30, 2025 12:57 IST

  Shah rebuked Mamata Banerjee-led state government, accusing the Bengal CM of stopping Centre’s welfare schemes for people in the state. He also alleged that corruption and fear was at their zenith under Banerjee’s rule in Bengal.

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  Trinamool Congress delegation to meet CEC over West Bengal on Dec 31 over SIR

  December 27, 2025 23:41 IST

  Over a week ago, the Election Commission released draft electoral rolls for West Bengal after the month-long SIR process.

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  Mamata Banerjee condemns attacks on Bengali-speaking migrants after worker killed in Odisha

  December 27, 2025 18:43 IST

  Taking to social media platform X, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee said Bengali-speaking families working in other states are being targeted and terrorised.

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  Coffee Par Kurukshetra: Will the BJP repeat the Bihar election results in Bengal?

  Kurukshetra | December 27, 2025 0:00 IST

  There is considerable unease in West Bengal politics these days regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list. This unease was further fueled when Union Minister and MP from Bongaon, Shantanu Thakur, made a surprising statement.