West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday announced a series of welfare and regulatory measures in Kalyani, including a ban on liquor shops within one kilometre of educational institutions and temples, a monthly financial assistance scheme for women, and subsidised fish-rice meals across the state.
Kolkata: A man was arrested from the Garden Reach area of Kolkata for allegedly sending an email to police threatening a suicide bomb attack on West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari “with the help of terror outfit Al Qaeda,” a senior officer said on Saturday. The accused, identified as 27-year-old Hasnain Iqbal, was arrested on.
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced the dismantling of the West Bengal Police Welfare Board, which was reportedly run during the previous Trinamool Congress regime by former Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Santanu Sinha Biswas, who is currently in Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody over his alleged involvement in money laundering-cum-illegal land grabbing.
Three people have been detained in connection with the murder of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant of West Bengal's new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, said sources on Monday.
Suvendu Adhikari, who took oath as the BJP’s first Chief Minister of West Bengal on Saturday, inducted five ministers into his cabinet during the swearing-in ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and several senior leaders, including NDA chief ministers.
KOLKATA: West Bengal is set to witness a historic political shift on Saturday as the state’s first BJP government takes oath, with Chief Minister-designate Suvendu Adhikari and his new Cabinet scheduled to be sworn in at 10 a.m. The swearing-in ceremony is being held on Rabindra Jayanti, marking the birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.
Kolkata: On Saturday, Suvendu Adhikari became the first Chief Minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal. Apart from him, Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kirtania, Khudiram Tudu and Nisith Pramanik also took the oath of office as ministers. PM Modi congratulates Bengal CM and cabinet Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates West Bengal CM.
Kolkata: In a historic development, Union Home Minister Amit Shah formally announced BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari as the Chief Minister-designate of West Bengal on Friday. This follows the Bharatiya Janata Party’s massive victory in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, ending the Trinamool Congress’s 15-year rule under Mamata Banerjee. Addressing the BJP Legislature Party meeting.
The BJP’s “giantslayer” Suvendu Adhikari is emerging as the frontrunner for the chief minister’s post in West Bengal after the party’s historic victory in the recently concluded Assembly elections, ending the long rule of Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress. As preparations for the formation of the BJP’s first government in Bengal gather pace, sources.
