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West Bengal First Cabinet Meeting Live: West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari with five cabinet ministers addressing a presser after cabinet meeting.

Bengal govt to decide on DA, 7th Pay Commission in next cabinet meeting: CM Suvendu Adhikari

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Kolkata, May 11 (PTI) The second cabinet meeting of the West Bengal government is scheduled to be held on May 18, where key decisions on DA, implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission and other administrative issues are expected to be taken, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Monday. Addressing reporters, Adhikari said the meeting would

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  • Members of security forces stop vehicles as they stand guard along a road leading to the site where an aide of Suvendu Adhikari, a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal state, was shot dead days after the BJP secured a majority in the state assembly elections, in North 24 Parganas, on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, May 7, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)
  • Members of security forces stop a delivery personnel as they stand guard along a road leading to the site where an aide of Suvendu Adhikari, a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal state, was shot dead days after the BJP secured a majority in the state assembly elections, in North 24 Parganas, on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, May 7, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)
  • Members of security forces stop vehicles as they stand guard along a road leading to the site where an aide of Suvendu Adhikari, a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal state, was shot dead days after the BJP secured a majority in the state assembly elections, in North 24 Parganas, on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, May 7, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)
  • Members of security forces stand guard along a road leading to the site where an aide of Suvendu Adhikari, a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal state, was shot dead days after the BJP secured a majority in the state assembly elections, in North 24 Parganas, on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, May 7, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)
  • Members of security forces stop vehicles as they stand guard along a road leading to the site where an aide of Suvendu Adhikari, a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal state, was shot dead days after the BJP secured a majority in the state assembly elections, in North 24 Parganas, on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, May 7, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)

Hundreds arrested after post-poll violence kills at least three in Bengal

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NEW DELHI, May 7 (Reuters) – Hundreds of people were arrested after post-election violence erupted this ​week in West Bengal state, killing ‌at least three people, including the aide to a senior leader of Prime Minister Narendra ​Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. Here are some ​details. Modi’s BJP defeated incumbent Chief Minister Mamata ⁠Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress

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The Harish Chatterjee street in Kolkata where Mamata Banerjee’s residence is located.

WB result: Split in minority votes cracks TMC bastions, fuels BJP surge in Muslim-majority districts

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Kolkata, May 5 (PTI) In an election that has upended West Bengal’s entrenched political arithmetic, the BJP’s sweeping victory has drawn its decisive momentum not merely from traditional strongholds but from unexpected gains in Muslim-dominated districts, where a fractured minority vote quietly rewrote the script that had long favoured the TMC. For over a decade,

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  • A supporter dismantles an election billboard bearing a portrait of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee after the party failed to secure a majority in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, in Kolkata, India, Monday, May 4, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • A worker of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party displays the photographs of party leader and actor-turned-politician, Vijay Chandrasekhar as he celebrates the early leads and results in the recently held state election, in Chennai, southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Monday, May 4, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • Diplu Ranjan Sarmah, center, New Guwahati candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party shows victory sign after winning in recent held state election in Guwahati, India, Monday, May 4, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • Bharatiya Janata Party workers shout slogans and celebrate the party’s early results and lead in the recently held state election, in Guwahati, India, Monday, May 4, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • Confetti is sprayed as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, waves to supporters upon his arrival at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate victory in the recently held state assembly elections in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 4, 2026. (Photo: AP)

Modi’s party wins control of Bengal, Film star-turned-politician scores breakthrough win in Tamil Nadu

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NEW DELHI, May 5, 2026 (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has wrested control of the opposition stronghold of West Bengal in a key state election. The Election Commission of India released partial results Monday showing the Bharatiya Janata Party won at least 124 seats in the 294-member West Bengal

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