Bengal: Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar resigns as TMC Barasat District President after party's failure in Assembly polls

May 24, 2026

Of the seven Assembly seats in the Barasat Lok Sabha constituency, TMC won only two seats while the BJP swept five. TMC's Sabyasachi Dutta...

West Bengal: Woman sentenced to life imprisonment in husband's murder case

Sep 16, 2020

Barasat (West Bengal) [India], September 16 : Anindita Pal Dey, an accused in the murder case of her husband Rajat Dey, has been sentenced...

Mamata Banerjee, TMC leaders get legal notice from rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh's son amid Barasat MLA ticket row

Jun 14, 2026

Rebel Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar's son Baidyanath Ghosh Dastidar has sent a legal notice to former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...

West Bengal Governor visits explosion site of illegal firecracker factory in Duttapukur

Aug 27, 2023

The Governor is also slated to visit the Barasat district hospital where the injured were brought in following the blast.

Tripura CM virtually attends PM Modi's Nari Shakti Vandan Abhinandan program held in Barasat

Mar 06, 2024

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday virtually attended the Shakti Vandan Abhinandan function of Prime Minister Narendra Modi held in Barasat.

West Bengal: DIG Barasat gets transferred amid Sandeshkhali unrest

Feb 17, 2024

Kumar has now been posted as the DIG in charge of Security for the state, the order from the Home and Hill Department read.