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
Ahead of 2024 national polls, BJP replaces organisational unit chiefs in Bengal
On April 14, Union home minister Amit Shah addressed a rally in Birbhum and said BJP must win over 35 of Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats
Updated on Aug 09, 2023 12:46 PM IST
INDIA ally CPI(M) won’t tie up with ‘principal adversary’ TMC in Bengal
CPI(M)’s stand triggered speculation that the Congress may adopt a similar strategy.
Updated on Aug 08, 2023 07:33 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee’s focus on non-aided, Khareji madrasas trigger ‘vote politics’ row
West Bengal’s projected population in 2021 stood at 101.9 million. During the last 2011 census, the Hindu population stood at 70.54% while Muslims comprised 27.01%
Updated on Aug 02, 2023 08:20 PM IST
Visva-Bharati suspends student for Facebook posts supporting Amartya Sen
Visva-Bharati has been in news since 2018 when Chakrabarty took over as vice-chancellor.
Updated on Jul 29, 2023 04:30 AM IST
‘We were treated like animals’: Manipur village chief recounts ordeal
On May 3, as ethnic clashes broke out in Manipur’s Churachandpur town, Vaiphei knew that the violence would reach their homes sooner than later.
Updated on Jul 21, 2023 08:01 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
As Bengal votes today, the battleground region of Birbhum personifies the stakes
Birbhum is seen as a battleground district in the state. The TMC has won most seats uncontested in the past, but the BJP is now making inroads, capitalizing on dissatisfaction with the ruling party.
Updated on Jul 08, 2023 12:11 AM IST
How the victim of Bengal’s political violence became a BJP campaigner
Ten people were killed in March 2022 at Bogtui in West Bengal’s Birbhum in retaliation to the murder of a local functionary of the ruling TMC
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 10:28 AM IST
Bengal pre-poll violence: Not the first time Centre's sent its troops
A look at the past instances where both the state and the Centre had to deploy security cover to ensure safe polls
Published on Jun 28, 2023 07:12 PM IST
9.5% of West Bengal panchayat seats uncontested, down from 34%
The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) won around 90% of seats in the last round of rural elections in 2018
Updated on Jun 23, 2023 01:03 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
4 killed in Bengal violence on last day for nominations
On Thursday, the division bench of chief justice TS Sivagnanam and justice Uday Kumar asked the poll body to seek paramilitary assistance from the Union government within 48 hours
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 12:17 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Opposition parties in Bengal question civic volunteers deployment during clashes
Several parts of Bengal witnessed sporadic clashes since June 8 when state election commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha announced panchayat polling dates
Updated on Jun 12, 2023 09:44 AM IST
Nomination filing for rural polls to be videotaped, says Bengal EC
The nomination process for the single-phase polls — to be held on July 8 — began on Friday and has been marked by clashes between workers of different parties
Updated on Jun 12, 2023 12:32 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Odisha train accident sheds light on plight of labourers leaving home for work
An official of the South Paraganas district, said, “At least a dozen people from the district have died and over 100 were injured in the Odisha train accident.”
Updated on Jun 05, 2023 06:00 AM IST
They brought my son’s photo, said he is dead: Kin of Odisha train accident victim
In Kolkata, government officers monitoring the emergency helpline numbers said they received frantic calls from almost all districts
Updated on Jun 04, 2023 12:57 AM IST
‘Loud shrieks, blood…': Eyewitnesses recount horror of Odisha train tragedy
Visuals of the accident site showed 15 coaches of the Coromandel Express lying on their side, and passengers crying for help.
Updated on Jun 03, 2023 08:11 AM IST
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Bengal governor appoints 10 V-Cs, TMC govt terms decision ‘illegal’
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose appointed 10 senior professors as vice-chancellors of state-run universities, leading to a standoff with the TMC government, which called the move "illegal". The education minister has urged the professors to refuse the appointments and is seeking legal opinion. The Calcutta high court recently overturned the state government's extension of the tenure of 29 V-Cs, citing University Grants Commission regulations that require appointment on the recommendation of a search committee comprising UGC, the governor and the state.
Updated on Jun 02, 2023 12:23 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata:
Shah meets Kuki, Meitei groups amid Manipur violence
Union home minister Amit Shah met politicians, bureaucrats and civil society groups from both warring Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur on Tuesday, in an attempt to quell the violence that has singed the northeastern state for close to a month now and killed at least 80 people.
Updated on May 31, 2023 12:01 AM IST
Amit Shah, in Manipur, to hold talks with all stakeholders in ethnic clashes
Shah arrived at Bir Tikendrajit Imphal International Airport for a four-day visit at 9.30 pm on Monday, a day after fresh clashes rocked the state.
Updated on May 30, 2023 04:35 AM IST
‘If I press button, 4 MPs will join’: Abhishek Banerjee’s jab at Bengal Congress
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee said the “so-called rainbow alliance of the Left and Congress” only helped the BJP in Bengal because the TMC is the main political force in the state
Updated on May 29, 2023 07:08 PM IST
Fresh violence in Manipur kills 5, including cop, injures 12
The development came on a day when the Manipur government said that at least 40 Kuki armed militants have been killed by security forces in the last four days.
Updated on May 29, 2023 04:40 AM IST
Amit Shah to visit violence-hit Manipur today; 40 Kuki militants killed so far
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is due to visit Manipur on Monday to hold talks with stakeholders to restore calm.
Updated on May 29, 2023 07:44 AM IST
‘The Diary of West Bengal’: Kolkata police book and summon movie director
The filmmaker dismissed the allegations as “baseless” and said the police case against him was an “attempt to silence the truth”.
Updated on May 27, 2023 01:13 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s convoy attacked in Bengal amid Kurmi agitation
Abhishek Banerjee had visited the Salboni area of Bengal’s Jhargram district as part of his two-month-long Nabo Jowar (new tide) Yatra.
Updated on May 27, 2023 04:33 AM IST
A ground report from Manipur
For many in Imphal, the key question is whether the clash between members of the Kuki tribe and the Meitei community was waiting to happen
Published on May 24, 2023 04:50 PM IST
Meiteis, Kukis keep moving to safer areas as tensions persist in Manipur
Since May 3 violence, 7,472 Meiteis have migrated from hill districts to the Imphal valley, while 5,200 Kukis have left Imphal and surrounding areas.
Updated on May 23, 2023 05:01 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
After the violence: A Myanmar twist as Manipur searches for its own
Manipur saw violent clashes that began a week ago in Churachandpur but spread quickly across the state.
Updated on May 11, 2023 03:16 PM IST
Manipur violence: Imphal opens gingerly, traders stare at long road to recovery
Close to a week after Manipur was swept by ethnic violence between two communities across multiple districts, the state capital began stepping towards normalcy.
Updated on May 10, 2023 12:17 AM IST
‘No grudges’: Meiteis, Kukis fleeing clashes in Manipur share camp
Pallel is unique, in that it is the only camp where families belonging to both Meitei and Kuki communities have been accommodated.
Updated on May 09, 2023 03:49 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Pallel (kakching)
Fleeing violence, thousands in Manipur face uncertain future
The Imphal airport resembled a refugee camp in a war zone, with roughly a thousand members of Kuki tribe waiting for planes to take them to neighbouring states.
Updated on May 08, 2023 05:43 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Imphal
Thousands rescued as Manipur remains tense
The army said on Sunday no major flare-ups were reported overnight and that a curfew was lifted between 7-10 am in one of the main flashpoint areas.
Updated on May 08, 2023 12:09 AM IST
