POLITICS · May 7, 2026 After the results of the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election were announced, thousands of people left border districts of West Bengal, India, in a mass exodus toward Bangladesh. TOTAL BS
POLITICS · May 6, 2026 Indian Police Service officer Ajay Pal Sharma was transferred from the Uttar Pradesh cadre to the West Bengal cadre for a five-year tenure on May 6, 2026. TOTAL BS
POLITICS · May 6, 2026 As of May 6, 2026, a senior West Bengal government official (including the Chief Minister of West Bengal) publicly advocated statewide alcohol prohibition in West Bengal, but the Government of West Bengal had not announced any official plan to implement statewide alcohol prohibition. MOSTLY BS
POLITICS · May 6, 2026 As of May 6, 2026, illegal immigrants were leaving West Bengal, India, for other Indian states in significant numbers. TOTAL BS
GENERAL · May 6, 2026 On May 6, 2026, Muslims from multiple countries gathered in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. TOTAL BS
POLITICS · May 5, 2026 After the Bharatiya Janata Party won the 2024 Indian general election, a video showed a dense crowd carrying bundles leaving West Bengal, India. TOTAL BS
POLITICS · Apr 30, 2026 Firhad Hakim, a minister in the West Bengal government and Mayor of Kolkata, arranged for a 9-year-old child (his daughter or granddaughter) to cast a vote in an election. TOTAL BS
HISTORY · Apr 21, 2026 Mahatma Gandhi renounced a Knighthood in response to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919. TOTAL BS