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  A cruise boat sank in Madhya Pradesh after being caught in a storm. Reports indicate that many people have lost their lives in this tragedy. Amidst this, a heartbreaking image of a mother and her child has emerged. The mother is holding her child in a tight embrace, while the child, too, clings desperately to her. The mother had faith in herself, and the child placed their trust entirely in their mother. Yet, in the end, both perished in the waters. Until their very last moments, the child never let go of their mother's *anchal* (the loose end of her sari). The mother was wearing a life jacket; had she chosen to, she could have saved her own life. Instead, she sacrificed her own life in an attempt to save that of her child.  Reported by Sanchita chatterjee .

  The incident occurred late on Friday night (May 2, 2026) in Shukjora village, under the Shilda Gram Panchayat in Jhargram's Binpur-2 block. The victim was 19-year-old Pinky Das. A college student met a tragic end in Jhargram after being crushed under a collapsing wall following incessant rainfall. Several others were injured in this accident.Several family members—including Sujit Das and Mrinal Das—were present at the time. Due to heavy storms and rainfall over the preceding two days, the walls and roof of their mud house had become severely weakened. The structure collapsed suddenly while the family was asleep during the night. Local villagers rescued the injured individuals and rushed them to a hospital, where doctors pronounced Pinky Das dead. Those with critical injuries have been transferred to the Jhargram Medical College Hospital. According to family sources, they had not received benefits under the government's housing scheme (Awas Yojana); consequently, the tragedy u...

Sanchita chatterjee : Re-polling will be held at these booths on Saturday, May 2. The Election Commission, under the directive of Mr. Manoj Kumar Agarwal, has ordered a re-election in a total of 15 booths across the South 24 Parganas district—specifically in the Magrahat West (11 booths) and Diamond Harbour (4 booths) Assembly constituencies. The Election Commission, led by Mr. Manoj Kumar Agarwal, took this stern measure following reports of irregularities during the voting process and instances where CCTV cameras were found to be non-functional. Re-polling at these booths is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 2.

  Pointing at a young protester outside a counting center, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that he was an "outsider" who had come from Gujarat. Displaying a video on her mobile phone, she asserted that the young man was not a voter in Bhabanipur. Deep Prajapati the young man at whom the Chief Minister had pointed her finger clearly stated that he was not affiliated with any political party. He explained that he had come to West Bengal to visit his relatives and, as a citizen of India, he had the right to travel to any part of the country. Reason for the Protest: Deep stated that he had staged the protest after observing the prevailing situation in the region (West Bengal).

   ReportedbySanchitachatterjee: (May 1, 2026) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has remained at the site until late into the night to personally oversee the security of the election strong rooms. She continues to sit at the counting center for her own constituency—Bhabanipur—located at the Shakhawat Memorial School, even past midnight. Fearing potential tampering with EVMs and postal ballots, leaders and workers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) began staging sit-in protests outside various strong rooms across Kolkata on Thursday evening. Mamata Banerjee herself joined these protests and instructed party workers to keep a night-long vigil guarding the strong rooms. Intense tension has primarily flared up around the Shakhawat Memorial School (Bhabanipur constituency) in South Kolkata, as well as the Netaji Indoor Stadium and the Khudiram Anushilan Kendra in North Kolkata. The Trinamool Congress alleges that attempts were made to open the strong rooms without any prior n...

  Sanchita chatterjee: Against the backdrop of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee arrived at the premises of Sakhawat Memorial School in South Kolkata tonight—April 30, 2026. The Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency are being stored at this school. She arrived amidst protests by the Trinamool Congress, which had raised allegations of EVM tampering and irregularities. Mamata Banerjee reached Sakhawat Memorial around 8:00 PM, accompanied by her election agent. Following her arrival, security arrangements at the venue were further tightened. It is reported that Mamata Banerjee sat in front of the counting center for approximately an hour and a half with the specific objective of keeping a vigil over the EVMs. Meanwhile, tension flared in the area when BJP supporters staged a protest, questioning the presence of a Trinamool campaign van parked outside the counting center.Earlier, expressing apprehensi...

 In April 2026, the Kolkata Police suspended Ramakrishna Kayal, a constable belonging to their First Battalion of Armed Police. In a video exceeding 20 minutes in length—in which Kayal appears in full police uniform—he alleged a systematic "Islamization" within the police department and the state administration over the past 15 years. He claimed that, throughout his 23-year career, he had witnessed instances of Bengali Hindus being subjected to forced religious conversion. The constable issued a direct appeal to voters in South Bengal to defeat the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) during the second phase of the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, scheduled for The authorities leveled charges against him for a grave violation of the 'Service Conduct Rules.'