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
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
Will never allow NRC in West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee
On May 1, the BJP released its election manifesto in the southern state saying it will implement the uniform civil code (UCC) and NRC if it retains power. The UCC treats all religious groups and communities equally in terms of the law
Updated on May 07, 2023 01:02 PM IST
Calcutta HC orders West Bengal CID to probe deaths of 4 inmates in custody
The victims, identified as Abdul Rezzak Dewan, Jiaul Laskar, Saidul Munshi and Akbar Khan, died between July 31 and August 2 last year
Updated on May 04, 2023 03:50 PM IST
Ostracised over witchcraft claims, a Santhal family’s quest for home
A Santhal family in Bengal's Birbhum has been wandering from village to village for three years after being accused of witchcraft and thrown out of their home.
Updated on May 03, 2023 04:59 PM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Bolpur
Row over Sen’s home keeps sleepy Bengal varsity town on edge
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is facing eviction from his ancestral home in Santiniketan, West Bengal, over allegations of illegal occupation of public land.
Updated on May 02, 2023 01:36 PM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
BJP focused on strengthening party organisations ahead of Bengal panchayat polls
Leaders in the state’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit hope to strengthen party organisations, exercises essential to winning the upcoming elections
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 05:30 PM IST
Visva-Bharati to take possession of land from Amartya Sen on May 6
Visva-Bharati vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty has claimed Sen’s father rented only 1.25-acre land on a 99-year lease in 1943 and .13 decimal land should be returned
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 04:22 PM IST
Visva-Bharati’s claim on ancestral land has no standing, says Amartya Sen
In an email to the central university’s estate officer, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, 89, said the magistrate of the area has noted that the existing arrangement should be recognised and that no interference or breach of peace should be allowed
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 06:47 PM IST
File weekly reports, follow do’s and dont’s: Bengal governor's letter to VCs
On June 13 last year, the state assembly passed the West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Bill 2022 which sought to make the CM the chancellor of all universities in place of the governor
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 08:28 PM IST
March 30 to April 4: A tense six days in West Bengal
The violence between two communities during a Ram Navami procession has caused a political war of words
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 01:14 PM IST
Civic volunteers can’t be deployed for law enforcement: West Bengal Police
A March 24 order said civic volunteers will assist police deployed to manage traffic, tackle illegal parking, manage crowds during festivals, and ensure public safety
Published on Mar 27, 2023 09:15 AM IST
TMC govt move to implement National Education Policy in Bengal creates a stir
The West Bengal government conveyed its decision to implement the four-year undergraduate programme under National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 from the forthcoming academic session to universities on March 17
Published on Mar 24, 2023 08:59 PM IST
Kin observe 1st anniversary of Bogtui massacre at BJP event
Ten people were killed in March last year at Bogtui in West Bengal’s Birbhum in retaliation to the murder of a local functionary of the ruling Trinamool Congress
Published on Mar 22, 2023 02:03 PM IST
