Kolkata: Throughout the campaign, Mamata Banerjee leaned on her 2021 playbook, famously asserting that she was the ‘sole candidate’ in all 294 seats. This time, however, the strategy backfired. The gap between the leadership’s high-octane rhetoric and the grim ground reality became an unbridgeable chasm.In a political earthquake that has shattered nearly 15 years of…

The Bailey Bridge that was inaugurated Kolkata/Siliguri: Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday inaugurated a Bailey bridge constructed by the Indian Army across the Balason River, restoring connectivity between Siliguri and Mirik after flash floods washed away the temporary Hume Pipe bridge last month.Announcing long-term plans for the region, the CM said the West Bengal…