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Pro-farmer indefinite sit-in begins simultaneously across West Bengal, artists and women bodies to join

Biswajit Roy - 1
Kolkata: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin saw peasants in dhotis and lungis laying siege on Kolkata decades back when the city was a radical red citadel without a Left Front in power in Bengal. Standing at Dharmatala...
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Farmers protest: Growing solidarity in Kolkata and districts before parallel Republic Day Parade

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Kolkata: The day Indian farmers at Singhu, Tikri, Gazipur borders and in Rewasan district held tractor rallies as a rehearsal to their proposed parallel Republic Day parade on January 26, activist groups in Kolkata and...
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Attack on tribal Chief Minister by Manuwadi forces is highly condemnable — Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha

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Ranchi: Even after change of guard in Jharkhand violence against women continues unabated in the state, as in against of 4 rape cases per day in 2019, 5 rapes taken place in the year 2020,...
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No Vote to BJP: Activists launch campaign in Kolkata before Assembly Polls

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Kolkata: A section of Anti-Bharatiya Janata Party Left groups and individuals together have launched a campaign-- No Vote To BJP in Kolkata on Monday under a forum named 'Bengal against Fascist RSS-BJP' urging people of...
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BJP ruled states in India is undoing of Indian Constitution by attacking minority’s worship places– IAMC

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Kolkata: On January 26 India will celebrate its Republic day which honors the date on which India adopted the Constitution of India. The Constitution is a collective resolution of the people of India to secure...
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Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s cavalcade attacked in Ranchi

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Ranchi: Violent protesters created panic for a few hours on Monday evening at Ranchi’s Kishoreganj Chowk when they attacked the Road Opening Party (ROP) of Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The demonstrators, who were protesting against...
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Let There Be Light

Around the country on a bike

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For some, life begins after retirement. There is even a desire to live life dangerously by throwing oneself out of one’s comfort zone. It...
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Durga to be worshipped as a migrant worker in many pujas in Bengal

Biswajit Roy and Aritra Singha - 0
Kolkata: In West Bengal, it’s been a tradition for puja pandals in and around Kolkata to always resonate the present social issues through their...
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Supreme Court directs Centre and State Govt to help sex workers, WB Govt allows them to have ration cards

Biswajit Roy and Aritra Singha - 0
Kolkata: Responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Kolkata-based Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC) the Supreme Court finally instructed the central and...
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CinemaScope

The legend Soumitra Chatterjee breathes his last at the age of 85

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Kolkata: In the late 80s came a Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay novel 'Nana Ronger Aalo'. Still a school student with a deep desire to make films,...
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How soccer’s loss became Hollywood’s gain

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For over a month, the 1965 film The Hill was on my watchlist. I kept pushing back, for a variety of reasons. Saturday evening,...
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I wonder where the crowd that had camped at Jantar Mantar for days in 2012 against the rapists has disappeared today-Anubhav Sinha

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Who would know the road to evolution better than filmmaker Anubhav Sinha? A mechanical engineer from Aligarh Muslim University, Anubhav, bit by the film...
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Play On

36-9: Depressing present, ominous future

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“Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to...
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स्मॉल टाउन, बिग ड्रीम की जब भी मिसाल होगी, धोनी उस चैप्टर के नायक बने रहेंगे

नरेंद्र नाथ मिश्रा - 0
कभी सोचा था कि महेंद्र सिंह धोनी चुपके से ऐसे अलविदा कह देंगे? खामोशी से। वक्त कितना क्रूर होता है, बेरहम होता है, हम...
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Even Virat is human…

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Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli’s match-winning unbeaten 94 (off 50 balls) against the West Indies at Hyderabad on Friday is yet another personification of...
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Go Green

Farming no more a way of life in Mechukha, Arunachal Pradesh

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Shi-Yomi: Mechukha Valley in the newly formed Shi-Yomi district,  west Arunachal Pradesh is over 200 km from Pasighat. The constituency comprising 20 villages with...
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Kolkata Cares: City dwellers take initiatives for a Green Future

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Kolkata: There might be alleged violation of National Green Tribunal's rules during the Chhath Puja celebration, at Rabindra Sarovar's green zone but average Kolkatan...
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Puja at Rabindra Sarovar: Religious sentiments vs environmental concern

Simrana Fatima and Ananya Sarkar - 0
Kolkata: Rising pollution and environmental issues might have become a focal point of discussion in many Indian cities, including national capital Delhi, but it...
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