States

Selective Targeting? The Firestorm Over Bengal’s 60-Lakh ‘Adjudication’ List

Bengal faces a constitutional crisis as 60 lakh voters are placed "under adjudication" in the final electoral roll. Minority-heavy districts like Murshidabad and Malda lead the list, sparking widespread outrage.

SIR Row Intensifies in Kolkata as Activists Flag Voter Deletion Fears

Activists in Kolkata termed SIR unconstitutional and politically driven, alleging harassment of genuine voters and uncertainty over the Supreme Court-directed supplementary electoral roll.

Is AIMIM Rethinking Identity Politics in Bengal? The Kaliganj Clue

The entry of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen into West Bengal’s political imagination has long remained more speculation...

Who Was Mahendra Singh? The People’s Leader Power Tried to Forget

Mahendra Singh rose from mass protests, challenged power as a lone opposition voice, and was killed after declaring his identity, yet two decades later, people still gather to remember him

For 24 Years, He Guarded India’s Borders—Now He’s Standing In Line To Prove He’s A Citizen

At a hearing centre, elderly residents, families and a retired Army jawan queue for SIR scrutiny, facing missing records, paperwork hurdles and fear of exclusion while officials verify electoral histories
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A Resignation That Shook TMC: Jawhar Sircar’s Resignation Challenges Bengal’s Political Status Quo

Jawhar Sircar, the former IAS officer’s decision to quit politics sparks a wider discussion on crime against women, judicial delays, and selective outrage. Public and political figures react, urging TMC’s diverse members to demand better leadership from Mamata Banerjee

Unconstitutional and Unfair: How Proposed Waqf Bill Endangers India’s Religious Endowments

eNewsroom Special: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 has sparked outrage nationwide, drawing fierce opposition from community leaders and activists. The bill’s provisions threaten the autonomy of waqf properties, raising fears of government interference

Women Activists and Doctors Reject BJP’s ‘Justice’ in RG Kar Rape and Murder Outcry

Kolkata: Advocate Noor Mahvish, Editor Mahasweta Samajdar, and Professor Nousheen Baba Khan have one thing in common: along with their professions, they are activists...

Housing Apartheid Reaches Rajasthan: Landlord’s Home Bulldozed After Tenant’s Son’s Mistake Is Given a Communal Color

Jaipur/Bhopal: The still-afresh-elected Bharatiya Janata Party government of Rajasthan has entered a bulldozer justice era taking inspiration and following the pattern of its neighboring...

From Mud Huts to Metropolis: How Kolkata Rose from the Banks of the Hooghly on August 24, 1690

There is no doubt that today, the 24th of August, is a landmark day when the modern colonial city of Calcutta or Kolkata came...

Political Silence, Social Impact: The JMMSY and Its Ripples Across Jharkhand

Ranchi/Kolkata: In 2019, during the elections for its fifth term, the Hemant Soren-led coalition (now INDIA bloc) secured a full majority in the Jharkhand...
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