States

Two Journeys, One Vote: While Some Migrant Workers Get Support, Thousands Struggle Home

A surge of migrant workers returning to West Bengal amid SIR fears is straining transport, as thousands undertake costly journeys to ensure their names remain on voter lists.

Between a Paralysed Elder and a 19-Year-Old: The 1956 Deed That No Longer Guarantees a Vote

Kolkata's Metiabruz faces voter row as Garwan clan loses 15 members, including eight women. Residents allege 37,000 deletions, while activist Jiten Nandi’s hunger strike demands transparency, restoration, and accountability.

Climb with Welfare, Fall with BJP: Inside TMC’s Snakes and Ladders Poll Campaign

TMC’s Snakes and Ladders leaflet depicts Narendra Modi and Amit Shah as “snakes,” while welfare schemes act as “ladders,” taking Mamata Banerjee’s campaign into Bengal homes.

‘Excluded’ in My Own Land: An IIM Professor Demands Answers on Voter Purge

On Ambedkar Jayanti, Kolkata protest targets SIR as ‘Excluded’ voters like Nandita Roy question deletions, Sabir Ahamed flags patterns, and Faridul Islam’s emotional appeal underscores a growing citizenship

IIM Academic, Aliah Professors, Journalist—All ‘Deleted’: Bengal’s Voter List Deletion Sparks Outrage

IIM and Aliah University professors, an Anandabazar Patrika journalist, and medical students face disenfranchisement as the ECI deletes their names. Protesters at Park Circus Maidan now demand justice for 27 lakh voters
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From Hope to Doubt: Jharkhand Muslims and the Hemant Soren Government

Ranchi: In 2019, when the Hemant Soren-led Gathbandhan government came to power, Muslims played a major role in it. Muslims, the largest minority in the...

The Power of Two: Kalpana and Hemant Soren to Energize Jharkhand’s Political Scene

Ranchi: Despite the cries against dynasty politics in Jharkhand, the state now has a power couple: Hemant and Kalpana Soren. Together, they are poised...

From Custody to Coffin: The Tragic Tale of Newly Wed Abu Siddiq Halder

Kolkata: Twenty-two-year-old Abu Siddiq Halder, a resident of Ghatakkultala, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, had travelled from Karnataka to be by his mother’s side...

Mob Lynching Shadows Hemant Soren’s Confidence Win in Ranchi

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren won a vote of confidence today. Later, his cabinet ministers took the oath of secrecy in the presence...

Hemant Soren’s Resurgence: Champai Soren resigns as Chief Minister of Jharkhand

Ranchi: Fresh political developments hint at a change of guard in Jharkhand. Former Chief Minister Hemant Soren may get reinstated as Champai Soren resigned...

Educated Assailants: Mob Justice Claims Lives of Two Innocent Men in Kolkata

Kolkata: Within two days, Kolkata witnessed two mob lynchings, both triggered over suspicion of phone theft. While Md Irshad was beaten to death in...
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