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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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How Jayant Sinha loses race to BJP’s Hazaribagh candidature for Lok Sabha

Ranchi: When the Bharatiya Janata Party released the names of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the most shocking exclusion was that...

From Naxal Hotspot to Knowledge Hub: Pirtand Gets Water, Giridih Gets University in Development Push

Giridih/Ranchi: For seventy years, students from Giridih have had to travel 115 kilometers for any university-related work and to pursue their Postgraduate degree courses....

Dozens Crushed by Trains in Heart-Wrenching Railway Mishap in Jharkhand

Jamtara/Ranchi: In a tragic rail accident on Wednesday evening in Jamtara, Jharkhand, at least 12 people lost their lives after being struck by a...

From Slurs to Silence: Sikh Community Stands Firm in Kolkata Dharna

Kolkata: The sit-in by the Sikh protesters over the Khalistani slur entered seven days. As there is no concrete initiative taken by the Bharatiya...

BJP Leaders Face FIR Over Khalistani Slur Against Sikh IPS Officer

Kolkata: Three days after the alleged use of a derogatory word "Khalistani" against a Sikh Indian Police Service officer, an FIR against unknown BJP...

“Because I wear Turban, you are telling me Khalistani”- An IPS officer’s reply to BJP leaders

Kolkata: A Sikh police officer, Jaspreet Singh, faced religious slurs during a politically charged incident in West Bengal. When Singh stopped Bharatiya Janata Party...
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