Retired veterans and academics lead an indefinite Park Circus sit-in as 60 lakh Bengalis face voter "adjudication." Despite restricted access, the movement against the ECI’s opaque SIR drive continues to surge.
At a Kolkata interfaith iftar, leaders dissected how algorithms and propaganda shape Gen Z, warning of "Hindutva pop culture," eroding constitutional faith, and social media's role in spreading communal narratives.
On International Women’s Day, women at Kolkata’s Park Circus protest wrote words like hope, freedom and courage on each other’s palms, celebrating identity beyond social labels amid concerns over electoral roll deletions.
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.
Activists in Kolkata termed SIR unconstitutional and politically driven, alleging harassment of genuine voters and uncertainty over the Supreme Court-directed supplementary electoral roll.
Nandigram: A fractured leg didn’t stop Bengal’s wheelchair-bound Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from reaching Nandigram to hold a roadshow. Amidst fierce election campaign that...
Ranchi: Time and again Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has expressed concern over the issue of employment of Jharkhand’s people, but officials act otherwise.
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The turncoats
Both BJP MP Babul Supriyo and former TMC mayor cum Pandabeswar MLA Jitendra Tiwari drew criticisms for their roles...
Kolkata: Transparency activist Saket Gokhale has filed a representation affidavit with the Election Commission of India regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Orakandi...
Asansol: Politics of communal polarisation has helped Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to win Asansol parliamentary constituency for successive two terms in 2014 and 2919....