States

The Locked Gates of Park Circus: Inside the Growing Week-Long Protest Against Bengal’s ‘Mass Voter Deletions’

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.

Faith in the Age of Algorithms: Kolkata’s Interfaith Iftar Dissects Propaganda and Youth Radicalization

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.

Hope, Freedom, Courage: Women Mark International Women’s Day with a Powerful Palm Protest

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.

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.
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Corona virus fear grips Kolkatans, as government announces preventive measures

Kolkata: The novel Coronavirus pandemic, which was till now grabbing headlines in other states of India, has come closer to affect people in West...

Citizenship issue is more life threatening than coronavirus, Kolkata protesters to continue fight against CAA

Kolkata: The number of women participants at the Park Circus Maidan on Sunday was much stronger than what it had witnessed during the weekdays....

Bengal activists begin hunger strike, don’t buy Shah’s claim made in the parliament

Kolkata: At the time when Home Minister Amit Shah, was giving a speech on the doubts raised by fellow Parliamentarians at the Rajya Sabha,...

Mamata uses police and party to deny space to anti-CAA rivals and civil society

Bengal’s big sis (Didi) Mamata Banerjee was at the receiving end of police brutalities as I had witnessed it closely as a journalist covering...

Wanted: A suitable face for Bengal BJP for assembly polls 

Kolkata: As Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Bengal unit has no such formidable face to confront (Trinamool Congress) TMC Supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...

Jharkhand Eyes University Named After “Father of Wireless” JC Bose in Giridih

Giridih/Ranchi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has urged the Jharkhand government to build a university in the name of Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, the noted...
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