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...
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...
Supreme Court Slams Bengal Government Over RG Kar Rape Case: Orders National Task Force and CISF Deployment
Kolkata: The RG Kar Medical College rape case saw a day of significant action. The Supreme Court, which took suo moto cognizance of the...
IITian Faizan Ahmed’s Mother Lashes Out at Bengal Police Amidst Nationwide Protests
Kolkata: Amid the nationwide protests over the brutal murder of an RG Kar Medical College doctor, Rehana Ahmed, the mother of murdered IITian Faizan...
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...
