At a hearing centre, elderly residents, families and a retired Army jawan queue for SIR scrutiny, facing missing records, paperwork hurdles and fear of exclusion while officials verify electoral histories
West Bengal’s SIR exercise flags lakhs of voters, including Amartya Sen, raising questions of legality and fairness. Experts Jawhar Sircar and Yogendra Yadav warn genuine voters may face harassment
A Kolkata maid with Aadhaar, PAN and voter ID now faces a citizenship hearing as Bengal’s voter revision puts 1.67 crore electors under scrutiny amid multiple phases and mounting uncertainty.
Migrant workers from Murshidabad were allegedly attacked in Odisha after being accused of being “Bangladeshis” despite showing valid documents. One worker, Jewel Rana, succumbed to his injuries, while two others remain hospitalised. The lynching has renewed concerns over the safety of Bengali-speaking Muslim migrant workers in BJP-ruled states.
Kolkata: A day after violence marred Bharatiya Janata Party’s Nabanna Chalo protest, Abhishek Banerjee, national secretary of Trinamool Congress alleged that people in BJP...
Kolkata: A 24-year-old youth has been allegedly shot dead by the Border Security Force at the India-Bangladesh border, a fact-finding team of MASUM, a...
Kolkata: Life was least promising for Kolkata’s 6-year-old Asad Khan after his father’s demise. Unable to bear the family expenses, his mother got married...