Bengal

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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Clean Sweep For Trinamool Congress in Bengal Municipal Corporations Elections

Kolkata: Amidst the restructuring of Trinamool Congress, which some have termed as infighting between the party’s senior leaders and Abhishek Banerjee’s group rumourly backed...

Kolkata: Divided By Religion, United By Hijab

Kolkata: The city, witnessed on Friday, what it is known as—standing for each other or more precisely raising a concerted voice against the hijab...

With The Demise Of Wasimda, I Lost A Well-Wisher

“Kapoor Bol Rahen Hain” was Wasim Kapoor’s answer when I first called him in May 1995. I was researching the legendary painter, Amrita Sher-Gil...

Significance of Trinamool Congress vote share rise, from 38.9 to 72.13 percent

Kolkata: The Kolkata civic polls has been significant not just in one way. While winning the required number of seats brought Trinamool Congress to...

Bear-Human Conflicts On Rise In Bengal

Kolkata: Recently, bears have been spotted at several houses in many districts in West Bengal. The incidents further alarm us about the man-animal conflicts...

TMC Gives Privilege Motion Notice Against Ex-CJI in Rajya Sabha

Kolkata: The All India Trinamool Congress on Monday filed a privilege notice against former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi for his remarks against...
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