Bengal

Garlands for Accused, Silence for Victim: Gita Path Assault Survivor Gets No Support

Eight days after a mob attack during Kolkata’s Gita Path event, patty seller Sheikh Riyajul remains traumatised and jobless. His Rs 3,000 earnings were destroyed, and the five accused walked free on bail. With no help from authorities or society, fear and financial pressure may force him to return.

Bengal SIR Exercise Reveals Surprising Patterns in Voter Deletions

ECI draft electoral rolls show 58 lakh voter deletions in West Bengal. Data and independent analysis suggest non-Muslims, particularly Matuas and non-Bengali voters, are more affected. The findings challenge claims that voter exclusions under the SIR exercise primarily target Muslim infiltrators.

From a Kolkata Ghetto to Serving India: How SR Foundation Became a Humanitarian Movement

Born during the 2020 COVID lockdown in Kolkata’s Topsia, SR Foundation grew from a Rs 7,500 hunger-relief effort into a multi-state humanitarian NGO. From cyclone relief in Bengal to Punjab floods, members ensured transparency by even paying travel costs themselves so every donated rupee reached victims.

“Bring Her Home”: SC Orders Return of Pregnant Sunali Khatun ‘Dumped’ Across Bangladesh Border

Delhi/Kolkata: After months of uncertainty and anguish, a ray of hope broke through on December 3, when the...

Sundarbans Faces Climate Emergency as Study Finds Mangrove Loss and Long-Ignored Community Radio Need

A multidisciplinary study tour by Aliah University highlighted microplastic damage to mangroves, the urgent need for community radio, cultural insights including Arabic linguistic influence, and climate-driven challenges like species shift and soil loss. Researchers stressed mangrove restoration, resilient embankments and rainwater harvesting as essential adaptation measures.
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Owaisi-Abbas alliance: A boom for Muslim identity politics or doom for Bengal’s secular opposition to BJP?

Kolkata: Muslim politics in Bengal has taken a potentially divisive turn as Asaduddin Owaisi, the leader of the AIMIM met Abbas Siddiqui, a vocal...

Was Poush Mela politicised to polarise votes in Bengal?

Kolkata: Visva Bharati University (VBU) while celebrating its centenary year chose to break away from its century-old tradition of hosting the Poush Mela on...

Not just a meal, Kolkatans fast for eight hours in solidarity with farmers

Kolkata: On Kisan Diwas, Kolkatans expressed their solidarity with the protesting farmers demanding repeal of the new farm laws by not just skipping a...

Tussle over Tagore between Amit Shah and Mamata Banerjee ahead of assembly polls in Bengal

Kolkata: Poll-bound Bengal today witnessed a political tussle over Tagore between Narendra Modi's second-in-command Amit Shah and state chief minister Mamata Banerjee's party. It...

Shah thunders against Mamata’s Parivarbad but inducts babalogs and tainted turncoats of TMC

Midnapore/Kolkata: Union home minister and BJP number two Amit Shah, today bagged ten Bengal MLAs in his kitty, seven from Mamata Banerjee's TMC and...

Battle for Bengal heats up, so the resistance of anti-BJP protesters

Kolkata: Amit Shah will never know Ganesh Rajbhar or Rahiman Bibi. Nevertheless, when the BJP's Chanakya and union home minister netted a school of fishes...
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