Bengal

Low Honorariums, High Responsibilities: The Struggle of Bengal’s Unaided Madrasa Teachers

Raiganj: For some, teaching is a profession; for others, it is the means through which they support their families. Among those teaching in unaided madrasas in West Bengal are...

Show Your Aadhaar. Prove You’re Indian: A Bengali Hawker’s Ordeal in Odisha

A West Bengal hawker travelling to Odisha for work says he was stopped, called “Bangladeshi” and threatened despite showing his Aadhaar card, highlighting growing concerns over Bengali migrant workers facing identity-based harassment outside the state

She Never Went to School. Her Son Just Scored 100 Percentile in UGC-NET

Abdul Halim, a young man from Cooch Behar, has scored 100 percentile in Bengali in UGC-NET 2026 and secured JRF after eight attempts. Alongside years of preparation, he worked in the fields, carrying forward his late mother’s dream of seeing him become a teacher.

Trains Cancelled, Fares Soar: New Farakka Disruption Throws Bengal Journeys Into Chaos

A track subsidence near New Farakka has disrupted rail connectivity between North and South Bengal, leaving passengers stranded amid cancelled and diverted trains. With bus fares rising sharply, travellers face long waits, uncertainty and costly alternatives to reach their destinations

His Name Survived SIR. Then Police Took Him Away: The Unexplained Detention of 66-Year-Old Jalil Akhtar

Jalil Akhtar’s name remains on the voter list after SIR, yet the 66-year-old has spent nearly three months in custody after being allegedly taken from home as a suspected Bangladeshi. His family says he has Indian identity documents and has never visited Bangladesh.
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From Dandi, India begins another march, this time against Modi’s megalomania and dandaraj, say farmer leaders

Kolkata: On the 91st anniversary of Gandhiji's historic March from Sabarmati to Dandi in coastal Gujarat for Salt Satyagraha to defy the arbitrary and...

Punjab-Haryana-UP farmers warn Bengal voters against a BJP takeover

Kolkata: The future of the farmers who are on dharna around Delhi for more than a hundred days and the honour of martyred participants...

Pushed by unknown men Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee gets injured

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has allegedly been attacked in Nandigram, from where she filed her nomination papers today. Mamata Banerjee claimed that...

How ‘No Vote To BJP’ becomes a movement in Bengal

Kolkata: Sumita Das is a practicing doctor while Samim Ahmed is a professor and Kashturi Basu is a full time social activist and documentary...

Nandigram: The epicenter of anti-land grab movement suffers from communal politics as Mamata fights her former confidant

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee has apparently landed herself into the BJP trap of Hindu-Muslim politics as her address to Trinamool Congress workers on Tuesday revealed...

Modi attacks both Mamata and Left alliance as Bengal poised for a triangular fight

Kolkata: Prime minister Narendra Modi was visibly perspiring under the March sun during the BJP's poll rally at Brigade Parade ground in Kolkata on...
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