Bengal

SIR Row Intensifies in Kolkata as Activists Flag Voter Deletion Fears

Activists in Kolkata termed SIR unconstitutional and politically driven, alleging harassment of genuine voters and uncertainty over the Supreme Court-directed supplementary electoral roll.

Is AIMIM Rethinking Identity Politics in Bengal? The Kaliganj Clue

The entry of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen into West Bengal’s political imagination has long remained more speculation...

For 24 Years, He Guarded India’s Borders—Now He’s Standing In Line To Prove He’s A Citizen

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

Proof of Citizenship? Amartya Sen and Millions in Bengal Face ‘Doubtful’ Voter Scrutiny

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

From Banerjee to ‘Byneerjnzee’: AI Errors in Old Voter Rolls Haunt Bengal’s Electors

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.
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Like Bashirhat, boy circulates derogatory content on Prophet Muhammad but Birbhum saved from burning

Birbhum/Kolkata: Sunday, which witnessed a massive hashtag movement trending against Islam and Prophet Muhammad on Twitter. A similar model was perhaps being replicated in...

Their themes are different but these Puja pandals represent secularism in true sense

Kolkata: What is common between the Puja pandal in Kolkata’s Benia Para Lane, Park Circus Maidan, and Dilkusha Street, besides being beautiful like thousands...

NRC spoils puja for many in Bengal; urban poor too live in fear

Kolkata: There is no festivity in the Middye household in a village in Falta, around 45 km from the city. The children in the...

Mr Shah, listen to what Bengal has to say to your statement

Kolkata: Just ahead of inaugurating Durga Puja pandals, Union Home Minister, Amit Shah while addressing BJP workers during a seminar on National Register for...

Mamata failing to contain fear psychosis of voters in Bengal?

Kolkata: Following the recent 11 unnatural deaths in West Bengal, which has been claimed by many including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as deaths caused...

West Bengal’s ‘Active’ governor does not meet Anti-NRC delegation

Kolkata: At least 11 individuals have died allegedly by panic triggered by various statements, news, rumours among others being circulated about National Register for...
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