Bengal

On the Voter Roll After SIR, Yet Picked Up by Police: Bengal Family of Four Detained as ‘Bangladeshis’

A Murshidabad family says four members, including a 16-year-old, were detained as alleged Bangladeshis despite two reportedly voting in 2026 and Dablu Saikh’s name surviving SIR. MASUM has questioned the nationality verification process and sought an independent probe into their alleged pushback.

“Vote Rights Are Not Up for Sale”: Sr Advocate Samim Ahammed’s SIR Message

“We are fighting to restore voting rights,” said Sr Advocate Samim Ahammed at a SIR legal assistance camp in Karandighi. His remarks on Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission brought questions over voter rights and electoral rolls into sharp focus

Bengal: Different Government, Same Playbook? Faizan Ahmed Case Returns to Court

The change of government in Bengal has brought little change for Faizan Ahmed’s family. After the Mamata Banerjee government sought a medical board in his case, the Suvendu Adhikari government has made a similar move before the Calcutta High Court.

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...

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
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To NRC or Not: West Bengal Resolution against NRC builds up political steam in the state

Kolkata: On September 7 West Bengal became the first Indian state to officially protest against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam,...

Bring Resolution in West Bengal Assembly to stall NRC process in Bengal demands Anti-NRC forum

Kolkata: After the final list of National Register for Citizen (NRC) in Assam was released on Saturday the first protest against it took place...

Zomato employees protest over beef and pork delivery is led by BJP cadres and outsiders

Howrah/Kolkata:  The recent ongoing protest of Zomato employees at Howrah, West Bengal seems to have been led by protesters with political background as well...

Garos in West Bengal village losing matrilineal identity

Kolkata: Gabrielle Bertrand in her book ‘Secret Lands Where Women Reign’, wrote, “Recalling my first contacts with that Garos community which has preserved its...

Democracy is being killed democratically: Opposition leaders at state level consultation on electoral democracy

Kolkata: On the day, when Article 370 and Jammu and Kashmir bifurcation issue was being discussed across India, the West Bengal Chapter of all...

All hands on deck: Congress in West Bengal hopes for turnaround before 2021

Kolkata: The hand that once rocked the cradle of Indian politics has weakened over the years. The name that roused respect and confidence in...
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