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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Mamata writes to PM Modi: Reverse Privatisation of Ordnance Factory Board

Kolkata: Chief Minister of West Bengal - Mamata Banerjee, has written a two-page letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asking him to...

Rock ‘n’ Roll – The Next Generation School of Rock – way!

Kolkata: There are shows. And then there are SHOWS. Well, the presentation of The Next Generation School of Rock: The Musical by La Martiniere Schools,...

Jai Sri Ram, Hanuman were never part of the Bengali psyche, history and civilisation-Amartya Sen

Kolkata: Amartya Sen, the Nobel Laureate Professor and one of the tallest personality of Bengal claimed that religious slogans like Jai Sri Ram and...

Kakinara, the place where people were living peacefully for 40 years, loses its peace as soon as BJP gets an MP

Kolkata: The video shared by the fact-finding team shows dingy serpentinous lanes with houses seamlessly bound with one another bearing the testimony of the...

Now 24-year-old Sanaul lynched in Bengal over bike theft allegation

Kolkata: Barely few weeks after the brutal lynching of Tabrez Ansari, another 24-year-old youth was lynched to death, but this time in West Bengal....

Humanity is alive, many students opt for it as religion while seeking admission in West Bengal Colleges

Kolkata: At a time when a lot of hatred is being spread in the name of religion, not just in India but globally, two...
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