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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Now Achchey Din will not come for BJP, they missed the opportunity – Mamata

At the United India show in Kolkata, BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha reiterated Rahul’s slogan - Chowkidar Hi Chor hai. Leaders from 23 political parties gathered at the iconic Brigade ground in Kolkata on TMC superemo’s call to root out Narendra Modi led NDA government from center

Kanak Sarkar, the ‘misogynist’ professor barred from entering and teaching at Jadavpur University campus

Kolkata: Teachers and students committee of International Relations (IR), Jadavpur University conducted a meeting today and jointly decided that Professor Kanak Sarkar would be...

Dhaka is now the hub for Bengali language, says Amitav Ghosh

Kolkata: In his latest book The Great Derangement, Climate Change and the Unthinkable, the Jnanpith Award 2018 winner, author Amitav Ghosh talks about the...

Bengali poet attacked by right wing extremists in Silchar, event cancelled

Kolkata: Poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay came back to Kolkata on Sunday morning after facing the wrath of Hindutva forces in Silchar, Assam. On Saturday, right-wing...

Amartya Sen says, We as humans have failed to fulfill our basic human responsibility to stand with the oppressed

Kolkata: Humanity is connected through our art and literature even though politics and geography divide us. That was the message sent out at a...

There was a time when Mamata was beaten, locked-up where she would study and appear for exam the next day

Kolkata: Did you know that Mamata Banerjee, the present Chief Minister of West Bengal, detested CPI (M) to such an extent that she never...
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