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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Bengal’s share of shame: Beggar died from hunger and not illness, claim activists

Kolkata: West Bengal registered its second starvation death in 2018, when 68-year-old Bimla Pandey, breathed her last in her small one-room mud hut in...

As election approaches, saffron groups smell love jihad in Bengal’s air

Kolkata: West Bengal has been a focal point for the right-wing ideologues for some time now. Reports of foot soldiers of the saffron brigade...

Majerhat bridge is falling down, my dear didi

Kolkata: At least five people have been killed on the spot, and many are trapped in the debris, when Majerhat bridge, located in South...

Did a sting operation help avert communal violence during Janmashtami in Bengal?

Kolkata: Social activist Soibal Dasgupta, had delved deep into the saffron brigade’s IT cell and interacted with a number of its torch bearers to...

Thanks to Puja Committee and an NGO, Muslim doctors did not have to vacate their flat

Kolkata: Four Muslim doctors, staying at a rented house in Kolkata's Kudghat area who made it to the news for facing racial discrimination, have...

NRC is an ‘unnecessary provocation being made for elections’: Mamata

Kolkata: July 30 had been decided as the d-day for 3.29 crore applicants in Assam, who have been waiting with bated breath to check...
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