Bengal

Garlands for Accused, Silence for Victim: Gita Path Assault Survivor Gets No Support

Eight days after a mob attack during Kolkata’s Gita Path event, patty seller Sheikh Riyajul remains traumatised and jobless. His Rs 3,000 earnings were destroyed, and the five accused walked free on bail. With no help from authorities or society, fear and financial pressure may force him to return.

Bengal SIR Exercise Reveals Surprising Patterns in Voter Deletions

ECI draft electoral rolls show 58 lakh voter deletions in West Bengal. Data and independent analysis suggest non-Muslims, particularly Matuas and non-Bengali voters, are more affected. The findings challenge claims that voter exclusions under the SIR exercise primarily target Muslim infiltrators.

From a Kolkata Ghetto to Serving India: How SR Foundation Became a Humanitarian Movement

Born during the 2020 COVID lockdown in Kolkata’s Topsia, SR Foundation grew from a Rs 7,500 hunger-relief effort into a multi-state humanitarian NGO. From cyclone relief in Bengal to Punjab floods, members ensured transparency by even paying travel costs themselves so every donated rupee reached victims.

“Bring Her Home”: SC Orders Return of Pregnant Sunali Khatun ‘Dumped’ Across Bangladesh Border

Delhi/Kolkata: After months of uncertainty and anguish, a ray of hope broke through on December 3, when the...

Sundarbans Faces Climate Emergency as Study Finds Mangrove Loss and Long-Ignored Community Radio Need

A multidisciplinary study tour by Aliah University highlighted microplastic damage to mangroves, the urgent need for community radio, cultural insights including Arabic linguistic influence, and climate-driven challenges like species shift and soil loss. Researchers stressed mangrove restoration, resilient embankments and rainwater harvesting as essential adaptation measures.
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Shillong students face ‘Corona’ slur in Kolkata

Shillong: After Delhi it was Kolkata’s turn to show the ugly face of racism in the time of Covid crisis. Two students of a hotel...

Corona scares customers of Asia’s biggest brothel

Kolkata: When the city of joy goes to sleep, it’s dawn in Durgacharan Mitra Street in Chittaranjan Avenue. The place teeming with entrepreneurial life...

Corona virus fear grips Kolkatans, as government announces preventive measures

Kolkata: The novel Coronavirus pandemic, which was till now grabbing headlines in other states of India, has come closer to affect people in West...

Citizenship issue is more life threatening than coronavirus, Kolkata protesters to continue fight against CAA

Kolkata: The number of women participants at the Park Circus Maidan on Sunday was much stronger than what it had witnessed during the weekdays....

Bengal activists begin hunger strike, don’t buy Shah’s claim made in the parliament

Kolkata: At the time when Home Minister Amit Shah, was giving a speech on the doubts raised by fellow Parliamentarians at the Rajya Sabha,...

Mamata uses police and party to deny space to anti-CAA rivals and civil society

Bengal’s big sis (Didi) Mamata Banerjee was at the receiving end of police brutalities as I had witnessed it closely as a journalist covering...
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