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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Brutal attack on JNU shook Park Circus women to start sit-in, says won’t budge till CAA, NRC taken back

Kolkata: The news of women going for an indefinite sit-in demonstration was rife in Kolkata since New Year eve, but where and how wasn’t...

Whether it is blood or colour it is yet to be determined- Dilip Ghosh on Aishe’s bleeding head

Kolkata: The day Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone reached Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU) and met injured Aishe Ghosh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president...

“Babul Supriyo’s response clearly shows that BJP is incapable of running the country”

Kolkata: The furore over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register for Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) is increasing with each passing day....

“If NRC get implemented, LGBT community people will have to commit suicide”

Kolkata: So far India has witness protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) from many different groups and communities...

Left and Congress burn effigies of Modi-Shah, demands scrapping of CAA and NRC

Kolkata: Burning effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for forcefully implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which is...

BJP cannot provide roti-kapda-makaan, only gives bhashan- Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata: On the seventh anti-NRC and CAA rally and protest taken out in the city on Thursday by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that...
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