Tag: West Bengal
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Welcome to Bengal, where there is not one or two, but thirty Muslim Professors who teach Sanskrit
Kolkata: At a time when faculty members both present and past have even written to the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, requesting him to intervene and stall the appointment of Dr Feroze Khan in Banaras Hindu University (BHU)’s Sanskrit Dharam Vidya Vigyaan department, West Bengal seems to embracing its Sanskrit professors hailing from the…
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Suspected Bangladeshi sent to Bengal by Karnataka police without trial clueless about their future
Kolkata: At 3.30 pm when Howrah Express (22832) chugged into Howrah Station, a protest erupted in the station. Human Right Activists were seen holding placards stating – “Why is West Bengal Government supporting illegal push back?”; “Immediately stop the illegal and inhuman push back of Bangladeshi” and “Just because they are Bangladeshi, doesn’t mean that…
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Bengali Muslims seek answers for their less percentage in jobs, stereotype in Bengali Cinema
Kolkata: Not many would know about the Hunter Commission set up by the British to prepare a report on why Indian Muslims were revolting against their regime, just like the Sachar Commission was asked to study the issues that plague the Muslims community. And after the report was filed, the British aligned with progressive Muslims…
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Fear, anxiety and uncertainty on the faces of Bengal migrant workers returning from Kashmir
Kolkata: The Union Government might be trying its best to suggest that an era of peace has dawned over Jammu and Kashmir, but the 132 migrant workers (of which 5 are from Assam) who were rescued from Kashmir have a different story to tell. “What Kashmir? There is nothing left to talk about Kashmir. At…
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Goldsmiths from West Bengal set to return from Jeddah
Kolkata: The 21 goldsmiths from West Bengal who had been left stranded in Jeddah have a reason to smile. The officials from the Indian Embassy, Jeddah have sprung into act on to facilitate the smooth exit of the workers from Saudi Arabia to their country – India. A video released by one of the key…
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One of the labours killed in Kashmir has 10 kottah of barren land, forced to work outside
Kolkata: On Saturday, Mursalim Sheikh had called up his wife and daughter from Kashmir, promising that he would be home soon, with all the promised fineries for Suhana, his daughter in her teens. Four days later his widow Saira Bibi, Suhana and his 5-year-old toddler are finding it difficult to believe that soon the dead…
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India’s migration politics will topple Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ndia’s migration politics — an assertion that there are 40 million Bangladeshi migrants illegally living in India and that they must be pushed back — will morph into an explosive crisis in South Asia and destabilize the region. This is how things will unravel: India’s plan to round up suspected millions of illegal migrants and…
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21 Goldsmiths from Bengal stuck in Jeddah, send SOS to anti-trafficking body
Kolkata: A video of around 21 goldsmith workers from Jeddah Saudi Arabia pleading to the Indian government and activists to have them freed reached the inbox of the National Anti-Trafficking Committee (NATC), Kolkata Chapter on October 22, 2019. In a letter address to the chairperson of NATC, Nazrul Islam, a resident of Hooghly’s Dangapara village…
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Like Bashirhat, boy circulates derogatory content on Prophet Muhammad but Birbhum saved from burning
Birbhum/Kolkata: Sunday, which witnessed a massive hashtag movement trending against Islam and Prophet Muhammad on Twitter. A similar model was perhaps being replicated in West Bengal to disturb the communal harmony, during the Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections. Jharkhand too will have assembly polls in November-December. However, this time around the efforts of the divisive…
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Their themes are different but these Puja pandals represent secularism in true sense
Kolkata: What is common between the Puja pandal in Kolkata’s Benia Para Lane, Park Circus Maidan, and Dilkusha Street, besides being beautiful like thousands of others designed to celebrate Durga Puja? The three above mentioned pandals have been set up areas adjacent to either mosques or Eidgah! They have been so closely designed that part…