Category: West Bengal
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West Bengal BJP urges Bangladeshi Hindu refugees to apply for citizenship under CAA ahead of 2026 polls
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar said the party’s fight for 2026 is of “aar-paar” (two sides of a border). The statement assumes significance in light of the stark differentiation the saffron party has made between ‘infiltrators’ and ‘refugees’ from neighbouring countries, in the context of voter list revision and CAA camps respectively
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Bengal Governor files report on Durgapur gang rape to President, Home Ministry: Official
In the report, Mr. Bose has given a detailed account of his findings in the case and also about his interactions with the survivor and her parents who hail from Odisha
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How Bengal revolutionaries often had their way in British jails
A new book by a Kolkata professor on British-era imprisonment in Bengal claims how incarcerated Bengali revolutionaries were different from their counterparts elsewhere in ideology and method
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TMC leader accused of assaulting acting headmaster inside school in Bengal’s Kakdwip
Opposition party leader in the State slams the ruling party and said that education system in Bengal is being destroyed under the current regime
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Medical staffer alleges rape inside Bengal hospital, accused arrested
The Police arrests the prime accused Zahir Abbas Khan; multiple complaints have surfaced against him
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West Bengal Governor and Chief Minister shower Bengali filmmaker Anuparna Roy with appreciation for Venice win
The Purulia born Bengali director gained praise for making history at a global platform
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West Bengal BJP holds protests over burning of Rabindranath Tagore’s photograph by TMCP cadres
A video posted by several leaders of the BJP on social media showed Trinamool Congress Chattra Parishad students under leadership of Chanchal College president of the student outfit A.B. Soyel attempting to burn a photograph of the poet along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
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West Bengal to add 14,000 polling booths next year’s Assembly polls
The number of polling booths in the state is about 80,661; if 13,816 booths are added to this, the total number of booths will be 94,497.
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Pregnant daughter pushed into Bangladesh, father wonders what will be nationality of the grandchild
Sonali Bibi and her husband Danish and their eight year old child are part of a group of six persons who were detained from Delhi, a few weeks ago and allegedly pushed into Bangladesh
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West Bengal BJP MPs meet ECI, flag ‘threats’ to State election officials
This development unfolds amidst an ongoing campaign by the Bengal BJP for the removal of ‘foreign infiltrators and fake voters’ from the State’s electoral rolls, and their allegations against the Trinamool government for allegedly curbing election officials from discharging their duties