Shape of things to come in US defence strategy

In Pete Hegseth’s words, the Trump administration...

Bengal police’s servility to tmc backfires spectacularly

Kolkata: Anubrata Mondal, the Trinamool Congress’ strongman...

SIKHISM: Politics needs intellectuals

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TMC opposes Op Sindoor narrative on the ground

TMC counters BJP’s Operation Sindoor narrative amid 2026 election tensions.   Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has...

Bengal police’s servility to tmc backfires spectacularly

Kolkata: Anubrata Mondal, the Trinamool Congress’ strongman in Birbhum district in West Bengal, is one of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s long-time favourites. Keshto, as...

Outrage after Kolkata Police arrest 22-year-old from Gurugram

Law student Sharmishta Panoli’s arrest sparked nationwide debate over free speech, religion, and political bias. KOLKATA: Sharmishta Panoli, a 22-year-old law student from Pune and...

PM Modi launches BJP’s Mission Bengal with focus on ‘nirmamta’

KOLKATA: On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the tone and tenor of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign for the 2026 Assembly elections in...

India should have split Pak long ago: M.K. Narayanan

Kolkata: India missed a critical opportunity to “split Western Pakistan” after both the 1965 and 1971 wars, says former National Security Adviser (NSA) M.K....

‘Trinamool-led mobs targeted Hindus in Murshidabad’ : HC-appointed fact-finders

Kolkata: The report by a three-member committee appointed by the Calcutta High Court has revealed how Hindus were targeted at the behest of Trinamool...

Supreme Court’s DA order jolts Mamata’s government

SC’s DA arrears order may strain Bengal’s finances, threatening key welfare schemes before elections. KOLKATA: Friday’s Supreme Court Division Bench order, asking the West Bengal...

‘Untainted’ teachers pay price in Bengal’s cash for jobs scam

KOLKATA: Braving intense heat and police lathis, hundreds of Government school teachers continued their protest outside Kolkata’s Bikash Bhawan against the Mamata Banerjee-led West...

West Bengal revives WWII era sirens

West Bengal government repairs WWII-era sirens to ensure defence preparedness amid heightened security concerns KOLKATA: Following a directive from the Union Government to assess defence...

India ups security at Siliguri Corridor in north Bengal

KOLKATA: The Chicken’s Neck or Siliguri Corridor, a 50km long and 22km wide strip of land that is the only connection between mainland India...

Odisha sees red as Mamata hops on to Jagannath chariot

A Jagannath temple in Digha has ignited a political and religious controversy between Bengal and Odisha. KOLKATA: A newly inaugurated Jagannath temple in Digha, West Bengal,...

TMC seeks Centre’s help as Bengaliworkers face violence

KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, requesting his immediate intervention and outlining a four-point plan to protect labourers...

Protesting Teachers Suspend agitation, but Future uncertain

The protest is being paused temporarily to allow the forum’s legal experts to prepare the petition for the Supreme Court. KOLKATA: Teachers who have been protesting...

What prevents Mamata from blaming ‘Islamic terrorists’

KOLKATA: On April 22, a devastating terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, claimed the lives of 26 tourists, all Hindu males, marking one of the...

Mamata’s flip-flop on teacher scam invites advocates’ wrath

KOLKATA: Advocates who fought for candidates victimised by Bengal’s largest recruitment scam have accused the Mamata Banerjee government of flip-flopping on the issue after...

‘Bengal riot victims’ camp has been turned into a ghetto’

The victims complained of horrific living conditions, lack of medicines, baby food and proper food. NEW DELHI: Hindus who fled their homes following anti-Waqf riots...

AFTER Calcutta HC ORDER, BSF DEPLOYED IN MURSHIDABAD

A BJP leader said that a father and son duo, Hargobind Das and Chandan Das, were hacked to death in Dhulian, Shamsher Ganj, Jafrabad. KOLKATA:...

‘Bengal violence planned to DISTRACT PUBLIC from teachers’

KOLKATA: The sudden burst of communal violence in different parts of West Bengal, ostensibly in protest of the Waqf Amendment Act, may just be...

Trinamool fans Waqf flames, party leaders accused of usurping property

KOLKATA: At a time when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has voiced her opposition to the Waqf Amendment Act and the minority-dominated parts of West...

‘Mamata government sacrificed us to save Trinamool Congress’

KOLKATA: Days after the Supreme Court Division Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar ruled that 25,753 teaching and...

Ram Navami may see a DidI vs BJP showdown in Bengal

Police said Ram Navami rallies can’t pass near mosques or Muslim-majority areas. KOLKATA: A tussle has broken out between the Mamata Banerjee government and the...

Competitive communalism in Bengal sparks violence 

Videos showing a mob vandalising public property went viral, with social media claims alleging that a Muslim group targeted Hindu-owned businesses. KOLKATA: As the 2026...

Home truths spoil Mamata’s UK sojourn

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee embarked on a six-day official visit to London from 22 March to 28 March, ostensibly aimed at...

Mamata gives in to sectarian demands, will sacrifice Hindu MLAs in 2026 polls

KOLKATA: The increasing traction of the BJP’s polarisation strategy on Hindus for the 2026 Assembly polls in West Bengal has triggered a reaction among...

AIMIM hopes to upset Mamata’s apple cart

AIMIM plans to contest all 294 West Bengal Assembly seats in the 2026 elections, seeking Muslims’ support. KOLKATA: After anti-incumbency and corruption charges, Trinamool Congress...

Trinamool faces students’ ire following university fracas

An injured first-year student Indranuj Roy lying in front of a minister’s SUV bearing down on the student is going viral. KOLKATA: A demand to...

BJP eyes Mamata seat, alleges CPM out to divide Hindu voters

Kolkata: Aiming to cause a massive upset in the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to beard the...

Internal security concerns trigger NSA Ajit Doval’s air-dash to Bengal

The state has previously been identified as ISI’s route to India from Bangladesh on multiple occasions.   Kolkata: Enhanced threat perception and the growth in subversive...

Delhi victory kindles BJP’s hopes in Bengal

BJP aims to repeat its stellar performance in the West Bengal Assembly elections in 2026. Kolkata: News of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s overwhelming victory and...

Bengal’s law & order suffers as TMC turns on itself

Kolkata: It was just the second day of the New Year and Dulal Sarkar, 61, popularly known as Babla, had stepped out of his...

BSF fights multiple challenges in securing India-Bangla border

Kolkata: The Border Security Force, tasked with securing India’s borders with neighbouring Bangladesh, is fighting on multiple fronts to fulfil its mandate. Its task...

Agencies get flak as Trinamool leaders get bail in graft cases

The tide began turning from the second half of 2024, when leader after leader started getting bail. Kolkata: If 2022 and 2023 were the worst...

R.G. Kar victim’s parents vow to keep fighting for justice

The accused claimed he was being ‘falsely implicated’ and that an IPS officer was involved in the incident. KOLKATA: Exactly 162 days after the heinous...

Hindu organisations in Bengal become active as atrocities increase in Bangladesh

KOLKATA: The rise in reports of atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh following the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government has sparked protests in India...

With eye on 2026 Assembly elections, Mamata starts insulating herself

Mamata criticised the BSF, ministers, and officials, demanding stricter vigilance and efficiency. KOLKATA: With the dawn of the New Year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata...

Detection of terror modules in Bengal triggers BJP-TMC spat

The arrest of 10 suspected terrorists across West Bengal in the past two weeks has triggered a major war of words between the ruling...

Amid Bangla tension, TMC woos both Hindus and Muslims

KOLKATA: As multiple videos of atrocities on Hindus by the Muslim majority in Bangladesh go viral on this side of the border, the Trinamool...

Mamata woos Hindu voters with Puri Jagannath temple replica

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that the Jagannath Temple in Digha will be inaugurated on April 30, 2025 (Akshaya Tritiya). KOLKATA: A political...

Mamata Banerjee is not uttering the H-word to avoid offending vote bank: Critics

‘You will not be able to show a single instance when Mamata has uttered the word Hindu,’ says Kartik Maharaj on Mamata Banerjee’s reaction...

Mamata cracks whip on Abhishek’s cheerleaders

Kolkata: Last week, the Trinamool Congress steamrolled its way to a spectacular win in all six Assembly by-elections, which were necessitated due to the...

Trinamool Congress sweeps Bengal byelections

Byelections in six seats saw TMC retain five and win BJP’s stronghold Madarihat, vacated after MLAs’ Lok Sabha victories. Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC), led...

Bengal tab grant for students lands up in mule accounts

Students in Classes 11 and 12 in government schools discovered that a promised grant of Rs 10,000 for buying tablets and smartphones has made...

Mamata’s Awas Yojana gambit opens a can of worms

In hundreds of villages across Bengal, protests have erupted over allegations of exclusion of names of beneficiaries in Banglar Awas Yojana. Kolkata: More than a...

TMC throws dirt, tries to divide junior doctors to regain ground lost in agitation

Kolkata: West Bengal’s ruling party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by Mamata Banerjee, has launched a desperate effort to regain the ground it lost...

Meet with junior doctors a disaster for Mamata

Mamata Banerjee’s meeting with junior doctors highlighted tensions and her unpredictable approach to corruption issues. Kolkata: Monday’s meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...

Mamata administration’s targeting of YouTubers backfires

Kolkata: ‘Almost every YouTuber, who has been critical of the Mamata Banerjee government, has been slapped with police cases on frivolous and trumped up...

Mamata administration mulls ways to tackle protests during Durga Puja

Kolkata: For the past 40 years, Durga Puja pandals across the city of Kolkata had utilised the platform to highlight cultural heritage, art, and...

Mamata seeks to quash dissent during Durga Puja

Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government, fearing protests, is pulling out all stops to quash dissent in the run-up to and during West Bengal’s biggest...

Mamata uses floods to divert attention from her governance of State

KOLKATA: With the widespread allegations of irregularities and corruption at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital that have come to light following the rape...

Mamata fights credibility crisis as Bengal continues to seethe

KOLKATA: Observers say that Mamata Banerjee, for the first time in her career, is facing an opponent whom she cannot vilify or blame politically. In...

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