Supreme Court upholds Section 6A of Citizenship Act; Assam's cut-off date debate continuesThe Supreme Court upheld Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, validating the Assam Accord's 1971 cut-off date for citizenship determination. ...
18 Oct, 2024, 11.53 AM IST
Dispute at Bandhan Employees Welfare Trust growsMembers of Bandhan Employees' Welfare Trust are seeking legal help to address alleged rights violations and fund misappropriation by founde...
10 Jul, 2024, 02.30 PM IST
Uttarakhand to drop "East Pakistan" term from caste certificates of Bengali migrantsSoon after the cabinet decision, members of the Bengali Mahasabha led by Bahuguna and Cabinet Minister Arvind Pandey, who is an MLA from Ga...
17 Aug, 2021, 01.06 PM IST
Bengal is no Tamil Nadu: With BJP making rapid strides, are we approaching the end of Bengali exceptionalism?2021 Bengal elections are a defining moment for Bengal. Is it a state defined by its Bangla identity centred around its own deities like Ma...
26 Mar, 2021, 11.02 AM IST
West Bengal: BJP at a "striking distance" of fulfilling a long-cherished dreamIssues of anti-incumbency, sharp communal polarisation, alleged large scale infiltration coupled with the absence of a strong opposition ha...
21 Mar, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
Identity politics gaining ground in West Bengal ahead of assembly pollsIn West Bengal, where the electoral discourse hitherto steered clear of divisive religious propaganda, the BJP and the ruling TMC are locke...
02 Mar, 2021, 02.59 PM IST
View: As Bengal polls near, expect political football over Netaji’s 125th birth anniversaryTragically, the approaching assembly election in West Bengal is likely to convert this national event into a game of political football. Wi...
10 Jan, 2021, 10.38 AM IST
Trinamool, BJP try to outdo each other in show of love for state iconsThe BJP has made a list of over 140 nationalist icons, many of whom it claims have been forgotten by the TMC government. Largely among thos...
01 Dec, 2020, 07.25 AM IST
View: What the corona virus scare reveals about IndiaAn insightful article in The Atlantic says epidemics reveal the truth about societies they hit. The Chinese paid a high price for their sec...
08 Mar, 2020, 11.50 AM IST
Will Bengal be Narendra Modi’s launch pad for inclusive politics?West Bengal, in many ways, was the ‘final frontier’ for the BJP, as well as its affiliates wedded to Hindu nationalism.
07 Jun, 2019, 12.48 PM IST
Somnath Chatterjee was more a Bengali bhadralok than a copybook communist ideologueAs his memoir ‘Keeping the Faith, Memoirs of a Parliamentarian’ reveals, Basu too found merit in his arguments that the Speaker need not be...
14 Aug, 2018, 11.30 AM IST
Beef ban: Bovine wisdom is fine, but stop messing with our dietThe RSS and BJP have to understand economics. Keep a bovine alive for more than 14 years: the cost of fodder will exceed returns. Who'll pa...
07 Jun, 2015, 11.47 AM IST
If Lalu Prasad Yadav-Nitish Kumar can taste by-poll success, why not Mayawati-Mulayam?Despite their many drawbacks, if Maya and Mulayam come together in a political alliance, no other party can beat that in UP.
29 Aug, 2014, 11.13 AM IST