West Bengal elections 2026: Modi promises women’s quota, police reforms, UCC pushPrime Minister Narendra Modi has promised 33% reservation for women in government jobs and stronger safety measures in West Bengal. Home Mi...
12 Apr, 2026, 07.39 PM IST
BJP govt in Bengal will speed up CAA implementation, infiltrators must leave: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Katwa, West Bengal. He assured Matua and Namasudra refugee families that citizenship unde...
11 Apr, 2026, 04.53 PM IST
BJP will get 50% vote, complete border fencing in 45 days of win in Bengal: ShahAt a high-profile rally, Union Home Minister Amit Shah confidently asserted that the BJP is poised to clinch victory in the 2026 West Benga...
31 Jan, 2026, 11.05 PM IST
PM Modi takes on TMC with infiltration warning and Matua outreachDuring a rally in Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed concerns about unlawful infiltration, emphasising a protective stance for ...
17 Jan, 2026, 11.53 PM IST
About 2 lakh Matua cards issued for CAA facilitationIn West Bengal, the All India Matua Mahasangh has issued around two lakh 'religious cards' to Matua community members to support their appl...
25 Aug, 2025, 07.13 AM IST
Bengal: Thakur brothers at loggerheads over Matua rights, CAA implementationSubrata Thakur accused Shantanu Thakur of irregularities in issuing caste certificates. He alleged Shantanu is exploiting the Matua communi...
24 Aug, 2025, 09.35 PM IST
Assam man allegedly thrashed to death by BSF personnelA 30-year-old man, Nirmol Namasudra, died in Cachar district, Assam. Allegedly, Border Security Force personnel beat him near the India-Ban...
04 Aug, 2025, 07.52 AM IST
BSF nabs 11 Bangladeshi infiltrators; Matuas plan Wednesday protest in OrakandiEleven Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) while attempting to cross into India from West Bengal, Tri...
12 Aug, 2024, 12.14 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi chose Raebareli sensing Wayanad defeat, says PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, alleging that Gandhi shifted his constituency from Wayanad to Uttar P...
03 May, 2024, 11.51 PM IST
For those behind barbed wire border fencing, life is tough but voting is a mustLife for the 42 families living behind barbed wire fencing along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam's Karimganj district is challenging, b...
25 Apr, 2024, 07.12 PM IST
I was born here, TMC vote bank has baharis: Amit ShahHome minister Amit Shah on Thursday sought to punch a hole in West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's oft-repeated insider-outsider na...
22 Apr, 2021, 11.55 PM IST
Modi slams Mamata for ‘insult’ on Matuas as CM says TMC treats all equallyBanerjee retorted to Modi’s allegation by retorting at a rally at Ranaghat, in Nadia district, “I consider myself inseparable from Muslims,...
13 Apr, 2021, 07.56 AM IST
West Bengal: SC, ST issues take centre stage as BJP talks 'paribortan'During his visit next week, home minister Amit Shah is likely to reach out to Matua voters at the sect’s spiritual centre of Thakurnagar, a...
08 Feb, 2021, 10.12 AM IST
Matuas’ land and rights are safe under TMC: Mamata Banerjee“I am asking my Matua brothers and sisters… how long have you been in Bengal? You are safe and secure under this state government. Matuas a...
11 Jan, 2021, 09.07 PM IST
In West Bengal, BJP says Citizenship Amendment Act rollout by January-endAccusing the TMC government of not being sympathetic to the refugees’ cause, Kailash Vijayvargiya said the CAA will “change the lives of ma...
07 Dec, 2020, 06.57 AM IST
CAA: Muslims belonging to this soil won’t lose citizenship, says Amit ShahHome minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched BJP’s ‘aar noye anyaay’ (no more injustice) campaign against the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool g...
02 Mar, 2020, 06.51 AM IST
- Around 20 Bangladeshi nationals deported from Assam
They were sent from the Sutarkandi international border check post in Assam’s Karimganj district. “These people were escorted from the dete...
04 May, 2019, 07.53 PM IST