CAA a game changer in all Matua belts of Bengal in 2024 Lok Sabha pollsThe implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) ahead of the Lok Sabha election is a game changer for the Matua communities in We...
12 Mar, 2024, 11.05 AM IST
CAA will be implemented ahead of 2024 polls: Sukanta MajumdarThe Matua community, with its long-time demand for citizenship rights, have demanded implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) ...
05 Jul, 2022, 11.30 PM IST
Matua Mahasangh leader Shantanu Thakur writes to PM Modi seeking action to safeguard the Matua communityThe BJP MP informed the Prime Minister that the incidents of attack have started on August 7 onwards in Shiyali village of Bangladesh’s Khu...
11 Aug, 2021, 09.23 PM IST
State schemes bring SC/STs closer to TMC in JungelmahalThere has been a clear swing in Matua votes in Bongaon, the main seat of the Matua community, in favour of TMC mainly due to their disgrunt...
03 May, 2021, 08.02 AM IST
Matua votes in Nadia, North 24 Parganas crucial in next phaseThe Matua population will have a major influence in the poll outcome in the Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts, where voting is schedule...
19 Apr, 2021, 11.53 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
Mamata 'clean bowled', her entire team asked to leave field: PM ModiThe prime minister also launched a blistering attack on Banerjee, saying she did not care to express regret after a "leader very close to h...
12 Apr, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
Modi makes strong Hindutva pitch in Bengal, slams TMC over antipathy for 'chotiwalas'He was referring to the recent public declaration by Banerjee of her "gotra" (clan), an unusual thing for the Bengal leader to do, during t...
01 Apr, 2021, 07.26 PM IST
India will donate military equipment used in 1971 for museumsIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that New Delhi will donate military equipment used by the country's in the 1971 Liberation Wa...
28 Mar, 2021, 01.43 PM IST
India, Bangladesh want stability, love and peace instead of instability, terror and unrest in world: ModiPrime Minister Modi was speaking to the Matua community members after offering prayers at a temple in Gopalganj's Orakandi - the birthplace...
27 Mar, 2021, 08.12 PM IST
Bengal Elections 2021: BJP's social maths vs Didi's old chemistryBengal votes in the first phase on Saturday of an assembly election that will not only be its longest but also one of its fiercest with ide...
27 Mar, 2021, 12.09 PM IST
CAA, PM Narendra Modi's Orakandi Thakurbari temple visit to sway Matua votersBJP has already tried to woo the community by promising to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act which guarantees citizenship to religiou...
26 Mar, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
PM Modi to address 50th anniversary of Bangladesh independence as Chief GuestThe visit is aimed at upholding the spirit of 1971 — when India backed East Pakistanis led by Mujibur Rehman — to attain independence from ...
26 Mar, 2021, 08.41 AM IST
Happy my first foreign visit after coronavirus onset is to neighbour Bangladesh, says ModiIn his departure statement, he said, "I am happy that my first foreign visit after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic will be to our friend...
25 Mar, 2021, 07.52 PM IST
BJP declares last Bengal list, Mithun Chakraborty fails to make the cutActor Mithun Chakraborty, who had sparked speculation about his chances of getting a ticket by moving back from Mumbai to Kolkata’s Cossipo...
24 Mar, 2021, 11.25 AM IST
Bangladeshi infiltration debate back on West Bengal's political agendaThe Burdwan blast and the arrest of Bangladeshi nationals from across the state has brought the debate on infiltration from Bangladesh back...
19 Oct, 2014, 10.23 AM IST
Parties cross swords on Bangladesh immigrants for marginal gainsThose who entered India after March 25, 1971, cannot get citizenship rights and are not entitled to refugee status.
09 May, 2014, 01.18 PM IST