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From forests to fields: How India's earliest rebels fought colonial exploitation before 1857Across the annals of Indian history, we find vivid accounts of agrarian resistance standing firm against exploitation. From indigenous fore...- Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury returns to state politics, faces incumbent BJP MLA Subrata Maitra in fight for survival at BerhamporeCongress heavyweight Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is set to return to state politics after two and a half decades, facing Bharatiya Janata Party ...
- West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: Baharampur poll battle hinges on religious divide, with Congress veteran Adhir Chowdhury a key variableBaharampur's assembly seat faces a keen contest. Incumbent MLA Subrata Maitra, TMC's Naru Gopal Mukherjee, and former MP Adhir Ranjan Chowd...
- 346 descendants of Mir Jafar, former Nawab of Bengal, deleted from Murshidabad voter list after SIRIn a significant electoral development in Murshidabad, approximately 346 descendants of the Nawab of Bengal’s dynasty, including the 82-yea...
- Amit Shah behaving like 'acting Prime Minister' of country, Modi should be cautious: Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of acting like an "acting Prime Minister." She alleged Sha...
- Why the founder of British Indian empire slit his own throatIn 1774, Robert Clive, a controversial figure in British India, died. Clive rose from a clerk to a military leader, securing British contro...
- How a multinational company captured a whole countryThe East India Company began as a trading entity in the 1600s, evolving into a powerful political force in India. Key events like the Battl...
- In Rani Ma vs Mahua battle for Krishnanagar, Matuas are kingsKrishnanagar, steeped in history, faces a high-stakes Lok Sabha battle between Mahua Moitra and Amrita Roy. Matua and Muslim communities pl...
- Mahua Moitra no threat; TMC misrule compelled me to join politics: BJP nominee ‘Rajmata' Amrita RoyIn an interview with PTI, Amrita Roy who has been pitted against the TMC's Mahua Moitra in Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat, also said that the ...
- What’s in a name? Go on then, say it with me: Pa-La-ShiHow calling a place by its ‘English name’ can drive some nativists round the bend
- A Film to Remind Us Of the Black Hole?For folks who have cancelled it out from their history books, BHC was a dungeon in the East India Company's Fort William in Calcutta, where...
- Spare a Thought for Mir Jafar TomorrowIndia isn’t the only country that reads a ‘bad guy’ from history unfairly.
- View: The Left must privilege national politics over the local in the upcoming assembly electionsThe upcoming round of assembly elections in Bengal, Assam and Kerala will have a large bearing on national politics, the outcome of the con...
- Kamala Harris, Dr. Fauci feature on ‘Famous Names Most Mispronounced’ listAre our mispronunciations not as important as those of others?
- British tastes and customs are still deeply infused in Indian cuisines. Here's whyIt was an era of hybrids. Faithful aristocratic babus and fallen royalties tried to copy the British. Cutlet cafe and club culture took roo...
- Survey General of India completes 250 yearsAs the institute, one of the oldest scientific establishments in India, completes 250 years tomorrow, it continues to touch the life of the...
- West Bengal government to develop new tourism circuitsThe state tourism department has decided to start various degree and diploma courses on tourism and hotel management at various institution...
- Why the Geospatial Information Bill is an outcome of sarkari cartographic paranoiaThe Geospatial Information Regulation (GIR) Bill is an example of sarkari cartographic paranoia: it proposes fines up to 100 crore and jail...
- Railways will need Rs 2.5 lakh crore to finish projects: AdhirIndian Railways will need around Rs 2.5 lakh crore to complete all the projects that have been announced by the Ministry, Union Minister of...
- Four mega tourist destinations to be developedTo give fillip to tourism in the country, the Centre has sanctioned about Rs 114 crore for integrated development of four mega tourist dest...
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