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Bengal bypoll: AJUP’s Humayun Kabir detained in Rejinagar
Rejinagar: Aam Janata Unnayan Party chief Humayun Kabir was detained on Tuesday, October 6, after a heated argument with police personnel at his party office in West Bengal’s Rejinagar, where voting was…
- India
Voting begins in Bengal bypolls to Nandigram, Rejinagar seats
Kolkata: Polling began Tuesday, October 6, at 7 am for by-elections in the Nandigram and Rejinagar assembly constituencies in West Bengal amid tight security arrangements, officials said. Altogether 71 companies of central…
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Right-wing outfits attacking institutions in Bengal: Neha Bora
Kolkata: AISA national president Neha Bora on Monday, October 5, alleged that right-wing organisations like the RSS and BJP were carrying out attacks on campuses of premier educational institutes in West Bengal,…
- Politics
Hours after joining BJP, actor Koel Mallick files RS nomination
Kolkata: Bengali film actor Rukmini Mallick, popularly known as Koel Mallick, on Monday, October 5, submitted her nomination as the BJP candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in the presence of…
- Hate Crime
Slapped, punched, called jihadi: 3 Kolkata students attacked
Kolkata: Three students from Aliah University were allegedly targeted with communal slurs and assaulted while returning home on September 24 in Kolkata, West Bengal. The incident occurred when Md Ashique Billah, Moyajjem…
- Kolkata
Bengal: Villagers lynch two on suspicion of cattle theft, 3 injured
West Bengal: Two Muslim men were killed and three others injured after a mob allegedly attacked five people on suspicion of cattle theft in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district early Saturday, October 3,…
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MLAs refuse to help Muslim women because ‘no vote came from them’
West Bengal: Muslim women of West Bengal’s Bankura have alleged they felt humiliated after visiting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Niladri Sekhar Dana on Friday, October 2, claiming he refused to help them as…
- Hate Crime
Bengal: Bajrang Dal attacks prayer meet, assaults Christians
Kolkata: Organisers of a Christian prayer meeting have alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Bajrang Dal workers disrupted their Sunday gathering on September 27 in West Bengal’s Bardhaman district. The Hindutva…
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Suvendu blames Mamata for 27 lakh voter deletions in Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday, September 27, blamed former CM Mamata Banerjee for the deletion of 27 lakh names from the state’s electoral rolls during the Special Intensive…
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BJP chief Nitin Nabin begins two-day West Bengal visit today
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin will undertake a two-day organisational and outreach visit to West Bengal starting on Sunday. The visit will focus on strengthening the party’s grassroots…
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‘BJP govt made ‘Vande Mataram’ mandatory in Madrasas,’ says CM
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday, September 26, said his government has made singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ mandatory in registered madrasas. Adhikari, while attending a programme at the National…
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60 anti-Christian incidents in Bengal since May 2026: Report
New Delhi: West Bengal witnessed at least 60 incidents targeting Christians across 13 districts between May 13 and September 20, 2026, according to a report by India Hate Lab (IHL), a project…
- India
Bengal: FIR against Maktoob over report on Moitra complaint
New Delhi: The West Bengal Police has registered a case against Maktoob Media following a social media post on Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra’s allegations that Muslim IPS officers were kept…
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Fishermen rescue baby elephant in Teesta river, internet melts
West Bengal: A video of a group of local West Bengal fishermen rescuing a baby elephant, not more than a month old, and reuniting it with its mother has the internet swooning.…
- India
ABVP forces professor to resign, performs ‘purification’ ritual
Kolkata: A Muslim professor at Kolkata’s Surendranath College was forced to resign on September 11 over an attendance issue. What followed was Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members performing a purification ritual.…