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Taslima Nasreen returns to Kolkata after 19 years, calls it an emotional homecoming

Exiled author Taslima Nasreen returned to Kolkata after nineteen years, feeling an emotional homecoming. Her visit precedes a literary event which has acquired political significance. Nasreen was forced to leave the city in two thousand seven due to protests. She expressed joy and pain recalling her previous life in Kolkata.…

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Bengal CM blames previous TMC govt for loss of Europe air links, mounting debt on state's economy

West Bengal's Chief Minister blamed the prior administration for lost air connectivity and state debt. His government plans to rejuvenate transport infrastructure and introduce a Water Metro service. New electric and CNG buses will be introduced with central government assistance. Metro rail expansion beyond Kolkata is also a key focus…

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Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin set to return to Kolkata after nearly 20 years

Taslima Nasrin will attend an anti-fundamentalism event in Kolkata next month. She was forced to leave the city in 2007 after protests over her writings. The BJP government views her return as a reversal of past capitulation. This event signifies a new political backdrop for the author's visit. Organizers celebrate…

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'We will bring back Tatas in Bengal': Suvendu Adhikari

Suvendu Adhikari, West Bengal Chief Minister, stated the BJP plans to bring the Tata Group back to the state. This comes after the Tata Motors Nano project's departure from Singur in 2008. The move aims to revive industrialisation and investment discussions in West Bengal. The BJP's commitment signals a potential…

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Can BJP govern Bengal without becoming its old political order?

After weeks of saturation coverage and sustained commentary, election outcomes in India often arrive weighed down by interpretation. A familiar tendency persists to read into them too many meanings and to insert too many subtexts.

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Largely peaceful Phase 3 records over 64% polling

2024 Lok Sabha elections phase 3: election over in 282 out of 543 Lok Sabha seats; Left Front’s Murshidabad candidate clashes with Trinamool supporters; PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah cast their votes

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Lok Sabha elections 2024 | With 13 candidates from influential families in the fray, West Bengal sees the rise of dynasty politics

Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Rise of political dynasties in West Bengal's Lok Sabha elections marks a significant shift in the state's political landscape.

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Left Front’s electoral understanding with the Indian Secular Front falls flat

Left Front and ISF fail to reach electoral understanding in West Bengal, ISF announces candidates for 14 seats.

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In Bengal, Left seeks to iron out differences between allies

Left Front chairperson Biman Basu joined senior Congress leader Pradip Bhattacharya as the Congress nominee began his election campaign.

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Assam: Congress asked to leave Barpeta Lok Sabha seat to the Left Front

Educationists and activists urge APCC to withdraw from Barpeta seat to defeat BJP ally, emphasizing unity against BJP in Assam.

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Left Front releases list of 16 candidates from West Bengal; says there is still scope for tie-up with Congress

Lok Sabha election 2024: Left Front announces candidates for 16 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, including new faces, amid talks with Congress.

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Sandeshkhali, the untold story

Sandeshkhali quintessentially reflects the crisis of the model of governance in West Bengal

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West Bengal Governor to visit violence-torn Sandeshkhali

West Bengal Governor cuts short Kerala trip to visit violence-torn Sandeshkhali, demands report on violence from State government.

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Piravom municipal chairperson election: Left Front alleges lapses on the part of returning officer

Left Front in Kochi alleges violation of rules by returning officer in declaring Congress candidate as winner.

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Doubt Congress will get ‘even 40 seats’ in LS polls, says Mamata

Kolkata Trinamool Congress supremo challenges Congress to take on BJP in Hindi heartland states, doubts their ability to secure seats.

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Congress-Trinamool ties | Adversarial rather than amicable

The Congress and Trinamool Congress struggle to find common ground in ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls

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Mamata defends her government’s role in WB ration scam

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday defended her government in the alleged ration scam

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West Bengal government mulling legal options as Opposition chides govt. over Tata Motors arbitral win

West Bengal govt. mulls legal options after Tata Motors win in arbitral proceedings; Opposition parties attack govt.; Tata Motors can recover ₹765.78 crore plus interest from WBIDC; Trinamool Congress govt. faces criticism\

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Tripura bypolls | Alleging large-scale rigging, CPI(M) announces boycott of counting

Alleging that the Election Commission did not take steps to prevent large-scale rigging in the Tripura byelections, the CPI(M)-led Left Front announced that it will boycott the counting of votes.

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Tripura tribal student group calls 12-hour strike Monday to press language demand.

Kokborok is spoken by most of the tribal clans except people of Chakma community and a few other communities. The language got recognition as an official language, but the State government introduced Bengali script. Previously, the Left Front governments constituted language study committees also recommended Bengali citing feasibility.

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Left Front announces candidates for Tripura Assembly byelections

In the last Assembly elections, Mr. Chanda had lost to Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik from Dhanpur, but the CPI(M) managed to retain the Boxanagar seat defeating the BJP candidate in a triangular contest.

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Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) targets CPI(M) and Trinamool at mega rally in Kolkata

The SUCI(C) had organised its gathering at the Brigade Parade Grounds after a gap of 35 years

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PM’s silence bothering people in Manipur, say Left MPs

People in Manipur have lost faith in the N. Biren Singh government and are pained by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the ethnic conflict in the State for more than two months now, a delegation of Left Front MPs said on July 7.

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Two killed on final day of nomination filing for panchayat polls in West Bengal

There was no respite from violence on the final day of filing of nominations for the West Bengal panchayat elections on June 15, with a supporter of the Indian Secular Front (ISF) and activist of Trinamool Congress (TMC) being killed in two separate incidents at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district.

The Hindu

Trinamool caught in a political flux

The Trinamool leadership has launched ‘Trinamooler Nabo Jowar’ (Trinamool’s new wave), a two-month-long outreach programme led by the party general secretary and its second-most important leader Abhishek Banerjee.

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