West Bengal Politics
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Bengal is seeing a Sushant Rajput-style moral panic over BJP leader’s arrest with cocaine
The media frenzy could end up hurting the opposition BJP in the upcoming Assembly elections.
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Mamata Banerjee alleges Centre is targeting women in her family, calls BJP leaders ‘rioters’
At an election rally, the chief minister said Modi would go through ‘worse fate than former United States President Donald Trump’.
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In West Bengal’s Hooghly, PM Narendra Modi hits out at Mamata Banerjee over ‘cut money’
The prime minister accused the Trinamool Congress government of doing politics of ‘vote bank’ and ‘appeasement’ in the state.
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Trending
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Air France flight makes emergency landing after Indian passenger’s disruptive behaviour
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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Indian IT companies have found ways to avoid the stress of H-1B visas
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‘I kept feeling it was a nightmare’: Safoora Zargar on surviving 38 days in solitary confinement
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India’s poor were struggling to refill LPG cylinders. Now with record price hike, many have given up
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West Bengal: ‘Not even a bird will be allowed from across the border if BJP wins,’ says Amit Shah
The Union home minister said BJP will put an end to infiltration in the state if voted to power.
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‘Joy Bangla’ vs ‘Jai Shri Ram’: Will Mamata’s bid to counter Hindutva with Bengali identity work?
As the state heads into assembly elections this summer, pitched battles have already been fought over the issue of Bengaliness.
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West Bengal: Left parties block roads, trains in 12-hour bandh against police action on activists
Several student and youth activists of Left parties were injured and arrested after clash with police during their march to state secretariat on Thursday.
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Video
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‘India’s illiberal slide has been steady and swift’: Journalist Fareed Zakaria
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Watch: AR Rahman posts video of young boy playing the drums in Nagaland
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Watch: Comedy film ‘Dahej Ka Scooter’ highlights fears, excitement, courage of women during weddings
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Watch: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Oprah interview reimagined as Indian soap opera
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‘Totally un-self-aware’: How social media reacted to Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey
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Mamata Banerjee calls BJP’s ‘rath yatra’ a ‘five-star bus’, hits out at party for photo-ops
BJP National President JP Nadda accused the chief minister of creating the insider-outsider divide in West Bengal.
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TMC’s misrule ‘more fearful’ than Left government, Bengal will show them ‘Ram card’: PM Modi
The prime minister said that the people had expected Mamata Banerjee to bring changes, but she paved way for ‘corrupt politicians to set up shop once more’.
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West Bengal: Diamond Harbour MLA Dipak Halder joins BJP a day after quitting TMC
Halder said he resigned because he was not allowed to work properly for the masses.
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The Reel
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‘OK Computer’ trailer: In sci-fi comedy, a robot named Ajeeb gets involved with a murder
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Actress Devika Rani ‘kept her dignity despite all the things done to her’: biographer Kishwar Desai
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‘The Married Woman’ review: Passion, caution and unanswered questions as two women fall in love
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‘Saina’ trailer: Watch Parineeti Chopra as badminton champion Saina Nehwal
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‘Bombay Begums’ review: Spirited performances in show about the different shades of womanhood
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West Bengal: ‘Mamata Banerjee will be left alone by the time elections are held,’ says Amit Shah
In yet another round of shifting camps, six Trinamool Congress leaders, including former minister Rajib Banerjee, joined the BJP on Saturday.
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West Bengal: Former minister Rajib Banerjee steps down as Trinamool Congress MLA, quits party
Banerjee’s resignation came on the day Home Minister Amit Shah is visiting the state.
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BJP should be renamed ‘Bharat Jalao Party’: Mamata Banerjee after row over ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chants
The chief minister accused BJP of insulting Subhash Chandra Bose, by chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ at his birth anniversary event.
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The Field
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Playing IPL 2021 in India will be great preparation for T20 World Cup, says England’s Sam Curran
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India vs England: Few of our players were ill during fourth Test, suffered weight loss, says Stokes
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Really slack: Justin Langer rues Australia missing out on World Test C’ship final due to over rate
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ISL semi-final: Brilliant but wasteful FC Goa, adaptive Mumbai City, madness scoring over method
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Serie A: Milan Skriniar stars as Inter defeat Atalanta to go six points clear