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‘What has TMC done for Muslims except use our votes, push our boys into crime?’: MLA Humayun Kabir, suspended over Babri Masjid replica

December 12, 2025 11:09 am

“Some parties are misleading Muslims and some are misleading Hindus, but I am not. We will create a party that will fight against both the BJP and TMC. Anybody is welcome in our party and also in our coalition,” says Kabir about plans to float his own party

Check-points and barricades along the Bishnupur-Churachandpur stretch in Manipur. Sukrita Baruah

Meitei leader’s visit to Kuki camp: BJP praises its MLA, says ‘all party legislators’ want this

December 10, 2025 10:18 am

Kuki-Zo groups dismissed Yumnam Khemchand Singh’s visit on Monday as a “publicity stunt”. But Meitei groups say he filled a gap ignored by political leadership

As Calcutta HC sets aside order cancelling jobs of 32,000 teachers, why BJP may need to rethink its strategy against TMC

December 05, 2025 8:11 pm

Over the past few years, the BJP has tried to build a narrative against the Trinamool Congress over unemployment and alleged irregularities that cost thousands of teachers their jobs. After the court order, that may not work.

In a change of tack, why BJP is making a Muslim outreach in Bengal before 2026 polls

November 30, 2025 7:32 am

BJP Muslim outreach Bengal, Bengal 2026 polls strategy: After NDA’s Bihar landslide, Bengal BJP, amid SIR, is claiming that it supports “rashtravadi Muslims”, looking to connect with minority voters opposed to TMC

Assam polygamy ban Himanta Biswa Sarma government

As Assam bans polygamy, data shows practice on decline across India, most common among tribals

November 28, 2025 6:07 pm

In 2005-06, Assam had the sixth highest polygamy rate, falling to eighth highest in 2015-16 before climbing back to sixth in 2019-21.

Assam 1983 violence reports: On Feb 18, 1983, 1800 people (as per official figures) were killed in just six hours in 13 villages in and around Nellie. (Express Archive)

Forty-two years after Assam’s darkest chapter, two reports shed some light – with contrasting accounts

November 28, 2025 12:04 am

Assam 1983 violence reports, nellie massacre inquiry reports: Assembly tables official and unofficial reports on violence that was unleashed during and after the 1983 state elections, most prominently the Nellie massacre.

Upping the ante over SIR, how Mamata is laying TMC groundwork for 2026 Bengal polls

November 22, 2025 7:20 pm

West Bengal SIR row, TMC 2026 Bengal polls: Turning up the heat on EC, TMC is reaching out to concerned sections in Matua, tribal and minority communities in a bid to consolidate their votes

As Nitish Kumar begins 10th innings, where NDA’s Bihar 2025 sweep ranks in poll dominance

November 21, 2025 10:07 am

While the JD(U) recorded its best-ever performance in a Bihar election in terms of strike rate, and the BJP came close to its 2010 peak, their performance was nowhere close to some of the sweeps registered in state election history.