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Decode Politics: Do Mamata Banerjee’s attacks on Central agency over ‘man-made’ floods in Bengal hold water?

October 06, 2025 6:59 am

Since 2021, the CM has accused Damodar Valley Corporation of “unilateral, wilful” release of dam water, flooding Bengal, reinforcing her complaint of Centre's “stepmotherly” treatment

Adhir Chowdhury on TMC, Mamata Banerjee, Bengal SIR

Adhir Chowdhury: 'TMC plays saint in Delhi, devil in Bengal ... If serious (about SIR), why didn’t Mamata join Opposition rally in Patna?'

September 02, 2025 11:11 am

“The issue of migrant harassment has been offered on a golden platter to Mamata by Modi govt. They are polarising voters for own benefit. Mamata will seize this issue, but BJP will be ultimate beneficiary,” says the former Baharampur MP

Rise of Indian Secular Front in Bengal: Furfura Sharif outfit to TMC rival in Muslim pockets

August 31, 2025 10:17 am

Founded by sufi shrine cleric Abbas Siddiqui to ensure “social justice” for Muslims and Dalits, Naushad Siddiqui-led party is again eyeing a tie-up with Left, Congress for 2026 Assembly polls

The Bengal Files, The Kashmir Files, Vivek Agnihotri

As a Bengali, I refuse to watch ‘The Bengal Files’. It seeks to inflame, not inform

August 24, 2025 6:39 pm

What happened in Bengal in 1946 cannot be reduced to a two-dimensional morality play. It requires honesty, sensitivity — Vivek Agnihotri does not have the patience for that.

Booth-level officers during electoral roll revisions for upcoming Bihar legislative assembly elections

West Bengal SIR plans may be delayed as complaints vex 2002 voter list

August 17, 2025 10:17 am

State CEO has approached EC to allow it to tally 2002 list, compiled after an SIR, with a 2003 one, so as to prepare the reference list for the new drive

Mamata Banerjee likely to make 'Bengali pride' the centrepiece of Trinamool's poll pitch at Martyrs' Day rally today

July 21, 2025 7:58 am

From the stage in the heart of Kolkata, the TMC chief is expected to respond to PM Narendra Modi’s recent comments against her government and present a roadmap to next year's high-stakes poll battle.

Today in Politics: PM Modi to inaugurate projects worth Rs 7,000 crore in Bengal, poll-bound Bihar

July 18, 2025 9:09 am

Rahul Gandhi in Kerala to mark former CM Oomen Chandy’s death anniversary; Rajnath to attend commissioning of INS Nistar in Vizag

CAA rules notified, why it is a key part of BJP plan to consolidate Matua votes in Bengal, undo 2021 damage

March 13, 2024 7:57 am

The SC community threw its weight behind the BJP in 2019, helping it win a record number of LS seats from the state. But two years later, the support splintered in the Assembly polls.