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Denied entry to Bengal village temple, 130 Dalit families wage battle for rightsSubscriber Only
March 08, 2025 04:06 IST
Officials say they are trying to navigate the fragile situation while keeping in mind the law and order situation, but for the families, the administration is dragging its feet.
Sat, Mar 08, 2025
‘I begged them to stop’ — how rumours of bachha chor, mobile chor led to spate of mob lynchings in BengalSubscriber Only
July 05, 2024 13:27 IST
Four people have been killed and 13 wounded in 11 incidents of mob assault in June, prompting the state govt to start an awareness campaign.
Sat, Jul 06, 2024
Amid TMC vs TMC, new battle lines drawn in award-winning Gram Panchayat in poll seasonSubscriber Only
July 02, 2023 10:31 IST
For July 8 Bengal rural polls TMC has denied tickets to its Pradhan, Up Pradhan and six other members of Bohar 1 Gram Panchayat which won a national green award; they slam party’s ‘internal politics’.
Wed, Jul 05, 2023
In Bengal, Junglemahal faultlines flare as Kudmis up the ante in ST status stirSubscriber Only
June 04, 2023 15:47 IST
Several Kudmi leaders of TMC as well as Oppn, including panchayat members, have quit their parties or posts to step up the community’s agitation, which is now even seeing messages on villagers’ houses forbidding parties from using walls for graffiti
Mon, Jun 05, 2023
‘Bid to distort history’: Netaji’s kin on teaser of Veer Savarkar biopic claiming he inspired BoseSubscriber Only
May 30, 2023 11:59 IST
Netaji's grand nephew Chandra Kumar Bose said, "Netaji and Savarkar's ideologies were polar opposite. This (the film) is an attempt to distort history."
Tue, May 30, 2023
Sent on ‘long leave’ by school, HIV +ve teacher says he will fight for his ‘pride’Subscriber Only
February 21, 2023 04:10 IST
Kolkata school says parents fear children May get infected
Tue, Feb 21, 2023
Visva Bharati V-C: ‘CM doesn’t know how to keep land records or is misleading … documents to Amartya Sen absolutely invalid’Subscriber Only
February 07, 2023 07:30 IST
Bidyut Chakraborty says, “There are three options. First, Prof Sen may move court. Or allow measurement of the land. Or tell us why he needs the extra 13 decimals, we can reconsider”
Tue, Feb 07, 2023
Amartya Sen: Santiniketan of Satyajit Ray, Nandalal Bose… It isn’t there right nowSubscriber Only
February 07, 2023 04:10 IST
The house, Pratichi, was built by his father on land leased by Visva-Bharati University (VBU) that Rabindranath Tagore set up in Santiniketan, a neighbourhood of Bolpur in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, in 1921.
Tue, Feb 07, 2023
Amartya Sen interview: ‘The Santiniketan of Satyajit Ray, Nandalal Bose … It is what I remember. It isn’t there right now’Subscriber Only
February 06, 2023 16:49 IST
Nobel Prize-winning economist, who is in the middle of a land dispute with Visva-Bharati University, says, “If I find things rather deficient in Santiniketan, that does not make me think that it is in sharp contrast to how India is being run today.”
Tue, Feb 07, 2023
Express Investigation – Part 2 | Suspect PM Awaas lists in West Bengal: Alarm bells rang early, went unheardSubscriber Only
January 24, 2023 04:16 IST
Case of one family of eight on the list reveals gaps in identification of beneficiaries and challenge ahead
Tue, Jan 24, 2023
Express Investigation – Part 1: PM Awaas is for rural poor but in West Bengal, owners of houses like these are on the listSubscriber Only
January 23, 2023 04:10 IST
Officials pass the buck, blame ‘panchayat surveys’, some owners say they were poor when they applied, some say it was a ‘mistake’
Tue, Jan 24, 2023
Rise and fall of Arpita Mukherjee: Small-time actor who became part of Trinamool’s charmed circlesSubscriber Only
July 28, 2022 11:23 IST
It was around 2017 that Arpita became part of the party's celebrity brigade. Though she was never a known face in the film industry, there were enough events patronised by politicians where she found a platform
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
Bengal teacher recruitment: Shock, denial at homes of those sacked by High CourtSubscriber Only
July 04, 2022 04:00 IST
A single-judge Bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on June 13 not only ordered the sacking of these teachers, who were hired through the Teachers’ Eligibility Test in 2014, but also ordered a CBI probe.
Mon, Jul 04, 2022
Pain in ears while wearing masks? This Bengal girl has a solutionSubscriber Only
October 20, 2020 13:49 IST
Keeping Covid-19 frontline workers in mind, Class XII student Digantika Bose has made a headband that will help reduce pressure on ears while wearing facemasks. She has won a national science competition award for the tool.
Wed, Oct 21, 2020
Those who crafted gold ornaments are digging ditches todaySubscriber Only
July 06, 2020 05:27 IST
Lakhs of skilled migrants who returned to West Bengal during the lockdown and Unlock 1 are desperate to go back to the lives and livelihoods they had to leave behind virtually overnight.
Mon, Jul 06, 2020
Bengal girl’s ‘game-changer mask’ for Covid-19 patients makes central agency’s shortlistSubscriber Only
April 27, 2020 17:03 IST
Digantika Bose, a class XI student, has come up with a ‘Air Providing and Virus Destroying Mask’ that has been shortlisted in a competition held by the National Innovation Foundation.
Mon, Apr 27, 2020
Lockdown relief reveals Purulia secret: PDS cards as loan collateralSubscriber Only
April 17, 2020 04:00 IST
Officials said 24 such families had approached them in Surjamata alone, a village of 150 families. Most people here work as daily wagers, owning no land and barely any possessions.
Fri, Apr 17, 2020
Kolkata gets its first ‘disinfectant tunnel’ at iconic New MarketSubscriber Only
April 07, 2020 18:17 IST
The walkthrough sprinkler uses Hydrogen Peroxide and not Sodium Hypochlorite.
Tue, Apr 07, 2020
From dacoit to panchayat member, meet the ‘Robinhood of Bankura’Subscriber Only
May 11, 2019 18:30 IST
Be it marrying off young girls in his village, or reconstruction of thatched roofs of neighbours’ houses, Tiger claims he has spent all that he had earned through robbery for others’ good.
Sat, May 11, 2019
TMC’s Subrata Mukherjee: If any community hasn’t got the fruits of my work, then don’t vote for meSubscriber Only
May 09, 2019 18:22 IST
In a freewheeling chat with The Indian Express Bangla, Subrata Mukherjee shares his thoughts on BJP's prospects in Bengal and why he is not an outsider in Bankura.
Thu, May 09, 2019
As tea garden jobs fade away, there is trouble brewing for parties in DarjeelingSubscriber Only
April 04, 2019 10:33 IST
At present, the condition of tea gardens and its workers present a picture of deprivation and want even though the tea plantations are touted as India's second largest employer. In Darjeeling district itself, three tea gardens have been closed and workers are still to receive their dues.
Thu, Apr 04, 2019
Electioneering flat in Bengal’s hills, but still close contest between BJP, TMC on cardsSubscriber Only
April 02, 2019 22:32 IST
While the BJP has been winning the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat since 2004, this time the TMC and the saffron party are poised to fight a pitched battle in the constituency.
Tue, Apr 02, 2019
Now citizens of India, former enclave residents feel they were better off ‘stateless’Subscriber Only
January 01, 2019 18:41 IST
When they were residents of the Indian Enclave in Bangladesh, they were never accepted as citizens by Bangladesh. It has now been three years since they got Indian citizenship and they know that it won't be easy to be accepted as Indians either.
Tue, Jan 01, 2019
Rath Yatra cancelled, BJP workers make do with Rash Yatra in West Bengal’s Cooch BeharSubscriber Only
December 07, 2018 23:47 IST
Expecting a positive response from the court, the BJP had left no stone unturned to ensure all arrangements were made for its workers to reach the venue on time.
Fri, Dec 07, 2018
BJP rally at Cooch Behar: Amit Shah to skip; High Court decision at 12.30pmSubscriber Only
December 07, 2018 11:40 IST
On Thursday night, the Calcutta High Court had denied permission for the rally, saying there was not enough time for the state to make adequate security arrangements for a political rally of that scale. The high court also directed the party not to hold any such rally till January 9, 2019.
Fri, Dec 07, 2018
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