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Sandip Chakraborty
West Bengal: Palpable Interest in June 26 GTA Elections, CPIM Vows to Raise People's Issues
18 Jun 2022
CPI(M) has put up candidates in 12 out of 45 seats that will go to elections. In three seats, they are supporting independent candidates.
Rabindra Nath Sinha
WB: Opposition Steps up Activity as TMC Slips on Governance
16 Jun 2022
Corruption cases against ministers, law and order issues and violence by TMC party workers on multiple occasions have left the ruling party facing embarrassments, one after another.
Rabindra Nath Sinha
Gorkhaland Demand Rises Again Ahead of GTA Elections
09 Jun 2022
The TMC government is planning to hold elections for the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, but it may not go smoothly.
Sandip Chakraborty
Kalimpong: Amid Myriad Problems, Leftist Tara Daju is a ’go to’ Person for Hill People
01 Jan 2022
The picturesque hill town in North Bengal awaits funds for development projects, even as corruption allegations mount in local boards.
Rabindra Nath Sinha
Grassroots Democracy Eludes Darjeeling, Parties Demand Panchayat Polls
23 Oct 2021
Political outfits have demanded first and second-tier polls even if early Zilla Parishad elections cannot be held.
Dr Sukhbilas Barma
The Feasibility of Bifurcating West Bengal And Creating a Separate State of North Bengal
29 Jul 2021
The recent calls for bifurcation of Bengal may be a game plan projected by BJP after it faced utter failure in the recent Assembly election in West Bengal, with the objective of creating problems for…
Rabindra Nath Sinha
West Bengal Polls: In the Hills, Compulsions Dictate Local Outfits’ Decisions
15 Apr 2021
A senior CPI(M) said that Bimal Gurung was fighting for his relevance to hill politics in the ongoing elections in the state.
Sandip Chakraborty
TMC Government Withdraws Over 79 Cases Against Gorkha Leader Bimal Gurung
22 Feb 2021
The decision to withdraw the cases against Gurung, who switched as BJP ally to TMC, comes days before the election model code of conduct kicks in ahed of the announcement of Assembly elections.
Sandip Chakraborty
How Racial Politics is Being Fomented Amid Economic Inequalities in North Bengal
18 Nov 2020
The Gorkhaland issue may raise its head once again as BJP and TMC back separate factions. But Left-backed people’s movements are firm on highlighting livelihood issues.
Vivan Eyben
Psychological Operations in Darjeeling?
17 Nov 2018
Posters challenging Bimal Gurung and Roshan Giri as well as Mukul Roy have appeared in Darjeeling. Though signed as ‘janta’, the posters appear as if they were written by the GNLF.