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Suchintan Das
Jai Shri Ram vs Jai Maa Kali Only Makes TMC the B-Team of Hindutva, Not a BJP Rival
18 Jul 2019
The TMC has adopted brahminical symbolism and harped on pro-Muslim rhetoric but neglected disempowered groups. In doing so, it is sending the signal that it is BJP that’s shaping the strategy of even…
Newsclick Team
Bengal: No Stranger to Communalism
12 Jul 2019
In this episode of Present, Past and the Future, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay and Prof Partha S Ghosh explore the causes of communalisation in Bengal.
Newsclick Report
Between 2016-18, BJP Received Rs 915 Crore from Corporate Donations, Highest Among Parties: Report
09 Jul 2019
Prudent or Satya Electoral Trust donated Rs 405.52 crore to BJP and Rs 23.90 crore to Congress during the period.
Sandip Chakraborty, Kaushik Biswas
TMC in Trouble as Protests Against ‘Cut Money’ Rock West Bengal
29 Jun 2019
Village Watch, an NGO operating in West Bengal, has alleged that TMC panchayat pradhans annually make around Rs 50 lakh through ‘cut money’, and most of them, especially in North, Central and South…
Ditsa Bhattacharya
RBU Professors Withdraw Resignations Filed in Protest Against Casteist Slurs
20 Jun 2019
The professors withdrew their resignations after the Education Minister assured that the issue will be looked into immediately
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Bengal SSC Candidates Threaten to Resume Protest if Demands Not Met by June 20
16 Jun 2019
Three months after 29-day hunger strike for filling up vacant posts, the West Bengal government has not kept its word, say protesters.
Shabina Akhtar
As Agitating Doctors Protest Intensifies In Bengal, Mamata Banerjee Gets Stuck In Catch-22 Situation
15 Jun 2019
The protest of doctors in West Bengal enters the fifth day, but doctors remain firm on their stand of CM apologising to them. An activist files a PIL against the doctors at the Calcutta High Court…
Biswajit Roy
Political Violence In West Bengal Turning Communal
14 Jun 2019
At least 10 people have lost their lives and dozens have suffered grievous injuries in clashes between the resurgent BJP and ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Ditsa Bhattacharya
West Bengal CM Threatens Action Against Protesting Junior Doctors
13 Jun 2019
Medical services disrupted; team of striking doctors meets Governor.
Rabindra Nath Sinha
Bengal Violence: TMC Leaders Allege Police Are Indifferent to Their Complaints
13 Jun 2019
This, in a sense, also means that the police officers were taking orders from the BJP leaders, as they, after the Lok Sabha election results, were “seeing a different writing on the wall”.