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Streets on the boil: An open situation in West Bengal

The sweep of the protest is unprecedented. CM Banerjee has failed to strike a chord with the grieving colleagues of the doctor and Bengal’s angry citizenry.

Medical professionals and students take part in a protest rally against the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata on August 21, 2024 (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Sep 09, 2024 06:56 PM IST

West Bengal politics has to be dialogic even while remaining contentious

The Election Commission of India declared that election campaigning was most intense in WB. The total number of meetings and rallies was around 95,000

North 24 Pargana: Security personnel and locals during a clash at Sandeshkhali amid the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha elections, in North 24 Parganas district, Saturday, June 1, 2024. Widespread violence between supporters of the TMC and the BJP over alleged electoral malpractices in strife-torn Sandeshkhali marred the final phase of LS polls in West Bengal on Saturday, resulting in injuries to a number of people. (PTI Photo) (PTI06_01_2024_000568A)(PTI)
Published on Jun 07, 2024 08:30 AM IST

Mamata’s pro-poor policies alone may not be enough to stop BJP in Bengal

To think that Bengalis are syncretic and tolerant by birth is a myth that the liberal educated Bengalis love to hold as true. The upper caste educated Bengalis are mostly anti-Dalit and think that reservation is the root cause of decline of education in Bengal

A Ram Navami procession in Kolkata, April 5, 2017(Samir Jana/HT PHOTO)
Updated on May 25, 2017 01:23 PM IST
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