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    Second disenfranchisement? Travel hurdles rob Bengal’s migrant workers of their votes

    Samir K Purkayastha
    22 April 2026 7:54 PM IST

    No special trains, police seizures of vehicles leave thousands stranded as the first phase of polling takes place on April 23

    Samayun Sheikh (front) and other migrant workers from West Bengal who hired an SUV to return home in Murshidabad district from neighbouring Odisha to cast votes in the April 23 elections.
    Elections 2026
    BJP leader and Nagaland Minister Temjen Imna Along
    Elections 2026

    Fish, politics and a viral quip: Temjen Along takes a swipe at Mamata Banerjee

    22 April 2026 6:44 PM IST
    Supreme Court of India SC pensionary benefits to women officers
    India

    SC questions ‘Centre-State dispute’ claim in ED plea against Mamata Banerjee

    22 April 2026 5:12 PM IST
    Hindutva politics in Bengal
    Elections 2026

    From land crusade heart, Nandigram emerges as Hindutva hub in Bengal | Ground Report

    22 April 2026 3:58 PM IST
    Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Berlin

    ‘Dot dot dot’: Rajnath Singh’s cryptic message to Pakistan on Pahalgam anniversary

    22 April 2026 3:38 PM IST
    Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia

    Kejriwal case recusal: Justice Karia withdraws from PIL seeking contempt action

    22 April 2026 1:45 PM IST
    Why Delhi HC judge’s refusal to recuse in Kejriwal case may not be the last word

    Why Delhi HC judge’s refusal to recuse in Kejriwal case may not be the last word

    21 April 2026 8:57 PM IST
    TN attracted Rs 10.14-trillion investments over 4 yrs: State govt

    MOOWR: Helping or hurting Make-in-India?

    21 April 2026 7:29 PM IST
    Plane, aircraft India extends airspace ban on Pakistani planes till August 24

    Airspace standoff continues: Pakistan extends ban on Indian aircraft till May 24

    21 April 2026 4:13 PM IST
    AICC leader K C Venugopal

    Congress moves privilege notice against PM Modi over address to the nation

    21 April 2026 4:05 PM IST
    Supreme Court

    Sabarimala hearing: SC asks if Constitution protects devotees barred from touching the deity

    21 April 2026 2:23 PM IST
    People visit the Ghanta Ghar ahead of the first anniversary of the Pahalgam terror attack, in Srinagar

    A year after Baisaran attack, victims’ families yet to heal, and so is Pahalgam

    21 April 2026 1:29 PM IST
    IMD warns of above-normal heatwave days in northern, western India this year

    IMD warns of above-normal heatwave days in northern, western India this year

    21 April 2026 9:10 AM IST
    CJI Surya Kant, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and CEC Gyanesh Kumar

    Election Commission's transfer puzzle: Is India's federalism at risk?

    21 April 2026 6:30 AM IST
    TVK chief Vijay campaigns in Trichy

    Vijay faces heat over Trichy church visit in party scarf ahead of TN elections

    Pramila Krishnan
    20 April 2026 9:03 PM IST

    TVK chief’s temple, church, mosque visits draw criticism over poll norms; opponents question intent. Is his politics of symbolism backfiring?

    Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav

    Congress in bind over SP’s Muslim sub-quota push in women’s reservation row

    20 April 2026 8:43 PM IST
    PM Modi brand fading?

    'Brand Modi' under strain? Campaign makeover raises trust question | Capital Beat

    20 April 2026 7:46 PM IST
    MM Joshi feels India not Vishwaguru anymore even as he bats for Sanskrit revival

    MM Joshi feels India not 'Vishwaguru' anymore even as he bats for Sanskrit revival

    20 April 2026 7:03 PM IST
    SC rejects Umar Khalid’s review plea in Delhi riots conspiracy case

    SC rejects Umar Khalid’s review plea in Delhi riots conspiracy case

    20 April 2026 6:29 PM IST
    West Asia crisis threatens India economy

    India’s core sector output contracts 0.4 per cent in March, first decline in five months

    20 April 2026 6:10 PM IST
    Two Indian-Americans plead guilty to H-1B visa fraud scheme

    Two Indian-Americans plead guilty to H-1B visa fraud scheme

    20 April 2026 6:01 PM IST
    Some of Indias most prominent women politicians.

    Beyond empowerment, India needs women leaders for its own good

    20 April 2026 5:51 PM IST
    Supreme Court

    SC says it will not get into ‘fishing inquiry’ over alleged voter additions in West Bengal

    20 April 2026 4:47 PM IST
    Namita Thapar

    Namita Thapar slams trolls over Namaz reel: 'People speak up for Women's Bill, not for women'

    20 April 2026 4:18 PM IST
    Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge

    Kharge says Congress opposed delimitation, not Women’s Quota Bill, slams Modi

    20 April 2026 4:05 PM IST
    Heatwave

    From traffic signals shutdown to SOPs for workers: How states are tackling heatwave

    20 April 2026 3:54 PM IST
    Shivaji not a communal ruler, RSS narrative ‘far from truth’: Scholar

    Shivaji not a communal ruler, RSS narrative ‘far from truth’: Scholar

    20 April 2026 1:30 PM IST
    Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh

    Census portal labels Arunachal’s Pasighat as China’s ‘Medog’: How it happened

    19 April 2026 5:28 PM IST
    Former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi may be Indias next envoy to Bangladesh: Reports

    Former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi may be India's next envoy to Bangladesh: Reports

    19 April 2026 5:09 PM IST
    The US Fed’s slashing interest rates presents India with both opportunities and challenges.

    India-US trade talks to resume on April 20 as tariff changes force BTA rethink

    19 April 2026 4:45 PM IST
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