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    West Bengal Census: Fearing welfare cuts, households undercount assets

    Samir K Purkayastha
    10 Sept 2026 2:27 PM IST

    Amid tight verification of welfare schemes under BJP govt, residents fear they would lose access to benefits if they reveal full assets, living standards and income to census enumerators

    West Bengal Census: Fearing welfare cuts, households undercount assets
    West Bengal
    Kolkata hotel fire
    West Bengal

    Shikha Inn fire effect: 919 Kolkata hotels, guest houses get temporary closure notices

    9 Sept 2026 8:58 AM IST
    West Bengal Muslims deleted from rolls by SIR fear deportation
    West Bengal

    On the voter list, yet deported? SIR throws up a new Bengal puzzle

    8 Sept 2026 9:20 AM IST
    TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee
    West Bengal

    ‘Enough is enough’: Calcutta HC shields Abhishek Banerjee from arrest in 3 FIRs

    8 Sept 2026 9:04 AM IST
    Ashtami dry day, no DJ music, no carnival: BJP govt lays down Durga Puja rules

    Ashtami dry day, no DJ music, no carnival: BJP govt lays down Durga Puja rules

    8 Sept 2026 8:42 AM IST
    Mahua Moitra

    Calcutta HC sets aside arrest warrant against Mahua Moitra, shifts case to MP/MLA court

    7 Sept 2026 8:52 PM IST
    Bengal BJP chief rejects Bageshwar Baba’s call to shun non-veg during Durga Puja

    Bengal BJP chief rejects Bageshwar Baba’s call to shun non-veg during Durga Puja

    7 Sept 2026 8:09 PM IST
    teachers and non-teaching staff who lost their jobs protesting in Kolkata

    Bengal teachers who lost jobs due to court rulings stage sit-in, seek speedy recruitment

    7 Sept 2026 5:09 PM IST
    Samik Bhattacharya

    ‘Guptas, Jaiswals saved north Kolkata Bengalis’: Bengal BJP chief’s remark sparks row

    7 Sept 2026 9:16 AM IST
    West Bengal Christians tighten safeguards amid attacks, conversion row

    West Bengal Christians tighten safeguards amid attacks, conversion row

    6 Sept 2026 2:17 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari

    Bengal school curriculum to include chapters on SP Mookerjee, Swami Pranabananda

    5 Sept 2026 6:04 PM IST
    Rebel MPs meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

    Neither here nor there: BJP snub deepens TMC rebel MPs’ predicament

    3 Sept 2026 6:31 PM IST
    TMC office at Camac Street, Kolkata

    Abhishek Banerjee accuses BJP workers of vandalising TMC office; BJP denies charge

    3 Sept 2026 11:32 AM IST
    Why all eyes are on a Sept 7 meeting as VHP’s Durga Puja diktats draw flak

    Why all eyes are on a Sept 7 meeting as VHP’s Durga Puja diktats draw flak

    2 Sept 2026 7:21 PM IST
    Ishani Datta Ray

    ‘Targeting journalists’: Press bodies condemn FIR against Anandabazar Patrika team

    Agencies
    1 Sept 2026 6:55 PM IST

    A complaint was registered against senior journalists of Anandabazar Patrika over the use of the expression "gerua gundami (saffron hooliganism)" in...

    Bristy Mukherjee

    Mamata's niece found dead; family cites depression after job loss in recruitment scam

    1 Sept 2026 3:20 PM IST
    West Bengal Assembly elections, Voters

    How migrant EBC and OBC populations helped BJP win ‘caste-less’ Bengal

    31 Aug 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Nepal disaster puts North Bengal’s vulnerability to Himalayan floods in focus

    Nepal disaster puts North Bengal’s vulnerability to Himalayan floods in focus

    30 Aug 2026 6:29 AM IST
    From NCC to ‘surgical strike’, how BJP is trying to reshape West Bengal’s campuses

    From NCC to ‘surgical strike’, how BJP is trying to reshape West Bengal’s campuses

    29 Aug 2026 12:57 PM IST
    Nepal floods

    Nepal flash floods: 37 tourists from TN, 32 from Bengal among those missing

    27 Aug 2026 6:44 AM IST
    Durga Puja pandal in Bengal

    Durga Puja becomes new battleground for BJP factions in Bengal

    26 Aug 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Supreme Court

    Supreme Court issues notices to 20 rebel TMC MPs in disqualification plea

    25 Aug 2026 1:13 PM IST
    Abhishek Banerjee

    Calcutta High Court extends protection to TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee till November 30

    25 Aug 2026 12:37 PM IST
    Annapurna rollout snag exposes yawning gap between BJP’s welfare promise and delivery

    Annapurna rollout snag exposes yawning gap between BJP’s welfare promise and delivery

    25 Aug 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari

    CAA hearings in Bengal near completion, 23,000 certificates issued: CM Adhikari

    24 Aug 2026 8:42 PM IST
    gas leak Visakatnam

    25 ill after ammonia leaks at Basirhat ice factory; locals block road in protest

    24 Aug 2026 1:56 PM IST
    Bengal BJP chief blames ‘system sabotage’ bid for Annapurna delay

    Bengal BJP chief blames ‘system sabotage’ bid for Annapurna delay

    23 Aug 2026 7:02 PM IST
    Union Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at the meeting

    Centre forms committee to work on 'permanent political solution' to Gorkha identity issue

    22 Aug 2026 7:26 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari

    Facing Gen Z heat, Bengal BJP bets big on AI and digital outreach

    20 Aug 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Kolkata hotel fire

    9 including Bangladeshi nationals dead in Kolkata hotel fire, CM forms SIT

    19 Aug 2026 8:36 AM IST
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