• The Federal
    Samir K Purkayastha
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      West Bengal elections 2026, Modi in Bengal
      West Bengal

      BJP's Hindutva gets Bengali makeover: PM Modi leads cultural re-evaluation

      19 July 2025 7:22 AM IST
      Harassment of Bengali migrants in BJP states
      West Bengal

      TMC-BJP rally contest over migrants hints at Bengal poll planks for 2026

      17 July 2025 7:40 AM IST
      How Myanmar’s military crackdown has galvanised a defiant press corps
      The Eighth Column

      How Myanmar’s military crackdown has galvanised a defiant press corps

      17 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
      People raise slogans during a torch rally to protest against the alleged gangrape of a law student in her college in Kolkata
      West Bengal

      After 3 campus rapes, Mamata can’t afford to ignore ticking time bomb TMCP

      13 July 2025 5:37 PM IST
      Manipur ethnic violence
      Manipur

      Why RSS peacekeeping mission in Manipur may worsen crisis

      10 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Mizoram grapples with cross-border crisis amid new influx of refugees
      Mizoram

      Mizoram grapples with cross-border crisis amid new influx of refugees

      8 July 2025 2:04 PM IST
      Kolkata law college gang rape
      West Bengal

      RG Kar, law college, Sandeshkhali: Bengal’s chilling nexus of crime and politics

      5 July 2025 2:02 PM IST
      How Chabimura in Tripura is moving from terrorism to tourism
      The Eighth Column

      How Chabimura in Tripura is moving from terrorism to tourism

      3 July 2025 7:20 AM IST
      e-buses
      West Bengal

      Bengal switches to CNG mode as e-vehicle push loses steam

      2 July 2025 6:20 AM IST
      Maoists
      West Bengal

      Maoist resurgence efforts raise concerns in West Bengal

      1 July 2025 10:00 AM IST
      Suvendu Adhikari
      West Bengal

      Mask of syncretism off, Bengal can no longer ignore social fault lines

      30 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Indians being thrown out of India. Why govt has turned against its own
      The Eighth Column

      Indians being thrown out of India. Why govt has turned against its own

      27 Jun 2025 11:59 AM IST
      Bnei Menashe communitys migration from Manipur and Mizoram to Israel
      India

      Israel-Iran conflict: Why tiny Bnei Menashe community is concerned

      26 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Mizoram CM, civil groups broker peace in Myanmar as India recalibrates policy
      Mizoram

      Mizoram CM, civil groups broker peace in Myanmar as India recalibrates policy

      25 Jun 2025 10:36 AM IST
      Mounting fiscal strain forces Bengal government to go on borrowing spree
      West Bengal

      Mounting fiscal strain forces Bengal government to go on borrowing spree

      23 Jun 2025 10:40 AM IST
      Genuine Indians are being deported
      Assam

      Interview: Can Assam ‘push back’ people without proof? Ex-BJP MP slams 1950 law

      21 Jun 2025 8:21 PM IST
      Calcutta High Court, West Bengal, primary teachers recruitment, 36000 teachers
      West Bengal

      Calcutta High Court stays West Bengal's new OBC list

      17 Jun 2025 9:53 PM IST
      From Jyoti Basu to woman who disappeared 28 years ago, it’s a filmy fight in Bengal poll season
      The Eighth Column

      From Jyoti Basu to woman who disappeared 28 years ago, it’s a filmy fight in Bengal poll season

      16 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Mounting fiscal strain forces Bengal government to go on borrowing spree
      West Bengal

      Bengal govt braces for confrontation with industry after it scraps 3-decade-old incentives

      13 Jun 2025 12:18 PM IST
      With Hindutva gaining ground in Bengal, nervous TMC panders to Hindu sentiments
      West Bengal

      With Hindutva gaining ground in Bengal, nervous TMC panders to Hindu sentiments

      11 Jun 2025 12:37 PM IST
      West Bengal assembly polls 2026
      West Bengal

      BJP’s two-pronged plan for Bengal: Strengthen grassroots, compare feats

      8 Jun 2025 9:26 AM IST
      Illegal mining in Assam
      Assam

      Mining mafia has field day in Assam forests; officials subdued, whistleblowers silenced

      7 Jun 2025 4:12 PM IST
      Siliguri Bangladesh Border BSF
      West Bengal

      Political face-off: Who is to be blamed for porous India-Bangladesh border?

      6 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Op Sindoor mock drill unearths glaring gaps in Bengal hospitals fire safety
      West Bengal

      Op Sindoor mock drill unearths glaring gaps in Bengal hospitals' fire safety

      3 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Low on alcohol, how wine is rising high on NE alcobev charts
      The Eighth Column

      Low on alcohol, how wine is rising high on NE alcobev charts

      30 May 2025 4:30 PM IST
      Mounting fiscal strain forces Bengal government to go on borrowing spree
      West Bengal

      As BJP threatens Pak-style action in Bengal, Mamata takes a ‘sindoor’ jibe at PM

      29 May 2025 8:20 PM IST
      illegal migrants in no-mans land
      India

      Policy shift on illegal migrants sparks concerns, worsens ties with Bangladesh

      29 May 2025 10:22 AM IST
      CV Ananda Bose
      West Bengal

      Newfound bonhomie with TMC govt may cost ailing Bengal governor his post

      27 May 2025 8:43 PM IST
      Dhaka power struggle: Scores level for Yunus, Waker so far; who’ll blink first?
      World

      Dhaka power struggle: Scores level for Yunus, Waker so far; who’ll blink first?

      25 May 2025 11:37 AM IST
      security forces in Manipur
      Manipur

      Manipur: How two incidents put security forces’ role under scanner again

      24 May 2025 11:17 AM IST
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