• The Federal
    Samir K Purkayastha
    About the AuthorSamir K Purkayastha
      Bengal BJP
      West Bengal

      Bengal BJP’s civic poll dilemma: Old guard bristles as ex-TMC leaders eye tickets

      31 Oct 2026 6:20 AM IST
      Khonsa Jail, Arunachal Pradesh, NSCN-K, militants escaped
      West Bengal

      UP-style policing fears surface as encounter killings, custody deaths rise in Bengal

      28 Oct 2026 6:30 AM IST
      assault
      West Bengal

      Stripped and paraded, trio’s ordeal sharpens focus on Bengal’s mob-justice surge

      26 Oct 2026 8:40 PM IST
      Where the azaan meets the arati: Bengal’s shared Durga Puja traditions
      Features

      Where the azaan meets the arati: Bengal’s shared Durga Puja traditions

      18 Oct 2026 6:20 AM IST
      Darjeeling
      West Bengal

      Hills divided, plains wary: Centre’s Gorkhaland talks off to a tricky start

      17 Oct 2026 2:34 PM IST
      Why West Bengal appears to be witnessing a more unidimensional political messaging this Durga Puja
      The Eighth Column

      Why West Bengal appears to be witnessing a more unidimensional political messaging this Durga Puja

      16 Oct 2026 9:05 AM IST
      Maharashtra govt scraps 5 pc Muslim quota under SEBC category
      West Bengal

      BJP’s Muslim outreach in Bengal: Can it turn bypoll gains into lasting support?

      15 Oct 2026 7:00 PM IST
      Bengal civic polls: Grassroots gap fuels BJP outreach; Congress bets on workers
      West Bengal

      Bengal civic polls: Grassroots gap fuels BJP outreach; Congress bets on workers

      13 Oct 2026 4:00 PM IST
      West Bengal SIR: Could an administrative route ease the tribunal backlog?
      West Bengal

      West Bengal SIR: Could an administrative route ease the tribunal backlog?

      10 Oct 2026 2:23 PM IST
      Dry taps, MLA threats, eviction fears: 5,000-strong Muslim colony in Kolkata claims bias
      West Bengal

      Dry taps, MLA threats, eviction fears: 5,000-strong Muslim colony in Kolkata claims bias

      10 Oct 2026 6:20 AM IST
      Bengal bypoll results: BJP wins Nandigram, Rejinagar; Congress sees hope
      West Bengal

      Bengal bypoll results: BJP wins Nandigram, Rejinagar; Congress sees hope

      9 Oct 2026 3:40 PM IST
      Violence against women
      West Bengal

      ‘2,454 rape cases, 600 murders in 5 months under BJP’: TMC demands special session of Bengal Assembly

      7 Oct 2026 6:40 PM IST
      violence in Bengal
      West Bengal

      BJP won Bengal promising to end TMC’s ‘jungle raj’; 5 months on, violence mounts

      6 Oct 2026 6:30 AM IST
      Salt Lake Stadium
      West Bengal

      Blue-and-white to saffron: In Bengal, even the Brazil match is wrapped in politics

      3 Oct 2026 5:43 PM IST
      CPI(M)
      West Bengal

      CPM’s Bengal youth paradox: Active on campuses, but few join party ranks

      2 Oct 2026 2:29 PM IST
      Voter list
      West Bengal

      EC’s SIR relief bypasses 22 lakh Bengal voters trapped in tribunal backlog

      29 Sept 2026 3:01 PM IST
      INDIA bloc press conference
      India

      Opposition looks beyond INDIA bloc to widen Gyanesh Kumar ouster campaign

      26 Sept 2026 5:24 PM IST
      Kolkata Durga Puja
      West Bengal

      How BJP is reshaping Bengal’s Durga Puja in its first year in power

      26 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
      West bengal schools privatisation via ppp model
      West Bengal

      933 schools, one big fear: Is Bengal opening doors to PPP in govt schools?

      25 Sept 2026 5:00 PM IST
      Special Intensive Revision (SIR)
      West Bengal

      EC dissent row: How Bengal’s SIR concerns went unheeded

      24 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
      Abhishek Banerjee
      West Bengal

      Fresh trouble for Mamata’s TMC and Abhishek as CID probes Salboni land case

      22 Sept 2026 7:00 PM IST
      Milan Pradhan
      West Bengal

      Milan Pradhan’s arrest: Why 2007 Nandigram land movement protesters feel 'betrayed'

      21 Sept 2026 4:47 PM IST
      TMC name, symbol freeze pushes Mamata closer to Congress and INDIA bloc
      West Bengal

      TMC name, symbol freeze pushes Mamata closer to Congress and INDIA bloc

      19 Sept 2026 7:00 PM IST
      Milan Pradhan
      West Bengal

      Nandigram bypoll: Cong candidate arrested soon after TMC offers support

      18 Sept 2026 8:18 PM IST
      Mamata split
      West Bengal

      Footballer vs Envelope: TMC factions get set for bypoll battle with new names, symbols

      18 Sept 2026 4:55 PM IST
      Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee
      West Bengal

      EC freezes TMC name, symbol for bypolls; rival factions told to pick new identities

      18 Sept 2026 6:58 AM IST
      Bengal workers
      West Bengal

      VB-G RAM G sputtering in Bengal despite BJP's double-engine sarkar

      18 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
      IPS officer Bushra Bano’s sudden transfer sparks row over faith-linked video
      West Bengal

      IPS officer Bushra Bano’s sudden transfer sparks row over faith-linked video

      16 Sept 2026 3:01 PM IST
      SIR of electoral rolls
      West Bengal

      Months after Bengal SIR, BLOs await dues; no ex-gratia for kin of dead

      15 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
      Suvendu Adhikari, Ritabrata Banerjee, Mamata Banerjee
      West Bengal

      Which TMC is the real TMC? Symbol battle heats up Bengal by-polls

      11 Sept 2026 7:59 PM IST
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