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    Samir K Purkayastha
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      Why long-dead English sahibs and memsahibs come alive at midnight in Kolkata
      The Eighth Column

      Why long-dead English sahibs and memsahibs come alive at midnight in Kolkata

      10 Feb 2021 7:00 AM IST
      Bengal defection saga: TMC turncoats ‘admit’ to graft in earlier avatars
      Analysis

      Bengal defection saga: TMC turncoats ‘admit’ to graft in earlier avatars

      6 Feb 2021 12:33 PM IST
      Kolkata waterlogging
      West Bengal

      Water bodies in Kolkata disappear due to lack of surveillance system

      6 Feb 2021 6:30 AM IST
      MGNREGA gets ₹73,000 crore, a huge fall from revised FY21 estimate
      Budget 2021

      MGNREGA gets ₹73,000 crore, a huge fall from revised FY21 estimate

      1 Feb 2021 8:03 PM IST
      Budget: Centres largesse for West Bengal just ahead of elections
      Budget 2021

      Budget: Centre's largesse for West Bengal just ahead of elections

      1 Feb 2021 4:16 PM IST
      Mamata
      Budget 2021

      Mamata terms budget deceitful, her Assam counterpart is all praise

      1 Feb 2021 12:00 AM IST
      Budget 2021: MGNREGA needs higher allocation to meet rural job demand
      Budget 2021

      Budget 2021: MGNREGA needs higher allocation to meet rural job demand

      28 Jan 2021 11:37 AM IST
      food inflation
      India

      Post lockdown, street vendors struggle to make ends meet

      27 Jan 2021 6:30 AM IST
      Growing attacks on media worry journalists in Northeast
      North East

      Growing attacks on media worry journalists in Northeast

      25 Jan 2021 10:45 AM IST
      Appropriating Netaji: How deep is the political hypocrisy
      The Eighth Column

      Appropriating Netaji: How deep is the political hypocrisy

      23 Jan 2021 7:00 AM IST
      Decoding Mamata’s pick of Nandigram for Bengal Assembly polls
      West Bengal

      Decoding Mamata’s pick of Nandigram for Bengal Assembly polls

      21 Jan 2021 6:30 AM IST
      coronavirus, India, US, medicare, insurance
      West Bengal

      Mamata govt forced to walk tight rope with flagship health insurance scheme

      17 Jan 2021 6:30 AM IST
      Vaccination
      West Bengal

      TMC MLAs, minister take vaccine in Bengal, trigger controversy

      16 Jan 2021 7:35 PM IST
      Assam villagers on indefinite protest seeking permanent rehabilitation
      North East

      Assam villagers on indefinite protest seeking permanent rehabilitation

      15 Jan 2021 6:15 AM IST
      Congress, CPI(M) may join hands with Owaisi’s ally for a third front in Bengal
      West Bengal

      Congress, CPI(M) may join hands with Owaisi’s ally for a third front in Bengal

      14 Jan 2021 6:30 AM IST
      CBI
      West Bengal

      CBI, WB police head for showdown on summons in smuggling cases

      11 Jan 2021 7:46 AM IST
      A fistful of rice to instill faith: BJP’s Bengal mantra to woo farmers
      West Bengal

      A fistful of rice to instill faith: BJP’s Bengal mantra to woo farmers

      8 Jan 2021 10:08 AM IST
      Shiv Sena poll symbol
      West Bengal

      Sena begins alliance talks in poll-bound Bengal, eyes BJP vote bank

      8 Jan 2021 6:25 AM IST
      Results
      West Bengal

      Ageing CPI(M) to turn to youth power to revive electoral fortune  

      6 Jan 2021 8:40 AM IST
      BJP govts stand on Rohingya issue has exposed the gaping holes in foreign policy
      The Eighth Column

      BJP govt's stand on Rohingya issue has exposed the gaping holes in foreign policy

      6 Jan 2021 6:42 AM IST
      Setback for Owaisi: Influential Muslim group opposes his Bengal poll plan
      West Bengal

      Setback for Owaisi: Influential Muslim group opposes his Bengal poll plan

      4 Jan 2021 5:06 PM IST
      CBI gets proactive in Bengal ahead of polls, raids TMC leader
      Uttarakhand

      CBI gets proactive in Bengal ahead of polls, raids TMC leader

      31 Dec 2020 4:47 PM IST
      Learning from Bihar loss, Cong zeroes in on winnable seats in Bengal
      West Bengal

      Learning from Bihar loss, Cong zeroes in on winnable seats in Bengal

      31 Dec 2020 6:30 AM IST
      Bengals land acquisition policy hurdle in its image makeover attempt
      West Bengal

      Bengal's land acquisition policy hurdle in its image makeover attempt

      30 Dec 2020 6:15 AM IST
      Why communist politics of classless society finds few takers in India
      The Eighth Column

      Why communist politics of classless society finds few takers in India

      29 Dec 2020 6:55 AM IST
      Turf war deepens in Bengal; TMC, BJP try to put house in order
      West Bengal

      Turf war deepens in Bengal; TMC, BJP try to put house in order

      24 Dec 2020 9:40 AM IST
      Mamata Banerjee
      West Bengal

      ‘Govt at your doorstep’ scheme keeps TMC’s Assembly polls hopes alive

      22 Dec 2020 6:30 AM IST
      BJP banking on more TMC exodus after landing prize catch Suvendu
      West Bengal

      BJP banking on more TMC exodus after landing prize catch Suvendu

      19 Dec 2020 7:12 PM IST
      Muslim clerics shun communal politics as AIMIM eyes Bengals minority votes
      West Bengal

      Muslim clerics shun communal politics as AIMIM eyes Bengal's minority votes

      19 Dec 2020 6:30 AM IST
      Samir farm copy
      West Bengal

      Bengal farmers need reform but not contentious farm laws

      18 Dec 2020 6:30 AM IST
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