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    Samir K Purkayastha
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      fake medicines
      West Bengal

      West Bengal: Why fake drug cartels are having a field day

      6 April 2025 6:20 AM IST
      Dilwar Hussain Majumder Arrest; Khagen Kalita, Managing Editor, The CrossCurrent
      Assam

      Exclusive: Arrested Assam journo’s editor reveals ‘pattern of harassment’

      5 April 2025 4:54 PM IST
      West Bengal BJP leaders and workers
      West Bengal

      Why BJP is pursuing 'tried-and-failed' Hindutva strategy in Bengal

      3 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Gorkhaland, BJP, TMC
      West Bengal

      Why Centre’s tripartite talks on Gorkhaland impasse raise questions about its intent

      30 March 2025 6:15 PM IST
      Nagaland, Manipur resist SC-mandated delimitation based on 2001 census
      North East

      Nagaland, Manipur resist SC-mandated delimitation based on 2001 census

      29 March 2025 4:08 PM IST
      Assam Rifles wants constant tug of war between its two masters MHA-MoD to end
      India

      End your war, Assam Rifles pleads with Defence and Home ministries

      27 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Assam journo held on vague grounds after trying to report on bank ‘scam’
      Assam

      Assam journo held on vague grounds after trying to report on bank ‘scam’

      26 March 2025 7:09 PM IST
      why India needs to consider Bangladeshs offer for Modi-Yunus meeting
      India

      Why India needs to consider Bangladesh's offer for Modi-Yunus meeting

      26 March 2025 12:42 PM IST
      Calcutta HC begins hearing fresh RG Kar plea as docs face ‘state wrath’
      West Bengal

      Calcutta HC begins hearing fresh RG Kar plea as docs face ‘state wrath’

      24 March 2025 8:20 PM IST
      Centre’s war on cartels fails to choke drug flow into North East
      North East

      Centre’s war on cartels fails to choke drug flow into North East

      23 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Exclusive interview with Ram Prasad Das, Ravidasia Mahasangha, General Secretary
      Videos

      Is Bengal really caste-neutral? Hear it from Dalit rights activist Ram Prasad Das

      22 March 2025 5:46 PM IST
      Amid delimitation row, Bengal grapples with its own north-south divide
      Delimitation Debate

      Amid delimitation row, Bengal grapples with its own north-south divide

      21 March 2025 6:20 AM IST
      How the Bengal of Bhadraloks has failed to accommodate Dalit aspirations
      The Eighth Column

      How the Bengal of Bhadraloks has failed to accommodate Dalit aspirations

      19 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Is the spat with Tamil Nadu forcing the Centre to mend ties with Bengal?
      The Federal Focus

      Is the spat with Tamil Nadu forcing the Centre to mend ties with Bengal?

      18 March 2025 6:20 AM IST
      N-E: Mizoram CMs big disclosure raises security concerns amid Shahs peace claims
      North East

      N-E: Mizoram CM's big disclosure raises security concerns amid Shah's 'peace' claims

      16 March 2025 12:12 PM IST
      prohibitory orders
      Manipur

      Manipur crisis deepens as peace formula flops; Kukis mull referendum

      15 March 2025 3:33 PM IST
      West Bengal, student union elections, TMC, Jadavpur University
      West Bengal

      Bengal student protests escalate against stifling of campus democracy

      10 March 2025 8:26 PM IST
      West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
      West Bengal

      TMC flaunts Mamatanomics growth model, but is Bengal truly shining?

      9 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Kolkata is not what Calcutta was: Decoding citys mobility chaos
      West Bengal

      Kolkata is not what Calcutta was: Decoding city's mobility chaos

      4 March 2025 6:20 AM IST
      EC’s goof-up gives TMC an EPIC chance to push its ‘outsider’ narrative
      West Bengal

      EC’s goof-up gives TMC an EPIC chance to push its ‘outsider’ narrative

      3 March 2025 9:28 PM IST
      Great Language divide - Bengal
      The Great Language Divide

      Why West Bengal is largely at peace with 3-language formula

      3 March 2025 4:21 PM IST
      Despite President’s Rule, why normalcy is a far cry in Manipur
      The Eighth Column

      Despite President’s Rule, why normalcy is a far cry in Manipur

      24 Feb 2025 7:00 AM IST
      Manipur security
      The Federal Special

      Manipur ground report: Armed groups, Myanmar factor hinder return to peace

      21 Feb 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Biren Singh
      The Federal Special

      Exclusive: How Biren invited his downfall with desperate bid to save CM’s chair

      18 Feb 2025 3:59 PM IST
      prohibitory orders
      Manipur

      President’s Rule fails to seal Manipur BJP rift; rebels seek elected CM

      15 Feb 2025 1:33 PM IST
      Manipur ground report BJP
      Manipur

      Manipur ground report: Why's BJP playing politics with our future, asks woman activist

      14 Feb 2025 12:21 PM IST
      Manipur women protest
      Manipur

      Manipur ground report: What finally triggered President's Rule?

      13 Feb 2025 10:27 PM IST
      Ground report | People in a flux as constitutional crisis grips Manipur
      Manipur

      Ground report | People in a flux as constitutional crisis grips Manipur

      13 Feb 2025 4:12 PM IST
      Phensedyl, India, Bangladesh
      India

      Bangladesh set to flag Phensedyl smuggling in DG-level talks with India

      11 Feb 2025 6:20 AM IST
      Manipur: What lies ahead of Biren Singh who lived on the razor’s edge?
      Manipur

      Manipur: What lies ahead of Biren Singh who lived on the razor’s edge?

      10 Feb 2025 7:20 AM IST
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