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    Samir K Purkayastha
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      Biharnomics | Its raining sops in Nitish-land ahead of crucial election
      Budget 2025-26

      Biharnomics | It's raining sops in Nitish-land ahead of crucial election

      1 Feb 2025 5:53 PM IST
      Port of Mongla on the Rupsha River in Bangladesh stock photo
      North East

      Power shifts in Myanmar, Bangladesh stymie India’s Act East Policy

      27 Jan 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Suvendu Adhikari
      West Bengal

      Mohan Bhagwat's West Bengal mission: Fix growing RSS-BJP rift

      24 Jan 2025 6:30 AM IST
      India fencing Bangladesh border goes awry
      India

      India's plan to secure border with Bangladesh goes awry

      21 Jan 2025 11:47 AM IST
      Gangasagar versus Kumbh: Why BJP and TMC are at war over peace-promoting melas
      The Eighth Column

      Gangasagar versus Kumbh: Why BJP and TMC are at war over peace-promoting melas

      21 Jan 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Trade unionist on labour issues
      India

      Not expecting much from this budget: Veteran trade unionist Amarjeet Kaur

      17 Jan 2025 5:03 PM IST
      Why attack on Bangladeshi Hindus may have earned BJP new recruits in Bengal
      West Bengal

      Why attack on Bangladeshi Hindus may have earned BJP new recruits in Bengal

      15 Jan 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Manipur Biren Singh no-trust vote
      Manipur

      Manipur | Biren Singh govt runs out of options as no-trust vote threat looms

      10 Jan 2025 4:03 PM IST
      Former Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla
      North East

      Can Ajay Kumar Bhalla, as Governor, fix the Manipur issue? No easy task ahead

      4 Jan 2025 7:53 AM IST
      ‘China’s Yarlung-Sangpo dam on Brahmaputra could threaten India’
      Videos

      ‘China’s Yarlung-Sangpo dam on Brahmaputra could threaten India’

      3 Jan 2025 3:35 PM IST
      Mamata Banerjee
      The Federal Focus

      Bangladeshi infiltrators, fake passports | Mamata turns table on Modi govt

      3 Jan 2025 6:20 AM IST
      seismic emulsion explosive
      India

      Bangladesh link under India's scanner for 'import' of explosives, training militants

      31 Dec 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Manmohan Singh nurtured Northeast, made it strategic conduit for Look East policy
      North East

      Manmohan Singh nurtured Northeast, made it strategic conduit for 'Look East' policy

      27 Dec 2024 3:35 PM IST
      Bitter story of a sweet delicacy: Why Bengal’s nolen gur faces an existential crisis
      The Eighth Column

      Bitter story of a sweet delicacy: Why Bengal’s nolen gur faces an existential crisis

      23 Dec 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Is Bangladesh again becoming hub of anti-India activities?
      West Bengal

      Is Bangladesh again becoming hub of anti-India activities?

      22 Dec 2024 6:30 AM IST
      As poll time nears in Bengal, Mamata the ‘redeemer’ emerges again
      West Bengal

      As poll time nears in Bengal, Mamata the ‘redeemer’ emerges again

      19 Dec 2024 6:30 AM IST
      RG Kar murdered doctors mother wants meeting with Modi
      West Bengal

      Bengal: CBI under fire for 'eroding public trust' with long list of unsolvable cases

      17 Dec 2024 1:26 PM IST
      Watch | Biren govt not seen as neutral, says NPP chief Joykumar
      Videos

      Watch | Biren govt not seen as neutral, says NPP chief Joykumar

      15 Dec 2024 8:00 AM IST
      West Bengal | How Mamata Banerjee’s blend of saffron politics has outfoxed BJP
      West Bengal

      West Bengal | How Mamata Banerjee’s blend of saffron politics has outfoxed BJP

      14 Dec 2024 8:37 PM IST
      Why BSF needs a big upgrade, physically and technologically
      India

      Why BSF needs a big upgrade, physically and technologically

      12 Dec 2024 6:20 AM IST
      Bengal Governor nod for VC appointments: 18-month row coming to an end
      The Federal Focus

      Bengal Governor nod for VC appointments: 18-month row coming to an end

      10 Dec 2024 6:20 PM IST
      West Bengal’s potato ban leaves Jharkhand and Odisha in soup
      West Bengal

      West Bengal’s potato ban leaves Jharkhand and Odisha in soup

      7 Dec 2024 12:17 PM IST
      Yunus govt hasn’t made minorities feel safe, but Hindus need course correction too
      Analysis

      Yunus govt hasn’t made minorities feel safe, but Hindus need course correction too

      5 Dec 2024 9:20 PM IST
      Mamata Banerjee
      West Bengal

      Is Mamata BJP’s new Naveen Patnaik? Bengal Governor-CM bonhomie indicates so

      3 Dec 2024 5:09 PM IST
      In photos: As Baul singers are targeted in Bangladesh, Bengal organises Baul-Fakir mela
      The Eighth Column

      In photos: As Baul singers are targeted in Bangladesh, Bengal organises Baul-Fakir mela

      2 Dec 2024 7:21 AM IST
      How Hindu monks arrest in Bangladesh has galvanised BJP in Bengal
      West Bengal

      How Hindu monk's arrest in Bangladesh has galvanised BJP in Bengal

      29 Nov 2024 9:55 AM IST
      How Northeast is breaking myths, challenging the cliches about Northeast
      The Eighth Column

      How Northeast is breaking myths, challenging the cliches about Northeast

      27 Nov 2024 6:11 AM IST
      Bypoll sweep | TMC on fast-track for Assembly elections while Oppn gapes
      West Bengal

      Bypoll sweep | TMC on fast-track for Assembly elections while Oppn gapes

      26 Nov 2024 11:15 AM IST
      TMC triumphs Bengal by-polls as infighting leaves BJP fractured
      West Bengal

      TMC triumphs Bengal by-polls as infighting leaves BJP fractured

      23 Nov 2024 3:41 PM IST
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