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    Samir K Purkayastha
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      Can EC buck the trend and ensure a violence-free election in West Bengal?
      Elections 2024

      Can EC buck the trend and ensure a violence-free election in West Bengal?

      3 April 2024 6:20 AM IST
      Fresh trouble for INDIA bloc in Bengal as Cong, Left Front disagree on seat sharing
      Elections 2024

      Fresh trouble for INDIA bloc in Bengal as Cong, Left Front disagree on seat sharing

      31 March 2024 12:06 PM IST
      Why Kolkata Metro has failed to chug out of problems
      The Eighth Column

      Why Kolkata Metro has failed to chug out of problems

      28 March 2024 8:24 AM IST
      Pro-CAA rally
      West Bengal

      Bengal: How a BJP minister landed in a soup trying to allay Matuas’ CAA fears

      24 March 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Bengal: BJP all set to whip up Hindutva sentiments during Ram Navami celebrations
      West Bengal

      Bengal: BJP all set to whip up Hindutva sentiments during Ram Navami celebrations

      21 March 2024 2:50 PM IST
      West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
      West Bengal

      Electoral bonds: Many unanswered questions over TMC receiving Rs 1,396 crore

      18 March 2024 8:44 PM IST
      Mamata’s fall: Hospital’s ‘push from behind’ claim sparks speculations
      West Bengal

      Mamata’s fall: Hospital’s ‘push from behind’ claim sparks speculations

      15 March 2024 2:30 PM IST
      Celebrating CAA? Wait, not before you read the fine print
      West Bengal

      Celebrating CAA? Wait, not before you read the fine print

      12 March 2024 4:40 PM IST
      How Jagadish Chandra Bose, an unsung genius, fell into obscurity as a scientist
      Features

      How Jagadish Chandra Bose, an unsung genius, fell into obscurity as a scientist

      12 March 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Chennai protest
      West Bengal

      Why BJP government is dragging its feet on CAA implementation

      11 March 2024 3:32 PM IST
      How BJP has lapped up Sandeshkhali row to weave its poll narrative around ‘Nari Shakti’
      Elections 2024

      How BJP has lapped up Sandeshkhali row to weave its poll narrative around ‘Nari Shakti’

      10 March 2024 3:32 PM IST
      How a new initiative revisits history to help children make sense of their chaotic present
      The Eighth Column

      How a new initiative revisits history to help children make sense of their chaotic present

      7 March 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Shahjahan Sheikh
      West Bengal

      Shahjahan’s network lies beyond Bengal — in Nagaland, Bangladesh, too

      7 March 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Watch | Will Sandeshkhali become Mamata’s nemesis?
      Videos

      Watch | Will Sandeshkhali become Mamata’s nemesis?

      29 Feb 2024 8:06 PM IST
      West Bengal: Left losing its plot amid intense Mamata-bashing by CPM
      West Bengal

      West Bengal: Left losing its plot amid intense Mamata-bashing by CPM

      28 Feb 2024 6:20 AM IST
      Mamata Banerjee, Madrid, Spain
      West Bengal

      Sandeshkhali fury: Can TMC emerge unscathed with its tested 'money-back’ policy?

      23 Feb 2024 6:20 AM IST
      Aadhaar, The Federal, English news website
      West Bengal

      West Bengal: BJP on the back foot as Aadhaar deactivation irks influential Matua community

      20 Feb 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Sandeshkhali, CV Ananda Bose
      West Bengal

      Sandeshkhali can turn into another Nandigram if TMC does not act against erring leaders

      16 Feb 2024 10:14 AM IST
      Flagging ‘jhanda’ before ‘danda’, Congress trying to find its feet through Seva Dal
      The Eighth Column

      Flagging ‘jhanda’ before ‘danda’, Congress trying to find its feet through Seva Dal

      13 Feb 2024 6:20 AM IST
      Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Assam, AFSPA to be extended, AFSPA Act
      Latest News

      Congress turns to armed forces to expose BJP's ‘fake nationalism’

      9 Feb 2024 1:42 PM IST
      Why Mamata should think before distancing Congress, upsetting INDIA bloc’s apple cart
      Elections 2024

      Why Mamata should think before distancing Congress, upsetting INDIA bloc’s apple cart

      7 Feb 2024 9:13 AM IST
      Budget 2024-25: Call to look eastward in line with BJP’s agenda to up LS seat tally
      Interim Budget 2024

      Budget 2024-25: Call to look eastward in line with BJP’s agenda to up LS seat tally

      1 Feb 2024 3:30 PM IST
      Why ‘national media’ left Rahul Gandhi’s Nyay Yatra midway in Nagaland
      The Eighth Column

      Why ‘national media’ left Rahul Gandhi’s Nyay Yatra midway in Nagaland

      25 Jan 2024 6:30 AM IST
      2024 polls: Is it really splitsville for INDIA bloc and Mamatas TMC?
      Elections 2024

      2024 polls: Is it really splitsville for INDIA bloc and Mamata's TMC?

      24 Jan 2024 3:11 PM IST
      What’s making Rahul Gandhis Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra a bumpy ride in BJP-ruled Assam
      North East

      What’s making Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra a bumpy ride in BJP-ruled Assam

      23 Jan 2024 12:15 PM IST
      How Congress plans to revamp party organisation through Nyay Yatra
      Politics

      How Congress plans to revamp party organisation through Nyay Yatra

      22 Jan 2024 6:29 PM IST
      Rahul Gandhi, Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra
      India

      ‘No rift in INDIA bloc’: Rahul says seat-sharing talks being held in cordial manner

      16 Jan 2024 5:12 PM IST
      Rahul Gandhi, Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra
      North East

      Rahul's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra gets overwhelming response in Manipur

      15 Jan 2024 7:38 AM IST
      Bharat Jodo Telangana to Maharashtra
      North East

      Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Rahul’s ‘ideological journey’ against ‘injustices’, begins today

      13 Jan 2024 9:00 PM IST
      What remains of the 650 aircraft, 1,600 airmen who went down ‘The Hump’ in WW II?
      The Eighth Column

      What remains of the 650 aircraft, 1,600 airmen who went down ‘The Hump’ in WW II?

      11 Jan 2024 7:41 AM IST
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