Tag: West Bengal

Incessant rainfall has affected Maharashtra and Gujarat with several rivers flowing above danger mark.

WEST BENGAL / Violent outbreak during the fifth phase of election in West Bengal has been reported. The Editor’s Guild has written to the EC wanting a probe into the incidences.  

While photos of BJP’s Babul Supriyo’s conflict with TNC workers goes viral, TNC’s Moon Moon Sen cites delayed bed tea for her ignorance of the conflict unfolding in her own constituency.

WEST BENGAL / Arnab Roy, the election officer who went missing mysteriously has been found in Howrah after a sustained search.  He was in charge of critical duties in the West Bengal elections.

The battle between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP in the state of West Bengal will surely be one between political legacy and the power of assertive political campaigning.

Mamta Banerjee is presently holding a sit-in dharna protesting against the CBI’s attempt at questioning the Kolkata Police Chief in connection with the chit fund scam. Mamta Banerjee has questioned the de-legitimization of the CBI ahead of the upcoming elections.

The unorganised sector is being brought under the West Bengal security scheme so that workers can avail health assistance and monetary aid for welfare...

SOCIETY The stories like these inspire us to question stereotypes and discover the life stories of those who are secluded and tabooed. The article that follows takes us to the lanes of a sex worker’s colony in Kolkata, and unfolds how they negotiate with life despite its unfair circumstances.

REPORTAGE The violence that has incurred in the Bengal bandh reminds us that while bandh are an integral component of democracy, they should be carried out with an utter sense of responsibility.