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Jadavpur: Bengal's Constituency of Contrasts Grapples With TMC's 'Syndicate' Rule

Jadavpur (Bengal): Repairs were on at the house of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s elder brother, Sisir Kumar Bose, when bike-borne men arrived and...

29.05.2024 40

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The Diamond Harbour Model: Silent Fear and Development in 'Abhishek Banerjee's Seat'

Diamond Harbour: Polling station number 126 is a nondescript school in the city of Mayapur in the district of South 24 Parganas. It falls within the...

28.05.2024 30

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Tamluk: The Land That Gave Nandigram its Politics Is a Poll Issue – and Problem – Now

Nandigram (Bengal): The Tamluk Lok Sabha seat is steeped in history. Once the historical Tamralipta, it was the home of freedom fighters like...

24.05.2024 9

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Congress's Adhir Chowdhury Draws Crowds at 44°C, Language Proves Yorker for TMC's Yusuf Pathan

Baharampur: The temperature is 44°C at Gorabazar in Baharampur. The roads are almost deserted. A man driving an electronic vehicle shouts, “Dada is...

05.05.2024 30

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Bombs, Jobs, Left-Congress Bonhomie: The View From One of Bengal's Most Violent Poll Seats

Domkol (Bengal): “I am saying this at all workers’ meetings that if you make mischief with guns and bombs out of your love for me, then I won’t...

05.05.2024 30

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25,753: A Number that Keeps Bengal Politics on the Boil These Polls

Kolkata: On April 29, a teacher died by suicide in Bengal. Birendranath Soren belonged to a tribal community in Bhutsahar village of Bankura district....

30.04.2024 40

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Slippery Loyalty, Missing Leaders and the RSS: Why Raiganj Is a Seat to Watch in Bengal

Raiganj (Bengal): The sitting Bharatiya Janata Party MLA has joined the Trinamool Congress and is now a candidate. The former TMC municipality...

25.04.2024 30

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Leopards Drove These Villagers Out of Homes. The Polls Were a Homecoming

Jayanti (Bengal): In the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 21, villagers of the Bhutia Basti and Gangutia Basti in north Bengal returned...

24.04.2024 9

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