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Ritabrata Banerjee’s Hostile Capture of Trinamool Congress Strengthens BJP

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Ritabrata Banerjee, a newly elected MLA, has laid claim to the legislative identity of the All India Trinamool...

03.06.2026 10

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Aparna Bhattacharya

A Key Bengal BJP Govt Scheme Has a 10-Page Application Form. Here's Why it is Leading to Fears of Disenfranchisement

Kolkata: Across India, cash-transfer schemes for women have become one of the most powerful instruments of electoral politics and social welfare....

01.06.2026 20

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Aparna Bhattacharya

A Key Bengal BJP Govt Scheme Has a 10-Page Application Form. Here's Why it is Leading to Fears of Disenfranchisement

Kolkata: Across India, cash-transfer schemes for women have become one of the most powerful instruments of electoral politics and social welfare....

01.06.2026 20

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Aparna Bhattacharya

From Falta to Key Defections, TMC's Campaign Corporation Structure Falters in Opposition

Listen to this article: On May 24, the vote count in Falta where the Election Commission had ordered a repoll, served as a postmortem of the Trinamool...

26.05.2026 30

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Aparna Bhattacharya

As Falta Votes in Bypoll, We Are Witnessing the Fall of Abhishek Banerjee's 'Diamond Harbour Model'

Listen to this article: Kolkata: As polling gets underway in Falta today, Bengal watches as an assembly constituency completes an interrupted...

21.05.2026 20

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Kolkata Man, Stabbed at BJP Victory Rally, Succumbs to Injuries

Listen to this article: Kolkata: A 21-year-old man in Kolkata died on May 18, nearly two weeks after he was allegedly stabbed during a Bharatiya...

19.05.2026 30

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Aparna Bhattacharya

BJP Takes Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari Sworn in as First Saffron Chief Minister

Kolkata: Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in on Saturday (May 9) as West Bengal’s first BJP chief minister, marking a dramatic rupture in the state’s...

09.05.2026 20

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Aparna Bhattacharya

How BJP Used Bengal's Communal Violence to Its Advantage in the 2026 Polls

Listen to this article: Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s 2026 breakthrough in West Bengal was not simply an anti-incumbency wave. Coupled with...

08.05.2026 20

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Aparna Bhattacharya

Data Shows SIR Helped BJP Win Bengal

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Electoral outcomes in fiercely contested regions are often decided by razor-thin margins, where every vote counts. In...

06.05.2026 20

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Aparna Bhattacharya

Data Shows SIR Ensured BJP Won Bengal

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Electoral outcomes in fiercely contested regions are often decided by razor-thin margins, where every vote counts. In...

06.05.2026 20

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Aparna Bhattacharya

BJP’s West Bengal Sweep Was Broad, But the Numbers Reveal a More Complicated Story

Listen to this article: Kolkata: The West Bengal result numbers point to a decisive BJP victory, with the party winning 206 seats and establishing a...

05.05.2026 30

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Aparna Bhattacharya

BJP Poised to End TMC’s 15-Year Reign as Key Bastions Crumble

Listen to this article: Kolkata: In what is shaping up to be one of the most seismic political earthquakes in recent Indian history, the Bharatiya...

04.05.2026 20

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On Polling Day, It's Time to Recognise Bengal's Lack of Muslim Representation

Listen to this article: Bengal’s second and final phase of polling is today and it is undeniable that a striking demographic paradox has taken shape...

29.04.2026 20

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99.59% Restored, 12.86 Lakh Abandoned: The Cruel Arithmetic of the SIR Tribunal in Bengal

Listen to this article: Firoza Bibi Mondal asked to check whether her name was included in the supplementary list published by the electoral tribunal....

28.04.2026 30

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Aparna Bhattacharya

The Politics of Misogyny Will Always Be Obscene

Listen to this article: If you want to understand the true cost of being a woman in Indian politics, do not look at the manifestos, the parliamentary...

28.04.2026 30

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Less Than 0.01% Get Relief: Bengal’s Appellate Tribunal Reduces the Right to Vote to a Bureaucratic Favour

Listen to this article: In West Bengal, the appellate tribunal that was supposed to act as a safeguard for wrongly excluded voters has instead come to...

23.04.2026 20

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Morning Sees High Turnout in Bengal, Voting Largely Peaceful Despite Scattered Flashpoints

Listen to this article: Kolkata: West Bengal’s Phase 1 polling gathered strong momentum through the morning, with overall turnout rising to 41.11%...

23.04.2026 20

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In Samserganj, SIR Exclusions Have Altered the Electoral Field Even Before Votes Are Cast

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Last year, Samserganj in Murshidabad’s border belt made national headlines after communal tension over the Waqf...

22.04.2026 30

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Aparna Bhattacharya

What the Voter Purges in Three Constituencies Reveals About West Bengal's SIR

Listen to this article: A granular analysis of deleted voter rolls in three West Bengal constituencies suggests that what is being presented as...

20.04.2026 20

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SC Opens Door for Excluded Voters in Bengal, but Tribunal Bottleneck Clouds Relief

Listen to this article: Kolkata: The Supreme Court has finally given limited but significant relief to voters who were “under adjudication” in the...

17.04.2026 20

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Aparna Bhattacharya

Nearly 89 Lakh Names Removed: Five Takeaways on the Bengal SIR's Brutal Math

Listen to this article: Kolkata: At the stroke of midnight on April 6, the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) publication of the 12th and final...

07.04.2026 50

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What a 'Glitch' Says About the Bengal SIR Crisis

Listen to this article: Late evening (March 24), a fragile sense of security was shattered for seven crore electors in West Bengal. These were the...

25.03.2026 30

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Aparna Bhattacharya

Special Integrated Removal: Data Shows Large-Scale Deletion of Women and Minorities in West Bengal SIR

Listen to this article: Kolkata: At the stroke of midnight on March 23, 2026, the Election Commission of India (ECI) released its first supplementary...

24.03.2026 60

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Two Phases, Uneven Revisions: Decoding the Data Behind Bengal’s 2026 Poll Battle

Listen to this article: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has set the stage for a fiercely contested 2026 West Bengal Assembly election. Hours...

16.03.2026 30

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Aparna Bhattacharya

Old Scripts, Same Hypocrisies: Behind the Optics of Narendra Modi’s Kolkata Rally

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground on March 14 was a high-octane exercise in...

15.03.2026 30

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EC Rebukes Officials Over SIR Lapses, Opposition Seeks Shorter Poll Schedule in Bengal

Listen to this article: Kolkata: The full bench of the Election Commission (EC) has reportedly expressed dissatisfaction over the implementation of...

09.03.2026 30

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Aparna Bhattacharya

In Bengal, Affected Voters Are Concentrated in Muslim-Majority, Migrant-Heavy and Competitive Seats

Listen to this article: Kolkata: The final list for West Bengal’s electoral rolls, after the special intensive revision (SIR) indicates that 1.21...

03.03.2026 50

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West Bengal SIR: Final Electoral Roll Shows 60 Lakh Voters in Legal Limbo

Listen to this article: Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday (February 28) published the final electoral roll for West Bengal...

01.03.2026 90

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Form 7: In Bengal, Ghost Complainants Appear to Target Muslim Voters

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Sheikh Liyaqat Hossein has lived his entire life in a narrow lane of Mollapara in Shibpur, Howrah. He studied up to...

23.02.2026 50

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Mukul Roy: The Strategist Who Institutionalised Political Horse-Trading in Bengal

Senior West Bengal politician and former Union railway minister Mukul Roy passed away in the early hours of Monday, February 23, following prolonged...

23.02.2026 40

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'Unpaid for Months': A Worker’s Death Exposes Bengal’s Tea Garden Crisis

10.02.2026 20

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Before Mamata Banerjee Came Mostari Banu: A Homemaker From a Bengal Village is Forcing the ECI to Blink

09.02.2026 40

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SIR 2025 in Bengal: 5 Key Takeaways That Strike at BJP's 'Infiltration' Bogey

17.12.2025 30

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Dear Modi, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhya is Not Your ‘Da’

13.12.2025 20

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Verification or Disenfranchisement? People in Bengal, Tamil Nadu Struggle With SIR

13.11.2025 30

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Historical Records Debunk PM Modi’s ‘Vande Mataram’ Charge Against Congress

10.11.2025 30

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SIR Hands Mamata Banerjee a New Script to Reclaim Her Anti-Establishment Warrior Persona

07.11.2025 30

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Most Bengal Colleges Have Not Had Elections in Years. Yet the TMC 'Controls' Student Unions

13.07.2025 50

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Aparna Bhattacharya

Secularism Trampled at Mamata Banerjee’s State-Funded Jagannath Dham Spectacle

03.05.2025 30

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Silencing Dissent: How the JNU Playbook Was Used for Jadavpur University

17.03.2025 20

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Aparna Bhattacharya