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A Year After Rail Blockade Unrest in Purulia, New Bengal Govt Promises Review but Kurmis Say Justice Elusive

Listen to this article: “Release the innocent. Conduct a genuine investigation. Bring to justice those who were responsible for the Kotshila Rail...

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Hundreds Have Been Gathering at a Nondescript Bengal Village on the Bangladesh Border. Here’s Why

Listen to this article: Hakimpur (Bengal-Bangladesh border): It is 5.30 in the morning on June 14. Though the sky is clear, the sun has yet to fully...

24.06.2026 10

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Nine-Year-Old Dies During BJP Victory Rally in West Bengal; Locals Blame Firecrackers, Party Denies Link

Listen to this article: The tragedy bears a haunting resemblance to the death of nine-year-old Tamanna Khatun, in Kaliganj, Nadia, almost exactly a...

13.06.2026 10

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Family of Muslim Hawker Hacked to Death in Bengal's Jangalmahal Blames 'Anti-Muslim Hatred'

Listen to this article: Purulia (Bengal): The family of a Muslim street hawker who was allegedly hacked to death with an axe in Purulia district have...

12.06.2026 30

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

As the BJP Government Bulldozes Bengal's Hawkers, Resistance Sprouts From a Likely Quarter

Listen to this article: Kolkata: The bulldozer has been a consistent symbol of the month that has passed since the Bharatiya Janata Party was elected...

05.06.2026 20

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Diminished: How a Bengal Village Celebrated Eid al Adha

Listen to this article: Punisol (Bengal): Overshadowed by anxiety, this year’s Eid al Adha, popularly known as Bakrid, in West Bengal saw an...

29.05.2026 20

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This Eid, an Entire Economy Built Around Cattle Trade Crumbles in Bengal

Listen to this article: Bankura (Bengal): It is going to be an extraordinary Eid for many in Bengal. Directives on cattle slaughter issued by the...

28.05.2026 20

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

'Not a Murder' Versus 'BJP Did it': Inside the Death of a TMC Supporter in Bengal's Hooghly

Listen to this article: Goghat (Bengal): Chaina Bag is the wife of Sahadeb Bag, who used to be a farm labourer in Kota village of Bengal’s Hooghly...

19.05.2026 30

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Men Claiming to be ABVP Members Storm Bengal University, Tear Down Portraits of Tagore, Vidyasagar

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Men claiming to be members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad stormed the campus of the Vidyasagar University...

12.05.2026 20

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'Don't Seek Sympathy': Daughter Killed in TMC Victory Rally, Sabina Yasmin Is Keen to Focus Her Fight on More Issues

Listen to this article: Kaliganj (Bengal): “I am Tamanna’s mother. My daughter was brutally killed in a barbaric act of savage celebration by the...

28.04.2026 30

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Once Bengal's Turning Point, Now Nowhere on Campaign Maps, Singur Pays the Price of Politics

Listen to this article: Singur: “Why do you want to go there now?” auto-rickshaw driver Abhijit Ram asks. “Is there anything left of the...

28.04.2026 30

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Armed With a News Report on Their Plight, Punisol Villagers Have Reclaimed Their Right to Vote

Listen to this article: On April 23, the first phase of voting in Bengal turned into a festive spectacle at Punisol village in Bankura. Only a few...

23.04.2026 20

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As Bengal Votes in Phase One, Its Deleted Migrant Labourers Are in No-Man's Land

Listen to this article: Murshidabad (Bengal): How many voters in Bengal, whose cases were disposed of by the tribunal, have ultimately regained their...

23.04.2026 20

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A Farm Labourer in Jangalmahal, Rabindranath Sardar Is a Candidate on a Mission

Listen to this article: Jhargram (Bengal): Rina Shing, a landless marginal labourer and housewife from Shilda Rajar Bagan Colony in the Binpur...

22.04.2026 20

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

‘BJP, TMC Jointly Involved,’ Say Villagers as Bankura’s Sand-Mining Devours Land, Lives and Law

21.04.2026 30

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Elections Come and Go, But Jangalmahal's Questions and Sufferings Persist

Listen to this article: Lalgarh (Bengal): By the third week of April, Lalgarh, under the Jhargram district of Bengal’s Jangalmahal had already begun...

20.04.2026 30

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Pushed into Bangladesh, Brought Back Without her Husband, Sunali Khatun Now Lives in Squalor

Listen to this article: Paikar (Bengal): “Please bring my husband back from Bangladesh, I cannot endure this suffering any more. I have to provide...

16.04.2026 20

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In 2020, Amit Shah Had Lunch at a Tribal Home in Bengal. How Is the Family Doing Now?

Listen to this article: Chaturdihi: Neither Union home minister Amit Shah nor Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee kept their promises to Bibhishan...

07.04.2026 30

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Bengal Saw a Bumper Potato Crop This Season. Now, Three Farmers Have Taken Their Lives

Listen to this article: Rangamati (Bengal): As of March 15, three potato farmers in Bengal have died by suicide. Twenty-eight-year old Rakhal Ari was...

19.03.2026 50

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Ground Report | A Bengal Village Is a Picture of How SIR Uncertainty Affects Muslim Voters

Listen to this article: Punisol, Bankura: For 44 years, Jalilur Rahman worked to bring change in Punisol village of Bankura district in West Bengal....

17.03.2026 30

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

In a Village in West Bengal's Bankura, Thousands of Voters Marked 'Under Adjudication' or Deleted Await Clarity

Listen to this article: Punisol, Bankura: For 44 years, Jalilur Rahman worked to bring change in Punisol village of Bankura district. The village,...

17.03.2026 30

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Trapped in a Hunger Cycle, Stripped of Employment: Reality of Bengal’s Jangalmahal Region

Listen to this article: Paschim Medinipur: Under the blazing afternoon sun, 82-year-old Mrityunjay Mallik sat outside his crumbling mud hut. His...

25.02.2026 40

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Trapped in a Hunger Cycle, Stripped of Employment: Reality of Bengal’s Jangalmahal Region

Listen to this article: Paschim Medinipur: Under the blazing afternoon sun, 82-year-old Mrityunjay Mallik sat outside his crumbling mud hut. His...

25.02.2026 40

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Bengali Muslim Workers Allegedly Attacked by Bajrang Dal in Chhattisgarh Factory

12.01.2026 30

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

'Stop Depriving Us': Jangal Mahal Tribals Demand Action on Fake ST Certificates, Erosion of Rights

20.11.2025 30

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BJP's Closure Order to Fish and Meat Shops for Chhath Puja, Followed by Threats, Sparks Tension in Bengal Town

28.10.2025 30

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Purulia Tribal Family Kills Lone Educated Woman in Household for 'Being a Witch'

25.10.2025 20

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Durgapur Rape Case: Mamata Banerjee’s Remark on ‘Women Not Safe at Night’ Raises Furore Amid Delay in Punishment

14.10.2025 30

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

No Jobs, Healthcare and No PM-JANMAN Scheme: Bengal’s Lodha Shabar Tribes Are Dying of Starvation

29.04.2025 20

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee