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Joydeep Sarkar

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In West Bengal’s Schools, the Mid-Day Meal Tells a Story of Hunger, Decline and Failure

Listen to this article: Kolkata: In a school on Kolkata’s northern fringes, a child runs from room to room chasing the smell of food. In a primary...

26.03.2026 20

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Acid Attacks in West Bengal: Survivors Speak of Resilience as Pain Lingers

Listen to this article: Nawda (Murshidabad): “If they had not melted me with acid, maybe my daughter would still be alive,” says Moyna Pramanik,...

21.03.2026 10

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A West Bengal Minister's Outburst at Sabang College Exposes the State's Higher Education Crisis

Listen to this article: Kolkata: When West Bengal minister Manas Bhuiyan mounted the stage at a freshers’ welcome ceremony at a college in his...

14.03.2026 10

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Ahead of Bengal Polls, Banerjee Govt’s Yuva Sathi Scheme Reveals Unemployment More Than Welfare Promise

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Long queues formed outside camp offices across Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) offices as thousands of young...

25.02.2026 10

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SC Allows Deployment of Judges From Odisha, Jharkhand to Clear Voter List Backlog in Bengal SIR

Listen to this article: Kolkata: In an unprecedented intervention, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 24) authorised the deployment of judicial...

24.02.2026 10

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Bengal Police Arrests Activist for 'Sedition' Over Post Mocking Traffic Awareness Campaign

Listen to this article: Kolkata: The West Bengal Police’s decision to arrest a social media user over a sarcastic post has triggered fresh...

20.02.2026 10

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West Bengal SIR: Minority Voters Predominate at Hearings Across Districts

10.02.2026 6

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‘We Go Knowing We May Die’: How ‘Bangladeshi’ Turned into a Death Row for Bengal’s Migrant Workers

05.02.2026 8

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Flowers in the Dust: A Mother’s Defiant Grief in Poll-bound Bengal

02.02.2026 7

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PM Modi's West Bengal Rally Hit by Fog, 'Go Back' Protests and Supporter Deaths

21.12.2025 10

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CPI(M)’s ‘Bangla Bachao Jatra’ Seeks to Reclaim Its Legacy, Centre Livelihood Issues in Bengal Politics

17.12.2025 10

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A 'Babri Masjid' in Bengal and the Shifting Politics of the Man Behind it

11.12.2025 10

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Riverbeds of Power: Inside the Unstoppable Nexus Ruling West Bengal’s Sand Mines

08.12.2025 20

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What the SIR Means for a Remote Community Near the Indo-Bhutan Border

26.11.2025 10

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‘Inhuman Pressure’: Bengal BLO Suicide Note Blames EC as Crisis Deepens

23.11.2025 10

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West Bengal SSC Recruitment: Tainted Candidates in Interview List, Freshers Locked Out

21.11.2025 10

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Special | ‘We Became Indians in 2015, Why Test Us Against 2002 Rolls?’

20.11.2025 20

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'Fleeing Bangladeshi': In Bengal, a Media Circus Around SIR and the Disadvantaged

14.11.2025 20

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Amidst Countrywide Religious Polarisation, Hundreds Unite in Kolkata to Champion Rationalism

07.11.2025 20

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Rs 800 for Citizenship: At Union Minister's 'Camp', BJP is Monetising Matuas’ CAA Applications

02.11.2025 10

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A 'Hindu Card' for Rs 50: Inside a Camp Issuing Citizenship Shields for Matuas in Bengal

30.10.2025 20

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A Day After SIR Is Announced in Bengal, Political Uproar Over Elderly Man's Death by Suicide

29.10.2025 10

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Hope for Pregnant Woman's Return to India Dims as Govt Challenges Repatriation Order in Apex Court

29.10.2025 30

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The North Bengal Floods Are The Cost of Development

28.10.2025 20

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17 Dead as Torrential Rains and Landslides Isolate North Bengal, Sikkim

05.10.2025 10

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Pregnant Bengal Woman, Wrongfully Deported, Awaits Return as Family Fears Child Will Be Stateless

30.09.2025 10

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Ground Report | Birbhum’s Illegal Stone Economy Is Oblivious to the Deaths of Labourers

28.09.2025 20

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Trump Tariff Shock Cripples Bengal’s Leather Hub

05.09.2025 20

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Bengali Tourists, Undeterred by Terror Fears and Political Warnings, Say 'Chalo Kashmir'

13.08.2025 10

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'Beaten, IDs Taken, Humiliated': Inside the Brutal 'Push Backs' of Bengali Muslim Migrant Workers

16.07.2025 10

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West Bengal Resident Served Foreigner Notice Under Assam NRC, Sparks Political Outcry

11.07.2025 20

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TMC Silent as Anti-War Efforts Are Targeted in Bengal

16.05.2025 20

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Mamata's Jagannath Dham: State-Funded Digha Temple Raises Concerns About Secularism

02.05.2025 10

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Bengal: Amidst Alarming Hatred After Pahalgam, Grassroots Resistance Emerges a Powerful Force

29.04.2025 10

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'My Son Has Proved Our Loyalty': Bengal Village Mourns Braveheart Jhantu Ali Sheikh

25.04.2025 10

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West Bengal SSC Scam: Thousands of Dismissed Teachers Continue Protest on Third Consecutive Day

24.04.2025 10

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Under Brahmin Feet: The Resurgence of a Ritual Fuels Fears of Caste Imposition in a Bengal Village

19.04.2025 30

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Murshidabad Violence: Outsider Angle Emerges As Normalcy Returns Slowly Amid Uneasy Calm

15.04.2025 20

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Bengal’s Murshidabad Tense After Communal Flare-Up Kills Three

13.04.2025 10

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'Didi's Private Militia,' Say Teachers as Bengal Cops Unleash Violence on SSC Job Loss Protesters

10.04.2025 10

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Armed Processions Mark Ram Navami's Politicisation in Bengal

07.04.2025 10

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The Rise and Rise of Competitive Communalism in West Bengal

27.03.2025 30

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Factionalism, Defections and Corruption: Amit Shah's Postponed Visit Signals Crisis in Bengal BJP

26.03.2025 20

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Temple Entry Struggles Expose Deep-Rooted Caste Discrimination in Bengal

17.03.2025 10

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Bengal: Locals Taken Aback as TMC Municipality Imposes 3-Day Meat Ban at Nabadwip for Holi

13.03.2025 10

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West Bengal: Left-Wing Female Student Leaders 'Tortured, Harassed' in Police Custody

08.03.2025 10

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Tension Lingers at Jadavpur University After Education Minister's Car Hit Students Amid Election Row

02.03.2025 10

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Myth, Math and Mobilisation: Why Mohan Bhagwat's Low-Key Bengal Visit Masks Larger Ambitions

18.02.2025 30

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Ritwik Ghatak's 1970 Documentary on Lenin Once Again Falls Prey to Political Censorship

12.02.2025 10

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'We Will Stay on the Streets': 6 Months After R.G. Kar Doctor’s Murder, Family Vows to Fight

11.02.2025 10

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