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SIR Reunites Son With Parents After 26 Years In West Bengal
The SIR process reunited Prashanta Dutta and his wife, Santona Dutta, with their son, Tarun Dutta, who left home 26 years ago.
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Abandoned In Cold, Newborn Finds Unlikely Protectors In Pack Of Stray Dogs
In the hours before dawn, when most of this river town in West Bengal's Nadia district lies silent under a winter sky, a newborn baby was left alone on the cold ground outside a bathroom in a railway workers' colony.
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Opinion | For BJP, Bengal Won't Be As Easy As Bihar
It has been the BJPs singular weakness in West Bengal that it never quite gets the cultural, historical and political details right. And these details matter.
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Amid SIR In Bengal, Kolkata's Sex Workers Fear Exclusion From Voter Rolls
Sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi area are urging the government to include their names in the voter list as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process begins in Bengal. Many sex workers fear being left out due to a lack of documentation
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Opinion | Who, Really, Is A 'Ghuspaithiya' In Bengal?
The 'naturalisation' of people who fled across the border before and after the creation of Bangladesh in 1971 has been a process in which the Congress, the CPI(M) and the Trinamool Congress have all been involved.
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Mamata Banerjee Cheers For Women In Blue, Then BJP's "Be Home By 8" Jab
Mamata Banerjee, in the aftermath of an MBBS student's gang rape in West Bengal's Durgapur last month, questioned how the 23-year-old student managed to leave the campus late at night.
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Help Desks, Hitting The Streets: How Trinamool Plans To Tackle Bengal SIR
In a bid to ensure that no genuine voter is left out of the voter list after the SIR in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress has said it will set up area-wise help desks from Tuesday, when the Booth Level Officers will begin visiting homes.
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"How Was She Out At 12.30 am?" Mamata Banerjee's Shocker After Gang Rape
In shocking remarks in the aftermath of an MBBS student's gangrape in West Bengal's Durgapur, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has tried to shift the responsibility of students' security to private colleges
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Missing Bengal Schoolgirl's Mutilated Body Found In Sack, Teacher Arrested
The mutilated body of a schoolgirl, who was missing for nearly a month, was found in a sack in West Bengal's Birbhum district, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.
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Bengal Student Bodies' Activists Clash During Strike On University Campuses
Activists of various Leftist student bodies and Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) engaged in clashes across West Bengal on Monday during a strike called by CPI(M)'s student wing SFI on university campuses in the state.
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"Lumpenism": West Bengal Professors Association On Jadavpur Student Protest
The West Bengal College and University Professors Association (WBCUPA) described Saturday's rampage by left student activists in Jadavpur University campus where Education minister Bratya Basu was heckled by protestors as "lumpenism".
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Minor Kidnapped And Murdered In Bengal, BJP Claims She Was Raped
A girl who had left home to attend a coaching class has allegedly been kidnapped and murdered in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, sparking anger and protests. A police camp has also been vandalised and set on fire.
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Bill Seeking Death Penalty For Rape Convicts Passed In Bengal Assembly
The 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill', which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases or in cases of rape where the victim is left in a vegetative state, was passed through a voice vote in the
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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, The Man Who Tried To Undo Bengal Mess, But Too Late
On February 4, 2019, gloom settled over the iconic Brigade Parade grounds in the heart of Kolkata. Kanhaiya Kumar, then a firebrand Left leader known for his rousing speeches, had cancelled his visit to a rally just before the Lok Sabha election
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Centre Fact-Checks Mamata Banerjee's Mic-Off Claim, She Hits Back
NITI Aayog Meeting: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged "political discrimination" at a key NITI Aayog meeting in Delhi held to allow states to present their concerns to the Prime Minister.
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SIR Reunites Son With Parents After 26 Years In West Bengal
The SIR process reunited Prashanta Dutta and his wife, Santona Dutta, with their son, Tarun Dutta, who left home 26 years ago.
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Abandoned In Cold, Newborn Finds Unlikely Protectors In Pack Of Stray Dogs
In the hours before dawn, when most of this river town in West Bengal's Nadia district lies silent under a winter sky, a newborn baby was left alone on the cold ground outside a bathroom in a railway workers' colony.
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Opinion | For BJP, Bengal Won't Be As Easy As Bihar
It has been the BJPs singular weakness in West Bengal that it never quite gets the cultural, historical and political details right. And these details matter.
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Amid SIR In Bengal, Kolkata's Sex Workers Fear Exclusion From Voter Rolls
Sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi area are urging the government to include their names in the voter list as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process begins in Bengal. Many sex workers fear being left out due to a lack of documentation
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Opinion | Who, Really, Is A 'Ghuspaithiya' In Bengal?
The 'naturalisation' of people who fled across the border before and after the creation of Bangladesh in 1971 has been a process in which the Congress, the CPI(M) and the Trinamool Congress have all been involved.
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Mamata Banerjee Cheers For Women In Blue, Then BJP's "Be Home By 8" Jab
Mamata Banerjee, in the aftermath of an MBBS student's gang rape in West Bengal's Durgapur last month, questioned how the 23-year-old student managed to leave the campus late at night.
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Help Desks, Hitting The Streets: How Trinamool Plans To Tackle Bengal SIR
In a bid to ensure that no genuine voter is left out of the voter list after the SIR in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress has said it will set up area-wise help desks from Tuesday, when the Booth Level Officers will begin visiting homes.
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"How Was She Out At 12.30 am?" Mamata Banerjee's Shocker After Gang Rape
In shocking remarks in the aftermath of an MBBS student's gangrape in West Bengal's Durgapur, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has tried to shift the responsibility of students' security to private colleges
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Missing Bengal Schoolgirl's Mutilated Body Found In Sack, Teacher Arrested
The mutilated body of a schoolgirl, who was missing for nearly a month, was found in a sack in West Bengal's Birbhum district, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.
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Bengal Student Bodies' Activists Clash During Strike On University Campuses
Activists of various Leftist student bodies and Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) engaged in clashes across West Bengal on Monday during a strike called by CPI(M)'s student wing SFI on university campuses in the state.
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"Lumpenism": West Bengal Professors Association On Jadavpur Student Protest
The West Bengal College and University Professors Association (WBCUPA) described Saturday's rampage by left student activists in Jadavpur University campus where Education minister Bratya Basu was heckled by protestors as "lumpenism".
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Minor Kidnapped And Murdered In Bengal, BJP Claims She Was Raped
A girl who had left home to attend a coaching class has allegedly been kidnapped and murdered in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, sparking anger and protests. A police camp has also been vandalised and set on fire.
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Bill Seeking Death Penalty For Rape Convicts Passed In Bengal Assembly
The 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill', which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases or in cases of rape where the victim is left in a vegetative state, was passed through a voice vote in the
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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, The Man Who Tried To Undo Bengal Mess, But Too Late
On February 4, 2019, gloom settled over the iconic Brigade Parade grounds in the heart of Kolkata. Kanhaiya Kumar, then a firebrand Left leader known for his rousing speeches, had cancelled his visit to a rally just before the Lok Sabha election
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Centre Fact-Checks Mamata Banerjee's Mic-Off Claim, She Hits Back
NITI Aayog Meeting: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged "political discrimination" at a key NITI Aayog meeting in Delhi held to allow states to present their concerns to the Prime Minister.
