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Topic2021 Bengal election

Topic: 2021 Bengal election

Amit Shah to visit Bengal this month for 1st time since 2021 poll debacle, BJP expects boost

Shah is likely to meet state leaders during his Bengal visit next week, formulate a strategy and work to enthuse cadres after disappointing losses in state and civic polls.

India needs a party like CPI(M). But it finds no takers outside Kolkata colleges now

In ‘Gangster State’, political journalist Sourjya Bhowmick asks a burning question – will the Communist Party recover from 2021 Bengal election?

‘State in denial mode’ — Calcutta HC asks Bengal govt to register all post-poll violence cases

The court also noted that investigation of those cases that were registered had been 'slipshod' and the government was found to be on a wrong footing.

Kangana Ranaut’s Twitter account permanently suspended after she calls on Modi to ‘tame’ Mamata

Actor Kangana Ranaut says Twitter has only proved my point, 'they're Americans & by birth, a white person feels entitled to enslave a brown person'.

Single seat in Bengal, dip in Kerala tally — why ‘Muslim parties’ didn’t do well this time

While ISF and AIMIM failed in Bengal, AIUDF-Congress alliance couldn't stop the BJP from retaining power in Assam. In Kerala, the IUML's performance has taken a beating.

‘Modi, Shah not invincible’: TMC win gives Uddhav govt a boost despite bypoll loss to BJP

The Maha Vikas Aghadi says Trinamool's win showed that the one way to defeat the BJP at a national level was to bring this strength of regional forces and non-BJP parties together.

Caste was never a big issue in Bengal politics. This assembly election has changed that

Banerjee sowed seeds of caste-based politics, starting with pursuing the Matua clan comprising Hindu refugees. Now BJP has promised them citizenship. Other SC/ST votes also being eyed.

Didi or family? Furfura Sharif cleric’s family divided over whom to back in battle for Bengal

Qutubuddin Siddique, the eldest pir at Furfura Sharif, mulls fatwa to support TMC. Meanwhile, nephew Abbas’ ISF party has found resonance among those looking for an alternative to the TMC.

Injury could ‘help Mamata’ — BJP asks Bengal leaders not to talk about Nandigram incident

BJP leaders feel Nandigram could become focus of the Bengal campaign if the issue was raised too much publicly, and help Mamata 'in gaining public sympathy'.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.