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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: Bengal

Deaths, boycotts over workload threaten to derail SIR. BLOs ask ‘how long should we work?’

As Block Level Officers in Kerala, Rajasthan & Bengal die by suicide, states raise concerns over the workload imposed on them for the completion of the SIR, within tight deadlines. 

SubscriberWrites: The Fierce Embrace: Unveiling Kali’s Divine Paradox

The worship of Kali as a primordial feminine force is deeply rooted in the indigenous communities.

What’s now called ‘Bangladeshi’ language was excluded by secular sadhu-bhasha long ago

Amit Malviya is correct that Sylheti is not the same as Bengali. But what he and his team seem to lack is any sense of the history beyond that statement.

CBI names TMC MLA, 2 councillors in charge sheet for murder of BJP leader Abhijit Sarkar

In second supplementary charge sheet of the 2021 case, the probe agency also named 15 others under IPC Sections related to criminal conspiracy, murder & disappearance of evidence.

Along Bangladesh border, BSF seizes gold worth over Rs 4 cr concealed in cycle tyres, bike seat cover

On Wednesday, BSF seized 20 gold biscuits worth Rs 2.31 crore from inside a bicycle’s tyre. The day before gold worth about Rs 2.43 cr confiscated at Laxmipur border outpost.

2 killed in violence linked to anti-Waqf law protests in Bengal’s Murshidabad

A father and son were found with multiple stab wounds inside their home in Jafrabad in Samserganj area, where large-scale violence was reported Friday.

Bengal received proposals worth Rs 4.4 lakh crore, says Mamata after 2-day business conclave

Addressing the concluding day, the Bengal chief minister said a total of 212 MoUs and letters of intent were signed across various sectors.

SubscriberWrites: The complicit heart: How ordinary citizens become the instruments of their own demise

Bengal faces a stark reality of political decay, where decades of complicity and corruption have eroded its identity, leaving citizens to confront the consequences of their choices.

Bangladesh has hit us where it hurts. Durga Puja will be incomplete without Hilsa

The Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina had reintroduced what is now called ‘hilsa diplomacy’ in 2019. Now, it’s a bone of contention between India and Bangladesh.

Stop this North-South divide over mangoes. The real match is playing out in Bihar and Bengal

In 'Magnifera Indica', Sopan Joshi presents a rich synthesis of reportage, history, biology, economics, and culture to chronicle India's favourite fruit - mango.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.