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Topic: Bengal BJP

How a 136-year-old airport mosque in Kolkata put Bengal BJP MLA on Bangladesh ‘kill list’

After the relocation of Bankra Mosque was proposed, protesters in Bangladesh had hit the streets, demanding the death penalty for West Bengal BJP MLA Sourav Sikdar.

Why the egg and Iskcon debate in West Bengal is more political than nutritional

Very few people cross the line between vegetarian and non-vegetarian purely for dietary reasons, unless this is what a particular person’s health needs dictate.

Suvendu Adhikari expected at Taslima Nasrin’s Kolkata event. The signal is for Dhaka

Taslima Nasrin was hounded out of Kolkata in 2007. Through his presence at her event, CM Suvendu Adhikari will reiterate BJP’s commitment to opposing fundamentalism in all its forms.

Dhaka is afraid of BJP-ruled Bengal

With BJP in power at the Centre and in Bengal, there's a sense that India’s eastern policy will favour India’s interest and leave less room for accommodating Bangladeshi concerns.

Tamil Nadu, Keralam, Bengal signal a new political order. BJP’s road to 2029 starts now

BJP has to show exemplary performance in the states under its control, retain those that will go to polls next year, win new geographies, and aim for a stronger majority in 2029.

What Bengali media and journalists are saying about the latest election trends 

While Bartaman notes TMC’s rural grit, journalists highlight a massive migration of Left and Congress voters toward the BJP in Greater Kolkata.

Bengal is staring at the winner’s curse. A win isn’t an endorsement of either Mamata or BJP

While high voting percentages usually signal a desire for change, in Bengal’s climate of violence, it may reflect a desperate bid for survival.

The battle for South Kolkata—Swapan Dasgupta vows to end mafia Raj

Swapan Dasgupta told ThePrint the mafia under the patronage of TMC in West Bengal controls everything, from the Kalighat Temple to real estate transactions and parking.

Wanted—A Bengali face. Why the BJP’s reliance on the central leadership has its limits

The 70-year wait for a saffron surge after the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the precursor of the BJP, was formed. But can the BJP conquer Mookerjee’s Bengal?

On Camera

Before H-1B queues and green cards, A Sikh man fought to belong in America

From Taragarh, a small village near Amritsar, brothers Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind and Mr. Jagat Singh Thind witnessed the incredible racism of the early 1900s in the Western hemisphere.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

In Delhi, an emotional farewell to former Army chief Gen VN Sharma with full state honours

The three service chiefs paid tributes, along with several former Army chiefs. Friends & fellow soldiers remember him as a 'natural charmer'.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.