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Topic: Bengal

BJP calls Kolkata ‘safe haven’ for terrorists, Mamata hits back — ‘we managed to nab them in 2 hrs’

NIA Thursday said it had arrested from Kolkata the perpetrator and the architect behind the explosion that took place last month at Bengaluru's Rameshwaram cafe

‘Who else is there to vote for?’ — why Muslim clerics are rallying behind TMC in West Bengal

Muslim clerics are holding meetings to devise a plan with one aim — to ensure TMC’s victory. Community leaders & political analysts believe state's Muslims have little choice.   

BJP has a ‘non-Bengali’ image problem. Pawan Singh’s nomination makes it worse

Pawan Singh’s nomination is just the latest in BJP’s string of missteps since the 2021 Assembly polls.

Animal cruelty needs more than tough laws, aggressive policing. Colonial-era battles show why

The more-than-century-old story of policing how humans treat animals—sometimes bizarre, sometimes tragic—shows complex questions of class and culture are involved, too.

BJP leaders lacking coordination in Sandeshkhali. No wonder Modi has to rush in

Perhaps an arrest could take place before PM Modi lands in Bengal, which would certainly take much wind out of his sails. The one-man show cannot afford that and risk a 2021 redux.

Amid row between 2 Calcutta HC benches, SC stays proceedings in Bengal fake caste certificates case

Case relates to fake papers being allegedly used to get medical admissions in Bengal. Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had accused senior judge of favouring Mamata's TMC.

Mamata Banerjee has rushed into election mode. TMC must put its house in order first

Alliance politics also promises to be thorny for TMC. Mamata Banerjee attacked CPI(M) and BJP at her soft-launch but said not a word about Congress.

ED raids premises of Bengal minister Sujit Bose in connection with municipality jobs scam case

In August last year, the CBI had summoned Bose for questioning in the ongoing probe into alleged irregularities in municipal appointments between 2014 and 2016.

Mobbed & thrashed — attack on ED team not 1st time central agencies faced hostility in Bengal

In February 2019, CBI officers were detained outside residence of then Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar. Subsequently, central forces were deployed outside CBI, ED offices.

‘What’s the big deal?’ — Sourav Ganguly riposte after BJP says ex-cricketer is ‘only making money’

During Spain tour, Ganguly said that he would be opening steel factory in Salboni within next 20 months. BJP leaders question timing of the announcement.

On Camera

Iran-Israel conflict will now be shaped by 3H—Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah

Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.