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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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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

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.