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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
TopicBJP West Bengal

Topic: BJP West Bengal

‘Nobody will touch you’: Amit Shah defends CAA at Kolkata rally, but skips over Delhi riots

The thrust of Amit Shah’s Kolkata speech was the West Bengal assembly election, said BJP will form govt in state in 2021 with at least a 2/3rd majority.

Four years after Narada sting, six Mamata ministers caught in another ‘bribery’ video

The sting conducted by news channel Samachar Plus in November 2019 was played at BJP’s West Bengal headquarters Wednesday. Party has demanded an inquiry.

Bengal Communists say need to be closer to god to fight religious fanaticism

The communist party’s top brass feels that being closer to god allows the party to project a more progressive image of itself and does not go against its ideology. 

Out-of-power Bengal Communists take stock, don’t want to leave religion to just RSS

CPM internal review report says temples need to have party presence, calls for setting up of party-backed book stalls, medical centres at religious places. 

SC & ST pension scheme, free electricity — Mamata readies for polls with populist budget

In its last full budget before elections, Mamata govt announces populist schemes that, directly or indirectly, pay cash to beneficiary accounts.

Intellectuals opposing CAA are devils, parasites: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh

Ghosh made the comments at a rally in Howrah Friday, a day after he was re-elected as West Bengal BJP president.

Why Left bastion Jadavpur University has become a battleground between Mamata and BJP

Kolkata’s Jadavpur University was born in dissent, has been at centre of anti-establishment protests since 1955 but every establishment wants a piece of it.

Mandate against NRC — Mamata says after winning Bengal BJP chief’s home turf, 2 other seats

Two of the Bengal assembly seats where bypolls were held this week are constituencies where Trinamool was struggling to establish voter connect.

This is how Mamata govt’s land regularisation move will benefit Bangladeshi refugees

The Mamata govt is set to regularise all 331 refugee colonies in the state, a move the BJP sees as an attempt by the TMC to shield ‘Bangladeshi Muslims’ from the NRC process.

Mamata begins issuing new identity document in Bengal amid Modi govt’s NRC push

The Mamata govt is issuing ‘non-subsidised ration cards’, which it says can be used as identity proof apart from Aadhaar, PAN & voter identity cards

On Camera

AI is doing the brave work humans are still squeamish about—using they/them pronouns

The hullaballoo over LinkedIn bot’s pronoun use comes on a day when CJI DY Chandrachud used the phrase ‘pregnant person’ in his judgment. It is a thing now. Get with the programme.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Indian Coast Guard seizes Iranian fishing vessel, rescues six Indian crew members

The ICG said in a statement that the boat was seized and brought to Kochi for further investigation on May 6.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.