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TopicBJP West Bengal

Topic: BJP West Bengal

Mamata becomes mellow ‘Bengal’s daughter’ as she rebrands herself for 2021 assembly polls

With poll strategist Prashant Kishor on board, Mamata’s election campaign will be devoid of political aggression and will focus on her as a brand.

‘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.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.