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Thursday, October 31, 2024
TopicBJP West Bengal

Topic: BJP West Bengal

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

Ayodhya & Kashmir done, BJP shifts focus to Bengal — ‘citizenship law a necessity in state’

BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya says Citizenship Amendment Bill is needed in West Bengal to 'stop infiltration bids and secure the nation'.

BJP plans memorial for Kolkata’s kar sevak brothers killed in run-up to Babri demolition

In 1990, Ram and Sharad Kothari led 69 kar sevaks to Ayodhya, where they were killed in police firing on 2 November.

Ayodhya’s smog of apprehension, cow gold loans in Bengal & Nehru sans Congress

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Iran’s real fantasy is to take over Muslim world. Palestine is just a façade

Since 1979, Iran has used the Palestinian issue as a façade for its regional agenda to oppose American diplomacy, the Western world, and the existence of Israel.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.