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Topic: BJP West Bengal

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

Madhuparna Das - November 22, 2019

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’

Madhuparna Das - November 15, 2019

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

Madhuparna Das - November 12, 2019

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

Fiza Jha - November 7, 2019

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SIR drive isn’t NRC-CAA—it can exclude millions of genuine voters, not just Muslims

Amana Begam - November 7, 2025

India is a country where access to documents and digital systems is still uneven. Election Commission's SIR must not turn into a hostile exercise.

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Economy

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

+TFP Debdutta Chakraborty - November 7, 2025

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.

Defence

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

Keshav Padmanabhan - November 5, 2025

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

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta - November 1, 2025

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.