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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicBJP West Bengal

Topic: BJP West Bengal

BJP sends Mamata Banerjee a message with Nadda launching Bengal poll campaign on her turf

BJP president J.P. Nadda will visit one slum area in Bhabanipur today to 'show the lack of development' there and 'expose the fault lines in the chief minister’s development narrative'.

Cow cabinet meeting ‘rush’, & why ‘tau’ is unhappy about International Men’s Day

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

Focus on women voters — how BJP plans to dent Mamata’s support in West Bengal

BJP general secretary BL Santosh and other leaders held meetings with Bengal unit to get campaign for 2021 polls rolling. Booth-level activities & women voters key focus points.

Mamata’s ‘super cabinet’ — how 4 retired officers are running the state with CM’s trust

While civil service veterans say the arrangement is demoralising for serving officers & the opposition calls it politicisation of governance, TMC govt insists it is doing nothing wrong.     

The Bengal minister, once key to Mamata’s politics, who is now ‘revolting’ against her

Transport Minister Subhendu Adhikari was behind Mamata’s Nandigram agitation but has not attended a cabinet or administrative meeting for the past 3-4 months.

Ghosh vs Khan in Bengal BJP is a fight for control between old guard & Trinamool defectors

Feud was out in the open on 23 October when state president Dilip Ghosh dissolved all district committees of the Yuva Morcha, headed by Saumitra Khan, once with the TMC.

BJP to compile list of IAS & IPS officers ‘close to Mamata govt’, claims bias in Bengal

BJP also plans to come up with a list of ‘goons in every block and district that will be handed over to home ministry’, says action necessary for free and fair elections next year.

18 months, 5 reminders — CBI yet to get Speaker nod to prosecute Trinamool MPs in Narada scam

CBI took over case in 2017 and sought permission in April 2019 from Lok Sabha Speaker to prosecute three MPs — Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Sougata Roy and Prasun Banerjee — and former MP Subhendu Adhikari.

Governor takes on Mamata govt over Sikh man’s turban row, calls it ‘blatant rights violation’

Balwinder Singh was dragged away from a BJP rally in Kolkata when his turban came off. Police claim that he was carrying a weapon and have booked him under the Arms Act.

BJP brings Kolkata suburb to a halt over leader’s murder, clashes break out in Barrackpore

In Kolkata, national BJP general secretary Kailash Vijaywargiya and MPs Locket Chatterjee and Soumitra Khan marched towards Raj Bhavan with Manish Shukla’s body Monday evening.

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Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

2 Agniveers awarded Sena Medal for gallantry in Op Sindoor, a first since Agnipath launch

This marks the first time that Agniveers have received gallantry awards. They are the Army's short-term recruits under the Agnipath scheme.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.