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ED raids TMC minister Sujit Bose’s properties in Bengal civic body recruitment scam case

The fire and emergency services minister faced similar searches in January. ED also reached residences of former officials of the Dum Dum Municipality in connection with its probe.

Bengal, Bangla & ‘Bohiragoto’. The politics of identity and pushback against Hindi ‘imposition’

Episodes of confrontations between Bengalis & non-Bengalis have revived debate of language imposition. English medium education is highly in demand and Bengali language in that case becomes marginalised.

Curious case of Mukul Roy: TMC leader ‘disappears’ & surfaces in Delhi, sparks buzz about ‘return to BJP’

After filing missing complaint Monday night, Subrangshu Roy claims he learnt from media that his father was heading to Delhi. Adds that Roy is unwell unwell & suffers from dementia.

Trinamool to abstain from V-P election, says wasn’t consulted on opposition pick Margaret Alva

The decision was taken at a meeting of Trinamool Congress MPs, attended by 35 parliamentarians, at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat residence Thursday.

Trinamool testing waters in South? Congress, BJP leaders ‘approached’ in Karnataka & Telangana

Political circles in Karnataka & Telangana are abuzz with reports of TMC leaders as well as poll strategist Prashant Kishor approaching leaders who have clout independent of party.

Mamata sounds death knell for Congress-led opposition, says ‘no UPA’ after meeting with Pawar

Sharad Pawar and Mamata Banerjee met for an hour Wednesday, and said they would work towards forming an opposition alliance of like-minded parties for 2024 elections.

Who is Saayoni Ghosh? Actor & Mamata’s ‘streetfighter’ who was arrested, then got bail in Tripura

Saayoni Ghosh, who began her acting career as a character artiste in Bengali TV serials, is Trinamool’s Youth Wing chief. She was arrested on charges including attempt to murder.

‘Modi, Shah not invincible’: TMC win gives Uddhav govt a boost despite bypoll loss to BJP

The Maha Vikas Aghadi says Trinamool's win showed that the one way to defeat the BJP at a national level was to bring this strength of regional forces and non-BJP parties together.

BJP’s Dilip Ghosh faults policies by top leaders for Bengal loss, says ‘some were really wrong’

BJP Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh, in an interview to ThePrint, praises party's growth in state since 2016, says there was 'disgruntlement' towards Trinamool turncoats, which may have led to losses.

Govt doesn’t want to answer on Covid and economy, so no Question Hour, Trinamool says

Govt has scrapped Question Hour from monsoon session of Parliament beginning from 14 Sept. TMC leader Derek O’Brien says they will take it up with the Speaker.

On Camera

Indian govt is scrambling to manage LPG shortage while denying it exists

LPG shortage threatens to push poorer Indian households back to coal days—exactly what the Modi govt phased out.

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.