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Friday, August 8, 2025
TopicWest Bengal assembly elections

Topic: West Bengal assembly elections

Why talks of a ‘secular front’ against BJP & Trinamool have hit a wall in Bengal

Indian Secular Front, formed by Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui, and Congress have discussed a potential alliance in upcoming polls. But an old 'rivalry' has queered pitch.

BJP urges EC to give central observers final say over deployment of forces in Bengal polls

The BJP delegation also talked about the possible misuse of the provision that allows people with disability and voters above 80 to cast their votes by postal ballots.

Home ministry has time till July 2021 to frame and notify rules for CAA implementation

Extension has been given by a parliamentary committee. BJP is in a bind because Bengal & Assam are going to polls, and their voters hold opposing views on CAA.

Budget puts roads in focus in poll-bound states, Bengal & Assam tea workers get welfare push

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s party BJP is hoping to win West Bengal for the first time and retain Assam in assembly polls later this year.

Former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee quits TMC after 2 decades

By resigning, Banerjee, who stepped down from the state cabinet last week, has sparked speculation that he might switch to the BJP.

Netaji laughs ‘from his secret place’ & Bharat vs Lutyens’ India

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

SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking ‘free, safe, fair’ elections in West Bengal

During the brief hearing, the lawyer said Hindu voters are 'not allowed to go out to vote' in places where Muslims are in majority.

Why should ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chant upset anyone, says Yogi on Mamata refusing to give speech

UP CM Yogi Adityanath says the next govt in West Bengal will be formed by BJP, and explains why UP brought in the anti-conversion law and a new excise policy.

‘Will suffer Mamata misrule, not BJP’ — Bengal intellectuals don’t want another ‘poriborton’

Looking to unseat Mamata in 2021 Bengal polls, BJP has been trying to establish a rapport with intelligentsia. It hasn’t seen much success.

It’s easy for BJP to claim Netaji, far harder to read his works on secularism & Indian Muslims

Ahead of the Bengal election, citizens should know Gumnami Baba did not produce a single writing that would be helpful for Indian democracy — Bose did.

On Camera

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

India should have secured greater savings by pressing Russia for prices nearer the cap while sustaining high volumes. This would have preserved strategic autonomy and served economic logic.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.