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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicWest Bengal assembly elections

Topic: West Bengal assembly elections

MLA Baishali Dalmiya expelled from TMC for anti-party activities

Dalmiya has been publicly speaking against a section of the TMC leadership. Her expulsion came hours after senior leader Rajib Banerjee resigned from the Mamata Banerjee cabinet.

Why Bengal can vote for BJP, even though Mamata Banerjee is still invincible

Successful CMs like Nitish Kumar and Naveen Patnaik have managed to hold onto power for three or four terms, but Mamata Banerjee’s position appears vulnerable after only two.

‘Mamata deceived Bengal Muslims’ — Furfura Sharif cleric launches party ahead of polls

Abbas Siddiqui’s Indian Secular Front ties up with Owaisi’s AIMIM to fight on at least 70 seats. Observers say it might eat up some Trinamool vote.

Gupkar Alliance with conflicting interests was unsustainable but split came sooner than expected

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Masterstroke, desperation or calculated move? Why Mamata will fight from Nandigram

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announced Monday that she will contest the assembly election from Nandigram.

Covid vaccine’s ‘welcome’ side-effect, and Shiv Sena’s underdog entry in West Bengal polls

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

Shiv Sena to contest upcoming state elections in West Bengal

The decision was announced by Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Twitter Sunday. It's not clear how many seats the party will be contesting on.

Congress, Left Front leaders discuss seat sharing for upcoming West Bengal assembly polls

West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury says seat sharing talks have been positive between the 2 parties, and will likely conclude by January end.

Tagore’s ‘Ramrajya’ didn’t have one Rama. Hindutva soldiers should know that

As the West Bengal election draws near, Modi-Shah’s party wants to claim the legacy of Tagore. But his plays and poems still fight kings and their kingdoms.

Kamal Haasan has ‘star power’ on Times Now, Amish Devgan remembers Godhra tragedy

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

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India’s diplomatic failures aren’t just Trump’s fault. It’s the price of Modi’s narcissism

The Modi govt first put all its eggs into the US basket when the unipolar moment was clearly over. It subsequently overcorrected, accommodating an aggressive China.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.