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Thursday, November 27, 2025
TopicWest Bengal assembly elections

Topic: West Bengal assembly elections

Why Furfura Sharif, Muslim shrine Owaisi visited in Bengal, could be key to Mamata’s return

In an interview to ThePrint, Furfura Sharif cleric Peerzada Abbas Siddique accused Mamata of ‘appeasing, rather than uplifting Muslims’. He is set cleric to launch party & fight polls.

BJP’s West Bengal dilemma — fight a Modi vs Didi battle or find itself a Sourav Ganguly

It is clear that the BJP is yet to firm up its West Bengal strategy on whether to fight with a CM face or do what it did in crucial elections like Uttar Pradesh.

‘Bengali pride’ of two Gujaratis won’t work for BJP. But TMC has an ‘outsider’ problem too

BJP is sticking to its hyperbole while TMC is playing a subtle game. Both these campaign tactics are predictable but what works in West Bengal isn't.

Doctors, IITians, lawyers — BJP’s army of Bengal professionals & their big job ahead of polls

BJP has engaged groups of professionals to meet people on the streets and provide their feedback to the party on the promises not kept by Mamata govt.

Why Mamata and BJP are battling over this little known Bengal minority community

Matuas, who came to West Bengal during partition, are a deciding factor across 40-45 assembly constituencies in the coming state polls. They have one primary demand — citizenship.

Republic Bharat on TMC’s lost ‘mamata’, Navika spars with Prashant Kishor on Times Now

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

BJP MP Saumitra Khan says will file for divorce as wife joins Trinamool Congress

Bishnupur MP Khan expressed surprise over his wife’s decision. His wife Sujata Mondal Khan said she hopes 'good sense prevails' & he joins Trinamool too.

Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘Punjab 2022’ mission and Amit Shah’s take on dynasty politics

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

BJP will struggle to cross double-digit-mark in Bengal, says poll strategist Prashant Kishor

Prashant Kishor, who has been roped in by Mamata Banerjee to strengthen TMC's poll prospects, said that he would quit Twitter if BJP does any better than what he predicted.

Shah defends MHA’s Bengal IPS officers transfer order, challenges Mamata to prove it’s illegal

Massive crowd attends Shah's roadshow in Bolpur, which he calls a sign of imminent change in West Bengal ahead of the assembly polls early next year.

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Rajnath Singh is discovering India-Pakistan civilisational ties

Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.

Chhattisgarh pitches state as hub for ‘specialty steel’, nets investment plans of Rs 6,321 crore

Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector. 

Asim Munir set to take charge as overall commander of Pakistan military, most powerful Army chief ever

In largest overhaul of military command in 5 decades, Field Marshal Asim Munir set to assume post of Chief of Defence Forces tomorrow, as Army claims primacy in Pakistan armed forces.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.