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Friday, November 1, 2024
TopicWest Bengal polls

Topic: West Bengal polls

BJP’s threats to TMC’s protests—political tactics lose punch in Bengal. Voters are watching

TMC’s unrealistic protest demands are like Narendra Modi’s tactic of promising cash to people–both have lost their punch.

Violence & corruption are Bengal’s enemies, says Guv as Trinamool headed for big panchayat win

Governor C.V. Anand Bose has often been in the cross hairs of the Trinamool for allegedly trying to influence voters.

Counting for Bengal panchayat polls begins amid tight security

Violence had rocked West Bengal's rural polls on Saturday, with 15 people dead and ballot boxes vandalised, ballot papers torched, and bombs thrown at rivals in several places.

On Camera

Bibek Debroy was an ‘Acharya’ in India’s intellectual history

In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhvacharya.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.