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Topic: West Bengal

West Bengal is an Indian state in the eastern part of the country, and the only one in India with an incumbent woman Chief Minister — Mamata Banerjee.


The region, which was the political heart of the Bengal Presidency during British Rule, was divided into East and West Bengal in 1947. Bengal was a hotbed of the Indian Independence movement and has remained one of the country’s great artistic and intellectual centres, being home to Nobel laureates Rabindranath Tagore, Mother Teresa, Amartya Sen and Abhijit Banerjee as well as freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose and Oscar winner Satyajit Ray.


Geographically, the state is happily situated with the Himalayas in the north and the Sundarbans in the south. It shares a roughly 2,200-sqkm border with Bangladesh (East Bengal at the time of Partition).


For the first 30 years, the Congress ruled Bengal, but made way for Left domination for the next 34 years. In 2011, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress — a breakaway from the Congress — came to power.

Flood-like situation in some parts of Bengal, roads closed as heavy rains anticipated till 12 July

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With several places already submerged, authorities are keeping a close watch on the rising water levels of Teesta and Korola rivers.

Bengal always had a lynch mob mentality. Now there’s political patronage

Monideepa Banerjie -
Mamata Banerjee hasn't said a word in condemnation of the Chopra incident. As for people like you and me, we just film the violence—or jump in the crowd to get a better look.

Woman employee moves SC against Bengal Governor, asks ‘is sexual harassment part of his duties?’

Bhadra Sinha -
Asking the top court to invoke its extraordinary jurisdiction in the case, the complainant, an employee of Raj Bhavan, in her petition says immunity granted to governors can't be absolute.

Citing Sandeshkhali & public flogging of Bengal woman, Modi attacks Oppn over ‘selective’ outrage

Mrinalini Dhyani -
Speaking in Rajya Sabha, the PM said 'those who see themselves as progressive female leaders are tongue-tied'.

No room for conciliation, it’ll be a contentious Parliament—a first for Modi in a decade

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ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Stand-off continues between 2 new TMC MLAs & Governor over oath-taking — what Constitution says

Sreyashi Dey -
MLAs stage sit-in waiting to take oath after declining the Governor's invite to swear in at Raj Bhavan over sexual misconduct charges against him, but he has dug in his heels too.

Probe points to lapses by goods train crew, operating dept in Bengal train accident that killed 10

PTI -
The horrific accident occurred when a goods train rammed into the stationary Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express in Darjeeling district on Monday.

Changed seat, short campaign & ‘anti-BJP’ mood — ex-MP Dilip Ghosh lists reasons for Medinipur loss

Sreyashi Dey -
Ex-Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh was fielded from Bardhaman-Durgapur instead of his seat Medinipur and lost Lok Sabha polls to TMC's Kirti Azad. This was Ghosh’s first poll defeat.

Several trains cancelled, diverted, rescheduled after West Bengal Kanchenjunga train mishap

ANI -
According to the official release from the Northeast Frontier Railways, five trains have been cancelled for Tuesday, one train rescheduled and three others have been diverted.

Goods train rams into Sealdah-bound Kanchenjunga Express in Bengal, 5 dead

ANI -
According to initial reports, two coaches of the express train was derailed after being hit from behind.
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