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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.

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SC convicted POCSO accused, then set him free—it factored in lived realities & systemic failures

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SC said victim already subjected to enough trauma & agony. ‘Don’t want to add to injustice done to victim by sending her husband to jail.’ Article 142 gives SC power to do ‘complete justice’.

Mamata Banerjee directs admin, police in WB’s north to remain vigilant amid cross-border threats

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During her 3-day visit to 'highly sensitive' northern West Bengal, she ordered intensification of patrolling to prevent any infiltration.

After rosogolla, Odias and Bengalis fight over Mamata’s Jagannath Dham

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Bengalis seem to have a peculiar fondness for replicas. During Durga Pujas, Buckingham Palaces, Golden Temples, and the Pyramids pop up across pandals all over the state.

Mamata Banerjee has divided the BJP. All it took was a temple inauguration and Dilip Ghosh

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Mamata Banerjee has learnt the rule of the game: There are no permanent friends or enemies in politics.

WB teachers launch indefinite sit-in as govt fails to publish ‘deserving’ list in school job loss case

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The agitating teachers also demanded the resignation of the SSC chairman and state Education Minister Bratya Basu.

Uncertainty, disquiet, a pinch of mischief: Families displaced by Murshidabad violence at a relief camp

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The communal violence, ignited in the wake of a new Waqf law, has left a trail of destruction. Several families crossed the Ganga in boats and found shelter in a school.

West Bengal’s Waqf violence will have no winner. Don’t stoke flames that can consume you

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The Trinamool government’s efforts to consolidate its ties to Islamic clerics inevitably made religion part of the language of politics.

Separated by faith, united in loss. Two families grope in dark after Waqf protest violence in Murshidabad

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Most shops, commercial establishments, schools & colleges remain shut in Jafrabad. Local residents remain anxious & fearful of fresh attacks once media & cops leave their area.

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At a panel discussion titled ‘Crafting Crime Stories’, authors Suhit Sen, Kumar Kinshuk, and Prasun Roy among others discussed the fiction genre at the first Kolkata Crime Writers’ Festival.
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