• 18 Feb 2019
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• Our Bureau

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections scheduled around May 2019, poll alliances between the Congress, Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India – Marxist (CPIM) and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) parties have emerged in Odisha. This alliance will fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Biju Janta Dal (BJD) … Continue reading “Likely poll alliance of CPI, CPM, JMM and Congress takes shape in Odisha”

• 14 Feb 2019
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• Our Bureau

Taking to the Twitter on Thursday, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati attacked the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of leading governments which are examples of ‘state terror’. Criticising the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh which has invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against three Muslims for cow slaughter, and the BJP … Continue reading “Mayawati equates Congress with BJP, says governments led by them are ‘examples of state terror’”

• 26 Dec 2018
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• Krishanu Mitra

In my previous article I had discussed the shortcomings and political blunders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal post-2014. In this article I will attempt to further elaborate on it. To understand this in perspective one has to understand the nature of politics and the political culture prevalent in West Bengal. This … Continue reading “Can the BJP hope to find a place in the hearts and minds of the people of Bengal?”

• 17 Dec 2018
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• Krishanu Mitra

It is said that “man proposes, God disposes”. In West Bengal, it seems God’s role has been swapped by the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). There was an enormous momentum in favour of the BJP for the past two years that the party has failed to cash in on. Now, with the party’s defeat in … Continue reading “The BJP’s short stint as the primary opposition party against the ruling Trinamool in Bengal seems to be coming to an end”

• 20 Feb 2019
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• Our Bureau

The matter relating to the initiation of contempt proceedings against West Bengal chief secretary, the Director General of Police and the former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, was adjourned by the Supreme Court on Wednesday after Justice L Nageswara Rao recused himself from the case. The bench is headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. Justice … Continue reading “Supreme Court hearing in contempt petition against Rajeev Kumar and others adjourned after Justice L Nageswara Rao recuses himself from case, new bench to hear matter on Feb 27”

• 19 Feb 2019
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• Our Bureau

Anuj Sharma is the new police commissioner of Kolkata. Sharma, the additional director general (law and order) of Bengal, will take over from Rajeev Kumar. Kumar, the present commissioner, will join as the ADG and IG of the state CID. Siddh Nath Gupta, who was the ADG-Intelligence Branch, will join as the ADG (law and … Continue reading “Anuj Sharma is the new Kolkata Police commissioner, Rajeev Kumar to join the state CID”

• 21 Feb 2019
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• Our Bureau

Sitaram Yechury, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPIM) has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of politicising the recent Pulwama terror attack on Central Police Reserve Force (CRPF) jawans which claimed the lives of more than 40 soldiers last Thursday. Stating that attempts to generate ‘electoral benefits’ out of the unfortunate … Continue reading “Sitaram Yechury accuses BJP of politicising Pulwama terror attack”

• 19 Feb 2019
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• Our Bureau

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has stated  that his country ‘will not think of retaliating, it will retaliate’ if attacked by India. In the middle of scaling tensions between the two neighbouring countries over the Pulwama terror strike where over 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed by a suicide bomber deployed by … Continue reading “Amidst rising tensions over Pulwama, ‘Pakistan will retaliate if India attacks’ says Imran Khan”

• 10 Feb 2019
• 289 views
• Ayushi Astha

Ayushi Astha was in conversation with journalist and author Ashwini Devare, in Kolkata when she visited the city for the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival. Born in Moscow, Ashwini Devare spent her childhood in many different places – from Switzerland to Sikkim — due to her father’s job in the Indian Foreign Service. Her latest book, … Continue reading “Being in a constant state of flux and the wish to fit in is a strong influence in author Ashwini Devare’s works”

• 01 Feb 2019
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• Srajana Kaikini

Jayant Kaikini is a renowned Kannada poet, author, essayist, lyricist whose book No Presents Please translated into English by Tejaswini Niranjana, recently won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2018. Srajana Kaikini, daughter of the writer, interviews him for The Bengal Story. Srajana Kaikini pursues philosophy and art through her practices of writing, creating … Continue reading “Art, literature, science are our efforts to make sense of things around us: writer Jayant Kaikini”