Friday, May 3, 2024

East India

North Bengal’s tea gardens, missing childhoods and unending exploitation

Fulmoni Munda’s son Taran (name changed to protect identity as per law), who would be 27 this year, had gone missing in 2011. Fulmoni, a retired tea garden worker who lives with her elder sister in the Matiali block of Malbazar sub-division in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, believes a local goon trafficked him to work in Delhi. The elderly lady waits for her long-lost son in her small cottage with only an old passport-size photo, which hasn’t been of much help in finding him.

RJD’s manifesto: Special status to Bihar, airports in 5 cities, ₹1 lakh per year to ‘sisters’

Rashtriya Janata Dal on April 13 released party’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections promising five new airports in the Bihar and ₹ 1 lakh every year to “sisters from poor families.”

Jharkhand: Three tribal women buried alive, five injured in cave-in

Three tribal women were buried alive and five others injured in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district when a heap of soil caved in on Wednesday, PTI reported.

Bengal Police files molestation case against NIA officials

The West Bengal Police has lodged a case of molestation and house trespassing against officials from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) following a raid conducted by the agency in the East Medinipur district regarding the 2002 bomb blast case.

ISF parts ways with left-Congress alliance in West Bengal, to go solo at elections

In yet another blow to the Left-Congress alliance in West Bengal, the Indian Secular Front (ISF), formerly aligned with the coalition, has opted to pursue its own path. They have announced intentions to contest all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

Bihar: Muslims attacked in different incidents on Dussehra night

Three Muslim men are reportedly attacked by Hindu Mob on the last day of Dussehra [Hindu festival] in different incidents in Bihar Sharif, Bihar's Nalanda district on Friday night. Police have filed FIR in at least one attack.

West Bengal: Left activist arrested in 5-year-old case under UAPA

Tipu Sultan, alias Mustafa Kamal, a former student leader at Visva Bharati University and a left-political activist was arrested by West Bengal police in a five-year-old case under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
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Curfew in Chhattisgarh town after Hindu Sena vandalise Miladun Nabi decorations, attack Muslims

In Kawardha, Chhattisgarh, Muslims were decorating the town for Eid Miladun Nabi – Prophet Mohammad's birthday. But the installation of a flag, alleged as Pakistani flag, in the Lohara...

“I have not lost in a single ward.”: Mamata after secures CM post with easy by-poll win

"What is most heart-warming is, I have not lost in a single ward in the constituency. In 2016, I had trailed in a couple of wards. Today, I have won in all," Trinamool Congress chief added.
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WB: Muslim girls fight hijab ban in police recruitment

Denying 30,000 plus applicants admit cards for the preliminary examination to recruit constables, the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board conducted the exam on 26th September. After issuing admit cards...

Bihar: Muslim man killed by Hindu mob, 10 men arrested

A 25-year-old Muslim youth, Mohammad Anjan Imran, thrashed by a mob from village Gangti in Nawada district in Bihar, succumbed to injuries on Thursday, leaving behind four children.
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Bihar: Dalit Christian boy dies after acid attack by Hindutva men

A 14-year-old Dalit Christian boy died in Bihar following an acid attack and the cops label the case suicide to avoid investigating the incident related to Hindutva.

Jharkhand: Muslim man beaten by Bajrang Dal workers while traveling with buffalo

In the latest episode of anti-Muslim violence in the country, a 38-year Mohammad Sultan was brutally attacked by Bajrang Dal members in Barkagaon in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district on Sunday evening.
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Scientist quits job, starts self-designed pedagogy

Mohammad Sajid Hussain was a scientist with a promising job at National Aerospace Laboratory. But he wanted to return home. In Chitarpur, his native village in Jharkhand, students had no...

West Bengal: Govt job applications of 1000 Muslim women rejected for appearing with hijab in photos

Applications of over 1,000 Muslim women were rejected by the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board (WBPRB) because they were seen wearing headscarves (hijabs) in the photos that they had attached with their forms, reports say.
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Casteism remarks: Upper-caste professor files counter case against Dalit student

Somnath Sow, a Dalit student of Visva-Bharati University (VBU) in West Bengal has alleged that a professor from upper-caste Hindu community refused to interact with him and called him "impure."

Ex-BJP minister Babul Supriyo joins Trinamool Congress

Asansol MP and former Union minister Babul Supriyo joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the presence of party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday.
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