East India

Sanjeev Kumar, a Dalit youth and an egg-seller was faced casteist slurs and beaten brutally along with his family members including his elderly father and young daughter by the people associated with Hindu fringe group Bajrang Dal in Karma village of Rohtas district of Bihar on 7 June.

Following a recent direction by the Patna High Court, the Bihar government recounted its coronavirus death toll, which has jumped by a whopping 72.84%.

The people of Bihar are in the state of constant panic and confusion. With no words coming from the state government and the silence of the officials in the face of vaccination drive and medical help, the people are left in an abyss where no one is coming for their help.

Online facilitation of the COVID-19 vaccine process leaves behind the poor beneficiaries, widening the digital divide in the country.

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Thursday accused the union ministers of inciting the post-poll violence that has erupted across the state after election results were declared.

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is likely to be sworn in as the Chief Minister of the West Bengal for the third time on 5 May.

Family members of former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, who passed away on Saturday battling Covid-19, want to bury his body in his hometown Siwan in Bihar while officials are not allowing that and not giving his body to the family.

Not just the medical infrastructure but also Bihar’s health department can be seen collapsing. The recent data from the Bihar Health Department shows 15,853 new covid +ve cases in Bihar, making the total count of active cases 1,05,400 as of April 29th.

Speaking to the reporters, Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said, “This is a victory for the people of Bengal. I am proud to say that Bengal saved the country. The Election Commission behaved badly with us — they behaved like BJP’s spokesperson. Two slogans — ‘Khela hobe’ and ‘Joy Bangla’ — worked well for us. Bengal won the match. We will distribute 50,000 footballs among clubs in rural Bengal.”

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal tweeted congratulating Mamata Banerjee for what appears to be the Trinamool's massive victory in West Bengal.

The poll war in West Bengal has been the most dynamic state assembly polls in recent years in India. The eight-phased state assembly elections in Bengal ended on 29 April and now all eyes are on the counting of votes.

On Monday, independent politician Samir Ghosh, contesting the West Bengal Assembly polls, died due to COVID-19.