Wednesday, May 1, 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.

Bengal police kill man who was buying milk during lockdown as police in many states using brutal force to punish ‘violaters’ of curfew

A 32-year-old man died Wednesday after being beaten up by the police for stepping out of his residence to buy milk in West Bengal, yet another example of how police across the country are using extreme force to punish people who break the lockdown rules.

At Kolkata’s Park Circus, Muslim women’s sit-in protest keeps the protest against CAA going

The protest is not merely against NRC-NPR-CAA, the protest is for asserting their status as equal Indians and claiming their dignity which the Indian state has denied them time and again.
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In Bihar, Subzibagh replicates Shaheen Bagh protest

Inspired by protestors in shaheen bagh, residents of Subzibagh Began a sit-in demonstration against CAA, NRC and NPR on January 12th. The ongoing agitation which is a profusion of anti CAA movement also stands against the violence inflicted on students of Jamia, JNU and AMU

No CAA and NRC in Bihar, says Prashant Kishor. BJP attacks Kishor and JDU colleague takes swipe

Janata Dal (United) National vice-president Prashant Kishor on Sunday offered an assurance that both Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens will not be implemented in Bihar.
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Bihar Police is terrorising Muslims, says Tejashwi Yadav

Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav have accused the Bihar police of 'Terrorising Muslims'.

Citizenship Act: RJD calls for Bihar bandh on December 21

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has called for a bandh in Bihar on December 21 to protest against the amended Citizenship Act, PTI reported.
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AIMIM wins first seat in Bihar Assembly

Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen, or AIMIM on Thursday sprung a surprise in the bypoll to Kishanganj assembly constituency of Bihar, signalling that the party get a...

67 killed in Bihar floods as situation remains grim, over 46 lakh affected

Death toll in the Bihar flash floods, caused by torrential rainfall in the catchment areas of Nepal over the weekend, soared to 67 on Wednesday.
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A TV reporter from Muzaffarpur sets an example by relentlessly questioning an errant BJP leader

Reporter Rupesh Kumar confronted a self-proclaimed BJP leader for entering the ICU of a Muzaffarpur hospital, and keeping his shoes on.

Tanweer Hasan; Begusarai’s unsung hero [Video]

Ground report by Lubaib basheer from Begusarai, Bihar where the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Mahagathbandhan's Tanweer Hassan, CPI's Kanhaiya Kumar and BJP's Giriraj Singh in the fray. https://youtu.be/R5uZLnqRl1I
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Union Minister Giriraj Singh charged for violating Model Code of Conduct

The minister is known to "order" critics of the BJP to "go to Pakistan" at the drop of a hat. On Tuesday, he had called on a ban on green flags - often associated with Islam - by the Election Commission. In November, his comment that the Islamic seminary of Deoband was a "temple of terrorism" had drawn protests.

Bihar AIMIM chief Aktharul Iman demands special status for Seemanchal

Aktharul Iman, a firebrand speaker and a potential politician of Seemanchal speaks to Lubaib. Edited excerpts:
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