Tuesday, May 7, 2024

East India

Who is Shahnawaz Ali Raihan, Oxford researcher, anti-CAA protester running on TMC ticket in Malda Dakshin?

Raihan is a doctoral fellow at Oxford University pursuing his DPhil from Oxford University’s St Antony’s College since 2018 under the supervision of noted historian Faisal Devji around “Between Marx and Muhammed-Muslims and Communism in Bengal” and has been a staunch critic and opponent of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

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.

CBI reaches Lalu Yadav’s home day after it questioned Rabri Devi

A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation questioned former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi at her home in Patna in connection with an alleged land-for-jobs scam, the agency is questioning veteran socialist politician and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in the same case.

‘I had said this will happen…’ Tejashwi Yadav on CBI at Rabri Devi’s residence

Soon after the Central Bureau of Investigation team reached his mother and former Bihar CM Rabri Devi's residence, Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav attacked the Union government
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Bihar: Lynched Muslim man, injured booked for theft, families allege foul play, police forms SIT as protest erupts

The Bihar police have set up a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the death of one Muslim man, and injuries to two other Muslim men in a mob lynching case in Gaya’s Diha village on Wednesday night.

Would Union provide health insurance if cow hits me while I hug it?: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked whether Union government would provide health insurance if a cow attacked a person while celebrating “Cow Hug Day.”
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ISF MLA Nawsad Siddique sent to police custody for protests against TMC violence

Indian Secular Front (ISF) legislator Nawsad Siddique and 17 other party workers were remanded to police custody on Sunday by Kolkata’s Bankshall Court till February 1 in connection with the protests against violence unleashed by ruling Trinamool Congress against ISF activists.

Sacking of Visva-Bharati professor ‘brazenly illegal’: Noam Chomsky, other academics write to President

More than 261 academics, including renowned linguist Noam Chomsky, in a letter to the President of India, Draupadi Murmu, informed her about the service termination of Visva-Bharati University professor Sudipta Bhattacharya over “undesirable” actions.
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Stop repression of anti-mining protestors of Mali Parbat: FACAM

Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization (FACAM), a New Delhi-based rights group, strongly condemned the intimidation tactics used by the Odisha state against the people of Mali Parbat region, who...

Unable to pay for ambulance, West Bengal man carries mother’s body on shoulders

A man identified as Ram Prasad Dewan carried his mother’s body on his shoulders for a couple of kilometres in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal after he was unable to pay Rs 3,000 for ambulance service.
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UAPA accused tribal activist Hidme Markam walks out of jail

Tribal activist Hidme Markam walked out of jail on Thursday evening after spending nearly two years in jail under terror charges, The Wire reported. The Police had registered five First...

Conversion row: Mob vandalises another church, attacks police in Chhattisgarh

A church was vandalised and a senior policeman was attacked and injured during a protest by a group of tribals in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur city on Monday, police told PTI. According...
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Angered by ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chants, CM Mamata Banerjee stays away from dais

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday refused to come on stage during the inauguration of the Vande Bharat Express at the Howrah railway station after supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party shouted “Jai Shri Ram” slogans.

“Told children to settle abroad, atmosphere not good here”: RJD leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui

Speaking at an event in Bihar last week, senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui highlighted what he believed was a bias against the Muslim community in India.
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