Topic: West bengal
Union govt says pregnant woman, son expelled to Bangladesh will be returned to India on ‘humanitarian grounds’
Amid mounting pressure from the West Bengal government, the Union government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it was ready to bring back...
“I cannot bear this inhuman pressure anymore,” another BLO in West Bengal dies by suicide
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she was “profoundly shocked” after the death of another Booth Level Officer (BLO), a woman para-teacher who...
Mamata slams EC’s “chaotic, dangerous” SIR order, calls three-month deadline “inhuman”
In a sharply worded letter to Chief Election Commissioner of India, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee warned that the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has reached a “deeply alarming stage” due to its “unplanned, chaotic and dangerous” execution, noting that several BLOs have died since the process began and calling the compressed three-month timeline, normally a three-year exercise,” inhuman” and “dangerously coercive.”
Mamata Banerjee slams ECI’s “unplanned, relentless workload” after second BLO death in Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condemned what she called the “unplanned, relentless workload imposed by the so-called Election Commission of India” after a...
BJP WB responds to Yusuf Pathan MP’s post on Adina Mosque visit, claims it’s a temple
A photo shared by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and former cricketer Yusuf Pathan from his visit to an ancient mosque in Malda has drawn a response from the West Bengal BJP, which claimed the structure is actually the “Adinath Temple”, sparking outrage over the saffron politician’s claims.
Kolkata’s College Street booksellers grapple with irreplaceable losses after September floodwater
Once a bustling haven for book lovers, the iconic College Street in the heart of Kolkata now bears the scars of relentless September rains....
