As Corona scare grips India, West Bengal health dept steps up vigil in district hospitals and quarantine foreigners

Kolkata 28 January : After the death of a 32-year old Thai national on Monday at a private hospital in Kolkata and a patient admitted with suspected case of... Read more »

Únloved’ and defeated in Hills, Mamata faces real acid test in N Bengal, confident BJP accuses TMC of ignoring land rights, Didi tries to win confidence with anti-CAA stance 

Kolkata 24 Jan :  Ahead of the municipal elections in Bengal in April, the BJP is leaving no stone unturned to corner the TMC, which doesn’t have much popularity in... Read more »

BJP keeps it ugly, back-mouths Opposition as strategy to stay relevant in Bengal politics

Kolkata 20 January : In a true tradition of back-mouthing and giving it back to the Opposition in their own terms, the BJP has now started making  a series of... Read more »

With battle for municipalities about to begin, BJP aims to clear doubts on CAA, TMC harping on anti CAA , anti NRC and anti NPR to please voters, Cong, CPM calls it eye wash

Kolkata 15 Jan:  With the municipal elections for 110 municipalities likely  to be held in second week of April in West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress has already decided... Read more »

As Kolkata resents Modi, PM invokes Gandhi to defend CAA, says Mahatma favored granting citizenship to persecuted minorities in Pak

Kolkata 12 Jan: In an effort to dilute Opposition criticism of CAA , which  discriminates people on the basis of religion and is against the secular character of the Constitution... Read more »

As Kolkata reverberates with ‘Go Back Modi’, Mamata meets PM, later joins anti-CAA protests against Centre

Kolkata 11 January : Even as the city remained under tight security on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting her amidst the anti-CAA protests, and the much anticipated... Read more »

Mamata boycotts Sonia Gandhi’s anti CAA convention; Is Didi rekindling the old Modi-Didi understanding?

Kolkata 9 JAN: Reawakening the age old Modi Didi understanding ,and much to everyone’s surprise, given her vehement protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) and NRC, West Bengal chief... Read more »

Bharat Bandh : Bengal caught in same pitched battle of violence and slugfest between TMC and other Opposition parties

Kolkata 8 January: The 24-hour Bharat Bandh called by 10 trade unions on Wednesday did not go peaceful in West Bengal and was marred by sporadic incidents of violence... Read more »

Modi is Pakistan’s ambassador, says Mamata as she asks all to unite for ‘second freedom struggle’

Kolkata 3 Jan: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi  claimed at a rally in Tumakuru, Karnataka that Congress and its allies never speak against Pakistan, but take out... Read more »

TMC govt tries distancing itself from Popular Front of India(PFI), after organisation allegedly put TMC MP’s name in anti-CAA protest posters

Kolkata 2 January: After Uttar Pradesh government recently sought a ban on the Islamic organisation Popular Front of India(PFI) for their alleged involvement in violence across the state during... Read more »