Sanjeev Sanyal as WhatsApp uncle: Blaming Bengalis and UPSC aspirants
It is a bit rich that one of the principal economists in the government of India is literally victim-blaming the drivers of the much-touted demographic dividend, writes Aakash Joshi.
In Search Of A Better Future, Women From Bangladesh End Up Criminalised & In Indian Jails
Two hundred seventy-one under-trial foreign women and eighty-seven convicted foreign women, mostly Bangladeshis, are housed in prisons in West Bengal, accused of illegally crossing the borders and entering India.
Sandeshkhali protest is not TMC vs BJP. It’s the arrival of SC, ST women to the mainstream
The protest by the SC/ST women should be seen as a radical arrival of the periphery to the mainstream. However, they are yet to shake the conscience of privileged urban bhadralok spaces.
‘Love Affair’ to ‘Outsider Conspiracy’: TMC's Controversial Takes on Sexual Harassment Allegations
Sandeshkhali is not the first instance when Trinamool Congress leaders have made controversial statements regarding sexual assault cases. They follow a pattern often set by the chief minister herself. Joydeep Sarkar writes.
Tripura Govt Suspends Chief Wildlife Warden Over Akbar-Sita Row: Report
The move comes after the Kolkata high court asked why the pair of lions had been named Akbar and Sita, to cause 'controversy', after the Vishwa Hindu Parishad filed a petition regarding this on February 16.
Basically, they are being deprived of their right to education & health. A report prepared on the #children of #SexWorkers in several brothels in the state revealed the fact of deprivation of rights.
The report will be submitted to the #UnitedNations soon.
Systemic Sexual Assault, an Oppressive TMC and Not Much Recourse: What Sandeshkhali Villagers Say
Allegations of horrific abuse and a system where total control is exercised by local TMC leaders have put this Bengal village on the national news radar.
VHP Moves Calcutta High Court Over Lioness Named 'Sita' Being Housed With Lion Named 'Akbar' At Siliguri Safari Park
The Bengal wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has moved the Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri, challenging the forest department's move to allegedly keep a lion named 'Akbar' with a lioness named 'Sita' in the same enclosure at Siliguri's Safari park.
Unable to link his Aadhaar with govt ration scheme, 58-yr-old dies of starvation: Tea workers’ association
“Despite numerous Duare Sarkar camps, the couple did not receive benefits from the state Government schemes like Tapashili Bandhu or Lakshmi Bhandar,” he said.
3-Year-Old Supreme Court Orders Restricting Internet Outages Is Ignored In India, World’s Leading Offender
Three years ago, the Supreme Court severely restricted State power to shut down the Internet. Yet, in Manipur, a 5,000-hour Internet shutdown was the world’s longest in 2023, the year India also lost more than half a billion dollars due to such outages, according to two new reports.
The paper illustrates dynamics of nuclear resistance movements in India and how people’s power rises in response to subversion of justice and suppression of human rights....
How a Calendar Exposed the Falling Standards of an IIT
Relying on a baffling mixture of symbols and images, the 2024 calendar claiming to be published by IIT-Kharagpur wrongly propagates that Vedic Aryans were indigenous to the Indus Valley region, and supports 'out-of-India' migration against all evidence. C.P. Rajendran writes.
BJP National Secretary Sacked After Accusing Party Members in West Bengal of Irregularities
The developments in West Bengal come against the backdrop of turmoil in the BJP’s Karnataka unit, which is also facing allegations of corruption from within.
A Decade After the West Bengal Chit Fund Scam, Victims Await Justice and Suffer in Silence
Despite investigations, the total amount lost by investors is still unknown but is estimated to be over Rs 30,000 crore for the Saradha and Rose Valley scams alone.
Every year when the water is low and/or moving slowly, a photochemical reaction creates a moss-like structure. While these algae make the water unsuitable for consumption by humans, it supports bacteria that can be beneficial to aqueous flora and fauna.
CAA rules to be framed by March 2024, says Union Minister
Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra seeks to allay fears of Bengal’s Matua community over the delay in framing rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act.
At Visva-Bharati University, Neglect Marks Multiple Allegations of Sexual Harassment Against Faculty
The university has seen numerous show-cause notices and suspension orders issued to students and teachers since controversial V-C Bidyut Chakrabarty assumed his position in November 2018.
Nuclear Resistance Movements in India (doi.org)
The paper illustrates dynamics of nuclear resistance movements in India and how people’s power rises in response to subversion of justice and suppression of human rights....