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Deleted despite documents: Inside West Bengal’s ‘political’ SIR

The run-up to elections in West Bengal has been anything but normal. The Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has led to the exclusion of nearly 90 lakh voters from the electoral rolls. Of these, 27 lakh were excluded after being placed “under adjudication” over “logical discrepancies” in their documents,…

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Fish, funds, and feminism: What Jadavpur University thinks of the Bengal elections

As West Bengal nears the assembly elections, Newslaundry visited Jadavpur University – a historic epicentre of student activism – to look beyond Delhi-centric narratives and capture the raw concerns of young, educated people. While the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists dominates national headlines, the students here offer a…

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Appellate tribunals or a black hole? Where the Bengal SIR goes to bury a ‘second chance’

The Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation, which houses all 19 appellate tribunals set up by the Election Commission in West Bengal, is completely restricted. CAPF and West Bengal Police guard the gates, and no one is allowed in unless the judges have formally summoned them.

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Bengal’s migrant workers caught between ‘ghuspaithiya’ politics and SIR deletions

Md Anikul Hoque, a migrant labourer from Samserganj in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, has waited through many crises. He stood in queues for food, water, and cash during demonetisation in 2016. He worked through the Covid-19 lockdown inside sealed buildings in Odisha “like a thief in a prison” waiting to…

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‘Bid to move us to Bangladesh’: At the Bengal poll booths where every second voter is gone

Gajol SK’s name was deleted from West Bengal’s voter rolls. Now he is afraid of what comes next.

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Jobs, corruption, SIR | Mahua Moitra on the Mamata mandate

With voting in West Bengal less than two weeks away, questions abound as to whether the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise will hurt the incumbent Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) chances. Concerns are mounting over the reported targeting of Muslim-dominated constituencies where the party has historically been strong. At the…

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‘We are Chitragupta of the Bengal SIR’: Meet the SABAR team tracking deleted voters

Earlier this month, a study by the Kolkata-based SABAR Institute uncovered an alarming disparity in West Bengal’s Nandigram constituency, where Muslims – who comprise 26 percent of the electorate – accounted for 95.5 percent of voter deletions across recent supplementary voter lists published by the Election Commission of India.

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A father, a beneficiary, ex-BLO: The SIR chaos queue in a Bengal district

Aftab Alam gave his primary school examination at Krishnanath School in Titagarh in 1976. He is 64 now. Today, he was back at the same school. It was not for any reunion, but to prove he has the right to vote.

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5 Revealing Clothes That Were Not Shameful for Women in Ancient India

If your waist shows, it’s “attention-seeking.” If your back is bare, it’s “too bold.” If your body simply looks feminine - curved, alive, unapologetically itself - it becomes something that needs to be controlled before it can be accepted. So you adjust. Not because you’re uncomfortable. But because you’ve been…

Times Life

‘No disease’, only ‘impediment removal’: Delhi meet flags Bengal’s 90 lakh voter deletions

Two days after the Election Commission of India released another list of deleted voters in West Bengal’s controversial special intensive revision, political activist Yogendra Yadav on Wednesday said that deletions would “critically” affect the governing Trinamool Congress in 19-25 constituencies in the upcoming assembly polls. In the 2021 state polls,…

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Amid Bengal voter roll uncertainty, activists flag ‘disproportionate’ exclusions

As West Bengal’s Chief Electoral Office prepared to publish the final supplementary voter list under the Special Intensive Revision, the Association for Protection of Civil Rights, a non-profit working on civil liberties, organised a workshop at the Press Club of India titled “Vanishing Voter Rights and Vulnerable Citizenship: Effects of…

Newslaundry

The ultimate guide to Kolkata

From the coolest cocktail bars to the chicest place to lay your head, Katrina Mirpuri uncovers the best of West Bengal’s largest city

Evening Standard

The Dhaka effect: Did the BNP’s win in Bangladesh blunt the BJP’s poll pitch in Bengal?

A few hundred people from various minority religious groups staged a demonstration in Dhaka on March 13. They alleged no end to atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh, even as a new government was democratically elected after years of turmoil.

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Churchill and Austen to be replaced by wildlife on British banknotes

TOI correspondent from London: Winston Churchill, disliked in India for his role in the 1943 Bengal famine, and Jane Austen will no longer feature on British banknotes and instead be replaced by British wildlife.

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India Was the World’s Richest Country for 1,000 Years. What Exactly Changed?

For much of recorded history, India was one of the largest economic powers in the world. This is not a cultural claim. It is supported by long term economic research. Economic historian Angus Maddison, whose global GDP reconstructions are widely cited in academic circles, estimated that: Around 1 AD, India…

Times Life

How the Mahabharata War Reshaped the Political Map of Bharat

The Mahabharata war, traditionally placed between 1500 BCE and 900 BCE depending on scholarly interpretation, marks a turning point in early Indian civilization. While historians debate its exact dating and scale, the epic and Puranic traditions preserve a memory of large-scale dynastic destruction, territorial shifts, and ecological change. The political…

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Why Indian Brides Never Skip These Bangles: 8 Regional Traditions Explained

In India, bangles are much more than mere ornaments. They hold cultural significance, spiritual blessings, and centuries of tradition. Worn during weddings, festivals, and daily rituals, bangles reflect a woman’s identity and her life journey. Each region of India has unique bangle styles, materials, and designs, from ivory and gold…

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India is targeting Bengali-speaking Muslims for expulsion to Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch warns

Rights group says expulsions show ‘disregard for due process rights, domestic guarantees and international human rights standards’

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Hafta 535: World Press Freedom Day, aftermath of Pahalgam attack

In a special episode for Press Freedom Day, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by historian and author Ramachandra Guha. The panel begins with a discussion on the history of press freedom in India. Ram reflects on the similarities and differences between 1975’s Emergency…

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Hafta letters: Islamophobia on social media, Kashmiris losing livelihood, Bengal voter demographics

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Bhaijaan ka plan, Kashmiri Pandits, Israel protest: TV spin to Murshidabad violence

After being hit by violent protests last week over the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Act, Murshidabad in West Bengal is gradually limping back to normalcy. More than 200 have been arrested so far over the violence that claimed three lives.

Dynamite News

Bangladeshi Infiltrators Behind Murshidabad Riots? Shocking Intel Reveals TMC Link!

Bangladeshi Miscreants Allegedly Involved in West Bengal’s Murshidabad Violence. Read more at Dynamite News.

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West Bengal Unrest: 3 Killed, 138 arrested in Anti-Waqf law protests in state

The Calcutta High Court ordered immediate deployment of Central forces to bring the situation under control. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Great Bengal Paradox: Protesting a Law That Won't Apply

West Bengal erupts in violent clashes over Centre's Waqf amendments. Paradoxically, protests rage even as CM Mamata Banerjee declares the law won't be implemented in state, exposing political tensions.

Dynamite News

Haryana, MP and Odisha win their matches in national women's hockey championship

Haryana defeated Manipur 7-1 in a one-side match, Odisha edged out Bengal 1-0, and Madhya Pradesh got the better of Maharashtra 2-0. Read further on Dynamite News:

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