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Fifteen Years Later (Part 2)

If Lord Rama was banished for a period of fourteen years, His ardent devotees, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has had to wait fifteen years to capture power in West Bengal.

Suvendu Adhikari speaks to reporters during West Bengal election counting day

BJP leaders in Siliguri put on alert after Adhikari aide’s murder

Following the sensational murder of a close aide of senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, the Siliguri Police Commissionerate has reportedly issued security advisories to several BJP leaders and functionaries considered close to the party’s senior leadership.

Major ER projects set to speed up after regime change

For years, critical infrastructure projects intended to make train travel safer and faster for the people of West Bengal were stalled due to a persistent lack of cooperation from the outgoing state government.

Don’t move back to Writers’

The reported plan of the new BJP government in West Bengal to shift the state secretariat back to the Writers’ Building in BBD Bagh from Nabanna, may be presented as a pragmatic step and a return to heritage.

Bengal craves for positivity

When the TMC government go t electorally ambushed on 4 May 2026, the focus could have immediately shifted to the immense potential that the newly installed government had in terms of meeting the aspirations of the populace in areas of income, employment and commercial endeavours.

Endgame Signals

For the first time since the Ukraine war began, Moscow appears to be preparing its public not for escalation, but for transition. President Vladimir Putin’s recent suggestion that the conflict may be “coming to an end” was not a peace declaration.

‘Thalapathy’ Takes Charge: TVK chief Vijay sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Dravidian Disruption

Tamil Nadu has not merely elected a new chief minister. It has broken a political structure that appeared immovable for nearly six decades.