In Bhangar, life goes on as ballots and bombs dominate the psyche
A few kilometres past the city limits along the Basanti Highway, a modest tea stall with tinned roof offers a telling snapshot of Bhangar’s political reality.
A few kilometres past the city limits along the Basanti Highway, a modest tea stall with tinned roof offers a telling snapshot of Bhangar’s political reality.
Union minister of state for education Sukanta Majumdar asked whether there was any connection between a Trinamul minority cell leader and Mofakkerul Islam, who was arrested in connection with the incident.
Ending days of speculation, the Indian Secular Front (ISF) on Monday announced its first list of 23 candidates for the Assembly elections, springing several surprises and setting the stage for high-voltage contests in South 24-Parganas.
ISF chairman Nausad Siddique said the agreement was reached after multiple rounds of discussions and exchange of letters with Left leaders at Alimuddin Street, the CPI-M headquarters.
With Assembly elections round the corner, uncertainty continues to cloud the prospects of an electoral understanding between the Left Front and the Indian Secular Front (ISF) in West Bengal.
Indian Secular Front (ISF) chief and Bhangar MLA Naushad Siddique on Wednesday strongly advocated an immediate alliance of the Left Front, Congress and the ISF in West Bengal, asserting that only such a united front could effectively challenge what he described as the “binary politics” of the Trinamul Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The Indian Secular Front (ISF) may field candidates in at least seven Assembly constituencies in East Burdwan in the 2026 Assembly elections, the party’s reconstituted district committee said today.
Political uncertainty within Bengal’s Opposition deepened on Friday after ISF MLA Naushad Siddiqui revealed that he had not received any response from the Left Front chairman regarding his proposal for an alliance ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls.
As many as 84 Indian Secular Front (ISF) members, including its MLA Nawsad Siddique were granted bail on Thursday, a day after their arrest for staging a protest in Kolkata.
Protests erupted in central Kolkata on Wednesday as the Indian Secular Front (ISF) staged a demonstration against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the amended Waqf Act.
