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.
West Bengal police have arrested another Trinamul Congress (TMC) worker in connection with the recent killing of party leader Rezzaq Khan in Bhangar, South 24-Parganas district, taking the total number of arrests in the case to four.
Trinamul Congress government in West Bengal is trying to use the Anti-Waqf Bill to save face from the job losses of 26,000 school teachers in the state, said Naushad Siddiqui, sole MLA from Bhangar constituency of the Indian Secular Front (ISF).
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) is set to contest the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections with a renewed focus on rural struggles, highlighting issues such as unemployment, low crop prices, and the migrant labour crisis.
Some unknown miscreants allegedly backed by Indian Secular Front (ISF) set fire to a party office of ruling Trinamul Congress at Chaltaberia in Bhangar of South 24 Parganas district at a time
The family of a lynched youth has not received the victim's post-mortem report, even though 37 days have passed.
