Against the backdrop of the Ganges in high tide at a riverside dhaba in Diamond Harbour, three Muslim residents were taking in the cool, strong wind and chatting about politics. I butted in ...

A school teacher who lost her brother three years back has started a scholarship for students from financially deprived homes in his name. The scholarship, Joydeep Roy Memorial Award, was handed over...

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In an election campaign largely woven around identities such as religion, caste, culture and ethnicity, Cyclone Amphan takes centrestage in the storm-torn coastal South 24-Parganas. Sources said the ...

Residents in Sunderbans’ Sahebkhali panchayat and East Midnapore’s Sonachura panchayat under Nandigram constituency have decided not to cast their votes in the Assembly elections to protes...

Age: 42 Profession: Cook Lockdown and beyond: I left for my district home in Duttaphulia, on Nadia-North 24 Parganas border, immediately on hearing of the lockdown announcement. My son is studying i...

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BJP sources said to speak on Amphan was a strategic choice of Shah since he was addressing a Muslim-dominated, cyclone-prone electorate. Shah’s words showed how desperate he was to make inroads ...