The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sharply attacked the West Bengal government after the reported gang rape of a medical student in Paschim Bardhaman district. Party leaders accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s administration of turning the state into a “safe haven for rapists” and

West Bengal has just pulled off a masterstroke in political economics: it revoked every industrial incentive given since 1993 with one sweeping law, and then doubled down on doling out welfare schemes worth more than its own revenue. The message is loud and clear — capitalists can take the exit door while welfare politics gets […]

I watched The Bengal Files with the expectation that it would shed light on one of the darkest yet least remembered chapters of Indian history, but what unfolded on screen was an absolute disappointment. The movie is all over the place. Instead of focusing on the core subject with sensitivity and depth, the filmmakers reduced […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a rally in Kolkata’s Dum Dum area on August 22, 2025, accused the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) of enabling infiltration in West Bengal. He claimed that illegal entrants were “changing the demography” and taking away opportunities from local youth. Modi urged people to vote for the BJP, saying that a […]