Tag: West Bengal
Basirhat riot not a freak disturbance
By Swapan Dasgupta
Offensive or even ‘blasphemous’ postings on social media is a familiar problem the world over. India too has had its share of...
West Bengal communal violence: Old habit of appeasement, petty politics has...
As a traveller proceeds on the Taki road, from Kolkata to Ghojadanga post on the Indo-Bangladesh border, after travelling for 50 km on the...
West Bengal communal violence: BJP, Left, Congress leaders denied entry into...
The Bhartiya Janata Party, Left and Congress leaders were on Friday stopped from entering Baduria and Basirhat towns of West Bengal as the situation...
Stabbed RSS Activist Succumbs to Injuries, Tensions Mount in Basirhat, West...
A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist, who was stabbed by an unruly mob on Wednesday evening, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in...
#NotInMyName a vulgar protest sponsored by the secular brigade
The same people who were at the forefront of “Award Vapasi” and protesting attacks on Churches are now running their sponsored vulgar show #NotInMyName....
Mamata Banerjee’s Appeasement Policies Have Created Real Danger In West Bengal
Bengal is sitting on a tinder box. According to those who follow the news emanating from the state, it appears on the brink of...
Baduria communal clashes Updates: Army deployed in North 24 Parganas after...
Baduria, Basirhat, West Bengal riots LIVE Updates: Situation is tense in Baduria, which falls in Basirhat in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal,...
Islamist mobs communal violence at Baduria, Basirhat in West Bengal
The arrest of the boy who allegedly posted the offensive message on Facebook failed to assuage the Islamists. They demanded the police hand him...
Mamata Appoints Muslim Fanatic as Head of Tarakeshwar Temple Board
West Bengal chief minister has landed herself in yet another controversy after she appointed her close aide and Bengal Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim...
Court stays state notice to shut RSS-inspired Vidya Bharati schools in...
Calcutta high court has imposed an interim stay on the notice issued to a RSS-run school in North Dinajpur asking it to close down.
The...
Muslim Rastriya Manch may adopt kids of talaq victims
The Muslim Rastriya Manch national executive committee will discuss a proposal for adopting minor children of Muslim women divorced through triple talaq.
MRM is a...
Hindutva before Savarkar: Chandranath Basu’s contribution
“Hindutva,” as both term and concept, is usually identified with VD Savarkar (1883-1966). His 1923 essay, originally titled, “Essentials of Hindutva” and retitled, “Hindutva:...
The Hindu nationalist tradition is not alien to West Bengal
In the long and acrimonious run-up to the 2014 general election, there were political analysts who discounted the possibility of the Bharatiya Janata Party...
Ram Navami Triggers A Saffron Surge In Bengal
The clock, it seems, has turned a full circle in Bengal. And Ram Navami has, once again, become the lighting rod for oppressed Hindus...
Hindu organisations plan mega celebrations of Ram Navami in West Bengal
Several Hindu organisations in the West Bengal have decided to celebrate the festival of Sri Ram Navami (birth of Lord Sri Rama) in a...
