• The Federal
    Samir K Purkayastha
    About the AuthorSamir K Purkayastha
      MLAs flooded with SOS calls as stranded workers cry for help
      West Bengal

      MLAs flooded with SOS calls as stranded workers cry for help

      27 March 2020 12:00 AM IST
      West Bengal, Lockdown, Unlock-1, coronavirus, COVID-19, Mamata Banerjee
      COVID-19

      Micromanaging is Mamata’s new mantra to mitigate COVID-19 crisis

      26 March 2020 6:54 PM IST
      blood bags
      COVID-19

      COVID-19 restrictions lead to acute shortage of blood in West Bengal

      25 March 2020 11:45 AM IST
      COVID-19: In uncertain times, financial support sought for unorganised workers
      West Bengal

      COVID-19: In uncertain times, financial support sought for unorganised workers

      24 March 2020 11:40 AM IST
      Nursing home sealed as doctors flout quarantine norms in Bengal
      News

      Nursing home sealed as doctors flout quarantine norms in Bengal

      22 March 2020 11:08 PM IST
      coronavirus
      COVID-19

      With third COVID-19 case, Bengal begins tracking foreigners in state

      22 March 2020 1:46 AM IST
      COVID-19 scare spurs local vigilantism and paranoia among people
      News

      COVID-19 scare spurs local vigilantism and paranoia among people

      21 March 2020 3:23 PM IST
      coronavirus
      COVID-19

      Lapses in tracking virus carriers expose Bengal to COVID-19 risk

      21 March 2020 1:30 AM IST
      Man who fled from quarantine facility in Kerala tracked down in Assam
      COVID-19

      Man who fled from quarantine facility in Kerala tracked down in Assam

      20 March 2020 2:59 AM IST
      Two fall ill as Bengal BJPs cow-urine cure creates health hazard
      West Bengal

      Two fall ill as Bengal BJP's cow-urine cure creates health hazard

      19 March 2020 12:59 AM IST
      In times of NRC, CAA, ‘CPM’ clings on to new name, not namesake for safety
      West Bengal

      In times of NRC, CAA, ‘CPM’ clings on to new name, not namesake for safety

      18 March 2020 9:14 PM IST
      Bangladesh Polarisation India Pakistan
      The Eighth Column

      CAA, NRC: BJP's 'Bangladeshi termites' rant is now gnawing at India-Bangla ties

      17 March 2020 12:29 PM IST
      Mamata Banerjee West Bengal Chief Minister Trinamool Congress
      West Bengal

      COVID-19: West Bengal civic polls deferred, but parties continue campaign

      17 March 2020 1:52 AM IST
      tea, tea growers, output, coronavirus, COVID-19, Lockdown
      Business

      Coronavirus scare sends tea industry looking for greener pastures

      16 March 2020 11:40 AM IST
      Maoists, Chhattisgarh
      Chhattisgarh

      Chhattisgarh’s tribal outreach pushes Maoists to MP's Amarkantak

      15 March 2020 11:45 AM IST
      Jayanta Naskar
      West Bengal

      Death threat prompts West Bengal MLA to get his statues made

      14 March 2020 2:50 AM IST
      Mamata Banerjee CAA BJP
      West Bengal

      BJP not to give up on politics of polarisation in Bengal

      12 March 2020 11:14 PM IST
      CAA Shillong violence Meghalaya
      The Eighth Column

      Meghalaya: How CAA reignited the ethnic cauldron

      9 March 2020 12:29 PM IST
      Arunachal Pradesh, Religion, Hindu, Christian
      The Eighth Column

      The divine truth behind 'Hinduisation' of tribes in Arunachal

      25 Feb 2020 12:29 PM IST
      Why Kejriwal’s triumph in Delhi is good news for Mamata
      West Bengal

      Why Kejriwal’s triumph in Delhi is good news for Mamata

      12 Feb 2020 11:26 PM IST
      AAP
      Delhi election 2020

      AAP sweeps off BJP’s agenda of polaristion to complete hat-trick

      11 Feb 2020 9:48 PM IST
      Madrasah
      West Bengal

      New lessons: How a Bengal madrasah is a niche for Hindu students

      11 Feb 2020 12:11 AM IST
      Mobile apps, QR codes to aid voters as Delhi polls go hi-tech
      News

      Mobile apps, QR codes to aid voters as Delhi polls go hi-tech

      8 Feb 2020 3:24 PM IST
      BJP RSS Amit Shah Delhi election
      The Eighth Column

      How RSS election specialists fanned out on ground zero for BJP campaign

      7 Feb 2020 5:30 AM IST
      No land’s men: Muslim migrants from Assam, WB, live in fear, stigma
      News

      No land’s men: Muslim migrants from Assam, WB, live in fear, stigma

      7 Feb 2020 5:30 AM IST
      Chinks that AAP is concealing in its health, education armoury
      Delhi

      Chinks that AAP is concealing in its health, education armoury

      5 Feb 2020 6:57 PM IST
      Shaheen Bagh, Delhi elections, campaign, BJP, AAP, CAA, Citizenship Amendment Act, protests, women, children
      News

      Delhi polls: BJP focuses on Shaheen Bagh, AAP stands by development

      4 Feb 2020 10:45 PM IST
      Delhi elections, Citizenship Law, Anti-CAA protests, Arvind Kejriwal, BJP, AAP, Manoj Tiwari, Shaheen Bagh protests
      Analysis

      Communal, class narratives hold key to Delhi election

      2 Feb 2020 7:06 PM IST
      Why is Kejriwal not taking a stand on Shaheen Bagh
      Delhi

      Why is Kejriwal not taking a stand on Shaheen Bagh

      30 Jan 2020 8:27 PM IST
      Ramakrishna Mission and Math Belur BJP
      The Eighth Column

      Belur caught between philosophy and pragmatism as BJP pushes Hindutva in Bengal

      21 Jan 2020 12:29 PM IST
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