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    Samir K Purkayastha
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      Poll verdict: BJP juggernaut rolls on in North-East, Congress decline continues
      North East

      Poll verdict: BJP juggernaut rolls on in North-East, Congress decline continues

      3 March 2023 1:27 AM IST
      Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal, TMC
      West Bengal

      West Bengal: Sagardighi bypoll result sets alarm bells ringing for TMC

      2 March 2023 9:45 PM IST
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      West Bengal

      Adenovirus: Bengal approaching crisis as 5 more children die of infections

      1 March 2023 12:00 PM IST
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      Assembly Elections 2023

      Meghalaya, Nagaland vote today; small players may upset applecart of main parties

      27 Feb 2023 12:00 PM IST
      Cherrapunji water problems
      North East

      Less rain, empty promises: Cherrapunji, once wettest place, struggles with water woes

      26 Feb 2023 12:00 PM IST
      150 years on, Kolkata’s tram is trundling into oblivion – or not
      The Eighth Column

      150 years on, Kolkata’s tram is trundling into oblivion – or not

      24 Feb 2023 1:15 PM IST
      Rahul Gandhi Speaker
      North East

      A Gandhi at last: Rahul's poll rally perks up Meghalaya Congress

      22 Feb 2023 12:00 PM IST
      Why women entering politics ‘hurt the pride of men’ in Nagaland
      The Eighth Column

      Why women entering politics ‘hurt the pride of men’ in Nagaland

      22 Feb 2023 12:00 PM IST
      Amit Shah,BJP
      News

      Meghalaya polls: Allies or foes? Bizarre political games unfold in state

      18 Feb 2023 5:44 PM IST
      Chandrima Bhattacharya, West Bengal budget 2023
      West Bengal

      West Bengal budget gives priority to political exigency over economic reality

      16 Feb 2023 12:11 AM IST
      A man arrested by Assam police in Dispur as part of a crackdown on child marriages.
      Analysis

      Child marriages: Assam crackdown attacks the symptom, ignores the problem

      9 Feb 2023 12:00 PM IST
      Abhishek Banerjee-TMC
      West Bengal

      Violence rears its head again in Bengal ahead of panchayat polls

      8 Feb 2023 12:00 PM IST
      From Battle of Verandah to gallows: How Alipore Independence Museum has frozen the frame on history
      The Eighth Column

      From Battle of Verandah to gallows: How Alipore Independence Museum has frozen the frame on history

      3 Feb 2023 12:00 PM IST
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      West Bengal

      Amid Governor’s bonhomie with CM, BJP will have to directly take on TMC  

      3 Feb 2023 12:00 PM IST
      Poll violence in Tripura, 2023 Tripura assembly elections
      North East

      Surge in political violence: Is Tripura going the West Bengal way?

      1 Feb 2023 12:00 PM IST
      Pathaan
      Entertainment

      Regional films get 'stifled' as Pathaan storms its way to all screens

      28 Jan 2023 1:40 PM IST
      CPI(M) pins hopes on veteran Manik Sarkar to revive fortunes in Tripura
      North East

      Why 4-time Tripura CM Manik Sarkar is an outlier in Indian politics

      27 Jan 2023 12:00 PM IST
      Neiphiu Rio, Nagaland, Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act 2023
      North East

      Ahead of polls, discontent over seat-sharing simmers in Nagaland BJP

      26 Jan 2023 12:00 PM IST
      The Kerala Story, Bengal government bans the film
      North East

      North-East: TMC banks on identity, Sangma and sops to win polls

      24 Jan 2023 12:00 PM IST
      Tripura Elections, TIPRA Motha, Manikya Debbarma, BJP. Congress, Left Front, IPFT
      North East

      Tripura assembly poll: Parties vie for support of ‘tribal messiah’

      20 Jan 2023 12:28 PM IST
      Kamtapur KLO Frontier Nagaland BJP ethnic-identity-based politics
      North East

      As poll season approaches, BJP turns gaze to ethnic faultlines in East

      17 Jan 2023 12:00 PM IST
      Mamata Banerjee
      West Bengal

      Amid graft charges, TMC seeks image makeover with outreach drive

      14 Jan 2023 12:00 PM IST
      In photos: Why Gangasagar Mela is teeming with people wanting to tag along the cow’s tail
      The Eighth Column

      In photos: Why Gangasagar Mela is teeming with people wanting to tag along the cow’s tail

      12 Jan 2023 12:00 PM IST
      Nagaland, gender parity
      North East

      BJP’s anti-conversion plank can prove costly in Christian-majority NE states

      9 Jan 2023 12:00 PM IST
      Most popular Vande Bharat Express
      West Bengal

      Vande Bharat stone-pelting: How TMC-BJP tussle has flared up

      7 Jan 2023 12:00 PM IST
      modi nadda shah
      West Bengal

      Mission 2024: BJP’s triumvirate to lead campaign blitzkrieg in Bengal

      5 Jan 2023 12:00 PM IST
      BJP In northeast
      North East

      Regionalism in N-E faces threat from BJP, Congress' political realignments

      31 Dec 2022 12:00 PM IST
      Tipu Munshi and Piyush Goyal
      News

      North-East pins hope on free trade with Bangladesh to boost its economy

      23 Dec 2022 3:10 PM IST
      West Bengal Muslims
      West Bengal

      Bengal: BJP goes for minority outreach, but has to quell murmurs within party

      22 Dec 2022 12:00 PM IST
      BBIN initiative, India-Bhutan rail link, Chinese incursion
      News

      To Bhutan by rail: India seeks to boost border ties, counter China’s LAC plans

      17 Dec 2022 12:00 PM IST
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