Don’t look to the #SC to fix the takeover of ECI, writes Samar Halarnkar. It allowed the SIR to proceed knowing millions could lose their constitutional right to vote. On 26 Sept, declining an urgent hearing ahead of 2 #WestBengal’s bypolls, the CJI said, “These are only bye-elections”

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On the shifting sand-bar islands in #WestBengal’s Murshidabad, life depends not on the river’s rhythm but on a soldier’s mood. The fluid borders erode rights & lives—especially of #Muslim farmers—with every flood & checkpoint, writes Panchali Ray

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Later in the day, orders prohibiting public gatherings were imposed in the area. #WestBengal’s Home Secretary Nandini Chakraborty also issued orders to suspend the internet in Jangipur till 6 pm on April 11.

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“What has happened is unconstitutional,” chairman of #WestBengal’s Migrant Welfare Board Samirul Islam said.

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"They are Indian citizens and residents of Bengal. They have gone to #Odisha for work. But they have been detained and labelled Bangaldeshis."

Who is a “goonda”?

Under #WestBengal's new law, anyone “generally reputed to be desperate and dangerous” can face extraordinary state action—a phrase that echoes a 1923 colonial law & one the #SupremeCourt has long viewed with suspicion, writes Jhuma Sen

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Three people died after crude bombs exploded inside a house at Sagarpara police station in #WestBengal’s Murshidabad district. The explosion occurred at Khairtala area of Sagarpara on Sunday night in the house of Mamun Mollah.
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Across #WestBengal’s border districts, anxious residents—the majority Muslim—are racing to fix errors on voter IDs, Aadhaar & birth certificates, as migrant crackdowns & voter roll revisions threaten to strip them of rights & citizenship

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Allegations of low-quality, substandard & contaminated medicines have dogged #WestBengal’s state health system, with mothers sickening & dying in govt hospitals, reports @aroonimakar.bsky.social, at a time when inequality is rising, job opportunities falling

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Along the #Indo-Bangladesh border, #childhood is shaped by #fear and #stigma. From #WestBengal's #borderlands, I report on #loss, #securitisation and how it impacts #earlychildhood for Unbias The News. Edited by @tinaleeinberlin.bsky.social. The story: unbiasthenews.org/growing-up-t...

Speaking at a rally in Islampur in #WestBengal’s Malda district, #NitinNabin claimed that the model will be implemented “wherever these foreigners are eating into the rights of our own citizens”.

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The bench was hearing a petition by #WestBengal's Trinamool Congress government against an order of the Calcutta High Court quashing the classification of 77 communities, a majority of them Muslim, under the OBC category.

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At present,#WestBengal’s total voter count stands at 6 crore 82 lakh 51 thousand and eight.

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Supreme Court clears path for #WestBengal's MG-NREGS to restart after 3.5 yrs! 🏛️ SC dismissed Centre's plea vs Calcutta HC order to resume the rural employment scheme. #MGNREGS #RuralDevelopment #IndiaLaw

From #Kerala's Rs 4,840-crore gender budget to #Assam's Orunodoi scheme & #WestBengal's Lakshmir Bhandar, parties are increasingly targeting women with cash transfers, welfare & public services.

Women are voting in record numbers, but men hog the benefits

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With #WestBengal's electoral rolls days from finalisation, 2 million voters are blocked—in unprecedented fashion—from voting because the #SupremeCourt has allowed the chaotic revision to continue beyond voting day. Kavitha Iyer reports

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“To access land, you clean, fetch water, cut grass. Or get denied”

At BSF checkpoints in #WestBengal’s Ganga-Padma delta on #Bangladesh border, farmers, majority #Muslim, plead for permission to work in their own fields, writes Panchali Ray

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For generations, #Muslims living on sand bars in #WestBengal’s Ganga-Padma delta moved with eroding land. Today, movement invites suspicion. Farmers must prove citizenship, endure humiliation to reach their own land, writes Panchali Ray

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