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1 week ago | 
thequint.com | Joymala Bagchi |Aakriti Handa
"Why are we in this situation? Who is responsible for the consequences we are facing? This is certainly not our fault, so why are we being made to suffer due to the state government's tainted mechanism? What about our families?” These concerns were echoed by hundreds of teachers, who have taken to the streets in Kolkata, West Bengal after the Supreme terminated their jobs in government-run and government-aided schools.
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Aug 17, 2024 | 
thewire.in | Joymala Bagchi
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Joymala Bagchi
“Elections are held time and again, but despite being Indians, we continue to stay on the other side of the barbed wire fence,” says 80-year-old Ajit Prabhu, resident of Chor Meghna, a hamlet in West Bengal’s Nadia district, on the India-Bangladesh border. About 750 people living in the hamlet are compelled to carry their Aadhaar or voter identification cards all the time. “Nothing is more important than our identity card; if not for it, we won’t be able to even enter our village,” Prabhu says.
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Mar 31, 2024 | 
indiaspend.com | Joymala Bagchi Loading.. |Joymala Bagchi
Nadia, West Bengal: “Elections are held time and again, but despite being Indians, we continue to stay on the other side of the barbed wire fence,” says 80-year-old Ajit Prabhu, resident of Chor Meghna, a hamlet in West Bengal’s Nadia district, on the India-Bangladesh border. About 750 people living in the hamlet are compelled to carry their Aadhaar or voter identification cards all the time.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
india.mongabay.com | Joymala Bagchi
An annual fair of broken goods espouses the principles of circular economy by recycling and reusing trash. The centuries-old tradition is more organised in recent times with government intervention allowing a designated location and stalls for sellers that need to be purchased for a nominal fee. Sellers say the fair has undergone many changes with rare antique items being most popular, fetching maximum profit.
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Dec 24, 2023 | 
newindian.in | Joymala Bagchi
KOLKATA: India has reported 628 new COVID-19 cases in a single day taking the overall toll in new cases to over 4,000, on Monday. According to the Union Health Ministry, the figure has now reached 4,50,09,248 total coronavirus infections in the country. With the new variant slowly grappling the country, the ministry is now keeping a close watch on the situation, however, experts have said that the situation is not concerning.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
newindian.in | Joymala Bagchi
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee proposed that out of the total 545 Lok Sabha seats, Congress should contest from 300. According to a party source, Banerjee has suggested that the other INDIA bloc members would contest from the other 245. FLASH: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi remarked that the Centre does not understand the youth and believes that they are fine with them giving money to “Adani”, at the #INDIAlliance protest at Jantar Mantar on Friday.
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
newindian.in | Joymala Bagchi
KOLKATA: With the 2024 Lok Sabha elections set to go underway, the INDIA Opposition alliance set a deadline of December 31, on Tuesday, to finalise seat-sharing talksTrinamool Congress sources have confirmed the deadline date for seat-sharing. “TMC along with many INDIA parties, sets the deadline of 31 December 2023, to complete all seat-sharing talks,” said the source. The decision was taken at the fourth meeting of the Opposition bloc to propel the campaign prior to the general elections.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
newindian.in | Joymala Bagchi
KOLKATA: As the Health Ministry goes on the back foot regarding the resurgence of coronavirus once more in the country, sent an advisory to all the states, on Monday. Sudhansh Pant, Union Health Secretary, sent the letter, highlighting the need for maintaining a state of constant vigil over the COVID-19 situation. “Centre is issuing the advisory to States given a recent upsurge in COVID-19 cases and detection of the first case of JN.1 variant in India,” said the notice.
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Dec 16, 2023 | 
newindian.in | Joymala Bagchi
KOLKATA: The Union Health Ministry confirmed the presence of COVID subvariant JN-1 as Kerala reported its first case after the pandemic on Saturday. The first case was reported following the routine survey conducted by the INSACOG, the health unit set up post-pandemic to study and monitor genome sequencing in the country.
