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West Bengal: TMC MLA Humayun Kabir threatens bloodshed over ‘Babri masjid’ construction, openly gloats about demographic change by Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
"If our 100 people die during this campaign, we will ensure that 500 from the other side are killed. This is our challenge," the TMC MLA continued.
Crime

West Bengal: Police nab 12 illegal Bangladeshis from Muslim-dominated Murshidabad, local resident Saber Ali found sheltering them

OpIndia Staff -
BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari, accused the TMC government in the state of harbouring illegal Bangladesh nationals and using them as its vote bank.
Crime

West Bengal: Man claims Mahabur from Bangladesh made fake voter ID to pose as his son, seeks help from ECI to deport the accused

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Meanwhile, Basirhat district BJP president Sukalyan Vaidya claimed that Ziad Ali Dafadar repeatedly complained against Mahabur Dafadar to the BLO in 2022 and 2024 and demanded removal of the accused's name from the electoral rolls.
News Reports

Global recognition for Durga Puja, medical visas and more: While Modi govt helped boost tourism in West Bengal, CM Mamata Banerjee is busy hogging...

रुपम -
It is due to the efforts of the Modi government that, in December 2021, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) recognised Kolkata's Durga Puja as part of the "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity." It was recognised as the "finest example of the fusion of religion and art."
Crime

West Bengal: TMC goon Mohammed Kasimuddin brutally attacks husband of BLO amid SIR of electoral rolls

OpIndia Staff -
The ongoing Special Intensive Revision exercise in West Bengal is facing many hurdles as a result of the ruling TMC's open opposition to the...
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Drastic rise in voter numbers along border districts of West Bengal, TMC blames it on ‘Hindu refugees from Bangladesh’

OpIndia Staff -
Out of the 10 districts in the state which have experienced the alarming rise in the number of voters, 9 districts border Bangladesh.
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Ahead of West Bengal election, TMC MLA Humayun Kabir announces laying of foundation stone for ‘Babri masjid’ in Muslim-dominated Murshidabad

OpIndia Staff -
OpIndia had reported in November last year how a Muslim mob unleashed attacks on Hindu homes over alleged ‘blasphemy.’
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UIDAI punctures Saket Gokhale’s ‘Vote Chori’ hoax: West Bengal government’s own death records led to Aadhaar deactivations

OpIndia Staff -
Issuing a firm rebuttal to TMC MP Saket Gokhale, UIDAI said the Aadhaar deactivations stemmed directly from death records supplied by the West Bengal state government itself, not from any internal fabrication or political maneuvering.
Opinions

The manufactured outrage over Amar Sonar Bangla shows how Bengal’s cultural icons have become convenient shields for Mamata’s political insecurities

Dr. Prosenjit Nath -
The Amar Sonar Bangla controversy is not about Tagore, not about culture, not about pride; it is about a ruling party that has mastered emotional distraction
News Reports

SIR heat triggers mass exodus: Bangladeshi illegals seen queuing at border as voter list scrutiny tightens in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal has one of the highest numbers of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in the country. In the last three years alone, 2,688 Bangladeshi nationals were caught and sent back.
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