Khargosh, Uchchhe among dozen behind bars after EC’s order for peace before West Bengal polls | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: In poll-bound Bengal, Khargosh and Uchchhe have found themselves in a new address – behind bars.The detective department of Kolkata Police, acting under orders from Election Commission to ensure peace ahead of the assembly elections and on the poll day, launched raids on Monday night and Tuesday and picked up 12 potential troublemakers from…

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In Santiniketan, tribals of the land bear SIR deletion brunt | Kolkata News

Santiniketan: In Santiniketan, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has done more than alter the electoral roll. It has threatened the identity of indigenous people of the land living here for generations, possibly even before Visva-Bharati was founded. Ashramiks have not been spared either.The deletions have been severe in tribal hamlets surrounding Rabindranath Tagore’s “abode of…

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Where maachh guarantees a plate of bhaat: East Mdn fishermen battle tides of change | Kolkata News

Digha/Tajpur: Subhankar Majhi doesn’t know of the intense political battle centred around fish. The East Midnapore fisherman is more concerned about his livelihood, because even as his day still begins with brine and salty air, it’s now ending with empty nets.For 26 years, Majhi’s world has been measured in tides and catch.The rhetoric of “Maachhe-Bhaate…

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