matua community

Kolkata, March 16 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and senior West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari extended greetings to the Matua community on the 215th birth anniversary of the sect's spiritual leader, Harichand Thakur, on Monday.A Matua Dharma Mela is being...

Kolkata, March 16 Union Home Minister Amit Shah and senior West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari extended greetings to the Matua community on the 215th birth anniversary of the sect's spiritual leader, Harichand Thakur, on Monday.A Matua Dharma Mela is being organized in North 24 Paraganas...

Kolkata, March 15 – Aggression and novelty have been hallmarks of West Bengal elections. We look at the issues that are likely to be central to the campaigns of political parties.Bengali sub-nationalism: Before the SIR exercise gained prominence in Bengal, the TMC aggressively campaigned, both...

Kolkata, March 15 With the assembly polls now announced, West Bengal is officially on track to chart the course of its government for the next five years. The following provides a look at some of the key constituencies in the districts, which could significantly influence the political landscape...

Kolkata, March 10 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called off her protest against the "flawed SIR" on the fifth day, stating that the demonstration was being temporarily suspended following the Supreme Court's order to establish an appellate mechanism regarding the revision of the...

Kolkata, March 5 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre was pushing members of the Matua community into "uncertainty and confusion" in the name of granting citizenship.Remembering Matua matriarch Binapani Devi, popularly known...

Mathurapur (WB), March 2 Union Home Minister Amit Shah intensified the BJP's campaign on infiltration in West Bengal on Monday, stating that while "only names are being deleted" from the state's electoral rolls under the SIR, infiltrators would be "removed from the state" once the party comes to...

Kolkata, March 2 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured on Monday that not a single Hindu refugee, taking shelter in West Bengal from a neighboring country due to religious persecution, will be deported."The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union Government is in place at the Centre. Not a single...

In Mathurapur, West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday intensified the BJP's campaign against "infiltration," stating that while names are being removed from West Bengal's electoral rolls under the SIR, they will be "removed from the state" once the party comes to power, raising the...

Kolkata, March 2 The Trinamool Congress on Monday announced a 60-day mass outreach program aimed at connecting with voters in 84 assembly constituencies with a majority of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe members across West Bengal, while accusing the BJP of depriving the state of funds and...

Kolkata, March 2 Panic, anger, and suspicion are spreading through the Matua heartland in West Bengal, putting the BJP on the defensive in its stronghold, even as the TMC senses a political opportunity, following large-scale deletions under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral...

Kolkata, March 1 The publication of West Bengal’s post-SIR rolls has not only pruned 63.66 lakh names from the electorate, but has also redrawn the state’s demographic and political landscape ahead of the 2026 assembly polls, recasting voter profiles across districts, border areas, and key...

Kolkata, February 28 The publication of West Bengal’s post-SIR electoral rolls has not only pruned 63.66 lakh names from the electorate, but it has also redrawn the state’s demographic and political landscape ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, reshaping voter profiles across districts, border...

Kolkata, February 28 In a scathing attack on the Election Commission after the publication of post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal removing over 63 lakh names on Saturday, the ruling Trinamool Congress accused the poll panel of "invisible rigging" in collusion with the BJP.The saffron camp...

Kolkata, February 27 When West Bengal's post-election voter rolls are published on Saturday, it will not only update a list of over seven crore voters, but also reflect months of political confrontation, courtroom battles, street protests, and a climate of anxiety that has reshaped the narrative...

Kolkata, February 26 – As West Bengal awaits the publication of the final voter list on February 28, the state has witnessed an unusual development in the past few months, with senior leaders and elected representatives from rival parties appearing at hearings to defend their names in the...

Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah stated that renunciation doesn't mean abandoning everything, but rather finding meaning in life through the chanting of the name of Sri Krishna. He visited the ISKCON temple in Mayapur, Nadia district, West Bengal, on the occasion of the 152nd...