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Six decades after India's partition made Muslim politics a dirty word, parties founded by Muslims to espouse the cause of the country's largest minority are again making a mark. Muslims in Varanasi, India, February 2009 ( Toby Williams | ...

An uneven, dusty stretch of land on the edge of the road in Sorberia is awash with people, some sitting on plastic chairs, others milling around in small groups. There don't seem to be any women. It's an hour or so before sunset on April 18. I am ...

Calcutta, April 8: The Bengal BJP has said it will cash in on Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's maiden address to party workers in Calcutta tomorrow to "rejuvenate" the organisation before the panchayat polls. "Modiji's speech will help us ...

The Hindu It is worrying that West Bengals political class remained tactical spectators to the Kolkata rally organised by Muslim groups in support of Bangladeshi war criminals West Bengal looked to the Shahbag protests in Dhaka with hope. In 1971, a ...

West Bengal looked to the Shahbag protests in Dhaka with hope. In 1971, a massive relief and solidarity effort was undertaken in West Bengal for the millions trying to escape a veritable genocide. The then leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami in East ...

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Kolkata : Congress, Trinamool Congress and Left Front shared honours in the crucial by-polls to three Assembly constituencies in West Bengal on Thursday. However, the results have given setback to the Congress, which won all the three seats in 2011 Assembly ...

Brisk polling was reported in the bypolls to three Assembly constituencies of Rezinagar, Englishbazar and Nalhati in West Bengal with an average 48 per cent votes cast till 2 PM. Trinamool Congress, Congress, BJP and Left Front constituents CPI(M), RSP and ...