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    Bengal’s job crisis exposed? Queues for Yuva Sathi, anger outside Bikash Bhavan

    Samir K Purkayastha
    18 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST

    As youth turn up in droves for the scheme while others demand jobs, questions persist over whether this is a long-term fix to Bengal’s unemployment crisis

    Banglar Yuva Sathi scheme
    West Bengal
    Senior journalist Monideepa Banerjee speaks about the SIR controversy, identity politics, and upcoming West Bengal and Assam assembly elections.
    West Bengal

    The election is over; Mamata has already won: Monideepa Banerjee

    17 Feb 2026 1:20 PM IST
    Banglar Yuva Sathi camp
    West Bengal

    Banglar Yuva Sathi Scheme: Eligibility, how to apply; here’s all you need to know

    15 Feb 2026 4:06 PM IST
    Texas student arrest
    West Bengal

    Bengal BLO calls lover’s husband ‘for SIR’, kills him, arrested

    14 Feb 2026 4:48 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal

    What Rahul, other Opposition leaders can learn from Mamata

    14 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and CEC Gyanesh Kumar

    West Bengal SIR row escalates as EC summons Chief Secretary to New Delhi

    13 Feb 2026 6:53 PM IST
    Bengal: BJP deploys external aides to plug grassroots gaps ahead of 2026 polls

    West Bengal elections: BJP deploys external aides, private agencies to plug grassroots gaps

    13 Feb 2026 2:45 PM IST
    Murshidabad, Bengal

    Humayun Kabir begins building Babri-style mosque in Bengal's Murshidabad

    11 Feb 2026 6:02 PM IST
    Bengal police operation to arrest forgery suspect in Mahua Moitra case halted in Noida

    Bengal police allege political interference in UP over Mahua Moitra 'fake' chat case

    11 Feb 2026 2:58 PM IST
    Why in West Bengal, govt-recognised madrasas aren’t the isolated religious hubs as portrayed by BJP

    Why in West Bengal, govt-recognised madrasas aren’t the isolated religious hubs as portrayed by BJP

    10 Feb 2026 7:11 PM IST
    SIR hearings in West Bengal

    Amid SIR row, Kolkata civic body sees massive surge in domicile certificate pleas

    9 Feb 2026 6:04 PM IST
    Bengal leaders of the Congress party meets the high command

    West Bengal elections 2026: Congress to go solo after 20 years

    5 Feb 2026 6:51 PM IST
    Naxal-affected districts in India reduce to 7 in latest review

    Maoist with Rs 8 lakh bounty, Udham Singh, killed in Bijapur encounter

    5 Feb 2026 6:38 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee and Chandrima Bhattacharya

    West Bengal budget: Mamata govt unveils dole for unemployed, raises women's wage

    5 Feb 2026 4:59 PM IST
    Mamata scores brownie points before polls by taking on EC over SIR in apex court

    Mamata scores brownie points before polls by taking on EC over SIR in apex court

    Samir K Purkayastha
    4 Feb 2026 6:11 PM IST

    In a historic move, Mamata becomes first sitting chief minister to address apex court, prompting SC to issue safeguards on electoral roll deletions...

    ED

    ED conducts raids in Bengal, Delhi in coal mafia case

    3 Feb 2026 3:40 PM IST
    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi

    In Delhi SIR protest, Mamata calls CEC ‘great liar’, says ‘fate will be like Dhankhar’s’

    2 Feb 2026 7:15 PM IST
    migrants from Jharkhand

    14 Jharkhand migrant workers stranded in Dubai, seek govt help to return

    2 Feb 2026 5:52 PM IST
    Little girl protects herself with an open palm

    Red Cross school warden accused of sexually harassing students in Odisha

    2 Feb 2026 4:44 PM IST
    Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

    Repackaged Budget sops for Bengal irk state players: 'Humpty Dumpty Budget'

    1 Feb 2026 2:53 PM IST
    Budget for 2026-27 places Odisha at core of India

    Budget 2026: Big push for BJP-ruled Odisha

    1 Feb 2026 2:12 PM IST
    West Bengal elections: Congress split over solo run or alliance

    West Bengal elections: Congress split over solo run or alliance

    1 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Beef, Olypub

    Kolkata’s Olypub waiter arrested for serving beefsteak instead of mutton to YouTuber

    31 Jan 2026 8:26 PM IST
    Kolkata fire

    Wow! Momo fire 'not accident but corruption': Amit Shah tears into Mamata

    31 Jan 2026 6:11 PM IST
    Kolkata fire

    WB Governor blames authorities for Kolkata fire; Adhikari leads BJP protest

    30 Jan 2026 6:04 PM IST
    Congress Jharkhand MLAs disgruntled

    Congress top brass to Jharkhand MLAs: No change in ministerial setup

    29 Jan 2026 2:26 PM IST
    Mamata looks to up SIR ante for bigger national footprint

    Mamata looks to up SIR ante for bigger national footprint

    29 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    16 dead, 13 missing in Kolkata godown fire; owner arrested for ‘safety lapse’

    16 dead, 13 missing in Kolkata godown fire; owner arrested for ‘safety lapse’

    28 Jan 2026 8:19 PM IST
    Muslim voters in flux ahead of 2026 Bengal polls as SIR fuels fear

    Muslim voters in flux ahead of 2026 Bengal polls as SIR fuels fear

    27 Jan 2026 10:44 AM IST
    UP professor banned

    Koraput Collector withdraws Republic Day non-veg ban after backlash

    25 Jan 2026 5:39 PM IST
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