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Samir K Purkayastha
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West Bengal
West Bengal budget gives priority to political exigency over economic reality
15 Feb 2023 1:11 PM
Analysis
Child marriages: Assam crackdown attacks the symptom, ignores the problem
9 Feb 2023 1:00 AM
West Bengal
Violence rears its head again in Bengal ahead of panchayat polls
8 Feb 2023 1:00 AM
The Eighth Column
From Battle of Verandah to gallows: How Alipore Independence Museum has frozen the frame on history
3 Feb 2023 1:00 AM
West Bengal
Amid Governor’s bonhomie with CM, BJP will have to directly take on TMC
3 Feb 2023 1:00 AM
North East
Surge in political violence: Is Tripura going the West Bengal way?
1 Feb 2023 1:00 AM
Entertainment
Regional films get 'stifled' as Pathaan storms its way to all screens
28 Jan 2023 2:40 AM
North East
Why 4-time Tripura CM Manik Sarkar is an outlier in Indian politics
27 Jan 2023 1:00 AM
North East
Ahead of polls, discontent over seat-sharing simmers in Nagaland BJP
26 Jan 2023 1:00 AM
North East
North-East: TMC banks on identity, Sangma and sops to win polls
24 Jan 2023 1:00 AM
North East
Tripura assembly poll: Parties vie for support of ‘tribal messiah’
20 Jan 2023 1:28 AM
North East
As poll season approaches, BJP turns gaze to ethnic faultlines in East
17 Jan 2023 1:00 AM
West Bengal
Amid graft charges, TMC seeks image makeover with outreach drive
14 Jan 2023 1:00 AM
The Eighth Column
In photos: Why Gangasagar Mela is teeming with people wanting to tag along the cow’s tail
12 Jan 2023 1:00 AM
North East
BJP’s anti-conversion plank can prove costly in Christian-majority NE states
9 Jan 2023 1:00 AM
West Bengal
Vande Bharat stone-pelting: How TMC-BJP tussle has flared up
7 Jan 2023 1:00 AM
West Bengal
Mission 2024: BJP’s triumvirate to lead campaign blitzkrieg in Bengal
5 Jan 2023 1:00 AM
North East
Regionalism in N-E faces threat from BJP, Congress' political realignments
31 Dec 2022 1:00 AM
News
North-East pins hope on free trade with Bangladesh to boost its economy
23 Dec 2022 4:10 AM
West Bengal
Bengal: BJP goes for minority outreach, but has to quell murmurs within party
22 Dec 2022 1:00 AM
News
To Bhutan by rail: India seeks to boost border ties, counter China’s LAC plans
17 Dec 2022 1:00 AM
The Eighth Column
Short and sweet: Bengal’s misti-making course looks beyond rosogolla
14 Dec 2022 1:00 AM
Assembly Elections 2023
Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura polls: Congress facing existential battles
14 Dec 2022 1:00 AM
West Bengal
CPI(M) takes history to masses to counter BJP's bid to ‘rewrite’ it
8 Dec 2022 1:00 AM
News
BJP poll strategy: Professional surveyors to assess MPs', MLAs’ performance
5 Dec 2022 3:02 PM
North East
Division of state: BJP's old promise comes to haunt Nagaland
3 Dec 2022 6:16 AM
North East
Chakma-Hajongs face bleak future as Arunachal suspends residence proof
26 Nov 2022 1:00 AM
West Bengal
1954: When a pregnant live-in partner was butchered, and a Calcutta cop got a cough
24 Nov 2022 1:00 AM
West Bengal
La Ganesan exit may end brief truce between Bengal govt and governor
18 Nov 2022 5:37 AM
The Eighth Column
Why the absence of leafhoppers swarming around light bulbs is bugging Bengal environmentalists
17 Nov 2022 1:00 AM
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