Muslims raise funds to rebuild gutted Hindu houses
2018-06-18
An appeal was made over public address system in the local mosqueContinue Reading
Bengal’s women of light
2018-04-30
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: Until the other day these women were just ordinary village girls or housewives of “bhodro” (respectful) Bengali or Santali families, but today they are ‘women of light.’ A group of village women is able to earn their living and prove their worth after they wentContinue Reading
Bengal NGO prompts women to join in local polls
2018-04-03
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: The Jesuit-run Udayani (awakening) Social Action Forum in West Bengal is encouraging rural women to contend in local elections scheduled to take place in May. “Registering our women’s Self Help Groups (SHGs) federations at the block level into NGOs and train them to be independentContinue Reading
Beef controversy triggers sectarian tension in Nadia
2017-09-17
Hindus complained that the Muslims had left slices of beef in their enclaveContinue Reading
Bengal BJP leader wants madrasas, Christian schools monitored
2017-03-10
The government has sent show cause notice to schools managed by RSSContinue Reading
Kalimpong becomes West Bengal’s 21st district
2017-02-15
Kolkata: A long cherished dream came true when Kalimpong became West Bengal’s 21st district on Tuesday. Carved out of Bengal’s northernmost hill district of Darjeeling, Kalimpong district is spread over 1,056 square kilometers and with a population of just under 50,000, is also densely populated Bengal’s least populated district. TheContinue Reading
Death sentence to Kashmiri evokes condemnation, protests
2017-01-24
By Raqib Hameed Naik, West Bengal: A day after a local court in West Bengal sentenced Muzaffar Ahmed Rather, a youth from Anantnag to death, the verdict has been severely criticised by the people in the valley. As per the police, Muzaffar along with two other persons from Pakistan wasContinue Reading
Bengal to pay pensioners directly
2017-01-09
The change comes into effect from March 1Continue Reading
Mahasweta Devi, eminent writer and social activist, dies
2016-07-29
KOLKATA: Eminent author and social activist Mahasweta Devi+ , whose writings focused on the marginalised communities in the country and served as the voice of the oppressed, died here today after a multi-organ failure. She was 91. P. Tandon, CEO of Belle Vue nursing home, where she was admitted sinceContinue Reading