Category: politics

Nearly two decades after she was forced to leave Kolkata following violent protests, exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin is set to return to the city on August 1 for an anti-fundamentalism literary event. This has triggered a fresh political confrontation between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP. TMC MLA Akhruzzaman criticised the move and accused…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Punjab’s Jalandhar on July 17 to inaugurate a slew of development and railway infrastructure projects. However, the visit is politically significant as it comes at a crucial juncture for the BJP, which has announced that it will contest the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections on its own. Prime…