Reluctant to campaign so far, former Bengal CM draws large crowd in his first roadshow since the poll dates were announced, reports Ishita Ayan Dutt. They seek him here, they seek him there;......
The West Bengal CM’s media equation wasn’t always this bad. In the run-up to the assembly elections of 2011, she was a clear favourite, reports Ishita Ayan Dutt. “I hope there is......
'Everyone wants to take a vaccine. The last time a camp was held, there were 1,000 people for 500 doses. People are waiting and returning disappointed. At times, it is creating problems. The demand......
Mass agitations are not particularly uncommon in India. But a mass agitation led by an environment-related issue that has gone out of hand is not something that can be easily recalled. Ishita Ayan......
Nandigram, 126 km south of Kolkata, is Suvendu Adhikari's bastion, where he has vowed to defeat Mamata Banerjee by 50,000 votes or quit politics.Ishita Ayan Dutt reports. IMAGE: West Bengal Chief......
Unwilling land-losers to the Tata Nano project in Bengal remain the biggest victims of the politics that brought Mamata Banerjee to power in West Bengal, notes Ishita Ayan Dutt Singur has always......
Government officials working overtime to dismantle the Tata plant and return land to farmers, says Ishita Ayan Dutt. The road to the erstwhile site of Tata Motors’ Nano factory in Singur,......
In power, Mamata Banerjee has tried to bury the ghost of the past, but it might still be work-in-progress. Big-ticket and eye-grabbing (in terms of investment size) projects are still few and......
At the height of the agitation against Tata Motors and after, the decibel level at Singur has always been high. The coronavirus scare, however, appears to have tempered it. The lockdown has......
The populist measures Mamata Banerjee took in the last five years helped her win the elections; some fear that this could set the tone of her government for the next five years, says Ishita Ayan......