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Decades of Restrictions Give Way to Unrestrained Celebration in East Midnapore PHULBANI, EAST MIDNAPORE, WEST BENGAL — In a village approximately ten kilometres from Contai (Kanthi), a Durga Puja celebration has become the focus of a remarkable local story. After decades of reported restrictions on its festivities, Phulbani witnessed a Durga Puja celebrated with renewed …
A Crackdown Uncovers a Crisis of Accountability A joint operation by the Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Manipur Police and CoBRA personnel on 23rd October has exposed disturbing violations of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) ground rules. 8 people posing as cadres of the Kuki National Army (KNA) and 9 more …
The gang-rape of two 15-year-old Hindu girls in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district is a devastating indictment of the vulnerability of children, the brutality of sexual violence and the urgent need for justice that is swift and uncompromising. According to a complaint filed by Bijoy Sarkar at Goalpokher Police Station on October 21, Muhammad Arbaz, …
The mysterious death of 24-year-old Isha Sau, a Wipro employee from Baranagar, North 24 Parganas, has raised disturbing questions that demand urgent, impartial answers. Her family alleges that she was deceived by a man who allegedly concealed his Muslim identity by posing as a Hindu, and that a confrontation preceded her fatal fall from a …
The arrest of suspected Kuki armed extremists L. Kipgen, H. Misao and S. Haokip at Phailengkot village in Kangpokpi district on the morning of 20th October marks a significant development in the investigation into the deadly Sunorok hills ambush that claimed the lives of Arubam Ronil, Lairenlakpam Inaobi and Kshetrimayum Sushil. A major cache of …
Bengali actress Sohini Guha Roy shared a photograph on her official Facebook page, standing before the idol of Goddess Durga on 12th October. Her caption was simple: “Mother has arrived”, a familiar expression of devotion and anticipation in Bengal, where Durga Puja is a religious festival and an inseparable part of the region’s cultural identity. …
Months of Intimidation, Death Threats, Molestation and Alleged Assault In Bagshira village under Suti Police Station in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, a 14-year-old girl’s life has been devastated by a months-long ordeal of alleged harassment, intimidation and threats. According to a police complaint filed by her father Sanjoy Ghosh on 4th August, Bappa Sheikh …
Bangladeshi National Abdul Khayer Choudhury had lived in India under the guise of a Hindu holy man for 15 years, travelling across the country, gathering disciples and practising faith-based rituals and traditional healing. His remarkable run came to an abrupt end not through a sophisticated intelligence operation, but through the questions of ordinary residents at …
Contradictions, a Suspected Minor and an Unexplained Marriage Investigating reports of an alleged child marriage, journalists from Assam News Flash found a man identified as Anowar living with a local Hindu Tripuri girl who appeared to be a minor in Thinang Ni Chati under Rupaichari of South Tripura on October 6th. Anowar claimed that he …
A midnight movement near India’s porous Bangladesh frontier turned into a major border-security interception with BSF detaining 25 Bangladeshi nationals along with an Indian cross-border trafficker near Lohaganj–Panchnagar under South Dinajpur District of West Bengal. The group was intercepted in the early hours of 6 October while allegedly attempting to cross back into Bangladesh’s Thakurgaon …
