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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, …

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An investigation into alleged diversion of government funds meant for a Santhal religious site in Malda and the official silence that followed State Government funds allocated for the construction and future maintenance of a Majhir Thaan, a traditional religious site of the Santhal community, has allegedly been used for the construction of “Miriyam Thaan” at …

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On 1 March 2025, four large-scale public protests unfolded across Kolkata, Lalbagh and Basirhat, not over unemployment, local violence, or civic distress, but over the death of a foreign ruler thousands of kilometres away. A commemorative gathering was organised for the late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Sakchura Sarania of Basirhat. Hundreds of demonstrators …

Continue reading "Selective Outrage in West Bengal: Communists and Islamists Organise Four Major Rallies in Support of Iranian Leader Accused of Mass Killings"