West Bengal

At a Complete Loss

Jaideep Mazumdar

Thirty-three years of uninterrupted Left rule in Bengal has left the state’s finances in a mess

Red Alert

The fate of West Bengal is linked in many ways to how the CPM deals with the confusion that has gripped it over the years.

Operation Red Hunt

Jaideep Mazumdar

The despondent Left in West Bengal may be in for some real trouble real soon. The Congress and Trinamool are working towards an alliance to oust them from power in the state.

Trinamool Sweeps Civic Polls

Jaideep Mazumdar

However, the margins in many seats were narrow. And, for the party to perform in the Assembly polls, it will have to deliver in the municipalities.

Avenues of Angst

Jaideep Mazumdar

Traffic blockades in Kolkata are part and parcel of the city’s daily routine. If there’s a cause, you can be sure there’ll be a holdup.

Matua Millions for Mamata

Jaideep Mazumdar

A 12.5 million-strong sect in Bengal has ditched the Left and might vote en bloc for Didi because their guru wants them to.

Uniformed Mess

Jaideep Mazumdar

The Maoist attack on EFR’s camp at Silda has stirred more trouble for the beleaguered West Bengal government. It is the long-neglected EFR that is now threatening to revolt against the state.

Business Briefing 27/02

arindam

Railway Budget as Her Manifesto; All Bets are Off, Almost

23 Years of Lost Opportunities

Jaideep Mazumdar

Jyoti Basu had everything needed to make West Bengal one of India’s premier states. It is an enduring tragedy that he refused to do it.

‘No Compromise on Leading Rebellions’

Amit Baruah

CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat on the difficulties his party faces in the 2011 West Bengal Assembly election, the threat from Maoists and his error in allowing the UPA government to negotiate a safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency in November 2007.