Refugees

BJP promises citizenship to all refugees in its West Bengal election manifesto

Newsbred Staff - March 21, 2021

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised citizenship to all refugees in its election manifesto for West Bengal; and there are considerable gains for...

Crime or Industry?: Bengal made its choice decades ago

Debjani Bhattacharyya - March 6, 2021

Bengal would have its assembly polls beginning March 27 in eight phases for 294 seats. One would remember a state as big as Uttar...

With armed forces on ground, BJP awaits Mamata’s next move in Bengal

Debjani Bhattacharyya - February 21, 2021

On the political chessboard of West Bengal, the next move belongs to Mamata Banerjee and her ruling party, Trinamool Congress. The Centre has been very...

CAA: Mamata can’t convince so she would confuse refugees from Bangladesh

Debjani Bhattacharyya - February 16, 2021

If you can’t convince them, confuse them. This is how Mamata Banerjee intends to deal with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which Bharatiya Janata Party...

BJP and 3 hoods of serpent it needs to slay for Mission Bengal

Debjani Bhattacharyya - December 30, 2020

West Bengal is heading towards assembly polls in another few months. While BJP has steadily gained enough ground in last 5 years on the...

Prashant Kishor gives BJP less than 100; He is not reckoning ace up Modi-Shah sleeves

Debjani Bhattacharyya - December 22, 2020

Now that the backroom boy, that is Prashant Kishor, has sounded like a muezzin addressing the faithfuls that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is worth...

Why Streep rang so hollow on Trump

Ashish Shukla - January 10, 2017

Actress Meryl Streep’s withering attack on US President-elect Donald Trump in her speech at Golden Globes 2017 Awards function in California on Sunday has...

10 Things you should worry about Refugee Crisis

Ashish Shukla - September 19, 2015

Hope hinges on two critical meetings European Union (EU) member-nations will have over the next few days. But it would be of little use....

Are refugees pawns in Germany’s game?

Ashish Shukla - September 15, 2015

Newspapers are full with Germany’s generosity towards fleeing humanity from Middle East and Africa. “Hitler” Merkel has become “Mamma Merkel.” Upholder of liberty, equality...

Serbia sets example for EU in refugee crisis

Ashish Shukla - September 6, 2015

Serbia has a problem. It has tens of thousands of asylum-seekers arriving at its border village of Miratovac. This miserable humanity has looked to...

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