-FirstPost.com India has had a long history with migration, especially across the eastern border. After India attained independence, immigration assumed a political dimension and reports of migrants posing a threat to national security have surfaced over the years. Usually a topic not acknowledged by most political parties, the BJP's top priority in this year's West Bengal Assembly Election is to drive infiltrators out of the country and seal off the border. Whether BJP...
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Mamata’s wealth ‘doubles’ in five years -Shiv Sahay Singh
-The Hindu Kolkata: Ms. Banerjee declared in her affidavit that her movable assets amount to Rs. 30,45,012. Her assets in September 2011 was Rs. 15,84,189. The assets of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee have nearly doubled in the past five years after she assumed office of Chief Minister of West Bengal. Ms. Banerjee, who filed her nomination papers on Friday to contest from Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in the city, declared in her affidavit...
More »Modi unveils scheme to make Dalits entrepreneurs -Yuthika Bhargava
-The Hindu Stand-up India will help create 2.5 lakh entrepreneurs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday unveiled the ‘Stand-up India’ scheme to promote entrepreneurship among women, scheduled castes and tribes by enabling them secure easier loans and said this could be an engine of job creation for the youth. “Dalits and poor people, if given an opportunity, can bring in various reforms in the country. That’s my vision for Stand-up India…This scheme is...
More »Punjab opens its heart - and purse - to farmers -Sanjeeb Mukherjee & Archis Mohan
-Business Standard Instead of addressing systemic problems in agriculture, farm politics in the state is about how much money the government can offer the farmer as a dole The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), led by Parkash Singh Badal and son Sukhbir, was in a dilemma a year before the 2012 Assembly Elections in Punjab. The Akalis had ruled Punjab since 2007 but no party had ever returned to power for a second...
More »School in parched Bengal’s Jangalmahal: 10 toilets for 60 girls, not a drop of water -Aniruddha Ghosal
-The Indian Express The 10 toilets were built in three spurts — four toilets each were inaugurated before the 1999 and 2005 Assembly Elections, when the Left Front was in power. Sahari (Binpur): Two classrooms, 60 students and 10 toilets for girls — none of which is functional. This is Sahari Primary School at Binpur, an assembly segment in Jangalmahal reserved for tribals. Like clockwork, politicians have turned up here before...
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