Voter gender ratio hits 14-year low. The number of female voters in the state stands at 3.16 crore in comparison to 3.76 crore in 2025.
Agnideb Bandyopadhyay
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Journalist writing on culture, politics and sports. With editorial experience across major print and digital publications, Agnideb likes to look at society through the prism of facts, empathy and a dash of essential irony.
About The Author
Journalist writing on culture, politics and sports. With editorial experience across major print and digital publications, Agnideb likes to look at society through the prism of facts, empathy and a dash of essential irony.
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Ahead of the polls, TMC presents 2026 as a battle remains against an external ideological force, while for BJP it is about reclaiming Bengal’s 'lost past' centered around Hindu identity.
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Australia's humanitarian visa offered to these seven players grants permanent protection to refugees and people in humanitarian need.
BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay 11 March 2026
At the core of ‘Sansaar’ is an intense desire to bring together words and voices from places less seen, languages less heard where people continue to negotiate between survival and resistance.
BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay 1 March 2026
PM Modi’s words present a condensed manifesto for the party a few weeks away from the assembly polls
BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay 25 February 2026
State government dole aimed at wooing young voters in the run-up to assembly polls is raising questions.
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Bengal's original oral storyteller made a pivot which only drew him closer to his passion for storytelling.
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