Mamata lost Bengal elections, but Suvendu is set to retain her development model with rebranding
Several experts feel Trinamul’s social welfare-heavy governance model backfired after paying dividends in earlier elections
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Bengal Election 2026
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Bengal Election 2026
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Pavement dwellers must be included in voter list’: former legal officer writes to Chief Election Commissioner
- by The Plurals News Network
- May 9, 2026
The Plurals report spurs officials to draw attention to the democratic rights of lakhs of pavement dwellers in the state
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Deforestation piggybacks climate change to turn Amazon rainforest into a dry Savannah
- by The Plurals News Network
- May 8, 2026
The turn around may happen even at below 2°C global warming
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SIR impact on Bengal elections: victory margin less than or equal to voter deletions in 108 seats
- by The Plurals News Network
- May 7, 2026
In almost two-thirds of the seats that shifted to the BJP from the TMC, number of voters deleted from the rolls, excluding the dead, was higher than winning margin
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I have all papers except death certificate, but no one came for SIR’: Street dweller
- by Jayanta Basu
- May 2, 2026
An invisible people: Lakhs of street and pavement residents remain unapproached by the Election Commission of India as part of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) held at West Bengal
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BJP needs 45% votes to win Bengal elections; women and Muslim voters’ consolidation favours TMC
- by The Plurals News Network
- April 30, 2026
A Chatham mode of discussion involving senior journalists and experts decodes Bengal elections dynamics
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ENVIRONMENT
National Green Tribunal focuses on the groundwater crisis in India, forms an expert panel
- by The Plurals News Network
- April 28, 2026
North and South India show most areas with severe groundwater depletion, says an official report; the situation in Rajasthan stands most critical with 214 over-exploited areas.
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Multiple natural disasters may devastate one-third land animal habitats by 2085
- by The Plurals News Network
- April 25, 2026
Rapidly declining emissions and reduction of global temperature in the latter half of the century will restrict impact of the climate events on the species significantly
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Strong El Nino at doorstep; eastern India’s monsoon likely to be affected
- by The Plurals News Network
- April 24, 2026
Experts point out that at least two climatic forces may buffer El Niño impact; eastern and north-eastern India will be more affected
Ganga on Modi’s lips, experts want it to be a priority for incoming Bengal government
The river stretch, where the Prime Minister rafted in a country boat, has 1600 times more bacterial pollution compared to the national limit