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Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, principal correspondent, Hindustan Times, Kolkata, has been covering politics, socio-economic and cultural affairs for over 10 years. He takes special interest in monitoring developments related to Maoist insurgency and religious extremism.

Articles by Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Amit Shah targets Mamata Banerjee on CAA, Covid-19

Union home minister and BJP leader Amit Shah addressing ‘West Bengal Jan-Samvad Rally’ through video conferencing in New Delhi on Tuesday.(ANI Photo)

Updated on Jun 10, 2020 06:21 AM IST

‘Hungry only for votes’: TMC attacks BJP after Amit Shah’s virtual rally

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien said Union Home Minister Amit Shah raised the issue of the Citizenship Amendment Act with an eye on Bengal’s Assembly elections next year.(HT FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 09, 2020 08:17 PM IST

Amit Shah takes on Mamata Banerjee on virtual turf, seeks change in West Bengal

Home Minister Amit Shah addresses 'West Bengal Jan-Samvad Rally’ via video-conferencing, in New Delhi on Tuesday.(ANI Photo)

Updated on Jun 09, 2020 03:35 PM IST

‘Take a minute’: Mamata Banerjee’s nephew jabs Shah ahead of Bengal address

TMC has continually targeted the Centre over alleged lack of planning before announcing the lockdown.(Samir Jana / Hindustan Times File Photo)

Updated on Jun 09, 2020 01:57 PM IST

West Bengal’s Covid-19 deaths cross 400-mark but fatality rate improves

A security guard thermal screening people at South City Mall in Kolkata after it opened to the public on Monday, June 8, 2020.(Samir Jana / HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 09, 2020 12:04 PM IST

Bibliophiles help sellers at Kolkata’s iconic book market by buying damaged books

Wet damp books lying on the street to dry in the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan at College Street in Kolkata.(SAMIR JANA/HT PHOTO.)

Updated on Jun 09, 2020 12:21 AM IST

Unspent funds, incomplete work mark gram panchayats in rural Bengal: Mahua Moitra

According to an officer of the Nadia district administration, more than 90% of the panchayats within Moitra’s constituency were run by her own party, the Trinamool Congress.(HT PHOTO.)

Updated on Jun 07, 2020 11:38 PM IST

Ahead of state polls, Mamata warns TMC against corruption in relief work

All of the TMC’s opponents in Bengal – the BJP, the Left and the Congress – have targeted the Mamata Banerjee government and her party for corruption in providing government relief due to Covid-19 and Cyclone Amphan.(Samir Jana/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 06, 2020 02:11 PM IST

Bengal tally doubles in 12 days, crosses 7k-mark

Reaching 3,667 cases took more than two months, with the state’s first case being reported on March 17.(Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 05, 2020 11:58 PM IST

Mamata sharpens attack on BJP, asks party to prepare for the 2021 elections

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has asked TMC to get battle ready to counter BJP’s poll campaign.(PTI Photo)

Updated on Jun 05, 2020 10:21 PM IST

Bengal rolls out red carpet for central team for cyclone damage assessment

Cyclone Amphan left a trail devastation across south Bengal last month.(HT PHOTO)

Published on Jun 04, 2020 02:50 PM IST

Mamata seeks Rs 10,000 cash transfer from Centre to each migrant worker

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.(PTI)

Updated on Jun 03, 2020 12:44 PM IST

Bengal BJP enters poll mode, Amit Shah to kick-start virtual meetings on June 8

Amit Shah will be the main speaker in the first such meeting, scheduled at 11 am on June 8. This event is slated to be aired live on social media.(PTI PHOTO.)

Updated on Jun 01, 2020 10:22 PM IST

Amid spike in Covid-19 cases, Bengal’s testing matches up to national level

Bengal’s testing per million population has also risen to 2,264 as on May 31. The national average has been around 2,500 tests per million over the past week.(SAMIR JANA/HT PHOTO.)

Updated on May 31, 2020 11:50 PM IST

In Amphan’s trail of destruction, Sunderbans turn red, yellow

The effect, an MLA said, is less on mangroves and more on the other trees, such as mango, banyan, jambul, neem, and jackfruit. Leaves of almost all trees on the land are turning yellow or red.(HT Photo)

Published on May 30, 2020 10:13 PM IST

Amid lockdown, this Kolkata hospital is conducting dialysis at ₹50 only

A small hospital in Kolkata is conducting dialysis for patients with kidney ailments at <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>50 only amid the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus.(HT PHOTO.)

Updated on May 30, 2020 09:05 AM IST

Lockdown 5: Mamata allows pvt offices to work with 100% staff from June 8; says nothing on local train

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee also criticised railways for not leaving middle berths in Shramik trains empty(PTI Photo)

Updated on May 29, 2020 10:28 PM IST

Cyclone Amphan: A trail of death, misery and destruction

A man stands next to a house damaged in Cyclone Amphan in Sunderbans region’s Sagar island.(by special arrangement)

Updated on May 28, 2020 09:33 PM IST

BJP launches 2021 assembly poll campaign in Bengal, calls it ‘Aar Noi Mamata’

The party on Wednesday released a 57-second video clip calling for the removal of the TMC regime and launched a Twitter hashtag named #AarNoiMamata.(TWITTER.)

Updated on May 27, 2020 05:02 PM IST

Returning migrants cause surge of Covid-19 cases in rural Bengal

The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has spread to Bengal’s rural areas with nearly 200 migrant workers who recently returned from other states testing positive for the infection, and the numbers likely to rise as more arrive.(Pramod Thakur/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on May 27, 2020 02:51 AM IST

Bengal Guv tells Mamata not to inflate figures on losses due to cyclone Amphan

In advice to the chief minister, the governor wrote, “Share real loss @PMOIndia: Inflating figures is counter-productive.”(HT file photo)

Updated on May 25, 2020 08:11 AM IST

Biggest 1-day spike in Bengal with 200 cases

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Published on May 25, 2020 12:07 AM IST

Bengal records biggest single-day spike of 208 new Covid-19 cases, state tally at 3,667

Kolkata, North 24-Parganas and Howrah that account for 2,934 of the total 3,667 cases in the state have also been badly hit by the cyclone. These districts have most of the containment zones in the state.(SAMIR JANA/HT PHOTO.)

Updated on May 24, 2020 11:08 PM IST

Decade after Cyclone Aila, saline water will continue to haunt farms in Sunderbans

A visit to the cyclone-hit areas of the Sunderbans region in the districts of North 24-Parganas and South 24-Parganas revealed that area after area was inundated, with crops on the field ruined and fishes in the ponds dead.(PTI PHOTO.)

Updated on May 24, 2020 12:27 AM IST

Bengal parties spar over cyclone relief

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Updated on May 24, 2020 02:58 AM IST

Sunderbans left unfit for farming

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Published on May 23, 2020 11:44 PM IST

Cyclone-ravaged Bengal records highest Covid-19 tests at 9,009 on Saturday

Bengal’s low testing rate – one of the poorest among the major states in testing per million population – had triggered a massive controversy in April but the state, from the first week of May, started improving the number of tests. (Photo by Samir Jana / Hindustan Times)

Published on May 23, 2020 10:18 PM IST

Ravaged areas dread more damage with turn of tide

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Published on May 22, 2020 11:23 PM IST

For Bengal’s migrant workers back from other states, Cyclone Amphan is a nightmare

More than 5,000 migrant workers had returned to the Kakdwip and Canning sub-divisions of South 24-Parganas district just before Cyclone Amphan hit Bengal. (Image used for representation).(PTI PHOTO.)

Updated on May 23, 2020 01:44 PM IST

Cyclone Amphan: Ravaged Bengal districts await further damage

The river waters gushed into villages through breached embankments destroying farms, houses and fishing ponds.(PTI Photo/Representative use)

Updated on May 22, 2020 10:40 PM IST

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