People like Shahjahan Sheikh bring Muslim votes for TMC: BJP's Amit Malviya

Jan 09, 2024

"Why are people like Shahjahan Sheikh important for Mamata Banerjee? These local strongmen and criminals, under state patronage, are tasked to deliver Muslim votes...

75 percent mining sites in Afghanistan under Taliban, strongmen's control: Report

May 11, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan] May 11 : Around 75 per cent of total mining sites in Afghanistan are under the control of Taliban and local strongmen,...

Beijing Olympics guest list heavy on strongmen and autocrats: Report

Feb 04, 2022

Beijing [China], February 4 : Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the Beijing Olympics on Friday flanked by leaders who are described by Democracy Index...

Oppn gave tickets to "sons of strongmen, goons": Anurag Thakur ahead of Bihar assembly elections

Oct 16, 2025

Polls for the 243-seat Bihar Assembly are scheduled to take place on November 6 and November 11, with the counting of votes to follow...

Abhishek Banerjee participates in fourth day of MGNREGA protests in Kolkata

Oct 08, 2023

Banerjee was seen seated at the 'Rajbhavan Chalo' makeshift stage along with other party leaders. This comes amid ongoing raids on two TMC strongmen-...

"Plight of Bengal women not on her list of priorities": Poonawala hits out at Mamata amid protests over Sandeshkhali

Feb 15, 2024

A day after its state president Sukanta Majumdar slumped unconscious amid a police crackdown on a sit-in he was leading against the alleged sexual...