THE dreaded political apparatus known colloquially as “bulldozer justice” — the extrajudicial demolition of property via executive fiat — has officially arrived in West Bengal. For years, political observers watched the deployment of heavy earthmoving machinery as a tool of state intimidation across BJP-ruled northern and central India, often dismissing it as a phenomenon entirely alien to the unique socio-political fabric of Bengal. That illusion has now been completely shattered.

“Throw the anti-worker labour codes into the Arabian Sea!”

The paper leaks in the NEET UG Examination (medical undergraduate admissions) have pushed the future of nearly 22.79 lakh students into deep uncertainty, anxiety, and distress. Ongoing CBI investigations have exposed a disturbing network of organised malpractice operating across Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Kashmir. Under the guise of coaching institutes, “guess papers,” and “mock tests,” question papers were allegedly sold through a well-coordinated multi-state racket.

Questions are increasingly being raised by parents and education stakeholders over the utilisation of funds collected from students of Vidyajyoti schools in Tripura under the name of “school development fund”. The issue was also raised in the Tripura Assembly. In a written reply to a question from Leader of the Opposition Jitendra Chaudhury, the education minister informed that a total of Rs 26.56 crore had been collected from students of Vidyajyoti schools during the three financial years from 2023-24 to 2025-26.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan has been elected as the leader of the CPI(M) legislature party in Kerala. The decision was made unanimously during the CPI(M) State Committee meeting held over two days in Thiruvananthapuram. The meeting was chaired by Central Committee member K Radhakrishnan. State Secretary M V Govindan announced in a press release that General Secretary M A Baby, and Polit Bureau members Pinarayi Vijayan and A Vijayaraghavan attended the session.