Joydeep Thakur is a Special Correspondent at Hindustan Times. Based in Kolkata, he focuses on science, environment, wildlife, agriculture, and related issues, while also covering topics like elections, government, politics, and public policy. Joydeep's work has been featured in Hindustan Times Syndication, Hindustan Times, and MSN.
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Joydeep Thakur's reporting is focused on local tragedies, government and politics, and cultural issues in the Indian state of West Bengal. His coverage includes natural disasters, rescue operations, floods, stranded people, as well as broader themes like tragedy and culture & society.
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Police said they received a call from the woman's family on Tuesday morning and rushed a team to the village.
By: Joydeep Thakur
Senior BJP leaders from the state, however, remained non-committal, saying the party was focusing on all 209 seats
By: Joydeep Thakur
CCTV footage shared by Abhishek Banerjee shows masked men inside the premises before fleeing with electronic gadgets, including a tv and other equipment.
By: Joydeep Thakur
Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) has hinted at a possible alliance with the BJP for West Bengal's civic elections, likely to be held later this year.
By: Joydeep Thakur
Justice Saugata Bhattacharya ordered the police not to take any coercive steps against the accused in the 16 FIRs registered against Sreelekha Mitra over the poster
By: Joydeep Thakur
KOLKATA, Sept. 3 -- The Calcutta high court on Thursday said that a poster displayed by Bengal actor Sreelekha Mitra during the students' protest in July was "distasteful" and shocked the conscience of the court.
By: Joydeep Thakur
West Bengal is collecting blood samples from relatives of 37 people missing after the August 26 Nepal flash flood for DNA matching.
By: Joydeep Thakur
Purna Das Baul, the 93-year-old master of Bengal's folk music tradition, approached Adhikari in a wheelchair at his public outreach programme
By: Joydeep Thakur
West Bengal's Suvendu Adhikari government has reduced the state government's grant to community Durga Pujas in the state by ₹ 10,000 to ₹ 1 lakh
By: Joydeep Thakur
West Bengal’s Suvendu Adhikari government has reduced the state government’s grant to community Durga Pujas in the state by ₹10,000 to ₹1 lakh
