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In Lalgarh, CPM leaders run for guns

When it comes to political leaders moving with a gun-toting entourage, there is little difference these days between Western Uttar Pradesh and the Mao

Lalgarh CPM leaders queue up for security cover

With no solution in sight to end the agitation by tribals in Lalgarh, the local CPI(M) leaders have either applied for security...

Arrests, atrocities keep Lalgarh village on the boil

Even as blockades in Jhargram were lifted on Thursday, the agitators in Lalgarh have refused to give in.

Tribals run their writ, admn disappears

With over 10 villages in Lalgarh being virtually taken over by the Maoists, tribals have begun running a parallel administration in the area.
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Seige enters fifth day, Lalgarh remains cut off

Lalgarh remained cut off from the rest of West Bengal for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday, as all-party meetings called by the district administr

Buddha seeks CRPF deployment

With the Maoist-affected areas of West Midnapore being cut off from the rest of Bengal following the tribal protest against police, the state governme

Protesting Lalgarh still cut off, Buddha turns to CRPF

With the Maoist-affected areas of West Midnapore being cut off from the rest of the state following the tribals protesting...

RTI: officials fined for withholding information

More and more Left Front babus are finding the Right to Information Act difficult to deal, as they are being fined for stonewalling requests from the

Singur in passage

Abhinash plays a little game with himself. Before the 13-year-old tucks in at night, he stands at the edge of his house in Beraberi village of Singur.

11 Singur farmers get cheques, 40 in queue

Terror loomed large in the villages of Singur as 11 unwilling farmers accepted compensation cheques on Friday.

Skirting Mamata men, Singur farmers queue up for relief

Fear and terror loomed large in Singur villages on Friday as eleven unwilling farmers accepted compensation cheques...

Tata in reverse gear, silently begins moving out of Singur

In a silent midnight operation in the middle of this week, authorities at Tata Motors are said to have shifted several key equipment and machinery fro

Anti-CPM nest in Buddha’s own backyard

In the Writers’ Buildings, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s backyard, government employees have adapted the “Nandigram model” to press for their demands.

Singur panel will miss deadline

The four-member committee set up to settle the Singur crisis, will not be able to meet its deadline, which ends on September 14.

Singur committee to miss deadline

The four-member committee set up to settle the Singur crisis will not be able to meet its seven-day deadline which ends on September 14.

Bengal tells Tatas: Nano plant won’t be touched

West Bengal Commerce and Industries Minister Nirupam Sen said here today that the Tatas have expressed satisfaction over the assurance given by the st

Why is Mamata so inflexible towards Tata project?

One answer lies in her playing opposition politics, another has to do with the 21 groups which have jumped onto her stage.

The importance of being Jyoti Basu

Looking for solutions to the current political imbroglio, politicians from New Delhi knocked the door of veteran Communist leader, Jyoti Basu, this we

After panchayat poll drubbing, CPM, partners lose Bengal civic bodies

Still to recover from the battering in the West Bengal panchayat polls, the ruling CPM and its Left partners were dealt another body blow today...

Left Govt turns 31 in Bengal, but nothing much to brag about

On Saturday, the Left Front Government turns 31. After over three decades of undisputed power in West Bengal...

Who are the Amra Bangalis?

As trains pull into West Bengal, passengers find the station names in Hindi and English smeared with black tar, leaving only the Bengali version visib

Day after fuel hike, Left-ruled states shut down

The consecutive bandhs called on Thursday and Friday by the ruling and opposition parties against the fuel price hike blurred the distinction...

CPM meet to analyse Bengal poll debacle

The CPI(M) on Friday called a two-day state committee meeting from Sunday to look into the reasons for its defeat in the local body elections.

Not just Singur and Nandigram, CPM gets battered across rural West Bengal

The CPM is facing an unprecedented dent in what it has long taken for granted, its support in the rural areas in West Bengal.

‘How can we let them capture our base?’

Kshiti Goswami, the RSP minister for Public Works Department, is one of the most dissenting voices in Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s cabinet
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