Wednesday 29 July '09
A CPM supporter was killed and two others were injured when they were allegedly attacked by bandh enforcers in Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday.Wednesday 29 July '09
Forensic examination of the IEDs recovered from two youths in Malda on Friday night has revealed that the bomb-makers were using the remote control units that are used in toys made in China, CID officers investigating the case said today.Thursday
23 July '09Lodged with her daughter and husband in one of the rooms at the Congress party office in Katwa that has now turned into a dormitory, 26-year-old Manuti Hazra says she hasn’t seen her home for over a month now.Sunday
19 July '09Even as the state Congress celebrated the near-total response to its 12-hour Bengal bandh call on Friday...Thursday
16 July '09Even as the indefinite shutdown of the Darjeeling Hills called by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha entered its third day, police continued to stay off the streets while Gorkhaland Personnel...Thursday
16 July '09Snubbing the Centre’s offer of holding the third round of tripartite talks on August 24 in Delhi, the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha said further talks should be held at the political level, and should be “fruitful”.Wednesday
15 July '09Cut off from the rest of the country by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s blockade of NH-31A...Monday
13 July '09Even as the Darjeeling Hills head for yet another indefinite shutdown from Monday, called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha over the police action against its supporters, the GJM’s ally BJP indicated that the party would support the bandh call.Saturday
11 July '09After the arrest of Assam-based drug lord Haji Samsul Haque Talukdar alias Pakhi Miyan from Durgapur in Burdwan on June 21, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence is busy preparing the court case to make it impossible for him to get a bail.Wednesday
24 June '09On the second day of the 48-hour bandh called by the CPI-Maoist in five states, including West Bengal, Naxalites upped the ante against the Left Front government...Wednesday
24 June '09A possible face-off between the Trinamool Congress and the CPM was averted in Burdwan on Tuesday following an intervention by Union Finance Minister and WBPCC president Pranab Mukherjee.Monday
22 June '09Months before Lalgarh hit the headlines in November 2008, the West Bengal Government had an idea of the extent...Sunday
21 June '09Even as the state government struggles with Maoists in Lalgarh, CPI parliamentarian Gurudas Dasgupta blamed the CPM-led government for the crisis...Saturday
20 June '09Several months before Lalgarh hit the headlines in November 2008, the West Bengal government had a fair idea of the extent of Maoist presence and activities in the state, including Nandigram.Thursday
18 June '09Countering the Left Front’s allegations that the entry of Maoists into Lalgarh was facilitated by the Trinamool-Congress combine...Monday
15 June '09Meherpur, Purnachandapur and Srinarayanpur villages in Aila-hit Patharpratima block of South 24-Parganas received the bodies of three of their residents...Sunday
14 June '09On his third trip to cyclone-hit areas, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee travelled over four hours by road, over water and in an auto-rickshaw to meet villagers in North 24-Parganas on Saturday.Friday
12 June '09The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha’s decision to get BJP leader Jaswant Singh elected from Darjeeling seems to be paying off as senior Morcha leaders will accompany him for a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next week.Friday
12 June '09Fresh tension erupted in Salboni in West Midnapore district when political clashes on Thursday left more than 10 people, mostly Forward Bloc supporters, injured at Sijua village.Thursday
11 June '09A day after a tribal village court in Lalgarh “sentenced” a woman to death for causing the death of one Mamoni Murmu through witchcraft...Monday
8 June '09Following the allegations made by a woman before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Behrampore that she was raped by the Rapid Action Force personnel...Sunday
7 June '09Three days after the Maoist attack in which three of his colleagues were gunned down while having lunch, constable Nripendranath Das of Sarenga police station still cannot believe his luck.Thursday
4 June '09In a daring daylight attack suspected Maoists gunned down three policemen and injured two others in Bankura district on Wednesday.Monday
1 June '09Reiterating her stand that cyclone relief funds be given directly to the district magistrates of affected areas...Sunday
31 May '09Noted human rights activist Dr Binayak Sen has said most of the land in Chhattisgarh was acquired at gun-point for big industrial houses.
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