Madhuparna Das Columns, Leading Columnist

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Police the casualty in Kolkata murder

Saturday 16 February '13

Commissioner of Kolkata Police R K Pachnanda was removed for 'failure' in handling the incident.

Top cop shown the door

Friday 15 February '13

Heads have begun to roll in the aftermath of the killing of a police officer in Garden Reach area of Kolkata.

Campus clash: Police chief of Kolkata axed

Friday 15 February '13

Guv unhappy with removal, CM hints at more arrests

Setback for Firad Hakim, Mamata''s rising star

Thursday 14 February '13

The killing of a police officer allegedly by assailants sheltered by the Trinamool Congress in Garden Reach comes as a setback for Firad Hakim

Two dons and a college clash

Thursday 14 February '13

Kolkata''s Garden Reach musclemen Ahmed and Mokhtar come from the same party CPM

Member of snoop team, slain cop was told to maintain law & order

Wednesday 13 February '13

Significantly, there are recommendations of several committees on police reform which stated that the officers posted in the specialised branches like SB, Detective Department, Special Task Force shou...

'ASI was not keen to report to duty today''

Wednesday 13 February '13

ASI Tapash Choudhury was unwilling to report for duty at Harimohan Ghosh College on this fateful Tuesday.

Dockland shooting fells city cop

Wednesday 13 February '13

Students'' poll 'TMC goon fires at college election in Firad Hakim''s backyard.

'Trinamool goon'' kills Kolkata cop

Wednesday 13 February '13

Firing at college election in Mamata favourite Firad Hakim''s dockland backyard; four arrested

Mamata plays with fire in the hills

Wednesday 13 February '13

Madan Tamang murder case is back on CM table as she extends hand to other groups in Darjeeling

Bandh returns to Hills on Feb 9 first in 2 years

Thursday 7 February '13

Irked by govt''s move to set up Lepcha council, GJM calls for stir.

GJM calls bandh against Lepcha council on Feb 9

Thursday 7 February '13

Gorkha Janamukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung on Wednesday called a bandh in Darjeeling and its surrounding areas on February 9 to protest against the West Bengal government''s

Gurung to 'quit'' GTA, revive Gorkhaland stir

Tuesday 5 February '13

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung today said he would step down from the post of chief executive of the Gorkha Territorial Administration in a few days.

Victims'' verdict is in: Country''s first all-women courts offer hope

Tuesday 5 February '13

Aminur Khatun has made at least 50 trips to the district court in Malda in West Bengal over the last two years in connection with the case against her husband for allegedly torturing her mentally and ...

Victims' verdict is in: Country's first all-women courts offer hope

Tuesday 5 February '13

The 20 year-old shouted and screamed in court as she testified and pleaded her case.

Will quit GTA post, says Gurung

Tuesday 5 February '13

Threatens to revive Gorkhaland movement

Father sent to gallows for hacking teen daughter after rape bid

Friday 1 February '13

A lower court in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal on Thursday sent a father to gallows for hacking his 13-year-old daughter after she resisted his attempt to rape her.

Chants of Gorkhaland interrupt Mamata speech in Darjeeling

Wednesday 30 January '13

Amidst the growing din, the GJM leaders, who were on the podium, also began to walk out.

GJM supporters interrupt Mamata speech, raise slogans

Wednesday 30 January '13

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday walked out of the dais at a public meeting in Darjeeling after Gorkha Janamukti Morcha

Amid protests, enclave residents celebrate R-Day

Tuesday 29 January '13

On January 26, residents of 51 Bangladeshi enclaves in India celebrated the Republic Day for the first time by hoisting the Indian Tricolour and taking out processions.