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Villages free of Maoists but not of fear

Saturday 27 June '09

Locked doors of huts, fear-stricken faces peek through narrow openings as security forces march along the abandoned lanes and bylanes.
In fresh Lalgarh ops, forces face gunfire, IEDs

Saturday 27 June '09

The final push to flush out Maoists from Lalgarh started on Friday, with stiff resistance from armed rebels.
As cops claim ‘liberation’, Maoists roam freely in Lalgarh

Friday 26 June '09

As the state Government makes claims of having “liberated” the Lalgarh police station and its surrounding areas, groups of armed Maoist squads continue to roam around the area where the security forces are posted at present.
Cops claim ‘liberation’; metres away, Maoists roam freely

Friday 26 June '09

As the state Government makes claims of having “liberated” the Lalgarh police station and its surrounding...
Liberated Lalgarh cops’ first case is against Aparna Sen & Co

Thursday 25 June '09

After it was “liberated” following a massive security operation on June 21, the Lalgarh police station has registered its first...
Operations set to resume, Bengal rules out talks

Thursday 25 June '09

West Bengal Chief Secy gave a green signal to 2nd phase of operations and ruled out any talks with Maoists while they 'held a gun to the head'.
Guns fall silent, CoBRAs slink ahead

Wednesday 24 June '09

Even as the security forces seemed poised for a final offensive against Maoists, the state government on Tuesday banned all outsiders from entering Lalgarh and surrounding areas, detaining a group of intellectuals briefly as they tried to enter the battle zone.
Govt missing, HIV victims fall off health radar

Wednesday 24 June '09

Seven-year-old Pintu Jana (name changed), a thalassaemia and HIV-positive patient, is untraceable.
Forces stop entry into Lalgarh

Wednesday 24 June '09

Preparing for a major offensive against the Maoists, the West Bengal Government on Tuesday banned...
In relief race, Trinamool beats CPM

Tuesday 23 June '09

It’s time for relief politics. The Trinamool Congress has set up relief camps for the people who fled their homes when the security forces marched in...
Day 5, Operation Lalgarh: Lull before the storm?

Tuesday 23 June '09

On the fifth day of Operation Lalgarh, the para-military and the state security forces did not make any forward movement from the new base camp set up here, probably as part of a tactical move.
In relief race, Trinamool beats CPM

Tuesday 23 June '09

It’s time for relief politics in Lalgarh. The Trinamool Congress has set up camps for the people who fled their homes...
Forces stay put on Day 5, ‘try to connect with villagers’

Tuesday 23 June '09

On the fifth day of Operation Lalgarh when ground zero and its adjoining areas were completely hit...
Mamata defies state pleas, sends ministers to Lalgarh

Monday 22 June '09

A day after top Maoist leader Kishanji issued an ultimatum to Trinamool Congess chief Mamata Banerjee...
No change a day after ‘liberation’

Monday 22 June '09

Twenty-four hours after the state government claimed that it had liberated the Lalgarh police station and established the rule of law, not much seems to have changed.
Mamata defies Bengal govt pleas, sends two ministers to Lalgarh

Monday 22 June '09

A Day after top Maoist leader Kishanji issued an ultimatum to Trinamool Congess chief Mamata Banerjee to break her “silence” or face a boycott from the people of Lalgarh...
Day 4, both sides offer talks, with condition

Monday 22 June '09

Four days after the operation to end the Maoist takeover of Lalgarh began, there seemed a thaw...
Nandigram on mind, Left Front tells Buddha: act but with caution

Thursday 18 June '09

As Lalgarh continues to boil, Left Front leaders on Wednesday told Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to take “stern and steady but not hasty” action against Maoists.
Buddha gets Left Front nod: Go after Maoists, but don’t repeat Nandigram

Thursday 18 June '09

The Left Front on Wednesday gave the West Bengal Government a free hand to take on the Maoists in Lalgarh...
Mamata lines up her men against CPM

Monday 15 June '09

Eyeing the 2011 Assembly elections, Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has prepared a two-pronged strategy to take on the CPM-led state government.
In slam Buddha season, Mamata pays Jyoti Basu a surprise visit

Sunday 14 June '09

Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday paid an impromptu visit to Jyoti Basu’s Salt Lake residence....
Post-poll violence shadows CPM’s Bengal meet

Friday 12 June '09

The post-poll violence across the state, especially in Khejuri where a number of CPM party offices were torched and ransacked, figured prominently during the first day of the two-day CPM state committee meeting here on Thursday.
Khejuri shadow over CPM’s Bengal meet

Friday 12 June '09

The post-poll violence across the state, especially in Khejuri where a number of CPI(M) party offices were torched and ransacked....
Govt wary of middlemen, to take thumb prints of victims

Saturday 6 June '09

It took 12 days for the state government to realise that relief is not reaching the victims of Aila...
Aila blows quacks into state health system

Thursday 4 June '09

The state government has decided to use the services of village quacks in the Sunderbans for providing medical relief...
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