Security forces marched into the Lalgarh police station on Saturday without any resistance, signalling a symbolic...
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Sunday , 21 June '09
After reclaiming control of key Lalgarh police station area, security forces on Sunday pushed deeper to break the Maoist siege of 17 villages considered strongholds of the ultras and tribals backed by them.Saturday , 20 June '09
In the 1970s the walls of various buildings of Kolkata and the districts were dotted with graffiti of a paraphrased quote from Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung....
Saturday , 20 June '09
A relatively uneventful second day of security operations ended in a blaze of firing and explosions as night fell in Lalgarh’s ‘liberated zone’ on Friday....
Saturday , 20 June '09
WB CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee met Manmohan Singh and Union Home Minister P Chidamabaram and apprised them of the situation in Lalgarh.
Saturday , 20 June '09
Maoist leaders at Lalgarh are willing to come to the negotiation table if the government agrees to accede to their demands.Saturday , 20 June '09
Maoist leader Koteswar Rao said that the state govt should stop the police operation in Lalgarh and hold talks with the people to find a solution to their problems.
Saturday , 20 June '09
Security forces stormed Lalgarh and without much resistance reclaimed the police station under control of Maoists, who had cut off the area in West Midnapore district for eight months.
Friday , 19 June '09
WB Govt declared that it will not stop the operation to flush out Maoists from Lalgarh till the entire Maoist-hit area was cleared of the rebels.
Friday , 19 June '09
Two hundred personnel of the specialised anti-Naxal force, CoBRA, began sanitising the Jhitkha jungle as security forces proceeded towards besieged Lalgarh in West Midnapore district.
Friday , 19 June '09
Home Minister P Chidambaram said he endorsed the appeal of West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to the Maoists and the tribals to come for talks.
Friday , 19 June '09
Trinamool Congress said it neither has any connection with the Maoist extremists nor supports its ideology or action.
Friday , 19 June '09
Trinamool Congress said it neither has any connection with the extremists nor supports its ideology or action.
Friday , 19 June '09
Maoists intercepted a group of mediapersons, ordered them to line up on the road and threatened to shoot them.
Thursday , 18 June '09
CPM on Thursday accused Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee of leading an "unholy alliance" with Maoists in West Bengal to destabilise the elected Left Front government in the state.
Thursday , 18 June '09
The violence at Lalgarh in West Bengal's East Midnapur district was the result of the 'factional feud' within the CPI(M), alleged Trinamool Congress.
Thursday , 18 June '09
The West Bengal govt ruled out negotiations with Maoists saying 'so long there is violence and obstruction, there cannot be any discussion'.
Thursday , 18 June '09
Security forces moved into the restive Lalgarh region to end the three-day siege of Maoists, who have gone on a rampage targeting CPM cadres and leaders, destroying their homes and party office.Thursday , 18 June '09
Challenging Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to ban the Maoists, Trinamool Congress on Wednesday labelled the Lalgarh violence as an internal feud of the CPI(M).Thursday , 18 June '09
The Left Front on Wednesday gave the West Bengal Government a free hand to take on the Maoists in Lalgarh...