Body of a member of local CPM has been lying outside the party office, draped in a blood-spattered white sheet — for the last six days since he was shot dead by Maoists.
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Wednesday , 17 June '09
Tribals backing the Maoists have put up a three-tier human shield to save them from the crackdown of paramilitary forces.
Wednesday , 17 June '09
Grappling with a violent agitation by tribals in Lalgarh, the West Bengal Government on Wednesday alleged that a squad of 100 Maoists armed with sophisticated weapons had entered the troubled area in West Midnapore district from neighbouring Jharkhand.
Wednesday , 17 June '09
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said the law and order situation in West Bengal is deteriorating fast because of the Maoists violence.
Wednesday , 17 June '09
If the West Bengal government cannot regain control of West Midnapore, it should ask for Central aid
Tuesday , 16 June '09
Post-poll violence in Bengal continues unabated with CPM’s Burdwan district committee member shot dead by alleged Trinamool activists.
Tuesday , 16 June '09
Condemning the killing of its cadre by alleged Maoists, the CPI (M) asked the Centre to immediately send para-military forces to West Midnapore district.Monday , 15 June '09
The violence in Lalgarh and Ramgarh areas of West Midnapore district continued on Sunday, with at least three CPI(M) workers....
Wednesday , 10 June '09
Hundreds of residents, under banner of Trinamool Cong, took to the streets in CPM’s bastion Khejuri and went on a violent door-to-door search.Tuesday , 9 June '09
Grease trickling down the central dome of Victoria Memorial Hall has invited the wrath of environmentalists.
Thursday , 4 June '09
The Government on Thursday vowed to provide "all possible succour" to the people affected by the cyclone 'Aila' that left a trail of death and devastation along the coast of South Bengal.
Thursday , 4 June '09
Trinamool Congress leader and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Left Front government of "unleashing terror" on her supporters in West Bengal.
Tuesday , 2 June '09
West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee visited a relief camp in North 24 Parganas district housing at least 1200 cyclone affected people.
Wednesday , 27 May '09
Death toll from Cyclone Aila in India and Bangladesh rose to at least 168, while heavy rains after the storm caused deadly mudslides and slowed rescue efforts.
Wednesday , 27 May '09
Trinamool Congress MPs, who will take oath as Union Ministers on Thursday in Delhi, will return to West Bengal to visit cyclone-ravaged districts.
Tuesday , 26 May '09
At least 62 people were killed as cyclone 'Aila' ravaged the southern coastlines of Bangladesh, where tidal surges inundated vast tracts of land and breached coastal embankments.
Monday , 25 May '09
Cyclonic storm Aila with a wind speed of 100 kmph was only 50 km away from Kolkata and was likely to hit the city any time soon, the met office said.Monday , 25 May '09
Two persons were killed in Kolkata in the aftermath of Cyclone Aila as the storm, accompanied by heavy showers, raged through the city.