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In Naxal heartland, ‘guerrilla girls’ lead from front

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

A postmortem of three recent Maoist attacks — Gadchiroli (in Maharastra), Sankrail and Gidhni (in the Jamboni police station area) in West Midnapore...
Dutta joins duty, then shifted from Sankrail to police lines

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

Atindranath Dutta, the police officer who was abducted by Maoists and held captive for two days before being released, today reported back for duty as the officer-in-charge at the Sankrail police station.
Home secy in a flip-flop over Maoist links of Trinamool

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

West Bengal Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen’s flip-flop about links between the Trinamool Congress and the Maoists put the state government in an embarrassing situation on Monday evening.
‘My pistol was no match for their AK-47s’

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

Nayan Mondol (36), an ASI posted with the Jamboni police station who was supposed to go on a week-long leave from today, was sipping his evening tea near a stall at Gidhni market yesterday.
Maoists attack
Gidhni police camp wound up after Maoist ambush

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

The state government today dismantled the Eastern Frontier Rifles camp at Gidhni near the Bengal-Jhargram border where a Maoist squad shot four jawans dead on Sunday.
Kolkata Confidential

Monday 09 November, 2009

Off late Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has become an A R Rahman fan. During a recent visit of the composer in Kolkata, Mamata personally called him up and wished him good luck.
Big plans for Bengal: Mamata

Monday 09 November, 2009

With the by-elections over and eyeing the crucial state Assembly elections in 2011, Trinamool chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee once again started her inauguration spree on Sunday.
Statehood stir hits train services in North Bengal

Monday 09 November, 2009

Train services in North Bengal were disrupted after the All Koch Rajbongshi Separate State Committee members blocked railway tracks since morning.
Student groups see eye-to-eye on varsity status for Presidency

Monday 09 November, 2009

Both the warring student factions at Presidency College, Kolkata, have never seen eye-to-eye on any issue. But things seem to be different when it comes to their demand to grant the college the university status.
CPM office
The rise and rise of Maoists in Bengal

Monday 09 November, 2009

Three districts saw continuous bloodbath over last 12 months It all started on November 2, 2008 when Maoists made an attempt on the life of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Lifeline

Sunday 08 November, 2009

Mohana Damlearns how Deepak Kumar Kundu has been lending a helping hand to people in distress
Water
Water, water, everywhere...

Sunday 08 November, 2009

Pragya Paramita finds out from Rajashi Mukherjee how nearly six months after Cyclone Aila ravaged Bengal, 30 spirited village folk still continue their work of repairing tube wells and desalinating water bodies
Idol’s jewellery stolen from temple

Sunday 08 November, 2009

Silver and gold jewellery, which adorned the idol of the Sitala mandir at 1/2, Durgacharan Mukherjee Lane in Bagbazar was found missing when the pandit of the temple came in the morning today.
Pugmarks spotted in Sunderbans village

Sunday 08 November, 2009

Tension gripped Nagenanbad Muslim Para at Kultali in South 24-Parganas as villagers spotted pugmarks on Saturday morning.
CEO says no permission given to play watchdog

Sunday 08 November, 2009

Trouble broke out in Belgachhia East constituency this afternoon when intellectuals, including Sunanda Sanyal, were allegedly heckled by CPM supporters in front of a booth in Salt Lake.
Sujit Bose
Sparks fly in tense Belgachhia (E), Alipore stays cool

Sunday 08 November, 2009

In the two Assembly constituencies of Belgachhia (East) and Alipore, the city witnessed opposite moods today.
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