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Naxal commander shot dead in UP encounter

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

The Sonbhadra police gunned down a sub-zonal commander of Naxals on Monday. Kamlesh Chaudhary carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head from the Uttar Pradesh government and Rs 50,000 from the Bihar government.
Two arrested, unlicensed arms, crude bombs seized

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

Two persons were arrested on Monday for carrying unlicenced arms, crude bombs and ganja in a car in Salt Lake.
Women robbed, one ‘abducted’ by taxi driver

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

Two women were robbed at dagger point and one among them was ‘kidnapped’ by a taxi driver outside AMRI Hospital in Salt Lake at 11.30 am today.
HC cease-work on till today

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

The cease-work by the Bar Association of the Calcutta High Court will continue till tomorrow, said Amjad Ali, president of the association.
One arrested, 400 endangered turtles recovered by rly cops

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

The Railway Protection Force seized 400 turtles from the Shamshi railway station in Bhalka in Malda on Sunday evening.
Taxi operators defer strike after meeting minister

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

Taxi operators in the city have decided to defer their indefinite strike scheduled to begin from November 12.
Bypolls results today: CPM looks hard for silver lining

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

While the Opposition Trinamool is sure of a remarkable victory in the 10 Assembly constituencies where bypolls were held on November 7, the ruling Left is keeping its fingers crossed for Tuesday when the results will be declared.
Buddha dared Maoists, and so the killings: Mamata

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today blamed “irresponsible comments” made by Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for the death of four jawans of the Eastern Frontier Rifles, who were shot dead by Maoists yesterday at Gidhni near Jhargram.
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.
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