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Angry Villagers Strike Panchyat Office In Storm Hit North Dinajpur »
By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty Raiganj, April 16 – In the storm hit belt of North Dinajpur, angry villagers on Thursday in a desperate drive barge into a panchayat office and carry away tarpaulin sheets. The villagers also accused...
Storm In Bengal, 32 Killed, 50,000 Houses Destroyed »
By SUNIL Sonkar Dinajpur, April 14 — A powerful storm hit North Dinajpur of West Bengal last night and at least 32 people have been feared dead. About 1000 people are injured, many are feared to be...
Major Fire At Panagarh Army Base In Bengal »
By SUNIL Sonkar Kolkata, March 26 — A major fire swept thruogh an Army base at Panagarh near Kolkata, late Thursday night at 1:30 Hours. There were loud explosions heard continuously at the army base for two...
Top Naxal Leader Kanu Sanyal Found Hanging, Suicide Suspected »
By SUNIL Sonkar Siliguri, March 23 — Founder members of Naxalite movement Kanu Sanyal was found hanging on Tuesday at his Seftullajote village residence, about 25 km from Siliguri. Sanyal was 78 and was was suffering from...
The Girl Rubbed Her Sindoor, Revolts Against Dowry »
By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty Durgapur, March 12 – In an exemplary example, a village girl denied her marriage and stormed out of her wedding venue, rubbing off her sindoor on her head and revolted against groom’s family who...
WB Govt Admits Maoists Attack Was Informed To Them, But 3 Hrs Before »
By SUNIL Sonkar Kolkata, Feb. 17 — Intelligence had given warning to the West Bengal government about the Maoists attack. WB government admitted on Wednesday that the information came that Maoists were “assembling” around Shilda (West Midnapor...
Maoist Kill 24 troops in West Bengal »
By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty West Bengal, Feb. 16 – At least 24 troops were killed when Maoists had strike a camp of paramilitary forces in West Bengal. Official reported. Nearly 50 Maoists attacked the camp of the Eastern...
Gorkhaland State Ruled Out By CM »
By SUNIL Sonkar Kolkata, Feb. 12 — West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee rejected the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s demand for a Gorkhaland State on Friday. CM said State government would consider in the region more funds and...
WB Announces 10% Employment Quota To Muslims »
By SUNIL Sonkar Kolkata, Feb. 08 — West Bengal government announces 10 per cent employment quota on Monday for the community under OBC category. The same day when Andhra Pradesh High Court had struck down job reservation...
Major Fire In Ultadanga Slum Of Kolkata »
By AJITHA Menon Kolkata, Jan. 12 — A major fire has broken out in the sprawling Basanti Colony slum area in Ultadanga, Kolkata. The entire colony, adjacent to the railway line, is in the grasp of the...
People of Different Faiths Pray For Jyoti Basu »
By AJITHA Menon Kolkata, Jan. 12 — Former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu is India’s most well known Communist leader and an atheist. But as he lies ailing in his hospital bed, people of different faiths...
Join Mainstream Left Movement, FB tells Maoists »
By Ajitha Menon : Kolkata : The All India Forward Bloc today invited the Maoists to join the mainstream and participate in the anti-imperialist Left movement in the country. They have to forsake arms and come for...
Maoists kill 4 security personal, looted arms, escaped easily in WB »
By SUNIL Sonkar JHARGRAM, India: Maoists killed four security personal and looted arms in a surprise attack on Sunday in Jhargram sub-division of West Midnapore district. The incident took place at around 5:30 pm in this Naxal...
No difference between Maoists and Marxists says TMC chief »
KOLKATA, India: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that the Maoists and the Marxists are the two sides of the same coin. She said this countering the allegation of the CPM that correlated TMC with...
WB BJP President resignes »
WEST BENGAL, India: After Vasudhara Raje, now the West Bengal BJP chief had been stepped down for poor performance of BJP in the Lok Sabha election. He has been stepped down a day after Raje bowed to...
Abducted officer-in-charge freed by Maoist in Bengal »
MIDNAPORE, India: The kidnapped officer-in-charge was released on Thursday by the Maoist. Atindranath Dutta is the officer-in-charge of the Sankrail police station in West Midnapore district and was kidnapped by the Maoist on Tuesday after they killed...
Maoists targeted anti-landmine vehicle in Jharkhand »
48-hour strike in West Bengal, Bihar, Chaattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa An anti-landmine vehicle was targeted today by Maoists in Jharkhand amid a 48-hour strike called by Maoists in five states. The security has been put on high...
TMC chief says Buddhadeb is a bigger Maoist »
TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that a bigger Maoist is the chief minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. She also said that TMC will wait for 48 hours and if nothing happens within this time...
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