New Delhi, Feb 16, There were “indications of failure” in a police camp with “adequate strength” being overrun by Maoists, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Tuesday, while condemning the attack on a Eastern Frontier Rifles camp in West Bengal in which 24 security personnel were killed.
Kolkata, Feb 16, An uneasy calm prevailed in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Tuesday as a heavy contingent of central forces started an intense search in the Shilda region. A group of armed Maoists had killed at least 24 security personnel and left several injured Monday night.
Kolkata, Feb 11, West Bengal’s Muslims are divided over the government’s move to reserve 10 percent of government jobs for socially, economically and educationally backward in the community.
New Delhi, Feb 9, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday opposed the decision of the West Bengal government to provide 10 per cent quota in government jobs for Muslims under the backward class category.
Kolkata, Feb 6,The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday said it would defer its party congress to a later date next year after assembly elections in Kerala and West Bengal are over.
Kolkata, Feb 3, West Bengal’s Power and Non-Conventional Energy Minister and senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Mrinal Banerjee died of colon cancer at a private hospital here Wednesday, party sources said. He was 72.
New Delhi, Feb 2, A continent and the Atlantic Ocean separate the World Trade Centre and the young Vicky Roy from Purulia, an impoverished district in West Bengal, but the geographical distance has not prevented the young photographer – once destitute at the New Delhi Railway station – to chronicle a slice of American history.
Kolkata, Jan 31, West Bengal’s ruling Left Front major Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday welcomed the Ranganath Mishra Commission report recommending 10 percent reservation for Muslims and five percent for other minorities in government jobs.
Kolkata, Jan 28, West Bengal’s main opposition Trinamool Congress Wednesday announced the launch of a “non-cooperation” against the state’s Communist-led government at all levels.
Ranchi, Jan 25, Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren Monday said the panchayat poll in the state would take place on party lines, as it had in West Bengal.