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Trinamool, Maoists creating anarchy in West Bengal: Yechury

By ians • Nov 26th, 2009
Sitaram Yechury

New Delhi, Nov 26, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury Thursday said the Trinamool Congress was in cahoots with the Maoists to create anarchy in West Bengal.



Tata’s Singur land can be acquired for BHEL: Bengal minister

By ians • Nov 26th, 2009
Nirupam Sen

Kolkata, Nov 26, West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister Nirupam Sen Thursday said if state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) selected the land abandoned by Tata Motors in Singur, the state government would acquire it from the auto major.



Lok Sabha adjourned over political clashes in West Bengal

By ians • Nov 26th, 2009

New Delhi, Nov 26, Lok Sabha was adjourned Thursday following an uproar in the house by Trinamool Congress and Left parties over violent clashes in West Bengal’s Hooghly district that left one man dead and five injured.



One killed, five injured in Trinamool-CPI-M clashes

By ians • Nov 26th, 2009

Kolkata, Nov 26, One man was killed and five others, including a police officer, suffered bullet injuries as activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Trinamool Congress clashed in several villages in West Bengal’s Hooghly district Thursday, police said.



Jharkhand’s rice bowl seeks water and security

By Madhusree Chatterjee • Nov 25th, 2009

Bahragora/Chakulia (Jharkhand), Nov 25, This small town in the middle of Jharkhand’s rice bowl, just 30 km from Lalgarh, the Maoist battleground in West Bengal, is thirsty for water, funds and an honest administration, as the state starts its five-phase assembly polls Wednesday.



Say no to nuclear plant, Mahasweta tells tribals

By ians • Nov 25th, 2009

Kolkata, Nov 25, Railing against a proposed nuclear power plant in West Bengal’s Haripur, celebrated writer Mahasweta Devi has urged tribals to send five post cards each to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying no to the plant.



Maoists kill CPI-M leader in West Bengal

By ians • Nov 24th, 2009

Kolkata, Nov 24, Suspected Maoist guerrillas killed a local Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, police said Tuesday.



Congress ally’s shutdown fails to impact life in West Bengal

By ians • Nov 24th, 2009

Kolkata, Nov 24, Normal life remained virtually unaffected in West Bengal Tuesday despite a dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI), an ally of opposition Congress-Trinamool Congress combine in the state. It is protesting on various issues including rises in the prices of essential commodities.



CPI-M activist shot dead by Maoists in Bengal

By ians • Nov 23rd, 2009

Kolkata, Nov 23, A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist was shot dead by a group of suspected Maoist guerrillas in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district for allegedly acting as a spy for the government forces, officials said Monday.



Buddhadeb attacks Trinamool on development plank

By ians • Nov 23rd, 2009
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Tamluk (West Bengal), Nov 22, Attacking the opposition Trinamool Congress on the development plank, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday alleged that all work has come to a halt in areas where that party tasted electoral success over the past one and a half years.