
Kolkata: A day after West Bengal Chief Minister West Bengal declared a war against Maoists, two top Maoists surrendered to her in Kolkata's Writers' Building. With negotiations virtually falling apart and with her party firmly in power, the question is whether Mamata has decided to dump the Maoists. A huge cache of arms recovered in West Midnapore was a harsh reminder of the strength and influence the Maoists wield in...

08:40 PM, Nov 17, 2011

New Delhi: Just a year after he was arrested and handed over by Bangladesh, United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa will walk out free on Friday. Within the next few weeks, ULFA's Chairman is expected to sit for peace talks with New Delhi along with most of the top ULFA leadership. The bail was expected and the Assam government did not oppose it. And as if on...

07:34 AM, Dec 31, 2010

Kolkata: The gloves are off in the fight between the Congress and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. In this high voltage political drama, a usually mild-mannered Buddhadeb looked angry, surprised and hurt in his response to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's letter alleging armed CPI-M cadres spreading terror in the state, only to face more criticism from Congress in New Delhi. Congress blamed the West Bengal government of adopting...

11:38 AM, Dec 30, 2010

The ULFA Chairman was officially declared arrested by India. ...

09:53 PM, Dec 04, 2009

Singur is turning into a major embarrassment for the ruling CPI-M in West Bengal. ...

03:04 AM, Jun 30, 2007

Investigators have found leads in the blasts on Samjhauta Express, but they still don’t have enough. ...

08:49 AM, Feb 22, 2007