Lalgarh: Police raids were on in Netai village near the Maoist hub in West Bengal on Saturday a day after seven people were shot dead and 12 wounded allegedly by Marxist-backed assailants. Groups of villagers were seen huddled together, mourning the deaths, while anxiety was writ large on the faces of those whose family members lay critically injured in hospitals. Around noon, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee went round the...
03:38 PM, Jan 08, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal is on the edge after political violence spills out of control with the deaths of seven Trinamool workers. Home Minister P Chidambaram has summoned West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and Governor MK Narayanan to Delhi. Narayanan is rushing to the capital to brief Chidambaram, as political violence is spilling out of control in the state leaving 11 people dead in the last 48 hours. The battle...
06:54 AM, Jan 08, 2011
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
New Delhi/Kolkata: The battle between Centre and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee over Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's letter asking him to rein in armed Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI(M))cadres to the state government has intensified. The Home Ministry claimed that Chidambaram's letter to the West Bengal Chief Minister was sent by speed post while the state government has been complaining that the letter was leaked to the media...
11:44 AM, Dec 29, 2010
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday said that Communist Party of India-Marxist supporters have formed camps to protect themselves and that they enjoy police protection because of Naxal threats while replying to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's letter on reining in on armed Marxist cadre in the state. The Bengal Chief Minister pointed out that nearly 260 CPI-M cadres have died so far in Naxal attacks. In...
02:11 PM, Dec 28, 2010
Kolkata: A TMC worker was killed on Saturday in the troubled West Midnapore district in West Bengal that has been facing political violence. Locals allege that CPM cadres are responsible for the murder. The police investigation was on. The TMC worker was found dead on Saturday at Golator area of West Midnapore The incident came just two days after Home Minister P Chidambaram wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb...
04:31 PM, Dec 26, 2010
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday wrote to West Bengal Government, expressing concern over increasing violence in the state. In the letter, written to West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Chidambaram asked the State Government to take action against Harmad Vahini, a group of CPM activists allegedly involved in violence in the trouble hit Midnapore area. This came two days after Mamata in an interview on CNN-IBN lashed...
06:25 PM, Dec 24, 2010
Police had arrested 14 Trinamool supporters on charges of rioting. ...
01:29 AM, Jun 16, 2009
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