Kolkata: Former CPM MP Lakshman Seth, arrested for alleged involvement in the disappearance of six persons in Nandigram in 2007, was on Friday granted bail by the Calcutta High Court after remaining in custody for 118 days.
A division bench comprising justices Ashim Kumar Roy and Tafiq Uddin granted bail to the former Haldia strongman on a bond of Rs 60,000.
Seth was directed by the court not to enter East Midnapore district, under which Haldia and Nandigram falls, till further orders and to appear before the investigating officer twice a week.
Seth was arrested on March 17 from a Mumbai guesthouse by the West Bengal CID along with two others, former CPM MLA Ashok Guria and CPM district committee member Amiya Sahu....
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05:03 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Kolkata: Meet Nityananda Das, one of Singur's "unwilling farmer" who lost his land to Tata Motors. His family was allegedly tortured by the police and CPM cadres for refusing to accept the Left Front Government's compensation package. Despite a change of political guard, Nityananda Das and 2000 other Singur farmers are still waiting for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to fulfill her promise of returning their land. "We are...
09:40 AM, May 20, 2012
Kolkata: Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Lok Sabha member Laxman Seth and two of his associates were arrested in Mumbai Saturday in connection with the violent incidents in Nandigram of West Bengal's East Midnapore district in 2007, the police said. "Seth and two other CPI-M leaders Ashok Guriya and Amiya Sahoo were arrested from Mumbai today (Saturday). We are trying to produce them in court and seek transit remand...
05:50 PM, Mar 17, 2012
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee has decided to send her representatives for the swearing-in ceremonies of Parkash Singh Badal and Akhilesh Yadav in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, giving a huge relief to the UPA. Bengal Tourism Minister Rachpal Singh would go to Punjab, while Union Minister of State for Tourism Sultan Ahmed would go to Lucknow. Sources said that the West Bengal Chief Minister took the decision after Trinamool...
02:43 PM, Mar 11, 2012
New Delhi: In a major setback to West Bengal's Nandigram violence victims, the state government on Friday withdrew its petition from the Supreme Court ordering an investigation into the 2007 firing incident. This, in effect, quashes any probe into those accused in the case, which included several high-ranking officers of the Bengal police. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now expected to start an investigation and submit a chargesheet....
04:54 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Mumbai: Director Rahul Dholakia, who is known for his socio-political thrillers Parzania (2005) and Lamhaa: The Untold Story of Kashmir (2010) is now set to write a courtroom drama Kanoon, which has a close reference to the 2007 Nandigram massacre related to land takeover in West Bengal. "It has a close reference to the Nandigram issue. It's a courtroom drama on corporate crime. Actually, it shows how common poor people...
09:15 AM, May 26, 2011
Kolkata: The CPI (ML) on Saturday hailed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's move to return 400 acres, acquired for the abandoned Tata Motors project at Singur, to the unwilling farmers, but said owners of the remaining 600 acres should also be compensated as no factory has come up there. "We welcome the decision of Mamata Banerjee to return 400 acres to unwilling land-losers, but we feel that the land...
08:33 PM, May 21, 2011
Nandigram: After March 13, 2007, Nandigram became the epicenter of violence and death in Bengal's politics. It acted as a catalyst that finally resulted in the fall of the Left Front and the rise of Mamata Banerjee like a phoenix. Today, people are celebrating in Nandigram, not just the victory of Mamata Banerjee, but the return of peace. On the fateful day in 2007, 14 unarmed villagers, protesting against land ...
10:43 PM, May 19, 2011
New Delhi: Singur and Nandigram, two nondescript rural areas of Bengal has made it to the headlines of nearly every major national and international news outlet. It has been subjects of PhD theses and policy white papers on land acquisition and growth of SEZs. Back where it all began, the beginning of the end of the worlds longest-serving elected Communist government, the mood is one of obvious triumph, jubilation and...
07:35 PM, May 13, 2011
New Delhi: Ousted from power in West Bengal after three decades, the CPM on Friday said Trinamool Congress has reaped the benefits of people's aspiration for "change" to inflict the "big defeat" on the party but admitted that it too has committed "mistakes". The party also said the results of West Bengal and Kerala will be a disappointment for the "Left and democratic forces" but this will not make the...
03:32 PM, May 13, 2011
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress rose like a phoenix from the Singur and Nandigram movements chipping away at the hold of the Left Front to sweep into the portals of power in West Bengal after 34 years of uninterrupted Marxist rule. The land agitation in Singur and Nandigram spearheaded by the Trinamool Congress chief is widely credited for Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's meteoric rise and the dramatic change in her...
02:15 PM, May 13, 2011
Nandigram: The Nandigram violence will now be a part of a film that also includes victims of rape, arson and other atrocities in Nandigram. The actors of the film are the victims of the Nandigram carnage. For 15-year-old Nandigram victim Bulu Mir the wounds on his body may have healed but not the scars it has left behind. Shot in the head during the infamous Nandigram carnage Bulu was saved...
10:24 AM, May 03, 2011
New Delhi: The fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly polls will be held on Tuesday covering 63 constituencies in four districts - Howrah, Hoogly, East Midnapore and parts of Burdwan. Trouble-torn Nandigram and Singur will also vote today. Five ministers in Buddadeb's cabinet including CPM heavyweight states' industry minister Nirupam Sen are in the fray. Also to watch out for are three former IPS officers fielded by Mamata Banerjee. Polling...
08:05 AM, May 03, 2011
Khejuri: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Saturday said that he wanted to make Nandigram as developed as Haldia and accused the Trinamool Congress of fomenting trouble there. "We want to make Nandigram another Haldia. Haldia is a booming town now. It will continue to flourish. Thousands of people are working there. We have created Haldia. But TMC has unleashed false propaganda and created trouble even after the announcement...
02:05 PM, Apr 30, 2011
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress has unleashed its campaign with fiery rally in Kolkata on Sunday. A chronology of violence revisited as victims of political violence - from Netai to Nandigram to Singur - came together lending support to Mamata's cry for justice. They were compensated - TMC gave Rs one lakh each to the families of the dead and Rs 25000 to those injured at Netai. TMC chief Mamata Banerjee said,...
09:52 PM, Feb 20, 2011
Will Rajarhat be the next flashpoint in West Bengal like Singur and Nandigram? With the Left Front leaving no stone unturned to make investments for the companies in the hope of bringing back the jobs, it has once again soured the relationship between the Trinamool and the Congress. ...
12:32 PM, Nov 27, 2010
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress MP supplied arms to the Maoists, revealed an arrested Naxal leader. ...
09:27 PM, Jul 16, 2010
The government wants to acquire land for atomic power project. ...
11:46 AM, Mar 05, 2010
The unease between the Bengal Guv and CM is out in the open. ...
10:16 PM, Aug 11, 2009
GK Gandhi wrote security of people cannot be linked to political affiliation. ...
12:20 AM, Aug 08, 2009
