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High alert in West Bengal after Mumbai terror attacks

November 27th, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) Security has been beefed up and a high alert has been sounded across West Bengal after a series of terrorist attacks rocked Mumbai Wednesday night and left at ...

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West Bengal court sends two Maoists to police custody

November 23rd, 2008 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 23 (IANS) A West Bengal district court Sunday sent two Maoist rebels, suspected of targeting chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, to a 10-day police custody.According to the verdict of Berhampur ...

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Buddha raps UPA for faith in capitalism

November 22nd, 2008 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 22 (IANS) Slamming the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for its "faith" in capitalism, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Saturday said the central government should learn from the ...

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Lalgarh tribals decline to join peace talks in West Bengal

November 22nd, 2008 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) The impasse continued in West Bengal's violence-hit Lalgarh area Friday with tribal groups, agitating against police excesses after Nov 2 Salboni landmine blast, and the administration engaging in ...

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Landmine blast was administrative failure: Paswan

November 18th, 2008 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) Central Minister Ram Vilas Paswan Tuesday dubbed the Nov 2 landmine explosion in West Bengal's West Midnapore district as a failure of the local administration."This was a local ...

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People should come out to protest Maoist attacks: Somnath

People should come out to protest Maoist attacks: Somnath

November 16th, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) Holding that fear had taken hold in the minds of the common man due to the "red terror" of the Maoists, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has urged ...

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Terrorists may target trains from Guwahati: West Bengal police

November 15th, 2008 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 15 (IANS) An alert has been issued in northern West Bengal following information that trains arriving from Guwahati could be targeted by terrorists.Dislclosing this, the state's Inspector General of Police ...

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JSW Steel not worried over Salboni’s security scenario

November 11th, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) JSW Steel Tuesday said that it is not at all worried about the security scenario in their plant area located in West Bengal's Maoist-hit Salboni region where a ...

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Maoists own responsibility for Nov 2 blast

November 8th, 2008 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Maoist Friday night owned up responsibility for the Nov 2 landmine blast in West Midnapore district and said that West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb ...

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West Bengal CPI-M gets ready for Lok Sabha poll

November 6th, 2008 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 6 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) West Bengal unit secretary Biman Bose Thursday urged party workers to gear up for the parliamentary elections next year and also maintain the ...

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Seven West Bengal police officials served notices for security lapses

November 5th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 5 (IANS) The West Bengal government Wednesday issued notices to seven police officials for security lapses during Sunday's landmine blast that targeted Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and two union ministers, ...

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Buddha welcomes Obama as US president

Buddha welcomes Obama as US president

November 5th, 2008 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 5 (IANS) West Bengal's communist Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Wednesday welcomed the election of Barack Obama as US president, expressing happiness that an African American was taking over the mantle ...

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West Bengal chief minister’s security increased

November 4th, 2008 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) The security cover of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has been increased after suspected Maoists Sunday ambushed his convoy by triggering a landmine blast, officials said here Tuesday."We ...

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PM, Sonia, Patil call up Buddha over blast

PM, Sonia, Patil call up Buddha over blast

November 4th, 2008 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi called up West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Monday and expressed concern over the landmine ...

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CITU says Salboni landmine blast was an attempt to kill Buddhadeb

CITU says Salboni landmine blast was an attempt to kill Buddhadeb

November 3rd, 2008 - 9:28 pm ICT by ANI -
Kolkata, Nov 3 (ANI): The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has claimed that the blast at Salboni was an attempt to kill West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as part ...

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Manmohan assures Paswan of enhanced security after landmine blast

Manmohan assures Paswan of enhanced security after landmine blast

November 3rd, 2008 - 7:22 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 3 (ANI): A day after a landmine blasted Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswans security vehicle in the Maoist-infested West Midnapore in West Bengal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today ...

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Buddhadeb welcomes private investment in low-cost housing

November 3rd, 2008 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 3 (IANS) Welcoming more private investment in low-cost housing, West Bengal chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattcharjee here Monday exhorted everyone involved in the real estate business to ensure housing for the ...

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Paswan calls for national iron ore policy

November 2nd, 2008 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) The country should have a national iron ore policy to ensure the its proper distribution to various sectors, Minister of Chemicals, Fertilisers and Steel Ram Vilas Paswan said ...

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Buddha, Paswan escape landmine blast in West Bengal (Lead)

November 2nd, 2008 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan had a close shave Sunday as suspected Maoists triggered a landmine blast on the route of ...

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Convoys of Bengal CM, Paswan attacked

November 2nd, 2008 - 8:29 pm ICT by ANI -
Kolkata, Nov 2 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan had a narrow escape on Sunday when suspected Maoists triggered a blast below a bridge when ...

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Two fire incidents in Kolkata on Diwali night

October 29th, 2008 - 2:07 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 29 (IANS) Diwali fireworks have led to two fire incidents in the city Tuesday night, the police said.In one incident, a fire broke out at a footwear factory in the ...

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Singur residents ask Buddhadeb to bring back Nano

October 24th, 2008 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) A team of representatives of Singur Nano Bachao Committee (Save Nano Committee), a pro-industry group, Friday met West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and requested him to bring ...

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Darjeeling should unite against Gorkhaland: Buddhadeb

October 21st, 2008 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) The people of Darjeeling district should unite to stop Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) from dividing the state and forming Gorkhaland, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said ...

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Choose jobs or lawlessness: Tata in open letter to West Bengal

October 17th, 2008 - 7:46 pm ICT by ANI -
Kolkata, Oct 17 (ANI): Tata Groups chairman Ratan Tata on Friday in an open letter to the people of West Bengal, asked them to support the present government in building a ...

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Tata bats for Buddha, attacks Mamata through huge ads

October 17th, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IANS) A fortnight after pulling out the Nano plant from Singur, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata Friday asked the people of West Bengal to support either the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee-led ...

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JSW Steel project on schedule in West Bengal

October 16th, 2008 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 16 (IANS) The foundation stone laying ceremony of JSW Steel Ltd's proposed 10-million-tonne steel plant in Salboni in West Bengal will be held Nov 2 as scheduled, a top official ...

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Bangladeshi criminal in police custody for 14 days

October 14th, 2008 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 14 (IANS) A city court Tuesday remanded an alleged Bangladeshi criminal, who was arrested Monday from his south Kolkata house, to 14-day police custody.According to the court's verdict: "Subrata Bayen, ...

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Tatas could have been more accommodative to solve Singur: Congress

October 5th, 2008 - 10:36 pm ICT by ANI -
Kolkata, Oct 5 (ANI): West Bengal Pradesh Congress spokesman and senior party leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay in a statement on Sunday said that the Singur crisis could have been solved had the ...

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Mukherjee, Buddhadeb slams Trinamool Congress for driving Nano out of WB

October 5th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by ANI -
Kolkata, Oct 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday slammed Trinamool Congress of West Bengal for pushing Tata Motors to pull out its Nano project from the state. The External ...

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One battle lost, not the war: Buddha on Nano (Lead)

October 5th, 2008 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 5 (IANS) Dubbing his state's opposition parties as "irresponsible" for their actions that prompted Tata Motors to pull out from Singur, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday exuded confidence ...

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