May 11th, 2008 - 4:09 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The panchayat poll in Nandigram was marred Sunday when a ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP was involved in a heated argument with a senior Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) official over the election process in the West Bengal region. Left MP Laxman Seth allegedly ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 3:50 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Panchayat polls in five districts of West Bengal Sunday generally remained incident-free, reports received here till early afternoon said. "The five districts - Purulia, West and East Midnapore, Bardhaman and Bankura - are having peaceful polls. Minor political conflicts across the districts were reported, but no ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 2:31 pm ICT by admin
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CPI-M cadres prevents villagers from casting their votes in Nandigram
Nandigram, May 11 (ANI): The Communist Party of India-Marxist cadres today prevented villagers from casting their votes at three villages of trouble-torn Nandigram, while polling in the first phase of civic elections was peaceful in four other districts.
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May 11th, 2008 - 1:46 pm ICT by admin
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By Rajeev Ranjan Roy
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The purpose of reserving seats for women in legislatures will be defeated if these are not earmarked for different social strata, say supporters of reservation along caste lines. In support of their argument, they say there are only 11 woman Scheduled Caste ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by admin
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Ranchi, May 11 (IANS) Jharkhand police arrested a top Maoist leader from Dhanbad district, police sources said Sunday. Pramod Mishra alias Ban Bihariji alias BBji was arrested by a Special Task Force team Saturday night from Dhanbad district. Mishra was arrested from the residence of Jairam Mishra, who is said ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 12:24 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) A group of followers of Mahatma Gandhi from various parts of India are on a march from Bodhgaya in Bihar to Rajghat in Delhi to plead against nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. The march, organised under the aegis of Sarva Seva Sangh, started May 7 and ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by admin
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Nandigram, May 10 (ANI): An uneasy calm prevails in Nandigram in West Bengal, a flashpoint of conflict between poor farmers and the State government, a day ahead of Panchayat elections set to begin on May 11.
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May 10th, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by admin
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By Soudhriti Bhabani
Nandigram (West Bengal), May 10 (IANS) Sheikh Mote of Nandigram's Gokulnagar says he had to pay the price for not rooting for West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist in local body elections to be held Sunday. He was allegedly beaten unconscious by the (CPI-M) cadres. Mote says ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 7:00 pm ICT by admin
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By Soudhriti Bhabani
Nandigram (West Bengal), May 10 (IANS) There was palpable tension in West Bengal's trouble-torn Nandigram region as three supporters of the opposition Trinamool Congress died in a clash with cadres of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday - a day before the panchayat polls. "Three people ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 6:35 pm ICT by admin
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 10 (IANS) It was a marriage which was devoid of any pomp or show. Communist Party of India-Marxist state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan went according to the party rule book by having a simple ceremony for his daughter's marriage held here Saturday. The list of invitees included Kerala Governor ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 4:17 pm ICT by admin
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Ranchi, May 10 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas have ordered villagers supporting Shanti Sena, a private army opposed to the rebels, to surrender their arms or face death. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) issued the directive to four villages of Gumla district, around 170 km from Ranchi.
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May 10th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by admin
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By Amulya Ganguli
Since electoral considerations rather than a genuine desire for women's empowerment were behind the latest move to revive the 12-year-old legislation for reserving parliamentary and assembly seats for women, its fate may be no different from what happened earlier. The very manner in which the measure was introduced ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 11:06 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Friday said the modernisation of Kolkata and Chennai airports has been delayed by a few months, but the government was speeding up the process of short-listing companies for the purpose. Reacting to Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury's ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 9:02 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued recommendations for the just distribution of compensation to the victims of violence in Nandigram in West Bengal after it noticed widespread discrepancies. "The state government (has) to publish (a) complete list of people whose houses were damaged ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 9 (IANS) The last assembly election in Karnataka, held in April-May 2004 along with Lok Sabha poll, resulted in a fractured verdict for the first time in the history of the state legislature. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single largest party winning 79 of the ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 7:56 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 9 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Friday advocated the option for third front alleging that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has failed on all fronts.
Addressing a news conference in Kolkata today Bhattacharjee said that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 5:33 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 9 (ANI): Criticizing West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhis self-imposed power cuts at the Raj Bhavan, Communist Party of India-(Marxist) leader Jyoti Basu said that Gandhis action was not in consonance with the dignity of his post and that he was "acting like a child".
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May 9th, 2008 - 4:53 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Nandigram in East Midnapore district of West Bengal will have a peaceful panchayat poll Sunday, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has asserted. "Nandigram will have a free and fair poll. I assure there will be no violence during the poll. Instead people there will be in a ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist was shot dead Friday at a political rally in West Midnapore district of West Bengal. The incident took place at Adhariaya village.
"CPI-M activists had taken out a cycle rally to campaign for the panchayat polls starting Sunday. Around ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 4:00 pm ICT by admin
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Nandigram (West Bengal), May 9 (IANS) Protesting the ongoing violence in Nandigram, allegedly by cadres of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has staged a demonstration inside the office of East Midnapore Police Superintendent S.S. Panda. Banerjee ended her eight-hour protest at around 2 a.m. ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will win the forthcoming panchayat elections in Nandigram in East Midnapore district of West Bengal, party patriarch and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu predicted Friday. "No matter how much the opposition party tries to provoke the people of ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 2:00 pm ICT by admin
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Palakkad (Kerala), May 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday called for a daylong shutdown in Kerala's Chittur area after a party activist was killed while returning from a temple festival. Suresh was attacked Thursday midnight in Chittur, 15 km from Palakkad town, and succumbed to his injuries Friday ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by admin
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Patna, May 8 (ANI): The workers of Communist Party of India (Marxist And Leninist) took out a protest march in Patna on Thursday to show solidarity with the teachers who are demanding regular pay and permanent jobs.
Speaking to media, Anita Sinha, member of working committee of the party, said ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by admin
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Madurai (Tamil Nadu), May 8 (IANS) Upper caste Hindus of Uthapuram village, near here, stayed away from their homes for the third consecutive day Thursday, saying they feared "militant Dalits' attack" after the state government officials breached the village's "wall of shame". The district authorities with police protection created a ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 9:39 pm ICT by admin
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Kozhikode, May 8 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Kerala has taken the family route for its mass contact drive. The party is in the midst of organising 'Kudumba Sangamam' (family meets) at the local committee-level across the state. The CPI-M has more than a thousand local committees ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The reinstatement of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director P. Venugopal and the striking down of the act that limits the tenure of the office is not a setback for the government, the ruling Congress said Thursday. As news came in of the ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 8:22 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) West Bengal minister Ashok Bhattacharya Thursday called Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung "incompetent" after the latter vowed to work for a Darjeeling state come what may. Urban Development, Municipal and Hill Affairs Minister Bhattacharya criticised the way Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) president Gurung attacked him and the ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 8:18 pm ICT by admin
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Nandigram, May 8 (ANI): Activists of the ruling Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) today thrashed some people who had been displaced from Nandigram, forcing at least 50 of them to go back to a relief camp.
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May 8th, 2008 - 2:49 pm ICT by admin
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Kozhikode, May 8 (IANS) In Kerala, the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) is on a mass contact drive. The party is organising 'Kudumba Sangamam' (family meet) at local committee levels across the state. It has over a thousand local committees in the state.
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May 8th, 2008 - 12:56 am ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi Wednesday observed a voluntary two-hour power cut to share the ordeal faced by Kolkata residents due to daily outages. Terming it a "publicity stunt", the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) called for "redefining" the role of governors. "It seems Gandhi ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 12:27 am ICT by admin
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Madurai (Tamil Nadu) May 7 (IANS) In a veiled criticism of West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Wednesday said he favoured "redefining" the role of governors. Reacting to a specific question on a remark by CPI-M's Biman Bose, who is convenor of ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 11:02 pm ICT by admin
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Madurai (Tamil Nadu), May 7 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Wednesday congratulated the Tamil Nadu government for demolishing part of a village wall that segregated residences of Dalits and upper caste Hindus. Karat addressed a public rally in Uthapuram village, 400 km from here, where ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 10:52 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) has formed a three-member team to investigate whether it were "police excesses" or threats from the outlawed Maoists that forced a number of its members in Bihar to quit the party. "A few days ago, 64 members of the party from ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 9:21 pm ICT by admin
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Ranchi, May 7 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas Wednesday killed a sub inspector and a school teacher in two separate incidents, the police said. Sub-Inspector Kolibar Purty, posted in Giridih district, was travelling to Ranchi along with two constables when suspected activists of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ambushed their jeep ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 6:05 pm ICT by admin
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 7 (IANS) The Left Democratic Front government in Kerala Wednesday announced a few sops for the state on the eve of its second anniversary. "This includes a loan waiver of up to Rs.25,000 for nearly 41,000 farmers in Wayanad district, and free text books for all schoolchildren up ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 6:03 pm ICT by admin
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Ranchi, May 7 (IANS) A policeman was killed and three people were injured in a Maoist attack Wednesday in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, police said. Sub-inspector Kolibar Purty, posted in Giridih district, was travelling to Ranchi along with two constables when suspected activists of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ambushed ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 5:47 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) has constituted a committee to investigate the mass resignation of party members in Bihar, allegedly due to threats from the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist). "A three member committee has been formed by party president Sharad Yadav to investigate the ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Wednesday submitted its report on the alleged stripping of a 28-year-old woman who was forced to walk naked in a rally taken out by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) cadres in East Midnapore's Nandigram area. "I have completed my ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 10:50 am ICT by admin
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By Sujeet Kumar
Raipur, May 7 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas are forcibly recruiting minors in their ranks as child soldiers in large forested areas of Chhattisgarh, police say. "Rebels are conducting a massive drive for child soldiers in their forested hideouts in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, which is close to Andhra Pradesh," Inspector ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 2:03 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Differences surfaced Tuesday within the Left parties on allowing the UPA government to sign an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency on the Indo-US nuclear deal. "Opinion is divided among the Left parties on whether to allow the government to go ahead and sign ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 10:05 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) Ahead of panchayat polls in West Bengal, a group of city-based intellectuals Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the state election panel demanding immediate transfer of top officials of Nandigram in order to conduct free and fair elections in the trouble-torn region. The Association for Protection of ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 9:30 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Indian government's much sought after nuclear deal with the US remained in limbo after its Left allies Tuesday refused to give it the green signal to go the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to finalise an India-specific safeguards agreement. In a two-hour-long meeting of ...
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