Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) leader Chhatradhar Mahato, who was arrested in September this year, was accused in a fresh case Wednesday for helping Maoists during a ...

Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) Two men were found shot dead near a forest area in West Bengal's Maoist-hit West Midnapore district Wednesday and police said they suspected that the guerrillas had killed ...

Kolkata, Nov 17 (ANI): Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman Anil Kakodkar has said work on India's nuclear programmes will continue as usual despite media reports of the country's nuclear power plants being ...

Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS) The 72-hour shutdown called by the Maoist-backed People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) entered its second day Friday, partially affecting life in West Midnapore's Jhargram sub-division. "No violence has ...

Midnapore (West Bengal), Nov 12(ANI): The People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), a pro-Maoist organization, has called for a 72-hour indefinite shutdown in the Jhargram region of West Bengal's Midnapore district.The shutdown ...

Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) Security forces Wednesday fought a long-drawn gun battle with the Maoists in West Bengal's troubled West Midnapore district while police fired tear gas shells to quell an agitation ...

Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) A senior West Bengal minister Wednesday favoured early elections to the state assembly, saying "people have turned" against the Left Front government. "The people's mandate is against ...

Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) The operation to flush out Maoists from Lalgarh in West Bengal would continue till the situation was "completely under control", senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday, ...

Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas Wednesday released two policemen they had abducted Tuesday in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said. "Yes, they have both returned," said a senior district police officer. ...

Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) West Bengal appears to be embracing dynastic politics. The results of the assembly by-elections show popular support for the kith and kin of prominent political figures. Four of ...

Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) Two police personnel were abducted by the Maoists ultras in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Tuesday evening. One of the abducted men was released later after his indisposed ...

Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper, who was deployed in West Bengal's violence-hit Lalgarh region, committed suicide Tuesday, a senior BSF official said. "A jawan committed suicide by shooting ...

Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) Two police personnel were abducted by the Maoists ultras in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Tuesday evening, police said. Two police cleaners - Ram Chandra Hela and Rajendra Hela ...

Kolkata, Nov 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Monday threatened to file a defamation case against West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for alleging that her partymen were aiding the ...

Kolkata, Nov 9 (IANS) Suspected Maoists opened fire at a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader in West Midnapore district Monday, injuring him seriously, police said. A West Bengal police official said Jagananth ...

Gidhni (West Bengal), Nov 9 (IANS) Police Monday continued the hunt for Maoist rebels who killed four state paramilitary troopers Sunday in West Bengal's West Midnapore district. "We are combing the nearby ...

Kolkata, Nov 8 (IANS) Claiming responsibility for the killing of four Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) troopers in West Midnapore district, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) politburo member Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji Sunday ...

Kolkata, Nov 8 (IANS) Four Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) troopers were killed in an ambush by Maoist rebels in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Sunday, hours after Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee wrapped ...

Kolkata, Nov 8 (IANS) Several policemen were killed in an ambush by Maoist rebels at Gidhni in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Sunday, police said. The actual toll in the incident is ...

Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator Subhas Soren was shot at by unidentified men in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Saturday evening, police said, amid speculation that ...

Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator Subhas Soren was shot by unidentified men in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Saturday evening, police said, amid speculation that the ...

Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) Hundreds of school students, teachers and villagers took out rallies and observed a black day Saturday as West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee reached West Midnapore district on ...

Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) Three villagers were shot dead by suspected Maoist guerrillas in West Bengal's violence-hit West Midnapore district Friday night. The bodies were recovered from a forest area in the ...

Kolkata, Nov 6 (IANS) At least 3 kg of explosives, five guns and two improvised rocket launchers were recovered Friday from Maoist-affected Bankura district in West Bengal, police said. "Two suspected Maoists ...

Kolkata, Nov 5 (IANS) On the day Home Minister P. Chidambaram asked the West Bengal government to maintain law and order, state Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen called on Governor Gopal Krishna ...

Kolkata, Nov 5 (IANS) The centre Thursday rushed additional paramilitary forces to troubled West Midnapore district to tackle the Maoists, even as the left wing ultras said they were prepared for talks ...

Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) A suspected Maoist guerilla was arrested from West Bengal's West Midnapore district Wednesday, police said. "Sunil Kisku was arrested from Belpahari region, a Maoist stronghold in the district. He ...

Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will Saturday visit West Midnapore district, hit by Maoist violence, to review law and order and progress of development work, ...

Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury Monday ridiculed Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee saying no one with knowledge of history would have equated his party ...

Midnapor (WB), Nov 2 (ANI): Suspected Maoist rebels on Sunday killed a former village head in Bhutashole village of West Midnapore district. Anil Mahato, who was a member of the Communist Party ...