SUCI-C urges all parties to join Singur farmers’ movement
July 1st, 2012 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Singur (West Bengal), July 1 (IANS) Advocating Singur farmers' "right to snatch back their land", the Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist (SUCI-C) Sunday urged political parties to join peasants ... Read more...
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‘Don’t differentiate between willing and unwilling farmers’
June 30th, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Urging the Mamata Banerjee regime to stop creating a rift between the peasants of Singur, the opposition Left Front Saturday urged the state government to ... Read more...
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Parties scramble to capture Singur turf (West Bengal Newsletter)
June 30th, 2012 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The rural pocket of Singur that played a decisive role in shaping the big political change in West Bengal last year again seems headed towards ... Read more...
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Singur farmers have the right to take back land: SUCI-C
June 29th, 2012 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) Stating that the British-era Land Acquisition Act cannot be a yardstick for justice, the Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist (SUCI-C) Friday said the farmers of ... Read more...
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Monthly allowance to Singur’s unwilling farmers doubled
June 27th, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The West Bengal government Wednesday doubled to Rs.2,000 the monthly allowance of Singur's farmers unwilling to sell their lands after the Calcutta High Court struck ... Read more...
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CPI-M demands release of its jailed Bengal ex-MP
June 5th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) The CPI-M Tuesday demanded the release of its former MP Laxman Seth and two of his associates jailed for allegedly plotting violent incidents in West ... Read more...
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Banerjee admits debt-ridden farmers contemplate suicide
June 1st, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Sagar Island (West Bengal), June 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday conceded that there were "debt-ridden peasants who contemplated committing suicides"."There are many farmers who take ... Read more...
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Broader Left unity for broad-based democratic unity: Bardhan
May 22nd, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) Asserting that the country was going through a crisis, veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader A.B. Bardhan Tuesday called for bringing all Left forces ... Read more...
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Food insecurity looms over Pakistan, says daily
April 17th, 2012 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 17 (IANS) A lot of Pakistanis are going to be hungry for years to come, warned a daily while describing the situation as "desperate".An editorial in the News ... Read more...
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Maoist leader’s wife freed, Odisha hostage crisis continues (Second Lead)
April 10th, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 10 (IANS) An Italian and an Odisha legislator continued to be in the custody of Maoists Tuesday even as a top rebel's wife - whose release from jail ... Read more...
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Maoist leader’s wife freed from jail (Lead)
April 10th, 2012 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 10 (IANS) Subhashree Das, wife of Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, was released Tuesday from a jail in Odisha after a court acquitted her in a 2003 shootout case ... Read more...
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Economist Kelkar to meet Vidarbha farmers
April 5th, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, April 5 (IANS) Economist Vijay Kelkar will Friday visit Yavatmal in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and speak to farmers and widows of debt-burdened peasants for a review on ... Read more...
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Maharashtra to probe housing quota misuse
April 4th, 2012 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) The Maharashtra government will probe instances of politicians and bureaucrats allegedly acquiring more than one flat under the housing quota, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said here ... Read more...
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NCP leader flashes pistol, suspended
April 2nd, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) Two Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) politicians, including the city unit head of Maharashtra's Roha town, have been booked for allegedly threatening a local official who tried ... Read more...
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Chhatrapati Shivaji memorial at sea rocks legislature
March 15th, 2012 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 15 (IANS) The issue of securing environmental clearance from the centre for the ambitious memorial for Chhatrapati Shivaji in the Arabian Sea rocked the Maharashtra legislative assembly ... Read more...
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Nandigram police firing day to be marked as Farmers’ Day: Mamata
March 12th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata Mar 12 (IANS) To honour the victims of police firing in the Nandigram area of East Midnapore district March 2007, the West Bengal government Monday announced that from ... Read more...
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Mamata regime’s anti-strike circular obnoxious, says Left Front
February 24th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) The Left Front Friday termed as "obnoxious" the West Bengal government's circular denying state employees leave on Feb 28 when the central trade unions ... Read more...
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Drought reduces Mexico’s agricultural production
February 14th, 2012 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 14 (IANS/EFE) The severe drought affecting 22 of Mexico's 32 states has caused a 40 percent drop in agricultural production, opening the way for food shortages over ... Read more...
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Calcutta High Court judge laments farmer suicides
February 11th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) In the wake of rising number of farmer suicides in the country, a Calcutta High Court judge Saturday said India was not yet free and ... Read more...
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This pickle bank tickles them pink
February 7th, 2012 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 7 (IANS) It's "pickle bank" that has turned the fortunes of many micro and small pickle makers in China's Sichuan province, and that too without having them to ... Read more...
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Mamata rejects probe into farmer suicides
January 25th, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) Terming the reports of farmers' suicides incorrect, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday rejected a proposal of a probe by an all-party team into ... Read more...
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Trinamool MP slams Bengal government for farmers’ suicides
January 13th, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) Causing embarrassment to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, singer-turned-Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman has composed a song condemning farmers' suicides in the state and ... Read more...
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Turkish air raid kills over 20 at Iraq border
December 29th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Over 20 alleged diesel smugglers were killed in an overnight air raid by the Turkish Air Force on a predominantly Kurdish-populated area at the Turkish ... Read more...
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28 freed from private Pakistani prison
December 26th, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Twenty-eight peasants, includng 11 children, have been freed from a private prison run by a landlord in Pakistan's Sindh province.The police conducted a raid in Badin ... Read more...
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History and logic favour Uttar Pradesh’s division (Comment)
December 7th, 2011 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
The decision to divide Uttar Pradesh into four states by Chief Minister Mayawati has set a new agenda in the state's politics. This will have far reaching consequences for the coming ... Read more...
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Peruvian president declares state of emergency
December 5th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lima, Dec 5 (IANS) Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has declared a state of emergency following massive rallies against a multi-billion-dollar mining project in the north of the country.Humala announced late ... Read more...
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Sitting judge should head Magrahat firing probe: Left Front
December 4th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 4 (IANS) West Bengal's opposition Left Front Sunday demanded a judicial probe by a sitting judge into the Magrahat firing, a day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ... Read more...
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Afghan lawmakers ask Russia for help ahead of US exit
December 3rd, 2011 - 7:40 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A group of Afghan lawmakers has urged Russia and other countries to step up efforts to maintain stability and tackle drug production in the ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb silent on Singur verdict, flays Mamata
September 29th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Minakha (West Bengal), Sep 29 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Thursday chose not to comment on the Singur land ... Read more...
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Farmer’s leader Teotia fasts for sixth day in jail
September 11th, 2011 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, Sep 11 (IANS) The fast of farmer's leader Manvir Singh Teotia, who led the agitation against land acquisition at Bhatta-Parsaul in Greater Noida in May, continued on ... Read more...
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Farmer leader Teotia fasts in jail
September 10th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, Sep 10 (IANS) Farmer leader Manvir Singh Teotia, who led a farmers' agitation against land takeover in Bhatta-Parsaul village in Greater Noida in May, is on a ... Read more...
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Greater Noida farmers vow to reject land takeover package
September 3rd, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, Sep 3 (IANS) Over 40 Greater Noida farmers from 20 villages Saturday vowed not to accept the state government's compensation package for land takeover, a peasant leader said.At ... Read more...
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Mamata’s 100 days: cheers and some sneers
August 26th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) The state could soon get a new name, teachers receive salaries on the first of every month, Darjeeling is quiet after a tripartite pact and ... Read more...
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A relief camp just for Gilani’s visit
August 16th, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) A relief camp was set up overnight ostensibly for those affected by the rains in Pakistan's Sindh province so that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ... Read more...
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Peasants’ group backs Hazare
August 15th, 2011 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) The Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, an organisation for the empowerment of workers and peasants, Monday condemned the refusal of permission by the Delhi Police to ... Read more...
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