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December 2nd, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Aizawl, Dec 2 (IANS) Moderate polling was recorded Tuesday for the assembly elections in the northeastern state of Mizoram with about 30 percent voters exercising their franchise till midday.The state assembly has ...
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December 2nd, 2008 - 10:17 am ICT by IANS
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Aizawl, Dec 2 (IANS) Polling for the assembly elections in the northeastern state of Mizoram began Tuesday morning amid tight security, officials said. "People in large numbers queued up in front of ...
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December 2nd, 2008 - 2:06 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) Hundreds of agitated tribals Monday set ablaze a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) office in West Bengal's Maoist-hit Lalgarh region to protest alleged police excesses after the Nov ...
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November 29th, 2008 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Allahabad, Nov 29 (IANS) The last rites of former prime minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh were performed Saturday with full state honours here on the banks of the Sangam, the holy confluence of ...
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November 28th, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
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Patna, Nov 28 (IANS) The petition of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP Surajbhan Singh, who is convicted for murdering a farmer 16 years ago, was dismissed by the Patna High Court, officials ...
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November 24th, 2008 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 23 (IANS) West Bengal's main opposition Trinamool Congress Sunday asked the Left Front government to convene an all-party meeting to end the tribal agitation in West Midnapore's Lalgarh area. “There ...
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November 22nd, 2008 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
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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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November 18th, 2008 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
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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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November 18th, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) Maoist rebels are adding fuel to the ongoing tribal agitation in West Bengal's Lalgarh area and preventing any peaceful settlement, police said Tuesday."The agitation by a section of ...
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November 18th, 2008 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) As a stalemate continued over the tribal unrest in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, the ruling Left Front major Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday alleged that "outsiders" ...
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November 16th, 2008 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) An abandoned car on the route of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's convoy sparked bomb fears in West Bengal's Malda district Sunday."A car was found abandoned on the route ...
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November 16th, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
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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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November 15th, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 15 (IANS) Wiser after the Salboni landmine blast, the police are using tractors to look for explosives in paddy fields as part of the security arrangement for West Bengal Chief ...
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November 14th, 2008 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has sought a 10-percent import duty on the commodity to provide level playing field to domestic firms that are reeling under the ...
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November 13th, 2008 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS) Thousands of tribals, including women and children, squatted on dug up roads in Maoist-hit Lalgarh in West Bengal Thursday to protest alleged police harassment and the arrest of ...
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November 13th, 2008 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS) Thousands of tribals staged a demonstration Thursday in West Bengal's Lalgarh, a backward tribal-dominated region in West Midnapore district, to protest against the police, alleging harassment after the ...
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November 11th, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
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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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November 9th, 2008 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 9 (IANS) The West Bengal government Sunday held a series of meetings with tribals and residents of West Midnapore district who are up in arms against alleged police atrocities and ...
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November 8th, 2008 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 8 (IANS) Two leading opposition political parties in West Bengal - the Trinamool Congress and the Congress - Saturday accused the police of indiscriminately arresting innocent villagers in West Midnapore's ...
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November 8th, 2008 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
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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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November 8th, 2008 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) Irate locals lay siege Friday to a West Bengal police station and blocked roads in West Midnapore district protesting against alleged torture and arrest of "innocent" students following ...
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November 7th, 2008 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) There is no dearth of fertilisers for rabi crop this season, the government said here Friday."We are committed to ensure adequate supply of fertilisers. It is available ...
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November 6th, 2008 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 6 (IANS) Five suspected Maoists have been arrested for their involvement in a landmine attack on the convoy of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee last Saturday, a senior official ...
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November 5th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
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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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November 4th, 2008 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
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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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November 4th, 2008 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Nov 4 (IANS) Accusing Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati of dividing Dalits, the National Dalit Front (NDF) here Tuesday announced it would undertake a state-wide campaign to unite them."Led by ...
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November 4th, 2008 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
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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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November 4th, 2008 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 3 (IANS) The West Bengal government Monday suspended three policemen, including an inspector, for negligence of duty, a day after a landmine blast on the convoy of the chief minister ...
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November 3rd, 2008 - 9:28 pm ICT by ANI
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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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November 3rd, 2008 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday strongly criticised the landmine attack on the convoy of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and Union Steel Minister Ram ...
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