July 22, 2025 5:18 am
Haque, who had been suffering from ailments related to old age, was admitted to a private hospital in Salt Lake after a fall at home left him with a fractured hand.
June 22, 2023 4:13 am
Villagers say the area has become notorious for criminal activities and that miscreants are targeting locals.
November 03, 2018 12:54 am
There are too few contemporary histories of the Naxalite movement. This book, which includes revolutionary song and poetry, is a substantial contribution.
June 06, 2018 12:35 pm
Many would rate Mahasweta Devi’s searing 'Hajar Churashir Maa' and Neel Mukherjee’s 'The Lives of Others' higher. But 'The Lowland' made me believe stories I'd heard in my childhood and tales of the Naxalbari uprising.
May 14, 2017 1:50 am
Is the revolutionary movement capable of engaging with an India, a fast globalising world that is swinging to the Right?
April 16, 2016 2:53 am
A local property broker claimed land prices in the area have gone up by almost 60 per cent. “We make about two to three deals every month,” he added.
March 31, 2010 12:15 am
In light of Naxal father Kanu Sanyals suicide,Ravik Bhattacharjee meets other faces of the Naxalbari movement who are now in political oblivion....
June 28, 2009 4:34 am
As one approaches Naxalbari,half an hour from Siliguri in West Bengal,it is difficult not to feel overawed.



