June 03, 2010 23:55 IST
Though Maoists have issued statements claiming that no senior rebel leader was involved in the train carnage at Sardiha...
Thu, Jun 03, 2010June 01, 2010 02:54 IST
It is early morning,4.25 am,at the new complex at Kolkatas Howrah Station. Around one platform though,the shadow of a dark night of three days ago looms large.
Tue, Jun 01, 2010
May 31, 2010 09:11 IST
'We never wanted these innocent civilians to die. Trust me,we targeted the goods train,' says Mahato.
Mon, May 31, 2010May 30, 2010 23:23 IST
The Midnapore district hospital has a morgue with ice chambers for preserving 12 bodies at the most....
Sun, May 30, 2010May 30, 2010 23:11 IST
The Peoples Committee Against Police Atrocities ( PCAPA),which is suspected to be behind the Jnaneswari Express carnage,is essentially a kindergarten for growing Maoists.....
Sun, May 30, 2010
May 30, 2010 03:05 IST
The death toll in the Jnaneswari train carnage climbed to 131 on Saturday and the rescue workers feared that even after 38 hours,they were yet to take out several bodies from the badly mangled compartments....
Sun, May 30, 2010May 29, 2010 04:22 IST
Lying in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Kharagpurs main railway hospital,Nirbhay Kumar,33,pleads: Please give me a job with half the salary,I will leave this one. I cannot live with this fear every moment.....
Sat, May 29, 2010May 26, 2010 02:36 IST
A confidential report prepared by the state intelligence agencies,which has been accessed by The Indian Express,reveals that the Maoists have set up 21 health camps in West Midnapore district...
Wed, May 26, 2010
May 26, 2010 01:46 IST
At least two dozens candidates contesting the Kharagpur municipality polls have criminal backgrounds and several criminal cases are pending against them.
Wed, May 26, 2010May 22, 2010 02:33 IST
With landmines reportedly planted under almost every culvert in the dense forests of Goaltore and Belpahari,and state agencies having zilch intelligence inputs on the same,CRPF jawans in Bengal have been left as sitting ducks.
Sat, May 22, 2010
May 21, 2010 02:00 IST
Cellphone intercepts suggest the CRPF deputy commandant who died in a mine blast along with four other of his jawans was under surveillance and hit list of the Maoists from the day he joined in Lalgarh,sources in the security forces said.
Fri, May 21, 2010
May 21, 2010 01:03 IST
Intercepts of cellphone conversations between Maoists suggest they had zeroed in on CRPF Deputy Commandant Vijaypal Singh as a target almost as soon as he arrived in West Midnapore.
Fri, May 21, 2010
May 20, 2010 01:56 IST
Six weeks after the carnage in Dantewada,Maoists targeted the Central Reserve Police Force again,blowing up a CRPF vehicle in Bengals West Midnapore district....
Thu, May 20, 2010May 16, 2010 02:51 IST
After successfully using Peoples Committee Against Police Atrocity (PCAPA) in Lalgarh as their frontal outfit,Maoists are said to have infiltrated the Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC)...
Sun, May 16, 2010May 14, 2010 02:24 IST
With anti-Naxal operations in the state in an uncertain phase,CRPF officers say the 1:1 ratio between the state police and the paramilitary that the Centre has prescribed is not being followed here,putting the Central forces in danger and even coming in the way of good results.
Fri, May 14, 2010May 12, 2010 02:31 IST
If what happened in Nandigram on Tuesday is any indication,the days of solidarity between the Bhumi Uchhed Protirodh Committee and the Trinamool Congress could be a thing of past.
Wed, May 12, 2010May 11, 2010 05:42 IST
Kolkatas disco circuit seems to be faced with a new threat of being flooded with a recreational drug that takes the users to a state of ecstasy.
Tue, May 11, 2010May 09, 2010 23:45 IST
For 38-year-old Manoj Kumar Das,the death of his 10-year-old cousin some 16 years ago for want of blood donors is a scar he just cannot wish away.
Sun, May 09, 2010May 08, 2010 22:56 IST
The Supreme Court ruling banning forcible narco-tests,polygraph tests,or brain electrical activation profile (BEAP) on accused will have little impact in important cases in Bengal...
Sat, May 08, 2010May 03, 2010 03:15 IST
West Bengal could be the only state affected by Maoist extremism to have not implemented any surrender and rehabilitation policy for rebels who want to return to the mainstream.
Mon, May 03, 2010May 01, 2010 03:39 IST
Over a dozen Maoists and Peoples Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) members have been killed under mysterious circumstances in Lalgarh region in the past two months....
Sat, May 01, 2010May 01, 2010 02:54 IST
Over a dozen Maoists and Peoples Committee Against Police Atrocities members have been killed under mysterious circumstances in Lalgarh region in the past two months,hinting at an intense internal churning over ranks,money and over leaking information to the police.
Sat, May 01, 2010April 30, 2010 02:26 IST
The comprehensive coastal surveillance plan mooted by the West Bengal government and cleared by the Centre after the Mumbai terror attack has made little progress.
Fri, Apr 30, 2010April 29, 2010 02:44 IST
West Bengal is perhaps the only Maoist-affected state that does not have any rehabilitation policy for ultras desiring to surrender their arms.
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
April 25, 2010 03:10 IST
The Salwa Judum movement may be mired in controversy in Chhattisgarh,but in West Bengals Maoist hotbed of Lalgarh and neighbouring Bankura and Purulia districts....
Sun, Apr 25, 2010



