February 15, 2010 06:19 IST
An interrogation report prepared by the West Bengal CID after questioning Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy at Delhis Tihar jail in January reveals that he was not only aware of but also a part...
Mon, Feb 15, 2010February 14, 2010 06:44 IST
Following Union Home Minister P Chidambarams meeting in Kolkata,the Central Reserve Police Force is now gearing up to nab top Maoist leader Kishenji and three of his close aides.
Sun, Feb 14, 2010February 14, 2010 06:43 IST
Two days after a bomb was found at the crowded Howrah station,the samples of the explosives are yet to be sent to the forensic laboratory to detect the nature of the explosives. Dhurjati Prasad Sengupta...
Sun, Feb 14, 2010February 13, 2010 02:17 IST
With the city receiving a number of terror alerts,the Kolkata police have decided to implement the Integrated Intelligence Surveillance system to monitor the important locations in the city.
Sat, Feb 13, 2010February 05, 2010 02:12 IST
The ongoing Kolkata Book Fair has a special stall with paintings of Sajal Barui and Dilip Das. The two,though,are not famous painters,but inmates of correctional houses.
Fri, Feb 05, 2010
February 03, 2010 03:20 IST
Four months after he was arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act,Swapan Dasgupta,59,the editor of the Bengali edition of Maoist mouthpiece Peoples March,died in custody at the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata on Friday.
Wed, Feb 03, 2010February 03, 2010 02:23 IST
Four months after he was arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act,Swapan Dasgupta,59,the editor of the Bengali edition...
Wed, Feb 03, 2010February 01, 2010 02:16 IST
Apka bhaao kitna hai? (Whats your price?) This was perhaps the favourite one-liner of Prabhu Shankar Agarwal,owner of Haldiram who was awarded life sentence in an attempt to murder case.....
Mon, Feb 01, 2010
January 30, 2010 04:32 IST
Haldirams owner Prabhu Shankar Agarwal told his wife as he emerged from the courtroom today with a life term. Agarwals wife looked depressed but not shattered.
Sat, Jan 30, 2010
January 30, 2010 01:56 IST
Ek mota sa gaddi,ek accha takia,aur ek kambal bej dena jail main. Aur tum bilkul fikr mat karo. Hum sab sambhal lenge......
Sat, Jan 30, 2010January 29, 2010 23:21 IST
Hum mar jayenge,lekin apna dukan nehi chorenge....Ye bade log hum jaise garib ko roz marte hai,aise marne se...
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
January 29, 2010 02:04 IST
Hum mar jayenge,lekin apna dukan nehi chorenge....Ye bade log hum jaise garib ko roz marte hai,aise marne se to ache hai ki ek baar mar jaye (We will die but we will not leave our shop.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010January 28, 2010 02:32 IST
Maoist rebels beheaded a 23-year-old policeman in Bankura district of West Bengal,in a manner similar to the killing of Inspector Francis Induwar.
Thu, Jan 28, 2010
January 28, 2010 02:27 IST
In a repeat show of what they did with Francis Induwara in Jharkhand the Maoists beheaded a jawan of the state armed police in Bankura late Tuesday night.
Thu, Jan 28, 2010January 22, 2010 02:25 IST
In the quarter century from 1985 when it was set up,to Sunday,when Jyoti Basu died,Gana Darpan,the NGO coordinating body donations in Kolkata....
Fri, Jan 22, 2010January 19, 2010 02:48 IST
The state government is considering turning Indira Bhavan - the bungalow named after Indira Gandhi and where Jyoti Basu stayed...
Tue, Jan 19, 2010
January 19, 2010 01:59 IST
The state government is contemplating to turn Indira Bhavan,the bungalow named after Indira Gandhi and where Basu stayed since 1989,into a museum commemorating the veteran CPM leaders life.
Tue, Jan 19, 2010January 19, 2010 01:53 IST
Jyoti Basu did not observe the rituals after the death of his father N K Basu. But his son,Chandan,is not averse to rituals.
Tue, Jan 19, 2010January 18, 2010 04:32 IST
A chamber in Peace Haven (mortuary) at 62B,Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Street in south Kolkata was reserved for former chief minister Jyoti Basu...
Mon, Jan 18, 2010January 17, 2010 02:17 IST
Krishna Gupta (70) had a chance meeting with Mother Teresa in the late 1990s which changed her life.
Sun, Jan 17, 2010January 15, 2010 03:49 IST
The state CID has unearthed a major arms racket involved in acquiring illegal firearms through private security agencies using forged licences and then selling them off to several militant groups in North Bengal and Maoists in the Left Wing Extremism-affected districts of the state.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010January 12, 2010 04:05 IST
In view of the Centres move to withdraw the Central Paramilitary Forces (CPF) from the Left Wing Extremist (LWE) districts of the state West Midnapore,Bankura and Purulia...
Tue, Jan 12, 2010January 10, 2010 03:02 IST
Families of over 150 people killed in Maoist violence in the state in the past one year just cannot claim Rs 3 lakh in compensation they are entitled to get from the Centre because of West Bengals refusal to notify the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
Sun, Jan 10, 2010January 06, 2010 04:29 IST
Nearly five years have passed since the state government signed a MoU with the UNICEF to form a specialised team,including trained divers,to carry out disaster rescue operations.
Wed, Jan 06, 2010January 05, 2010 03:41 IST
The wind was howling while we danced to the music when the boat teetered. And suddenly there was water inside and I could see the boat turning over.
Tue, Jan 05, 2010





