November 07, 2009 03:44 IST
A day ahead of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjees planned visit to West Midnapore,the police today seized a huge cache of arms...
Sat, Nov 07, 2009
November 06, 2009 03:57 IST
If I win,my first step would be to revive the PG hospital and giving it a facelift in the first year of my term, says Firhad Hakim,the Trinamool Congress councillor who is now in the fray for Alipore Assembly seat,vacated by Tapas Paul who was elected MP in May 2009.
Fri, Nov 06, 2009
November 03, 2009 08:37 IST
Anti-Naxal commandos have been sitting almost idle in West Midnapore for almost four months in the absence of intelligence inputs from state CID,IB.
Tue, Nov 03, 2009November 03, 2009 03:45 IST
Even as the Maoist violence continues unabated in the Jungle Mahal area,four companies of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action...
Tue, Nov 03, 2009October 30, 2009 05:36 IST
The CID arrested a staffer of a private resort in Jhargram on Wednesday night for allegedly supplying arms and money to the Maoists.
Fri, Oct 30, 2009October 29, 2009 23:20 IST
Previously a Trinamool Congress supporter from a non-descript Lalgarh village in West Midnapore,Chhatradhar Mahato shot to prominence with his six-month seizure of Lalgarh....
Thu, Oct 29, 2009October 29, 2009 05:07 IST
For three months,the families of two policemen sub-inspector Kanchan Garai and constable Sabir Mollah,who were allegedly kidnapped by Maoists from near Lalgarh on July 20 left no stone unturned to secure their release.
Thu, Oct 29, 2009October 28, 2009 04:30 IST
Even as the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) faces charges of providing undue financial assistance to its private partner...
Wed, Oct 28, 2009October 27, 2009 04:33 IST
Even after the crackdown of the Kolkata police and state government against non-LPG (two stroke) autos,these illegal vehicles continue to ply on city roads under the green cover,say senior officers with the city police.
Tue, Oct 27, 2009October 26, 2009 02:43 IST
After failing to execute the Basic Services for Urban Poor (BSUP) projects under the JNNURM scheme,the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has come up with a revised proposal that projects an increase of 120 per cent in the cost.
Mon, Oct 26, 2009October 26, 2009 02:39 IST
Seventeen days have passed since Deputy Commissioner (DC-II) of the Security Control of Kolkata police,Satya Ranjan Roy,was issued a showcause notice after his car knocked down Czars Hawk a horse of the Kolkata Mounted Police.
Mon, Oct 26, 2009October 22, 2009 09:21 IST
One of the names coming to the fore as intelligence officials investigate Tuesdays Maoist ambush on the Sankrail police station in West Midnapore is that of Suchitra Mahato....
Thu, Oct 22, 2009October 22, 2009 03:11 IST
After Maoist leader Kishenji demanded release of its women cadres,who were recently arrested from the Lalgarh area in exchange for the release of abducted police officer...
Thu, Oct 22, 2009October 22, 2009 03:10 IST
The Tuesdays attack by the Maoists on the Sankrail police station in which two police personnel were killed and the officer-in-charge was abducted was led by Suchitra Mahato woman commander of the ultras in the area.
Thu, Oct 22, 2009October 17, 2009 03:04 IST
After the arrest of Peoples Committee Against Police Atrocities chief Chhatradhar Mahato,Asit Mahato,a farmer,is emerging as the new leader of the outfit and will probably be filling up the leadership vacuum in the PCAPA.
Sat, Oct 17, 2009October 09, 2009 04:25 IST
The confusion over application of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act has led a virtual standoff between the states investigating agencies and a section of the judiciary.
Fri, Oct 09, 2009September 28, 2009 06:32 IST
Despite the tall claims of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation of making the city hoarding-free and reducing visual pollution...
Mon, Sep 28, 2009
September 25, 2009 02:20 IST
In a step ahead of most Puja organisers in Kolkata,a Puja committee at Sonarpur in South 24-Parganas has attempted to recreate the havoc caused by Cyclone Aila.
Fri, Sep 25, 2009September 17, 2009 02:45 IST
At a time when prices of essential commodities have witnessed a steep rise,the state governments inefficiency has left a stock of nearly 3,800 metric tonnes of pulses unfit for human consumption.
Thu, Sep 17, 2009September 15, 2009 02:58 IST
Four-storeyed buildings with a big hall for the artisans to make their idols in hygienic conditions. Clean and broad roads with proper lights.
Tue, Sep 15, 2009September 14, 2009 03:02 IST
Fourteen days after its announcement that sugar and mustard oil will be supplied through the Public Distribution System (PDS) from September 1,the state government is yet to keep its promise.
Mon, Sep 14, 2009September 05, 2009 03:02 IST
The cop-realtor nexus seems to have taken its toll on the investigation of the Vedic Village arson case.
Sat, Sep 05, 2009September 03, 2009 03:12 IST
Despite repeated promises of supplying sugar,pulses and mustard oil at a cheaper rate through the public distribution system,the state government again failed to supply these food items from September 1.
Thu, Sep 03, 2009September 02, 2009 05:41 IST
With the theft of eight marmosets from the Alipore zoo,illegal trade of exotic animals in West Bengal...
Wed, Sep 02, 2009August 01, 2009 03:14 IST
Union Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that the state government was deliberately trying to botch the postmortem of slain Trinamool worker Sahabat Khan Chowdhury.
Sat, Aug 01, 2009



