The blast that killed five CRPF officials near Lalgarh in West Midnapore on Wednesday, was evidently triggered by a high-intensity improvised explosive device (IED).
The joint security forces later recovered similar IEDs from Kolaboni and Jitushole in Jhargram. Maoist leader Rakhal has claimed responsibility for the blast.

Apprehending that the cyclone Laila may move to West Bengal after hitting coastal Andhra Pradesh at Machilipatnam on Thursday morning, the state government has taken all precautionary arrangements. Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has himself asked his cabinet colleague — finance minister Asim Dasgupta — to take

In a decision that will affect all electricity and CNG consumers, the government on Wednesday raised the price of natural gas sold under the administered price mechanism by more than double, to $4.20 per mmBtu.

If the Maoists repeated what they did in Dantewada, so did the security forces! Similar to Monday’s explosion in Dantewada in which the Naxals had planted the IED in the middle of a pitched road, the explosive even at Gwaltor on Wednesday was planted in the road. And significantly, with no lessons learnt, the patrolling party had

Even though 24 hours have passed after the Calcutta high court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to start a murder case in computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman’s mysterious death, the agency is yet to register any FIR. When asked on the delay, CBI spokesperson Harsh Bhal on Wednesday said, “We are yet to

After 34 days of suspense, the auction for 3G spectrum is finally over with the government richer by Rs 67,718.95 crores from the proceeds of the sale. This is almost twice what the government had originally hoped to raise. The extra amount will help reduce India’s fiscal deficit to 4.9 per cent from the 5.5 per cent that was projected earlier.

As government’s action on the mercy petition of Mohd Afzal Guru, sentenced to death for the attack on Parliament picked up momentum, a revisit of the judgments by courts at three stages of country’s judicial system had implicitly held that he had played a vital role in helping the five Pakistani terrorists who were subsequently killed by security forces during the repulsed attack.

It’s rare that siblings get the bigger slice of the pie than their gifted star brothers or sisters who came before.

The West Bengal government has been assured of 48 companies of the Central paramilitary forces for the elections in 81 municipalities, including the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), on May 30. Besides, 23 companies will come from other states for poll purposes.

A police constable was killed in a shootout between police and a group of youngsters at a popular eatery on Amritsar’s busy Lawrence Road on Wednesday afternoon.
Police constables on Tarn Taran SP dectective Malvinder Singh’s personal security detail opened fire when the young men reportedly threatened the officer with a nine millimeter pistol.