West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday rooted for peace in Junglemahal and pledged food and jobs for all. While addressing a rally in Bagmundi of Purulia district, which was once the hotbed of the Maoists, she vowed that she would not allow violence to return to the Junglemahal.

A Maoist squad member Govind Singh Sardar was arrested by in Bankura district in the early hours of Saturday.
He was produced in the Khatra sub-divisional court of Bankura. Acting on a tip-off, the police raided Govind’s house in Hizali village in Barikul police station area and arrested him.

Three people were killed and one was missing when a boat ferrying 11 people capsized in Damodar river on Friday night in Burudih area of Purulia.

In a tragic incident, a young bridegroom died on the day of his wedding.
The marriage of Partha Mondal, 26, a resident of Hirapur in Asansol was fixed with a girl at Balitora village in Santuri police station area in Purulia district.

Villagers backed by Trinamul Congress activists stopped the production and transportation work of Essar Energy Group at Loudaha police station area in Durgapur in Burdwan district on Sunday. This was not the first time that the villagers had interrupted the production work. On January 28, the group’s production was stopped by the Trinamul backed-villagers at Kanksa area in the same district.

A sub-divisional land and land reforms officer (SDLRO) was arrested for taking a bribe of `50,000 from a woman. The incident took place on Tuesday evening at Raghunathpur in Purulia. SDLRO Dulal Das was caught red-handed accepting the bribe from a woman in a hotel.

A tusker has spread panic in Topshi village in Jamuria police station of Asansol subdivision. Forest department officials are monitoring the movements of the elephant which strayed into the area apparently from the Mejia forest of Bankura district on Friday evening.

A vocational teacher of Garh Raipur High School in Bankura committed suicide after allegedly failing to get his salary for the last six months. Tapan Satputi, 40, was the only earning member of his family which consists of his parents, wife and a seven-year-old. A resident of Silaboni village under Simlapal police station, he hung himself from a tree in Jharia area of Indpur police station area.

A private tutor was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly molesting a Class 5 student at Masila village under Khandghosh police station area of Burdwan. The family members of the victim, however, claimed that he had tried to rape her. The incident once again raised the question of safety and security of girls in West Bengal. have sought for justice with the police.

Strong action will be taken against any agent of a rice mill owner who will try to purchase paddy at a price below the one fixed by the government. This was announced by state food and supplies minister Jyotipriya Mullick on Monday.