Kolkata, Feb. 18: A team of the state CID, headed by its additional director-general, visited the EFR camp at Sildah in West Midnapore to take stock of the situation on Thursday. Thereafter, a high-level meeting was held at the Midnapore police lines between the top officers of the state police.

Kolkata, Feb. 18: At least 15 people were killed and nearly two dozen others were injured in a collision between a private bus and a truck in north Bengal.

Relatives of EFR jawans who were killed in the Maoist attack at Sildah camp take part in a road blockade programme at Salua in Kharagpur, West Midnapore district, on Wednesday. Photo: PTI

Kolkata, Feb. 17: A day after denying any intelligence input about impending threat on the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) camp at Sildah in West Midnapore, the state government changed its tune. State home minister Ardhendu Sen on Wednesday said that

Kolkata, Feb. 17: Leaving the state government red-faced, a team of the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) went on a parallel fact-finding mission at the Maoist-attacked EFR camp at Sildah on Wednesday. It is believed that after the glaring loopholes in the

Kolkata, Feb. 17: Reiterating the government’s commitment to "deal effectively" with the Maoist menace in the tribal belts, governor M.K. Narayanan said restoring peace in the region necessary for the socio-economic development of the masses. He expressed

Kolkata, Feb. 17: Despite the assurances given by state finance minister Asim Dasgupta to the family members of the slain EFR jawans on Tuesday, agitation escalated at Salua on Wednesday. The mob blocked all four roads around Salua and burnt effigies of

Berhampore, Feb. 17: In an unfortunate incident, two villagers were killed after they managed to rescue three persons alive from an ambulance which had fallen in a roadside ditch in Murshidabad late on Tuesday night.

Kolkata, Feb. 17: Three persons were killed in accidents in the city on Wednesday.

Kolkata, Feb. 17: A Class 11 student of Kendriya Vidyalay Dum Dum died after falling down from the staircase of the school building on Tuesday. The parents of the deceased Arpan Mukherjee have alleged that negligence and lack of medical facility in the school caused the death of their son.