Siladitya Chowdhury, who was dubbed a Maoist by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and arrested after he asked her a question during a rally, was on Monday denied bail by a local court.

Class XI students of a school in West Midnapore district who had failed in the annual examination, on Thursday locked up the all the 50-odd staff and secretary after their meeting failed to yield any

Using sniffer dogs and anti-landmine devices, security forces on Friday carried out combing operations in villages and forests around West Bengal's Burishole, looking for slain Maoist top gun Kishenji

Top Maoist leaders, including Akash, who had offered truce to the West Bengal government recently, on Tuesday managed to escape during a raid by joint- forces on their hideout at Jhargram in West Midn

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday gave Maoists a seven-day deadline to lay down arms, saying violence would not be tolerated any more.

"I am giving you (Maoists) a seven-day ulti

An influential political leader of Jharkhand was shot dead by suspected Maoists at Binpur area in West Midnapore district this evening, police said.

Rabindranath Basu alias Babu (45), general secret

An encounter between the joint security forces and the Maoists began early on Thursday in West Midnapore's Jhargram area.