Six Maoists, including secretary of the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA) Sidhu Soren and his girlfriend Bela, were gunned down in a fierce encounter in West Midnapore. One Cobra constable was also killed in the encounter. Officials suspect that at least one more Maoist has been severely injured in the encounter though he managed to flee.

CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat eventually prevailed upon the Bengal unit of the party to toe his line and defend expulsion of Somnath Chatterjee from the party following his refusal to resign as the Speaker of Lok Sabha in July 2008.

Railway minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday came in for strong critcism from CPI(M) for the Uttar Banga Express-Vananchal Express collision at Sainthia station in Birbhum district. Senior CPI(M) leader Shyamal Chakraborty went so far as to brand her as the “most incompetent” railway minister in the history of the

Six Maoists, including People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities secretary Sidhu Soren and his girlfriend Bela, were gunned down in a fierce encounter in West Midnapore. One constable of the elite “Cobra” anti-Naxal force was also killed. Officials suspect at least one more Maoist was severely injured, but he fled.

Being wary and worried, particularly after the back-to-back poll drubbing in Bengal, the CPI(M) after a two-day brain-storming state committee meeting has decided to go back to its basics — streamlini

A villager was killed and 25 others injured when a MiG-27 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in a field in Jalpaiguri on Saturday morning. The victim, B, Rai, was a farmer. At around 10.30 am the fighter jet crashed at the field during a routine sortie at Bhotputti village in between Moynaguri and Changrabandha minutes after it had taken off from the Hasimara airbase of the IAF.

Four Maoists, including Rajesh Munda — who masterminded and executed the murder of JMM MP Sunil Mahato in 2007, were arrested near Ranjha jungle at Salboni in West Midnapore on Friday.

In a cruel irony of fate, state Director General of Police, Bhupinder Singh, who must have put hundreds of criminals in the dock had to stand in a dock himself and plead guilty. The drama that had started unfolding in the state Assembly on Thursday over the flash of the cellphone camera of the state Director General of Police ended on Friday morning under the direction of Speaker Hashim Abdul Halim in the House.

Four Maoists, including Rajesh Munda who masterminded and executed the murder of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and member of Parliament Sunil Mahato in 2007, were arrested from near Ranjha jungle at Salboni in West Midnapore.

Putting all speculation to rest, railway minister Mamata Banerjee made it clear on Wednesday that she has no intention of resigning following a spurt in train accidents during her tenure.