Defending his decision to withdraw support from the UPA-1, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday made it clear that the Congress was as big an enemy for the Left as the BJP. He was clearly sending a message to the Bengal lobby. Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and CPI(M) state secretary Biman Bose who

The CBI officers are apprehending an attack on the mastermind of Gyaneswari Express sabotage, Bapi Mahato and the other accused in the case who are in CBI’s custody. The realisation came after Bapi himself wrote in his confessional statement that he had been abducted by the Maoists who wanted to kill him and are now

A day after blowing the whistle on a major land scam involving the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) under the state urban development department, state land and land reforms minister Abdur Rezzak Mollah took a complete U-turn on Tuesday. “Neither do I know anything nor have I said that the KMDA did not follow the rules. How can I comment on this? I need more time. Everything will be clear once I get the report,” Mr Mollah said.

State panchayat and rural development minister Anisur Rahaman on Tuesday admitted that the state government has failed to implement all its programmes. He made this confession on the floor of the Assembly on Tuesday. During his reply to the panchayat and rural development department budget discussion, he even said, “Generally, we do lot of works to win an election. However, after winning the election, we do not work hard.”

Defending his decision to withdraw support from the UPA-1, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday made it clear that the Congress was as big an enemy for the Left as the BJP. He was clearly sending a message to the Bengal lobby as Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and CPI(M) state secretary Biman Bose who had been advocating a soft approach towards the Congress were sitting by his side when Mr Karat made these observations.

The Sundarbans in South 24 Parganas is highly vulnerable to climate change and according to an estimate 15 per cent of the region will be submerged by 2020. This was among the findings of the three District Human Development Reports. The districts covered by the survey were South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas and North

Sanskriti Express, the exhibition train in memory of poet Rabindranath Tagore, drew hundreds of visitors on Monday. The train was inaugurated at the Bally station in the morning following its arrival from Asansol after travelling to other places, an Eastern Railway (ER) official informed. On May 9, railway minister Mamata Banerjee had flagged off the train on a nation-wide journey to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Tagore.

With the end of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, the West Midnapore police has heaved a sigh of relief. The district police had received an intelligence alert against a Maoist attack on some police camps during the world cup, citing instances of police personnel leaving the camps to watch the matches.

Acknowledging that Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will be the greatest challenge in the Assembly Polls in 2011, CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan on Monday said that the Left Front has lost the confidence of a section of people in Bengal due to its land acquisition policy.

The state CID has recovered arms from a house at Khejuri stockpiled by the Maoists, that in turn were used for the Nandigram movement. Three six mm guns, 15 gelatin sticks and some detonators have been recovered from the house.