A high-intensity blast triggered by Maoists killed five CRPF personnel, including an officer of the rank of deputy commandant, near Lalgarh in West Midnapore district of West Bengal on Wednesday. Another CRPF man was severely injured.

The blast that killed five CRPF officials near Lalgarh in West Midnapore on Wednesday, was evidently triggered by a high-intensity improvised explosive device (IED).
The joint security forces later recovered similar IEDs from Kolaboni and Jitushole in Jhargram. Maoist leader Rakhal has claimed responsibility for the blast.

If the Maoists repeated what they did in Dantewada, so did the security forces! Similar to Monday’s explosion in Dantewada in which the Naxals had planted the IED in the middle of a pitched road, the explosive even at Gwaltor on Wednesday was planted in the road. And significantly, with no lessons learnt, the patrolling party had

Concerned over the news that some paintings of Kavigiru Rabindranath Tagore will be put up for auction in London, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to take necessary steps to bring the paintings back to India.

Apprehending that the cyclone Laila may move to West Bengal after hitting coastal Andhra Pradesh at Machilipatnam on Thursday morning, the state government has taken all precautionary arrangements. Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has himself asked his cabinet colleague — finance minister Asim Dasgupta — to take

Even though 24 hours have passed after the Calcutta high court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to start a murder case in computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman’s mysterious death, the agency is yet to register any FIR. When asked on the delay, CBI spokesperson Harsh Bhal on Wednesday said, “We are yet to

The West Bengal government has been assured of 48 companies of the Central paramilitary forces for the elections in 81 municipalities, including the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), on May 30. Besides, 23 companies will come from other states for poll purposes.

If the Maoists repeated what they did in Dantewada, so did the security forces! Similar to Monday’s explosion in Dantewada in which the Naxals had planted the IED in the middle of a pitched road, the explosive at Gwaltor on Wednesday was planted in the road. And significantly, with no lessons learnt, the patrolling party had conveniently

City girl Shreya Daga has topped in the ISC examination securing 98.75 per cent marks. A Class 12 student of Mahadevi Birla Shishu Vihar, Shreya is the joint All-India topper along with another girl from Agra. For Shreya, this result has come as a pleasant surprise. “I had never thought of securing the first position in the country. Right

The girls have outshone the boys in both the ICSE and ISC examinations under the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations whose results were published on Wednesday. Furthermore, the students of the commerce stream have performed better than the science and humanities.