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November 21, 2009
Differences with party resolved: Trinamool MP

November 18, 2009
Oppn to grill Centre on 'confused' anti-Maoist plans

November 17, 2009
Scars of turmoil still linger in Nandigram
Maoists helping Trinamool in ousting Left Front govt: Karat

November 16, 2009
Trinamool MP speaks out against party
'Don't go with Maoists,' Buddhadeb tells Trinamool Congress

November 12, 2009
Cracks widen in Bengal's red bastion

November 11, 2009
Results show people want TC-Cong alliance: Pranab

November 10, 2009
WB minister calls for action against home secretary
Bypolls: Left crumbles, Maya stages a comeback

November 09, 2009
Fierce gunbattles in West Midnapore between Naxals, forces
WB killings: The war is on, warns Maoist leader
Mamata to file suit against CPM for defaming her party

November 08, 2009
West Bengal: Maoists kill four jawans
Buddha rules out talks with Maoists

November 07, 2009
Three youths shot dead by Maoists in Bengal
Over 60 pc voter turnout in assembly by-polls

November 06, 2009
Tagore's Santiniketan in political quagmire
Nandigram: Missing vermilion tales from the red bastion

November 05, 2009
First ceasefire, then talks, say Maoists
Ensure law and order: Centre to West Bengal govt
Centre should caution West Bengal govt over repeated violence: Cong

November 04, 2009
Yechury dismisses Mamata charge against Marxists
CPI-M importing Maoists from Nepal: Mamata

November 03, 2009
Dutta faces disciplinary action for not reporting to work
Arrest me if I have links with the Maoists: Mamata

November 01, 2009
Trinamool, Maoists jointly unleashing violence, alleges Jyoti Basu
Centre to launch massive anti-Naxal ops soon

October 30, 2009
WB: Rajdhani Express brought to a halt again
'How long will we turn a blind eye to the Maoists?'

October 29, 2009
WB: Maoists 'kill two CPM workers'
Rajdhani hijack case: New FIR mentions Maoist connection
PC slams CPI-M for linking Mamata to train hijack
Maoists have no link with Trinamool: Kishenji
FIR in Rajdhani hijack case doesn't mention Maoists, PCPA

October 28, 2009
Antony rejects Mamata's demand for use of army in Naxal-hit areas
Maoists-Trinamool working in collaboration in Bengal: CPM
Armed wing of PCPA behind Rajdhani hijack

October 27, 2009
WB minister hints at abducted OC's Maoist connection
WB govt's deal with Maoists a mistake: Home Secretary
Stop police firing for release of Rajdhani drivers: Maoists
All Rajdhani passengers safe: Chidambaram
Maoists executed Rajdhani hijack after careful planning: Officer
Mamata demands President's rule in Bengal again
Centre not to withdraw security forces to combat Maoists
Bengal CM rules out releasing Maoist leader
'Armed mob smashed glass panes, forcibly entered train'

October 25, 2009
Swapping Maoists with cop was 'appropriate': Karat

October 24, 2009
Release of women in exchange of officer an exception: WB CM
Centre non-committal on WB govt's deal with Maoists

October 23, 2009
WB:Released cop wants govt to help free two abducted cops
MIG-27 crashes in West Bengal; pilot ejects to safety
WB: Cop released by Maoists reaches home

October 22, 2009
Arrested Maoists get bail, Kishenji assures release of officer
Maoist leader: Our way will ensure peace and justice
Worried CPM to finalise rectification document
WB: Maoists free abducted police officer

October 21, 2009
Maoists ready for talks with West Bengal govt
Buddha assures kin of cop in Naxal custody
Abducted officer will be paraded before media: Maoists

October 20, 2009
Will abduct and kill more cops, say Maoists
WB: Maoists raid police station, shoot two cops dead

October 17, 2009
Chhatradhar refuses to give handwriting sample

October 16, 2009
CPI-M has moved away from the people: Buddhadeb
Congress starts to feel the Trinamool heat

October 14, 2009
Withdraw forces from Lalgarh immediately, demands Mamata
TV journos held for trailing Mamata's car
RSP drops support to Cong-led municipality
Pak must prosecute Saeed and other 26/11 suspects: US

October 12, 2009
Maoists losing grip on Lalgarh residents: Intel report
Joint op against Maoists in WB to continue: Buddha

October 08, 2009
Chronology: Maoist rampage in the last 5 years
Buddhadeb to meet Manmohan, Chidambaram on October 11

October 07, 2009
No evidence of Mahasweta, Aparna Sen's Maoist links: WB

October 05, 2009
Mamata blasts Congress on Siliguri episode
Don't use terror act against intellectuals: Mamata to WB govt

October 04, 2009
Mamata apologises to Siliguri electorate

October 01, 2009
Left supports Congress for Siliguri mayor's post, defeats Trinamool
Indian militant arrested in Bangladesh
Cong teaming up with Left is breach of trust: Mamata

September 29, 2009
Nothing unethical in arresting Chhatradhar, says home secy
Centre should 'topple' Left Front govt in Bengal: Mamta

September 28, 2009
WB: Arrested Maoist leader charged with sedition

September 27, 2009
Tribal leader Mahato remanded in custody

September 26, 2009
Lalgarh Maoist leader Chatrodhar Mahato arrested

September 16, 2009
Congress-TC wins Siliguri civic polls after 27 years

September 14, 2009
Gorkha leader threatens to form Gorkhaland if December talks fail

September 13, 2009
Buddhadeb will remain West Bengal CM, says Yechury

September 10, 2009
UAE plane gets Indian clearance, takes off for China after 4 days

September 09, 2009
UAE airforce plane continues to be grounded in Kolkata
Aircraft's tail damaged during take-off in Mumbai

September 08, 2009
UAE in contact with India over detained plane

September 07, 2009
Kolkata: UAE plane carrying arms detained

September 05, 2009
Bengal CM skips CPI-M politburo meet

August 31, 2009
Left rally in Kolkata leaves commuters in lurch

August 26, 2009
Advani ex-aide Kulkarni joins Mamata, but not Trinamool
RSP veteran Abani Roy resigns from party

August 21, 2009
Trinamool wins by-elections in West Bengal

August 20, 2009
'Jaswant's expulsion won't affect Gorkhaland'

August 11, 2009
Centre to repeal Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council

August 06, 2009
Lalgarh ops not total success: WB Home Secy

August 03, 2009
Veteran Bengal minister Subhas Chakraborty passes away

August 02, 2009
Terror groups using driving tests to fund operations, says report
Sonia ignores party, backs Mamata
Maoists kill 2 CPI-M leaders

August 01, 2009
'Lalgarh still not stable; state govt must take responsibility'
'Indian Navy cannot come second in war'

July 31, 2009
Yechury India's no. 1 Maoist, says Trinamool Congress
Trinamool Congress demands President's rule in Bengal

July 30, 2009
Anti-Maoist ops in Lalgarh must stop: Mamata

July 28, 2009
Pull out forces from Lalgarh, Trinamool tells Centre

July 27, 2009
Mamata speaks out against forcible land acquisition

July 24, 2009
Jaswant Singh demands creation of separate Gorkhaland
Angry Mamta threatens to walk out of Cabinet meeting

July 22, 2009
Will weather overshadow the longest solar eclipse?

July 21, 2009
Marxist misrule in WB will end in a year: Mamata
Diarrhoea, skin disease stalk Aila victims

July 20, 2009
Pranab rules out division of West Bengal

July 19, 2009
'It's high time to destroy the Naxalites'

July 17, 2009
Congress bandh brings Bengal to a standstill
Bangla: Leader of Indian terror group arrested

July 16, 2009
Congress, Left workers clash in Bengal

July 15, 2009
Gorkha body dubs Centre's invitation 'meaningless'

July 14, 2009
Maoists strike again, kill two near Lalgarh

July 13, 2009
GJM's indefinite bandh cripples life in Darjeeling

July 12, 2009
Jyoti Basu hospitalised after falling unconscious

July 10, 2009
West Bengal: Police baton charge GJM men
Al Qaeda fears its time is up, says book

July 08, 2009
Rebel leader dares Bengal govt to arrest him
Have authorities in Bengal taken leave of their senses?

July 07, 2009
CPI spells out reasons behind Left's poll debacle

July 04, 2009
Kolkata: 11 killed as minibus falls off flyover

July 03, 2009
Patkar tries to enter Lalgarh, arrested

July 02, 2009
'People will rethink about the Maoists'
'Maoists helping destroy the communist movement'

June 30, 2009
Forces launch combing operation in Maoist strongholds

June 29, 2009
Security forces launch final assault against Maoists in Bengal
Mamata asks Centre to stop Lalgarh operations

June 27, 2009
Security forces capture Maoist stronghold of Ramgarh

June 26, 2009
Maoists trigger blast as forces begin operation

June 24, 2009
Maoist spokesman remanded in police custody, 2 more arrested
Ban on Maoists: Cong slams WB government
How the Maoists must be countered

June 23, 2009
West Bengal govt accepts central ban on Maoists
Day 2 of Maoist bandh cripples normal life in WB districts
'Left's poll debacle in Bengal was long awaited'
Karat re-endorses his hold in CPI-M
Has top Maoist leader fled to Bangladesh?
CPI-Maoist spokesperson Gour Chakraborty arrested
'Centre can't sit idle when people's lives are in danger'
Banning Maoists not a solution: Lalu
Ban will not affect us: Maoists

June 22, 2009
The contours of Lashkar-Naxal bonhomie
Security forces liberate 22 villages in Lalgarh
2 CPM men beaten to death in Nandigram
Karat takes personal responsibility for Left's poor show
'If I'm arrested, Lalgarh will be torn by violence'
CPI-M may not ban Maoists in WB
CPI-Maoist banned to avoid ambiguity: Chidambaram
Ban may force Maoists to turn more aggressive: LF partners

June 21, 2009
Lalgarh: Security forces break into Maoist bastions

June 20, 2009
Security forces enter Lalgarh
Security forces enter Lalgarh, 4 Maoists killed
West Bengal CM meets PM, Chidambaram

June 19, 2009
'Maoists in Lalgarh have a few basic demands'
Security forces resume advance to Lalgarh
'Our party wanted to kill West Bengal's chief minister'

June 18, 2009
Crackdown on Maoists begins in Lalgarh
Can work better than WB government, say Lalgarh's Maoists

June 17, 2009
West Bengal: PM rejects Mamata's demand
Naxals use human shields in West Bengal

June 16, 2009
West Bengal: Tribals take control of Lalgarh
WB tribal unrest: Central force company arrives in Lalgarh

June 14, 2009
Bengal wants Rs 15,000 crore to protect against cyclones

June 13, 2009
Mamata warns WB govt for 'state-sponsored terror'
CPI-M confident of regaining people's trust: Karat

June 11, 2009
CPM discusses poll fiasco in West Bengal
Rahul manoeuvring his latest mantra
Aila devastation: Buddha to meet PM to seek assistance

June 10, 2009
CBI unleashes country-wide campaign to curb corruption

June 06, 2009
Thousands flee cyclone-hit Sundarbans ahead of high tide
TC boycotts all-party meet on cyclone relief

June 03, 2009
Cyclone Aila exposes Left

June 02, 2009
Bengal CM faces mob fury again

June 01, 2009
Buddha faces ire of relief seekers in cyclone-hit Sunderbans
Bird flu hits Bengal again

May 25, 2009
21 killed as cyclonic storm hits Kolkata
Storm in Kolkata, stuck in Guwahati: Nightmare on Indigo flight

March 19, 2009
This candidate goes fishing to get votes!

March 18, 2009
WB: Bomb explosion kills two, injures 17 at Alipurduar

March 15, 2009
Pranab to re-contest for LS from Jangipur

March 12, 2009
Congress yields to Mamta in West Bengal

March 11, 2009
WB: Cong, Trinamool reach seat-sharing accord

March 10, 2009
Time running out on Trinamool tie-up, says Congress

March 05, 2009
Congress 'no surrender' policy stalls seat-sharing talks

March 03, 2009
Left Front announces candidates for Lok Sabha polls

March 02, 2009
To fight Left, Congress ties up with Trinamul
Left prefers two phase poll in West Bengal

February 27, 2009
Martin Luther King III stresses need to communicate with terrorists

February 26, 2009
No shirts, T-shirts for campaigning in WB, says EC

February 25, 2009
Bangladesh trouble: BSF on alert

February 17, 2009
I am not good enough for politics, says Sourav Ganguly

February 16, 2009
Arindam's death won't affect Rizwanur's case : CBI

February 14, 2009
No information, only chaos at Howrah station

February 12, 2009
Rizwan case: Second post-mortem on Manna's body

February 11, 2009
Cop who probed Rizwanur case found dead

February 10, 2009
Another mid-air collision averted near West Bengal
What exactly does Prakash Karat stand for?

February 07, 2009
No official communication yet on Pak probe into 26/11: Pranab

February 02, 2009
Trinamool ready for alliance with Congress, hints Mamata

January 28, 2009
Rizwanur case transferred to fast track court
CPI-M girds up to defeat BJP and Congress

January 20, 2009
'I'm 15 and have seen all the ugly faces of poverty'

January 17, 2009
Kolkata: Flight catches fire, makes emergency landing
No link between Islam and terror: Pranab

January 16, 2009
Supreme Court grants bail to Ashok Todi

January 13, 2009
Won't appeal for return to CPM: Somnath

January 11, 2009
Ineffective monitoring to check illegal immigration: Chidambaram

January 10, 2009
Will allow Pak to provide legal help to Kasab: India

January 09, 2009
Trinamool's Firoza Bibi wins Nandigram bypoll
West Bengal: CPM loses bypoll in Malda, retains Para

January 05, 2009
Nandigram bypoll peaceful, 80 per cent turnout

December 30, 2008
Tainted CBI official remanded to police custody till January 2

December 24, 2008
The year Left burnt its fingers in Bengal

December 16, 2008
Rizwanur case: SC refuses bail to Todi

December 11, 2008
Yahya, Lashkar's Bangla associate

December 06, 2008
Mumbai terror probe: Two held in Kolkata

December 04, 2008
Kolkata cops identify youth who bought terror SIM cards
Kolkata on terror alert

November 14, 2008
Taslima 'forced' to leave India again
Trinamool leader Ajit Panja passes away

November 13, 2008
Sunderbans and Ganges in seven Natural Wonders list

November 11, 2008
IM operative spills beans on US cultural centre attack

November 10, 2008
Rizwanur case: Ashok Todi gets reprieve from SC

November 05, 2008
Students arrested for mine blast along West Bengal CM's convoy route

November 03, 2008
PM assures Paswan of enhanced security

November 02, 2008
Mine blast on West Bengal CM's convoy route

October 29, 2008
CBI gets Todi's passports cancelled

October 28, 2008
CBI raids Ashok Todi's residence

October 27, 2008
Rizwanur case: Arrest warrant issued against Ashok Todi
Courts cannot invoke contempt powers arbitrarily, says Supreme Court

October 21, 2008
Trinamool Congress 'rethinks', not to call sudden bandhs

October 13, 2008
SC halts Rizwanur Rehman trial
IB Minister Dasmunsi in hospital; condition serious

October 01, 2008
No Id festivities at Rizwanur's home

September 30, 2008
Rizwanur case: Accused cops in judicial custody

September 23, 2008
Rizwanur's suicide note forgives Todi

September 18, 2008
Bengal CM ignores Ramadoss' suggestion on smoking

September 16, 2008
Kick the butt: Ramadoss to Buddhadeb

September 11, 2008
Prime suspect in Nobel theft case murdered

September 10, 2008
Rizwanur case: HC adjourns verdict on chargesheet

September 09, 2008
Controversial HC judge refuses to resign

September 08, 2008
Mamata formally withdraws dharna at Singur
Calcutta HC judge to face impeachment in Parliament

September 07, 2008
Jyoti Basu has blood clots in brain
Jyoti Basu hospitalised after fall

September 02, 2008
Rizwanur's mother urges HC to punish former top cop

September 01, 2008
West Bengal: Communists paying for their bad Karma

August 24, 2008
Taslima may leave India
Tatas should return 400 acres in Singur: Mamata Banerjee

August 22, 2008
Dialogue with Pranab satisfactory, says GJM

August 19, 2008
Bangladesh police enter West Bengal, nab one
Now, a lab to remove fear of mathematics

August 14, 2008
HC slams Kolkata police for shoddy probe in Rizwanur case

August 13, 2008
Live bombs recovered from Nandigram

August 12, 2008
Fresh clashes in Nandigram, 7 injured

August 08, 2008
Basu welcomes Mamata's willingness to talk on Singur
West Bengal: 3 injured in bomb blast, 4 bombs recovered

August 07, 2008
1 killed in Nandigram violence
Fire doused in West Bengal secretariat

August 06, 2008
WB: 13 pilgrims die in road mishap
Unrest simmers in Nandigram again

August 05, 2008
Pakistani PoW untraceable after 4 decades

August 04, 2008
Mamata demands scrapping of entire electoral roll in Bengal
'Ginsberg looked for the sacred in India, which had disappeared in US'

August 01, 2008
Two held in WB for alleged links with Ahmedabad blast suspect

July 30, 2008
No proposal to join government: Amar Singh

July 29, 2008
I will speak after a few days, says Somnath
Somnath wants to quit politics: Ex-CPI-M MP
LeT suspect held in West Bengal

July 28, 2008
'Centre will help Bengal resolve the Darjeeling crisis'
Hoax calls keep cops on their toes everywhere

July 24, 2008
Murmurs of dissent in CPM over Somnath's expulsion
Chatterjee had no backers in CPM Central Committee
Somnath will write to Karat about his expulsion

July 23, 2008
Somnath was CPI-M's most articulate and liberal face
CPI-M expels Somnath Chatterjee
Sixty thousand people affected by floods in West Bengal
BSF jawan killed in firing at Indo-Bangla border

July 22, 2008
Why Somnath Chatterjee is a hero in Bengal
With UPA win, Karat headed for trouble

July 21, 2008
CPI-M still trying to make Speaker quit
Mamata Banerjee to abstain from trust vote

July 20, 2008
Mamata to announce her decision tommorrow

July 18, 2008
UPA should seek fresh mandate on N-deal: Mamata

July 17, 2008
'Most needed' Dasmunsi leaves hospital, returns to Delhi
'Non-communal BJP? You must be kidding!'

July 14, 2008
Bengal minister questions CPI-M's stand on N-deal
To quit or not: Speaker yet to decide

July 12, 2008
N-deal: Basu cautions party against hasty decisions

July 09, 2008
Love and belonging in Kolkata
West Bengal to move Centre for tripartite talks on Gorkhaland

July 08, 2008
Basu turns 95; it's Red roses all the way

July 07, 2008
CRPF personnel vacate Nandigram
Dasmunsi undergoes angioplasty

July 06, 2008
Union Minister Dasmunshi admitted to hospital

July 05, 2008
Left awaits Pranab's response on N-deal deadline

July 04, 2008
Gorkha Janashakti Morcha seeks tripartite talks

July 03, 2008
Bengal government refuses to ban Maoists
Gorkhaland: Gurung seeks tripartite talks

June 30, 2008
'Paralysed' reality show contestant suffering from encephalomyelitis

June 27, 2008
West Bengal flood toll rises to 53

June 26, 2008
WB won't discuss statehood demand with GJM

June 24, 2008
Gorkha leaders meet Patil, urge for tripartite talks
After floods, diarrhoea outbreak feared in West Bengal

June 23, 2008
GJM, government talks likely on June 25
Flood situation improves in Bengal

June 20, 2008
Bengal flood situation grim; toll mounts
West Bengal flood toll 23

June 19, 2008
West Bengal floods leave 4 dead, 12 missing
West Bengal flood toll 15

June 18, 2008
Gorkhaland: Bandh hits life in Darjeeling
WB: Army called out in flood-hit Midnapore

June 17, 2008
West Bengal offers unconditional talks on Gorkhaland
Gorkhaland: GJM steps up protests
Rain lashes Kolkata; low-lying areas under water
Bandh for Gorkhaland paralyses Darjeeling

June 16, 2008
Gorkhaland: GJM seeks Centre's intervention

June 14, 2008
Darjeeling unrest: Centre, GJM ready for talks

June 13, 2008
Situation getting back to normal in Siliguri
West Bengal: GJM rejects talks offer

June 12, 2008
Gorkhaland issue: Army on alert in Siliguri
West Bengal: Student killed in CPM-Trinamul clash
Gorkhaland crisis: Army called in Siliguri

June 11, 2008
West Bengal: Maoists loot Rs 84 lakh from bank

June 09, 2008
'The Left parties have lost ground'

June 07, 2008
Nandigram: 7 injured in clash, bombs found

June 02, 2008
WB local poll loss: CPI-M blames corruption

May 28, 2008
Kolkata is now India's pollution capital

May 27, 2008
CRPF probe gives clean chit to officer

May 23, 2008
CPI-M supporter killed in Nandigram
West Bengal: MIG-21 catches fire while landing, pilot safe

May 22, 2008
Trinamool, CPI-M cadres clash in Nandigram

May 21, 2008
Trinamool beats Left in Nandigram, Singur

May 19, 2008
First Person: A polling officer's tales
WB: 19 killed in Panchayat poll violence

May 18, 2008
WB: 7 killed in Panchayat poll violence

May 16, 2008
Taslima wants to stay in Kolkata
11 dead in Bengal mall fire

May 15, 2008
IIM-C holds interview for OBC candidates
Calcutta HC stay on OBC quota in IIM: Centre moves SC

May 14, 2008
Calcutta HC stays post-grad OBC quota
WB: 5 dead as Communists fight each other

May 13, 2008
US consulate joins NGO to fight human trafficking

May 12, 2008
Nandigram: Centre seeks report from West Bengal

May 11, 2008
'Nandigram is ruled by power-crazy monsters'
Fascism reigns supreme in Nandigram

May 10, 2008
Nandigram: TC, BUPC supporters caned

May 09, 2008
Governor's act against state: Jyoti Basu

May 08, 2008
Nandigram evacuees return ahead of panchayat polls
Nandigram homeless beaten, 50 return to camp

May 07, 2008
WB: Governor's Gandhigiri makes CPI-M see red

May 06, 2008
3 Nandigram women claim CPM cadres stripped them
Maoists kill another CPI-M leader ahead of panchayat polls
Bangladesh working to nab Indian separatist leader

May 05, 2008
Fresh violence erupts in Nandigram

April 28, 2008
Sonia Gandhi criticises Buddhadeb government over Nandigram

April 26, 2008
China is a greater threat than Pak: BJP

April 24, 2008
Bengal's revolutionary freedom-fighter is dead

April 21, 2008
Bangla bandh cut short by 'wedding season'

April 19, 2008
Fresh trouble in Nandigram, 2 women raped

April 16, 2008
Maitree Express is well begun, now to make it work

April 14, 2008
Kolkata-Dhaka train service resumes after 43 years

April 11, 2008
I violated party discipline, says Jyoti Basu

April 09, 2008
Basu wants protege Subhas Chakraborty in CPI-M Politburo

April 08, 2008
HC asks WB govt to produce all records on Rizwanur

April 04, 2008
West Bengal: 20 killed as bus plunges into canal

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