The deceased has been identified as Manas Das, an active local committee member of CPI-M, East Midnapore district Superintendent of Police G Srinivas told reporters in Nandigram.
Assailants had slit their throats in their house in Sheikhpura district.
Monish Malhotra, the superintendent, and Manas Patra, the alleged middleman, were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday, an official said.
The searches come a day after the CBI raided the residence of Major General (Retd) V K Singh, following the registration of a case against him, under the Official Secrets Act.
Japanese drug-maker Daiichi-Sankyo, which entered into a binding deal with the Ranbaxy Laboratories promoters to buy the latter's 34.8 per cent stake at Rs 737 a share, on Monday said it may revise the open offer price in the case of a competitive bid. The statement assumes significance in the wake of reports that US drug major Pfizer may launch a counter offer for the non-promoter stake of Ranbaxy.
From Lord Ram's birthplace to where Sita was held captive by Ravana, this trip will be full of mythical stories.
Shabana Azmi's friends dropped in to support the Mijwan Fashion show.
Dhar has penned a novel named Operation Triple X, an Indian spy-run in Pakistan to be published soon by Manas publications.
Cops said that 'whatever has been alleged by his (Kanhaiya's) friend, in our inquiry hasn't been found to be true'.
Riding high on the international hospitality wave, India has once again figured in the list of world's best small luxury hotels with Jaipur's Raj Palace becoming the sixth hotel to enter the coveted group.
The US authorities are checking people's social media accounts for their political views before allowing them into the country after the recent travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump on people from seven predominantly Muslim nations, a media report said.
BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said efforts will be made to pacify the dissidents.
VJTI, Mumbai invites engineering as well as non-engineering students to attend its annual technical festival, Technovanza 2006.
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Raja was abandoned by his Sri Lankan mother when he was two and left to fend for himself when his Indian father was deported last August.
Congress has decided to contest almost all the seats in the elections leaving some 25 seats for its smaller partners like the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha in the united front being led by it.
Major General V K Singh's book has raised a controversy, with unconfirmed reports saying that R&AW chief Ashok Chaturvedi has called for a ban on it.
There are so many, discovers Pallavi Aman Singh.
Even as his 79-year-old father is counting his days in active politics after a very long innings, Gaurav Gogoi, son of Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is now all set to take a plunge in electoral politics. Gaurav has been nominated by the Congress party to contest Lok Sabha election from Kaliabor constituency in Assam.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Slowing down China's high-speed economy is devilishly hard to do, and may even be beyond Beijing's control.
A first-half goal from Joe Cole gave Chelsea a 1-0 victory over Liverpool in the first leg of their all-English Champions League semi-final.
The deal will let India draw upon the resources of the Federal Aviation Administration to modernise its infrastructure.
'I challenge BJP spokespersons that they have no idea what their party's ideology is because they believe it is only Modi's party now.'
Two graduates of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad have decided to opt for unconventional career paths than the fat-pay packages
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"A court cannot alter or amend the said Presidential orders for the very good reason that it has no power to do so within the meaning ,content and scope of article 341 & 342," the Supreme Court held.
The Indian football team's jersey for the Under-17 BRICS Diplomatic Football Cup was unveiled last week. The jersey, coloured in the standard blue hue with a large lotus imprinted on it, has called for strong reactions from Indian football fans.
"Many things are clearer now after the investigation but it will take time to reach to the crux of the matter," he said.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Monday directed officials to expedite setting up of at least 2,000 Rajiv Internet Villages by the end of this year.
Four persons have been arrested so far for their alleged involvement in the case involving the trafficking of at least 17 children.
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Personal computer maker Acer, which introduced two laptops on Intel's new Centrino Duo platform on Thursday, said it is expecting a 40 per cent rise in revenue this year to Rs 1,100 crore (Rs 11 billion).
Business process outsourcing company vCustomer Corporation will acquire all the eight call centres of global telecom giant MCI, sources said on Friday.
Ajay Jadeja said that the selectors should keep an open mind and not target individual players
He accused Naxalites of using tribal villagers as a shield.
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