Centre offers talks with Maoists, NE insurgents

The Centre on Wednesday offered talks with Maoists and insurgents in the north east with a condition that they should suspend violence. "Violence does not pay and violence will not pay. The state......

Politics was never my cup of tea: Kabir Suman

Kabir Suman, formerly known as Suman Chattopadhyay, is a singer, songwriter, musician, performer, journalist, writer, occasional actor, activist and politician all rolled into one. No stranger......

Maoists abduct school teacher in West Bengal

A group of Maoists kidnapped a school headmaster in West Bengal's Bankura District on Friday evening and threatened to kill him if the state government failed to release the six villagers arrested......

People wary of Maoists' 72-day ceasefire proposal

The 72-day ceasefire call given by the Maoists has received mixed response from the common public in West Bengal and Jharkhand. Tapan Ghosh, a resident of West Medinapor said that the 72-day call......