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Bengal Tiger Carcass Found With Spear Through Its Face
Lalgarh in West Bengal, once active with Maoists, has now become the killing field of an adult Royal Bengal tiger. The endangered beast was discovered in a forest in the area with a spear through its face.
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Mamata criticises Maoists and cautions intellectuals
On her first visit as chief minister, to Lalgarh the former Naxal hotbed, Mamata Banerjee today criticised the Maoists' cult of violence and killing but did not offer talks with them. Addressing a rally, she also also hit out at the section of intellectuals in Kolkata for indulging Maoists.
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Lalgarh firing death toll rises to nine
With the death of an injured woman undergoing treatment, the death toll in the January 7 firing at a Lalgarh village in West Midnapore district rose to nine. Hospital sources said Arati Mondal, who was admitted to SSKM hospital died of her bullet wounds on Sunday morning. She was rushed to the hospita...
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Maoists behead Lalgarh villager
Maoists have struck again in West Bengal. They kidnapped, shot and then beheaded a villager from Lalgarh.The man's decapitated body was found on Sunday morning, with its head in its hands, on the state highway near Jhargram, some distance from his village.The man, is believed to be a CPM supporter.Later in the evening, two local CPM leaders were sh...
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Winds of change in Maoist bastion Lalgarh?
As the country watched the Maoist hostage drama unfold in Bihar, a wind of change blew across a village in West Bengal's Lalgarh which was virtually declared a Maoist takeover on 15 June 2009. The Communist Party of India Marxist(CPM) returned to Dharampur village in Lalgarh.Last year, led by armed Maoists, mobs tore down a CPM office the house of ...
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Left: How can minister Mamata side with Maoists?
Mamata Banerjee is causing the UPA government much embarrassment and the Opposition is ensuring it doesn't end soon. On Thursday, the Left questioned how a minster could side with Maoists and call a Maoist leader a "martyr" and said the Centre must explain.This after Mamata said on Wednesday that she stood by her remarks when she called Maoist lead...
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Mamata defends Lalgarh remark, doesn't rule out mediating with Maoists
It seems there is little the UPA government can do to keep a check on Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee. In a major embarrassment to the government today, Mamata says she stands by her remarks on Maoists at the Lalgarh rally, where she called Maoist leader Azad's encounter a 'murder' and demanded that the government investigate it."Whatever I ...
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Pranab Mukherjee meets Mamata Banerjee
Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday met Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata where she is recuperating after a car accident she had recently. Pranab says the visit was just a courtesy call and that he hopes Mamata will recover soon and attend the monsoon session of Parliament. It is not clear whether Prana...
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No one from govt should back Maoists: Chidambaram
Mamata Banerjee's controversial rally at Lalgarh again figured in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday with a BJP member asking Home Minister P Chidambaram if the government would take action against a leader who supports the Maoists.Chidambaram was asked if the government would take action against those who appreciate anti-democratic movement in the Naxal...
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Trinamool in denial over Lalgarh rally
After drawing flak for her Lalgarh rally in which the Maoist front organisation, the People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) took part, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is in denial. Speaking to NDTV's Prannoy Roy, senior Trinamool leader and Health Minister Dinesh Trivedi insisted it was not a joint rally with the Maoists."I want t...
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Bengal Tiger Carcass Found With Spear Through Its Face
Lalgarh in West Bengal, once active with Maoists, has now become the killing field of an adult Royal Bengal tiger. The endangered beast was discovered in a forest in the area with a spear through its face.
-
Mamata criticises Maoists and cautions intellectuals
On her first visit as chief minister, to Lalgarh the former Naxal hotbed, Mamata Banerjee today criticised the Maoists' cult of violence and killing but did not offer talks with them. Addressing a rally, she also also hit out at the section of intellectuals in Kolkata for indulging Maoists.
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Lalgarh firing death toll rises to nine
With the death of an injured woman undergoing treatment, the death toll in the January 7 firing at a Lalgarh village in West Midnapore district rose to nine. Hospital sources said Arati Mondal, who was admitted to SSKM hospital died of her bullet wounds on Sunday morning. She was rushed to the hospita...
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Maoists behead Lalgarh villager
Maoists have struck again in West Bengal. They kidnapped, shot and then beheaded a villager from Lalgarh.The man's decapitated body was found on Sunday morning, with its head in its hands, on the state highway near Jhargram, some distance from his village.The man, is believed to be a CPM supporter.Later in the evening, two local CPM leaders were sh...
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Winds of change in Maoist bastion Lalgarh?
As the country watched the Maoist hostage drama unfold in Bihar, a wind of change blew across a village in West Bengal's Lalgarh which was virtually declared a Maoist takeover on 15 June 2009. The Communist Party of India Marxist(CPM) returned to Dharampur village in Lalgarh.Last year, led by armed Maoists, mobs tore down a CPM office the house of ...
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Left: How can minister Mamata side with Maoists?
Mamata Banerjee is causing the UPA government much embarrassment and the Opposition is ensuring it doesn't end soon. On Thursday, the Left questioned how a minster could side with Maoists and call a Maoist leader a "martyr" and said the Centre must explain.This after Mamata said on Wednesday that she stood by her remarks when she called Maoist lead...
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Mamata defends Lalgarh remark, doesn't rule out mediating with Maoists
It seems there is little the UPA government can do to keep a check on Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee. In a major embarrassment to the government today, Mamata says she stands by her remarks on Maoists at the Lalgarh rally, where she called Maoist leader Azad's encounter a 'murder' and demanded that the government investigate it."Whatever I ...
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Pranab Mukherjee meets Mamata Banerjee
Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday met Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata where she is recuperating after a car accident she had recently. Pranab says the visit was just a courtesy call and that he hopes Mamata will recover soon and attend the monsoon session of Parliament. It is not clear whether Prana...
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No one from govt should back Maoists: Chidambaram
Mamata Banerjee's controversial rally at Lalgarh again figured in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday with a BJP member asking Home Minister P Chidambaram if the government would take action against a leader who supports the Maoists.Chidambaram was asked if the government would take action against those who appreciate anti-democratic movement in the Naxal...
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Trinamool in denial over Lalgarh rally
After drawing flak for her Lalgarh rally in which the Maoist front organisation, the People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) took part, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is in denial. Speaking to NDTV's Prannoy Roy, senior Trinamool leader and Health Minister Dinesh Trivedi insisted it was not a joint rally with the Maoists."I want t...
