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December 27, 2007

Intellectuals seek freedom for Taslima
Centre ready to help WB government on providing security to Taslima

December 26, 2007

Buddha visits Nandigram, offers aid package
Nandigram: BUPC won't call off agitation
Govt not to acquire land in Nandigram: Buddha

December 25, 2007

Bengal CM to address rally at Nandigram tomorrow
Taslima welcome in WB but Centre must ensure security: Basu

December 23, 2007

76 bombs recovered in Nandigram

December 21, 2007

Taslima to decide about stay in India: WB speaker
CRPF begins questioning villagers on new graves

December 20, 2007

I have been told not to return to Kolkata: Taslima
CRPF finds 8 more graves near Nandigram
'Taslima must return, no more pressure on Nandigram farmers'

December 19, 2007

Nandigram: CBI registers 4 cases against CPI(M) leaders
BJP slams Sonia, CPI-M

December 18, 2007

Nandigram: 9 bombs found in CPI-M supporter's house

December 17, 2007

HC asks CBI to submit report on Rizwanur death probe on Jan 8
Nandigram: CBI submits preliminary report on March 14 violence

December 14, 2007

CBI seeks more time to submit report on Rizwanur death probe

December 13, 2007

Government looking into CRPF excesses: Bengal CM

December 12, 2007

Bullets found near Nandigram grave

December 11, 2007

Indian Americans want answers from WB govt
Oppn effort to stall industrialisation won't succeed: WB CM

December 10, 2007

New grave found in Nandigram

December 09, 2007

Fear still stalks CRPF-protected Nandigram

December 08, 2007

My Ram remarks taken out of context: Bengal CM
Rizwanur case: Priyanka breaks her silence
More bones found in Nandigram

December 07, 2007

Now, Buddha questions Lord Ram's existence
Nandigram: CPI-M claims exhumed bodies are of party loyalists

December 06, 2007

Nandigram: Mamata meets PM, seeks Buddha sacked
Burnt bones and ashes recovered from Nandigram graves
Narasimha Rao govt allowed Babri demolition: Karat

December 05, 2007

West Bengal: Bomb blast kills 2
Men in uniform fired on protestors: Nandigram witness
Communism binds: Chavez-funded school in West Bengal

December 04, 2007

Bengal CM only understands terror: Mamata
Nandigram: Compensation process begins
Buddha takes back 'tit-for-tat' comment on Nandigram
CRPF to stay on in troubled Nandigram

December 03, 2007

CPI-M unimpressed with Taslima's decision
Taslima should apologise, says Shahi Imam
Yechury denies Left climbdown on nuke deal
Buddha briefs PM on Nandigram

December 02, 2007

WB Governor visits Nandigram, wants CRPF to stay
'Egalitarian' Mayawati woos upper castes

December 01, 2007

Taslima penning 6th autobiographical book

November 30, 2007

Withdraw previous editions of Taslima's book: Muslim body
Taslima withdraws controversial lines from Dwikhandita

November 29, 2007

'Taslima is virtually under house arrest'
Human rights groups tour Nandigram, slam Buddha

November 28, 2007

CBI team arrives in Nandigram
Dear Taslima, let's forget Nandigram

November 27, 2007

Kolkata turns into fortress for Indo-Pak match
Centre's call if Taslima should return to Bengal: Minister
Taslima shifted to safe house
CPI-M leaders visit Nandigram
Taslima Nasreen: Writer on the run
Calcutta HC cracks the whip on comrades

November 26, 2007

West Bengal govt had objected to extension of Taslima's visa: Congress
I did not leave Kolkata on my own: Taslima
Taslima row: 'BJP indulging in vote bank politics'
Taslima wants to return to Kolkata, waits for Bengal govt's nod
Nandigram: Fear stalks people in refugee camps

November 25, 2007

Taslima free to return to Bengal: CM
No more Nandigrams in future: Buddha

November 24, 2007

Taslima is free to return to Kolkata: Bengal government
Man behind Kolkata violence arrested
Stay in my house, Bengal minister tells Taslima
BJP favours citizenship for Taslima

November 23, 2007

I am mentally distressed, unwell: Taslima
RSP slams Bengal govt over Taslima issue
Rizwanur case: Todi to undergo lie-detector test on Friday
Taslima's exit: 'The govt has kow-towed to communal pressure'
'Islamic militants involved in Kolkata violence'
CRPF accuses Nandigram police of non-cooperation
Army withdraws from central Kolkata
Kolkata: Situation peaceful; Army stages flag march
Violence in Darjeeling, Army on stand-by

November 22, 2007

Taslima should leave West Bengal, says CPI-M
Left Front chief backtracks on Taslima statement
CID to probe Nandigram rapes, murders
Nandigram issue has created chasm among people of West Bengal: Noam Chomsky
Curfew lifted in Kolkata, life limps back to normal
'What are we fighting for in Nandigram?'

November 21, 2007

Situation in Kolkata somewhat tense, says Centre
CPI-M hits back at detractors over Nandigram
Abducted Nandigram youth narrates harrowing experience
Nandigram is national tragedy: Congress
Nandigram: BUPC waiting to hit back
Don't force me to perform tandava nritya: Speaker
Uproar in Rajya Sabha; House adjourns for day
Advani urges Centre to invoke Article 355 on Nandigram
Army called in to control protests in Kolkata; curfew imposed

November 20, 2007

PM shouldn't worry about Nandigram: CPM
Bike brigade disappears, but terror still stalks Nandigram
Nandigram: 'PM is concerned, we are also concerned'
NDA, Left to discuss Nandigram in LS on Wednesday
Children used as human shields and informers in Nandigram
Restore confidence of people in Nandigram: PM tells WB govt
'Blueprint being prepared for fresh violence in Nandigram'
Stalingram
Purulia arms drop was an international conspiracy, says home minister

November 19, 2007

Rizwanur case: CBI summons Ashok Todi for questioning
Nandigram: NHRC team winds up visit, to submit report
Nandigram: Dasmunsi asked to sort out BJP-CPI(M) row
Maoists blow up railway track in Bengal
CPI-M writes open letter to MPs over Nandigram
CRPF wasn't told to shift camps: WB police
SC dismisses plea seeking action on Nandigram violence

November 18, 2007

'Priyanka's kin drove Rizwanur to suicide'
Nandigram issue likely to rock Parliament on Monday
Nandigram: WB govt asks CRPF to relocate camps

November 17, 2007

Police registers rape case in Nandigram

November 16, 2007

Narendra 'Newton' Buddhadeb
Nandigram: 'CPI(M) cadres impose fine on people who return'
CPRF women's wing to be deployed in Nandigram
NHRC team records statements of victims at Nandigram
CPM accused of imposing fines on those wishing to return
Nandigram: HC wants CBI report in a month
Bihar: Maoists call 48-hour bandh to protest Nandigram killings
Cyclone claims 1 in West Bengal
Cyclone crosses Orissa without damage, veers off West Bengal

November 15, 2007

NDA to move adjournment motion in LS on Nandigram
RSP not pulling out of WB ministry immediately
Leaders claim situation peaceful, but Nandigram still uneasy
NHRC team to visit Nandigram today, area peaceful
Major cyclone poised to hit east coast tonight

November 14, 2007

Keep writing trash, Buddha tells media
Nandigram peaceful, 3 with suspected Maoist links held
Over 600 Dalits and Muslims killed in Nandigram, claims Dr Udit Raj
Nandigram residents are petrified: BJP
Bengal CM defends 'recapture' of Nandigram, announces relief
Nandigram: Kolkata sheds tears
Election process set to begin in Gujarat
Who did what in Nandigram?

November 13, 2007

Advani wants Article 355/356 applied in West Bengal
West Bengal: RSP to decide on ministers' resignations on Wednesday
Oppn paid back in the same coin, says Bengal CM
I've never seen terror like this, says Advani in Nandigram
HC raps WB government on Nandigram
WB government submits report on Nandigram to governor
I have failed in certain areas: Buddhadeb
CPI-M has declared war on India: Advani
Intellectuals can't stop film festival: Bengal CM
UPA's silence on Nandigram a gift to CPI-M: Mamata
CRPF enters most villages of Nandigram, raids on
NDA to raise Nandigram issue in Parliament
Of Magaj Dholai & lost dynamism
Advani in Nandigram

November 12, 2007

Nandigram: BJP wants Buddha government dismisssed
Patkar leaves for Nandigram
CRPF enters trouble-torn Nandigram
PM, Sonia should visit Nandigram: Mamata
CRPF not being allowed to enter Nandigram: Mamata
CRPF, CPM cadres fight on in Nandigram, claims MLA
Gunfire in Nandigram, normal life paralysed in Bengal
No one will obstruct media: Bengal CM
Bengal to return to normalcy by Tuesday: Trinamool
NHRC asks for report on Nandigram situation
NDA delegation to visit Nandigram
Nandigram: Mamata takes a dig at Karat
CPM flays Advani on Nandigram tour
Maoists helping Trinamool create trouble in Nandigram: CPI-M
Advani to visit Nandigram to take stock
Bandh affects life in West Bengal
A different Diwali in Darjeeling

November 11, 2007

Centre concerned over Nandigram violence
Intellectuals court arrest over Nandigram
Mamata reaches Tamluk on motorbike, violence erupts

November 10, 2007

Bengal minister to resign over Nandigram
Nandigram: 1 killed; cops say situation alarming
Centre sends 1,000 CPRF personnel to Bengal
Mamta quits Parliament; vows to paralyse Bengal
Intelligentsia comes to Nandigram's rescue
Aparna Sen: Are we living in the middle ages?
Those who are quiet are 'soulless hypocrites': Rituparno
Enough is enough
WB governor exceeded constitutional limit: CPI-M

November 09, 2007

Gunshots heard in Nandigram, uneasy calm prevails
'Areas captured by CPI-M in Nandigram will be freed'

November 08, 2007

Medha Patkar assaulted on way to Nandigram
Trinamool Congress has ganged up with Maoists: CPI-M

November 07, 2007

Man files complaint alleging Todi broke his marriage
CPI-M captures areas around Nandigram; toll 4
Tension prevails at Nandigram
PM expresses concern about violence in Nandigram
Dhaka shop raided in search of Tagore's stolen Nobel medal

November 06, 2007

Kolkata, Delhi face environment crisis
Rizwanur case: Kolkata ex-commissioner quizzed by CBI
Two killed in fresh violence in Nandigram

November 05, 2007

Rizwanur case: CBI interrogates top cop

November 02, 2007

Who is talking of elections, asks Karat

November 01, 2007

West Bengal: Maoists kill CPI-M leader
Rizwanur case: CBI grills Priyanka Todi
Won't allow Indo-US strategic alliance to be reality: CPI-M

October 31, 2007

Rizwanur case: CBI grills industrialist, Ganguly's brother
CBI interrogates Rizwanur's father-in-law, Saurav Ganguly's brother
Life paralysed in West Bengal

October 30, 2007

I was fired at en route to Nandigram: WB Oppn leader
Tension prevails in Nandigram

October 29, 2007

Nandigram: West Bengal seeks Central security forces
CPI-M bandh in Nandigram gets mixed response
Nandigram: CPI-M, BUPC activists exchange fire
'The CPI-M is desperate in West Bengal'

October 28, 2007

Bullet fired at Mamata's car in Nandigram: Trinamool
W Bengal: Nandigram tense; CPM offices torched

October 27, 2007

1 killed in Nandigram violence

October 26, 2007

West Bengal withdraws judicial inquiry into Rizwanur death
What Rizwan's wife said 3 weeks before his death

October 25, 2007

Rizwanur's family moves HC against state inquiry
Todis offered us blank cheque, says Rizwanur's brother
Bank accounts of Rizwanur's kin under scrutiny

October 24, 2007

Will Rizwanur's body be exhumed? CBI in a fix

October 23, 2007

CBI questions Rizwanur's widow
CBI grills Rizwanur's ex-girlfriend, 3 others

October 17, 2007

Rizwanur case: WB govt not to appeal against HC order
Rizwanur's brother alleges threats
Rizwanur case: Kolkata top cop transferred
Kolkata gets new police chief

October 16, 2007

Ration rage continues in Bengal districts
HC directs CBI to investigate Rizwanur's death
Rizwanur death: Parties hail CBI probe; Buddha mum

October 13, 2007

West Bengal CM meets dead youth's family, promises justice

October 12, 2007

Rizwanur case: Human Rights Commission summons 5 cops

October 11, 2007

Rizwanur death: Protest gathers momentum
Kolkata youth's death: No CBI probe

October 10, 2007

Wife of dead Muslim youth denies police pressure
Fake press cards for Rs 500!
Kolkata youngster died after being hit by train: CID

October 08, 2007

N-deal: Basu wants a compromise formula
Nandigram violence: 1 killed, 4 wounded
A unique 'ban the bulb' protest
Bengal PDS scam: MLA, CPM leaders assaulted

October 07, 2007

Woman killed in renewed violence in Nandigram

October 05, 2007

WB: Muslim youth's kin plead for action against cops
Rizwanur case: 'Police chief won't be spared'

October 04, 2007

CID report silent on Muslim youth's death

October 01, 2007

Supreme Court order on TN bandh judicial encroachment: CPI-M
CPI-M softens stand on nuclear deal

September 29, 2007

We will wait and watch on N-deal: CPI-M
CPI-M won't compromise on N-deal: Basu
Curfew continues in Siliguri

September 27, 2007

Youth's death: WB CM orders probe, family moves HC

September 25, 2007

Kolkata rain toll 15

September 24, 2007

Will act only when UPA operationalises N-deal: CPI(M)

September 22, 2007

Singur: Labourer commits suicide, Mamta calls rasta roko

September 21, 2007

Kolkata's image takes a beating

September 17, 2007

Buddha feels India can't avoid nuclear power

September 12, 2007

Trinamool still with NDA: BJP

September 11, 2007

12-year-old denied temporary landing permit in Kolkata
Girl dies in hospital as doctors fight over shifting her

September 08, 2007

Do Left parties have a hidden agenda, asks Sibal

September 07, 2007

Landslide kills six in Darjeeling

September 06, 2007

Bay of Bengal faces threat of devastating Tsunami
Nithari killings: Complainant found dead
Mamata hints at walking out of NDA

September 05, 2007

No information on Hyderabad blast key suspect: Bangladesh

September 04, 2007

Don't go to IAEA, Left warns Centre
Left steps up attack on govt, 'jatha' flagged off
Wargames begin off Bay of Bengal

August 28, 2007

I can take out knife from my stomach: Ghosh
Extradited businessman remanded in custody

August 25, 2007

Night attacks still on in Nandigram: Mahasweta Devi
Bandh disrupts life in Nandigram

August 24, 2007

Mother Teresa's legacy lives on

August 23, 2007

Abe visits Tagore's ancestral home

August 18, 2007

Taslima Nasreen wants security
Congress responsible if government falls: Forward Bloc

August 17, 2007

Imam puts 'unlimited reward' on Taslima's head

August 11, 2007

Kolkata: Immigration officials deport 12-year-old

August 09, 2007

SADS, a condition that strikes suddenly but fatally

August 08, 2007

West Bengal: Maoists attack police camp

August 04, 2007

Injured CPI-M worker dies, bandh called at Nandigram

July 24, 2007

Mars sighting on August 27? Blah!

July 18, 2007

Kolkata museum raises $1.5m at Sotheby's

July 08, 2007

Mahasweta Devi calls upon writers to spread awareness

July 06, 2007

Army called as Bengal reels under floods

July 05, 2007

Kolkata reels under water, more rains expected

July 04, 2007

Kolkata waterlogged for second day

July 03, 2007

Heavy rains hit Kolkata and Mumbai