West Bengal

Texmaco In JV Deal With Australian Firm

texmaco_ltdKolkata: Texmaco Ltd, wagon manufacturer has signed up a joint venture agreement wit

Buddhadeb Bhattacharya appeals for help to Nandigram villagers returning their homes

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb BhattacharyaKolkata, Nov 13: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya today appealed for help to the villagers returning to their homes in trouble-torn Nandigram in the State's East Midnapore District.

The villagers had started fleeing their homes and hearths from January following battles between CPI-M cadres and Bhoomi Ucched Pratirodh Committee supporters.

Bhattacharya pointed out that there was no government fund available for victims of political strife.

Political parties blame each other, even as Nandigram simmers

New Delhi, Nov 12 : Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Monday blamed the Maoists for violence in Nandigram, even as the situation in Nandigram showed no sig

NHRC asks West Bengal Government to submit report on Nandigram

New Delhi, Nov 12 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued a notice to the West Bengal Government directing it to submit a factual report on the conditions prevailing in Nandigram

Shutdown affects normal life in West Bengal (Lead: WB shutdown)

Kolkata/Durgapur (West Bengal).

Medha Patkar on a 48-hour hunger strike for peace in Nandigram

Kolkata, Nov 10 : Social activist Medha Patkar today began a 48-hour hunger strike demanding Central government’s intervention to restore peace in the violence-hit Nandigram in West Bengal’s East M

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