Kolkata, Dec 21 (IANS) The year 2009 did not turn out well for the state’s ruling Left Front as the general elections dealt it a big blow. Lalgarh, which became a battleground for Maoists and the security forces, only added to the government’s woes.
Here are 10 landmark events from West Bengal in 2009:
1. The April-May [...]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) There will be no unmanned railway crossing in the country in five years, the Rajya Sabha was informed Thursday.
‘There are 16,000 unmanned railway crossings in the country. It is our intention that all these are convered to manned crossings in five years. We will be converting 3,000 within this financial [...]
Nagpur, Dec 16 (IANS) Two burglaries in the prestigious Rajdhani Express (2430) from New Delhi to Bangalore early Wednesday shocked passengers, raising concerns over their safety and baggage security.
The thefts occurred in two 2-tier coaches within eight hours after the fully air-conditioned (AC) super-fast train chugged out of Hazrat Nizamuddin station an hour behind schedule [...]
Kolkata, Dec 15(ANI): The Indian Air Force on Tuesday said that it is planning to rope in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to conduct surveillance in Maoist-infested areas of the country.
Addressing the media in Kolkata, Air Marshal S.K. Bhan, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 7 (IANS) Normal life remained paralysed Monday in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh for the second successive day as Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao’s fast-unto-death entered the ninth day.
Barring use of force by police and paramilitary forces at Osmania University in which some students and journalists were injured and protesters [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 7 (IANS) The movement of trains in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh was hit Monday as hundreds of protesters demanding separate statehood to the region stopped several trains by squatting on the tracks.
On the second day of Telangana shutdown called by Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), party activists and sympathisers of separate Telangana [...]
Mariani (Assam), Nov 17 (ANI): Sixteen bogies of an oil tanker train have caught fire near Mariani in Upper Assam.
he tanker train had left the Numaligarh refinery for Uttar Pradesh and was between the Bhilgaon and Borpathar stations when it caught fire.
The fire is still raging on the tanker train. The track has been [...]
Nalikul (West Bengal), Nov 15 (IANS) The Railways will give jobs to people who help prevent accidents or provide tip-off about sabotage, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee said Sunday, asking people to come forward in protecting railway property.
Any railway employee will be promoted for preventing accident or sabotage, Banerjee announced at a function in this Hooghly [...]
Kolkata, Nov 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Monday threatened to file a defamation case against West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for alleging that her partymen were aiding the Maoists in killing Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists.
.’We will look for legal redressal. In the past whenever we have given legal notice to [...]
Kolkata, Nov 5 (ANI): A woman died here on Wednesday amidst sporadic clashes between activists of the Communist party and the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
73-year-old Saifunnisa Bibi, a resident of Khanakul village in Hooghly district, was reportedly beaten up by TMC activists on Monday.
She died in a hospital on Wednesday.
“Some people broke into our house [...]
Latehar (Jharkhand), Nov2 (ANI): Maoist rebels put up posters in Latehar district of Jharkhand, calling upon people to spurn the initiatives of the Prime Minister, the Congress President and the Home Minister.
The posters, that had Communist Party of India (Maoist) written below, also asked the people to stay away [...]
Kolkata, Nov 1(ANI): Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday retorted to various allegations by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee and accused him of having links with the Maoists. ddressing a press conference in Kolkata, Mamata said: “I think that the Marxists and the Maoists are both sides of the same coin. They are [...]
New Delhi, Oct.30 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said that on the issue of internal security of the country, the Government continues to remain vigilant against any terror threat or attack.
“We continue to remain vigilant against any [...]
Kolkata, Oct. 29 (ANI): The First Information Report that was filed against the hijackers of the Rajdhani Express didn’t have any mention of any Maoists or the armed wing of the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA).
The FIR filed by the Railway authorities in Midnapore’s [...]
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) After a harrowing time when the Delhi-bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was held hostage by Maoists in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Tuesday, passengers of the train finally breathed easy as they arrived in the national capital Wednesday, nearly 11 hours behind the schedule.
As the train chugged to a stop at [...]
Hazaribagh, Oct. 28 (ANI): A group of suspected Maoist rebels abducted a police officer on Tuesday evening from Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand state.
Five armed men abducted Nirmal Toppo, circle officer of Keredari block of Hazaribagh district, when he had gone [...]
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) After a harrowing time when the Delhi-bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was held hostage by Maoists in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Tuesday, passengers of the train finally breathed easy as they reached the national capital Wednesday.
As the train chugged to a stop at the New Delhi railway station here Wednesday [...]
New Delhi, Oct 28 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday condemned the hijacking of New Delhi bound Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani Express at Bansthala in Midnapore district, and asked the Centre to be aware of new Naxal tactics.
Addressing the media here on [...]
New Delhi, Oct. 28 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony said on Wednesday said that the tumultuous situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan poses serious security threat to India everyday.
“Whatever is happening in Afghanistan and Pakistan is causing serious concern to us everyday. So land water [...]
Jhargram (West Bengal), Oct 28 (IANS) Security forces Wednesday began combing the jungles near Jhargram in West Midnapore district to hunt down the Maoist-backed rebels who held the Bhubaneswar-Delhi Rajdhani Express and its 667 passengers hostage Tuesday.
Apart from the Antapani jungles near Jhargram town, paramilitary forces and the police conducted door-to-door searches in several adjoining [...]
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Oct 28 (ANI): Passengers, who were travelling by the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, voiced their apprehensions over the lack of security measures on passenger trains.
They said that people travel in train like Rajdhani Express since it is considered to be a prestigious train. But it is a serious concern, if there are [...]
Bashthala (West Bengal), Oct 28 (ANI): The Delhi bound Bubaneshwar Rajdhani Express, which was abducted and released by the pro-Maoist organisations, is expected to arrive at New Delhi Railway Station this afternoon.
The train resumes its journey after a seven-hour detention at Bashthala in West Midnapore district.
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel are escorting [...]
Jhargram, Oct 27 (IANS) The New Delhi-bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express resumed its journey after a nerve-wracking saga when Maoist rebels held it hostage for over four hours at a station in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district.
Escorted by a pilot engine, the train, freed by security forces, moved ahead from Banstala Halt station, where [...]
Bashthala (West Bengal) / New Delhi, Oct 27 (ANI): The Delhi bound Bubaneshwar Rajdhani Express, which was abducted and released by the pro – Maoist organisations, is all set to start from the Bashthala railway station.
According to Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, [...]
Jhargram/Kolkata/New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) A New Delhi-bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was released from Maoist clutches by security forces Tuesday evening , after rebels held it and its 667 passengers hostage for over four hours in West Midnapore district. All passengers are safe, the union government said.
Demanding withdrawal of the joint security forces and [...]
New Delhi/Kolkata, Oct 27 (IANS) After over five hours of high drama, a New Delhi- bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was freed from Maoist-backed tribal activists who held the train hostage at a station in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Tuesday.
Railway and police sources said the 2443A UP Rajdhani Express was stopped at 2.45 p.m. in [...]
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday evening said the New Delhi-bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express train held hostage by Maoist guerrillas in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district has been ’secured’ and ‘all passengers are safe’.
‘The state police have reached the spot and the train has been secured,’ Chidambaram told reporters here.
‘The released [...]
Kolkata, Oct 27 (IANS) The driver and assistant driver of the New Delhi-bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express were abducted Tuesday by activists of a Maoist-backed tribal outfit at a station in West Midnapore districtf of West Bengal, police said.
Railway and police sources said the 2443A UP Rajdhani Express was stopped at 2.45 p.m. in South Eastern [...]
Bashthala (West Bengal), Oct.27 (ANI): Top Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishanji on Tuesday denied allegations of the rebel outfit kidnapping a train driver.
In the afternoon, it was reported that suspected Maoists had abducted the driver of the Delhi-Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani Express at [...]
Bashthala (West Bengal), Oct.27 (ANI): Maoists have reportedly abducted the driver of the Delhi-Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani Express at Bashthala station in West Bengal today.
According to sources, the Maoists stopped the train at Bansthala in West Midnapore District, by blocking the track and then kidnapped [...]
