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WEST BENGAL
• November 15, 2002
• 101 fishermen presumed dead: Bengal minister
• November 14, 2002
• Coast Guard finds trawler adrift in Bay of Bengal
• MiG crashes in North Bengal, pilots killed
• November 13, 2002
• Over 600 fishermen missing in Bay of Bengal
• November 12, 2002
• Two die in cyclone
• Thailand seeks confirmation of Bay of Bengal firing incident
• November 11, 2002
• Fishermen say Thai trawler still in Indian waters
• November 9, 2002
• Sinha absolves Left Front govt on child deaths
• November 8, 2002
• Mamata demands new rail zone for Ranchi
• Kolkata street to be renamed after Mother Teresa
• November 6, 2002
• West Bengal developing cholera vaccine
• November 3, 2002
• Eleven drown in boat accident in Bengal
• October 29, 2002
• Man carrying ammo detained at Kolkata airport
• October 28, 2002
• Thirteen killed in bomb explosion in Bengal
• October 25, 2002
• Congress, Trinamool spar over Indira Gandhi's statue
• October 23, 2002
• Trinamool Congress to attend NDA rally
• October 22, 2002
• Ten children die at Burdwan hospital
• West Bengal plans I-cards for residents
• October 19, 2002
• West Bengal rejects Mother Teresa's miracle
• Doctor claims pressure to ratify Teresa's 'miracle'
• October 18, 2002
• West Bengal BJP chief forced to resign
• October 9, 2002
• Preventive measures in West Bengal following recovery of landmines
• October 4, 2002
• Mystery about unidentified plane deepens
• October 3, 2002
• Local authorities did not alert us about any intrusion: IAF
• Unidentified plane drops packages over West Bengal
• September 20, 2002
• Advani's remarks raises hackles of WB politicians
• September 19, 2002
• Teesta-Torsa Express derails in north Bengal
• Bomb alert in Kolkata airport on Wednesday
• September 17, 2002
• Purulia arms drop case: Bleach wants another hearing
• September 4, 2002
• Eight more infant deaths in Kolkata; CM concedes lapses
• September 3, 2002
• Minister blames Bengal govt for children's death
• Judicial probe demand into death of children rejected
• September 2, 2002
• Children's hospital in Kolkata closed following death of 6 inmates: PTI
• August 11, 2002
• Restless party MPs have Mamata worried
• August 8, 2002
• KLO women's chief held in Jalpaiguri: PTI
• August 5, 2002
• Six cops suspended in undertrial death case: PTI
• August 3, 2002
• Malda affected by bandh over lock-up deaths: PTI
• August 2, 2002
• 2 undertrials die of suffocation in Malda lock up
• August 1, 2002
• Over 7,000 arrested in overnight raids: PTI
• July 29, 2002
• Centre firm on bifurcation
• Centre's way of rewarding Nitish for Godhra: Mamata/PTI
• July 26, 2002
• Army intensifies relief and rescue operations in Assam, Bihar: PTI
•July 10, 2002
• Bifurcation: Bengal, Bihar on collision course - PTI
•July 8, 2002
• Nitish Kumar ready for debate on bifurcation issue: PTI
•July 5, 2002
• Wakf Board property scam has Left Front squirming
•June 8, 2002
• Centre alerts state govt over possible terrorist attack: PTI
•May 6, 2002
• Fire breaks out at NSCB airport in Kolkata: PTI
•April 24, 2002
• 200 shops gutted in fire in Kolkata: PTI
•April 23, 2002
• Police recruit turns out to be KLO militant: PTI
•April 12, 2002
• Road accident in Howrah, 21 killed
•April 5, 2002
• Blasts near mosques in Hoogly district, 8 hurt: PTI
•April 3, 2002
• Hailstorm hits West Bengal, Bihar, 11 killed
•March 27, 2002
• Not one, but several calls were made: Biplab
•March 26, 2002
• Union minister accused of calling sex chat numbers: PTI
•January 30, 2002
• Farhan case: Patna passport office raided
• Close associate of ISI agent Dilshad held in Kolkata: PTI
•January 29, 2002
• Lawyer, notary arrested in Farhan Malik passport case
• No ISI link in USIS attack: Pakistan
• LeT behind attack on USIS office: Police
•January 28, 2002
• USIS attack: 2 Pak nationals arrested in Jharkhand
• USIS attack: Bihar ex-cop arrested
•January 24, 2002
• Cameras provide vital clues
• India to seek Ansari's extradition from UAE
• ISI may dump Dawood for Farhan Malik
• Bihar police probing Kolkata accused's passport: PTI
•January 23, 2002
• USIS attack: Cops detain 50
• Attackers came from Bangladesh: Officials
• 3 Bangladeshi in custody, but cops mum
• Dhaka protests media reports: PTI
• Eyewitnesses yet to recover from shock
• NRIs condemn attack in Kolkata
• Bush condemns terror attack in Kolkata
• Interview: 'Kolkata is considered safe by Pak criminals'
•January 22, 2002
• 4 killed, 17 hurt in attack on USIS office
• Three groups claim responsibility
• Pak condemns attack
• India, US to work jointly to wipe out terrorism
• Security around US embassy tightened
• US embassy happy with security detail
• 'They did not even spare the pedestrians'
•January 8, 2002
• Lovers demand some place for romancing in Kolkata
•December 29, 2001
• Govt to crack down on rail and road blockades: PTI
•December 27, 2001
• Over 600 convicts on hunger strike in Midnapore jail: PTI
•December 6, 2001
• North Bengal's only old age home facing closure: PTI
•November 24, 2001
• CISF to take over airport security: PTI
• 4 arrested for intruding into Kalaikunda IAF base
•October 25, 2001
• 8 dead, 52 ill in South Parganas after drinking illicit liquor: PTI
•October 17, 2001
• Suspected anthrax cases trigger panic in Burdwan
•October 6, 2001
• Osama's followers arrested in North 24-Parganas district
•October 5, 2001
• Calcutta school receives burqa diktat
•September 11, 2001
• ABVP burns Christian booklets in Howrah district: PTI
•September 6, 2001
• Delhi police arrests kingpin of Calcutta kidnapping
•August 28, 2001
• Some change in bureaucratic mindset visible: Buddhadev/PTI
• Calcutta may have road named after Mother
•August 24, 2001
• Predecessor ordered killing of Dum Dum civic body chief
•August 20, 2001
• Trinamul MLAs barge into W Bengal CM's chamber
•August 14, 2001
• Elephants go on rampage in Bengal villages
•August 13, 2001
• Senior CPI-M leader shot dead in Dumdum: PTI
•August 7, 2001
• Bengal to raise force to tackle kidnapping
•July 31, 2001
• Rail station for study, streetlight for table lamp
•July 24, 2001
• Settle differences, then look for Cabinet seat: PM to Trinamul
•July 17, 2001
• Trinamul Cong suspends Ajit Panja: PTI
•July 6, 2001
• Trinamul denies split with Congress
•July 4, 2001
• Trinamool snaps ties with Congress
•June 28, 2001
• Five bodies of capsize victims recovered: PTI
•June 27, 2001
• Govt won't wind up tram services: PTI
•June 26, 2001
• No body found yet in Malda boat mishap
•June 24, 2001
• Over 50 feared drowned as boat capsizes in Malda district: PTI
•June 20, 2001
• Panja to organise dissidents into party: PTI
•June 16, 2001
• BSF thwarts intrusion by smugglers
•June 12, 2001
• Women tread cautiously on PM-Musharraf meet
•June 2, 2001
• Mamata desperate for re-entry into NDA
• KLO-ULFA-ISI axis worries Bhudhadeb
•June 1, 2001
• Mamata says she's not going back to NDA: PTI
•May 27, 2001
• Trinamul-backed RS MP toes Panja line
•May 23, 2001
• Panja hints at joining NDA government: PTI
•May 20, 2001
• Ajit Panja meets Vajpayee: PTI
•May 19, 2001
• 48-member Left Front ministry
takes oath in West Bengal
• Panja defies boycott call, attends Buddha's swearing in
• Mukherjee wants to return to central politics
•May 17, 2001
• Panja appraises Fernandes on the latest in Trinamul
• 'This is the best chance for the Left': Sitaram Yechury
•May 16, 2001
• EC dismisses Mamata's charge
• Buddhadev likely to be sworn in on May 18
•May 13, 2001
• 60 pc exercise franchise in Assam, WB repoll
•May 12, 2001
• 2 killed, 25 injured in post-poll violence in Bengal: PTI
•May 11, 2001
• Heavy turnout of voters in assembly poll, 12 killed
• Cong demands repoll in Midnapore
• Police open fire at two places in WB, CPI-M supporter killed
•May 6, 2001
• Trinamul Congress 'C' team of CPI-M, says Vajpayee/PTI
•April 29, 2001
• Ajit Kumar Panja meets Advani: PTI
•April 27, 2001
• Ancient Buddha images found in Bengal: PTI
•April 21, 2001
• Panja to continue supporting NDA
• Panja's decision personal: Mamata/PTI
•April 15, 2001
• Mamata should have stayed in NDA: Junior Panja
•April 13, 2001
• EC places restrictions on Bengal's private TV channels: PTI
•April 11, 2001
• Pranab leaves screening committee meet in a huff: PTI
• GNLF bandh paralyses Darjeeling
•April 9, 2001
• Former CPI-M leader alleges attack
•April 8, 2001
• Calcutta bowled over by the Clinton charm
•April 5, 2001
• CPI-M leader shot at in Calcutta: PTI
•April 4, 2001
• Trinamul not to accept friendly contests: PTI
• Cong has 'full faith in Mamata'
•April 3, 2001
• Trinamul, Cong fail to decide on 18 seats
•April 1, 2001
• Trinamul continues tie-up with BJP in Calcutta
• Trinamul, Congress seat-sharing talks inconclusive: PTI
•March 31, 2001
• Calcutta HC directs CBI to probe Garbeta killings
•March 25, 2001
• Prime accused in Ghising attack arrested
•March 20, 2001
• Bukhari calls for restraint in Kanpur
•March 18
• No question of returning to NDA: Mamata
•March 17
• Prospects of Congress-Trinamul alliance brighten
•March 13
• Two killed in CPI-M-Cong clash: PTI
•March 11
• 24 hurt in dacoity, clash with police in Midnapore: PTI
•March 8
• Trinamul releases candidates list, fields actress against Buddha
• Trinamul workers agitated over ticket distribution
•March 5
• Breakthrough in Ghisingh attack probe case soon: PTI
• 15 killed as truck overturns: PTI
• Congress party splits in Bengal
•March 4
• Trinamul concludes seat-sharing talks with BJP in WB: PTI
•February 27
• Buddha develops cold feet about Siliguri visit: PTI
•February 26
• 93 new faces in LF's candidates' list: PTI
• Garbeta carnage accused arrested: PTI
•February 24
• Siliguri residents in grip of fear psychosis
•February 23
• Indrajit Gupta cremated in Calcutta
• Fever toll rises to 21, has Bengal govt. worried: PTI
• Ceasefire not extended under pressure: Fernandes
•February 21
• Indrajit Gupta is dead
• Gupta's death leaves CPI leaderless in Bengal
• Gupta dominated the Lok Sabha like a colossus
•February 20
• Attackers storm Darjeeling civic chief's chamber: PTI
•February 17
• 100 Days in Office: Bhattacharya's beginning promising
• Congress rules out mahajot in Bengal: PTI
• Sonia's rebuff leaves Bengal MLAs cold
•February 12
• Ghising survives attempt on his life
•February 10
• Mysterious disease claims
seven lives in Siliguri: PTI
•February 2
• Bus carrying 60 persons hijacked in Bengal: PTI
•January 25
• 16 hurt in Midnapore clashes: PTI
•January 23
• Emotions run high as Indo-Bangla rail link is commissioned
•January 20
• Jhumpa Lahiri's ex-bodyguard arrested for gambling
•January 19
• Mamata rules out dumping BJP for Congress
•January 16
• Mamata itching to meet Vajpayee
•January 14
• CID confirms clash, deaths in Garbeta: PTI
• I-cards to be made mandatory for assembly polls: EC
• US regrets sanctions on science, says Celeste: PTI
•January 12
• Centre had prior information about Purulia arms drop: PTI
• Rauf's arrest stuns neighbourhood into silence
• A home-coming for Jhumpa Lahiri
•January 11
• Expert refuses to examine Midnapore bodies
•January 10
• CID starts probe into Midnapore massacre: PTI
• Calcutta tense as bodies arrive from Midnapore
•January 9
• Govt orders CID probe into Garbeta incident: PTI
• George Fernandes for Central Rule in Bengal: PTI
• Bengal Fit Case for Article 356: NDA Team
•January 7
• Trinamul revises death toll
• NDA team's visit to Garbeta postponed: PTI
• Govt was warned about violence, says Centre: PTI
• Midnapore SP heckled, car damaged by mob: PTI
•January 6
• Trinamul claims 18 killed in Bengal
• NDA team to visit Garbeta
• State paralysed by bandh
•January 5
• Fresh violence in Keshpur, Mamata injured
• Congress supports Trinamul bandh call: PTI
• Trinamul calls for Bengal bandh
•December 30
• Mamata planning to share stage with APHC leaders
•December 9
• Britain formally seeks Bleach's release: AFP
•December 6
• Mamata may insist on leaving the NDA
•December 5
• Bengal CM cautions against ultras
• Basu ridicules Mamata's resignation
•December 2
• Tusker, leopard population has govt worried
•November 28
• PM to head Viswabharati University
• 40 Trinamul MLAs, corporators arrested
•November 24
• 15 feared drowned in north Bengal
•November 22
• Mamata happy about petro price reduction
• US businessman's bail plea rejected
•November 17
• MiG-27 crashes in Jalpaiguri district: PTI
•November 16
• Mamata threat highlights pre-poll dilemma
• Bengal BJP scoffs at Mamata's pro-minority tilt
•November 10
• Fire engulfs WB finance minister's chamber: PTI
•November 7
• Buddhadev sworn in as West Bengal CM
•November 6
• Bhattacharjee to take over on Monday
•November 5
• 3 Trinamul activists killed in fresh violence in Midnapore district
•November 3
• Mamata on the horns of a dilemma
• Private buses keep off Calcutta roads
• BJP plays down rumblings in NDA
•October 31
• Basu blasts US in final speech as CM
•October 29
• Mukherjee accused of 'abetting' anti-Sonia conspiracy
•October 28
• Diwali with a difference in Bengal
•October 24
• Trinamul leaders differ over Calcutta hawker eviction drive: PTI
•October 21
• Saifuddin Chowdhury may alter Bengal political landscape
• BJP not to oppose Congress candidates in assembly poll
•October 15
• Centre releases Rs 632.6 million for West Bengal
•October 13
• West Bengal floods claim 200 deer
• West Bengal flood toll crosses 1,300 mark
• PM briefed about Bengal flood situation
•October 10
• Saifuddin Chowdhury: I will float a party by the year end
•October 4
• Mamata withdraws resignation
• The prime minister's letter to Mamata
•October 4
• Mamata extends deadline by three days
• Saifuddin Choudhury off CPI-M rolls: PTI
• Mamata-PMO emissary to continue talks: PTI
• Four killed in renewed clashes in Midnapore
•October 2
• Trinamul rules out alliance with Congress: PTI
• PM hopeful about Trinamul support: PTI
•October 1
• Flood toll may touch 1000 mark
• PM rejects Mamata, Panja's resignations
• 'We have some compulsions in state
politics'
• No rollback: Naik; TC may quit NDA: PTI
• Arithmetic in Vajpayee's favour
• BJP leadership in a huddle
over Mamata threat
•September 30
• Flood-hit claim government ignored them
•September 29
• Eastern Railway apologises for advertisement: PTI
• Rumours dog KBC prize winner in Calcutta
• Bengal flood toll touches 597, many bodies undiscovered
• Central team to visit flood-hit areas in Bengal
•September 28
• WB govt deliberately caused floods: Mamata: PTI
• Sonia to visit flood-hit Bengal on Thursday
• High tide alert in parts of Calcutta
•September 27
• Flood toll rises to 516, waters enter Calcutta: PTI
• Centre lacks will-power: Mukherjee
• Flood toll rises to 450
•September 26
• Bengal flood toll 420: PTI
• Bengal flood toll 300, accusations fly thick and fast
• Jana Krishnamoorthy rules out President's
rule in Bengal
•September 25
• Advani to Basu: If not me, satisfy people
•September 24
• Floods claim 82 more lives: PTI
• Train services in Bengal disrupted
• 'Fernandes is not in the right frame of mind'
• Bangaru Laxman for Article 356 in Bengal
• Handicapped minor raped in police van
•September 22
• CPI-M warns central government
• Why Mamata had a change of heart
• West Bengal flood toll shoots up to 129
• Did CPI-M's land reforms movement backfire?
•September 22
• CPI-M for major shift in its strategy: PTI
• Basu's reply under examination: Advani
• West Bengal flood toll rises to 45
• Sr Francesca admits 'guilt with great sorrow'
•September 21
• Basu's reply to Advani delayed
•September 20
• Floods claim 13 in West Bengal
• Mamata eagerly awaits Vajpayee's return
• North, south Bengal reel under floods
• Trinamul disappears from Midnapore
• Councillor invites voters' wrath by switching loyalties
•September 16
• NDA assessing fall-out if Trinamul parts ways
•September 11
• 41 killed in Bengal, Bihar mishaps
•September 10
• UK government failed Bleach, admits Straw
•September 9
• Mamata snubs Fernandes
• West Bengal worse than Bihar: Fernandes
• 'The Statesman' dares Jyoti Basu
• Fernandes leaves for disturbed areas of WB
•September 8
• Fernandes rushes to WB to soothe Mamata
• Trinamul may part ways with NDA
•September 7
• Son of official investigating fodder scam kidnapped, traced: PTI
•September 6
• Article 356 cannot be resorted to in Bengal: Jyoti Basu
•September 5
• Calutta court allows appearance by video conference
•September 3
• Bomb hoax calls leave Calcutta airport in a tizzy
•September 1
• Five policemen injured in army attack: PTI
• Massive haul of detonators in Jalpaiguri: PTI
•August 29
• Darjeeling toy train may lose heritage status
•August 27
• KBC ban case to come up on Sept 8
•August 24
• Trinamul sees exodus with Mukherjee's appointment
• ISI man held in Calcutta
•August 23
• Trinamul leaders oppose entry of Congressmen
• Pranab Mukherjee discharged from hospital
• Pranab Mukherjee named Bengal Cong chief: PTI
•August 22
• New PCC chief: Congressmen see red
• Congressmen jump onto Trinamul bandwagon
•August 20
• GNLF may renew demand for Gorkhaland
•August 17
• Journalists protest attacks in Bengal
• Left Front suffers another jolt in civic polls: PTI
•August 13
• ISI man held for Pahalgam massacre
•August 6
• Congress charges Trinamul with engineering defections
•August 4
• ISKCON employee commits suicide in jail
• Mamata says CPI-M will kill her: PTI
•August 1
• 7 Trinamul activists feared killed in fresh clashes
• Youth Congress bandh paralyses Calcutta
•July 29
• Basu stable: Shifted to AIIMS
• Basu takes ill, rushed to hospital
• Birbhum massacre: Assembly witnesses uproarious scenes
• July 28
• 11 killed in Forward Block-Trinamul clashes
• 50,000 homeless in Burdwan floods
• July 25
• Family icon, wedding sari to be presented to Indian Museum
• July 23
• Counsel hopeful of Purulia case prime accused's release
• Purulia case: 5 Latvians released
• Latvians' release followed Russian pressure
• July 21
• A blanket saved Bharat Rungta
• July 20
• Contest for Bengal BJP chief's post may be acrimonious
• July 15
• Trinamul demands use of Article 355 in Bengal
• July 11
• Trinamul, CPI-M clashes in Midnapore claim five lives
• July 9
• Calcutta mayoral poll: Trinamul breaches Left Front bastion
• July 8
• 'Convert' accuses VHP of coercion
• July 7
• Rare celestial phenomenon in the offing
• Mystery over conversion of Muslim family
• July 4
• CPI-M retains Salt Lake municipality
• July 1
• Writing on the wall for Left Front: Mamata
• Trinamul luring our corporators: Congress
• June 30
• Bankara continues to be tense
• June 25
• Unprecedented security for Calcutta civic polls
• June 24
• Rebels hold the key in Calcutta polls
• June 17
• National leaders to campaign for Calcutta civic polls
• June 15, 2000
• Basu ticks off Bukhari
• June 13
• Bukhari advises Basu against Third Front
• IAF jet crashes into house
• June 6
• Parties accuse each other of intimidation
• June 4
• Greens warn against N-plant in Sunderbans
• Local poll results derail Mamata
• June 1
• Surprise win for Congress in civic poll
• May 28
• Keshpur -- West Bengal's own Jehanabad
• Anarchy in West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee
• West Bengal's 79 muncipalities go to the polls Sunday
• May 25
• Gill warns parties over violence in Panskura
• May 23
• 'Jyoti Basu to head proposed Third Front'
• May 22
• West Bengal to set up hi-tech habitat in Durgapur
• May 21
• BJP, dissent threaten to spoil Trinamul's party
• May 16
• Kamtapur rebels are a fresh cause for worry
• May 10
• 30 killed as bus plunges into ditch near Midnapore
• April 27
• Captured 'mastermind' turns out to be one of IA hijackers' contact
• Cong won't have seat arrangement with Trinamul
• April 26
• 'Grand alliance' plan for civic elections fizzles out
• April 17
• Ghani Khan Chowdhury threatens to quit Congress
• April 15
• Fernandes urges Congress to join mahajot
• April 14
• BJP national executive will back Mamta's mahajot
• April 5
• Sonia may allow tie-up with Trinamul in Bengal
• April 2
• Bengal bans ragging in colleges
• Trinamul youth leader shot dead
• Congressmen divided over joining up with Trinamul
• March 30
• Waiting for the God
• March 22
• Jyoti Basu not to contest assembly polls
• March 12
• Emotions explode as Dunlop reopens Bengal unit after two years
• February 26
• Trinamul takes a beating in by-polls
• February 24
• Deepa will meet Basu on Thursday
• Is India a soft state?
• February 19
• Railway Board goes in appeal in gang-rape case
• February 17
• Purulia accused challenge court verdict
• February 8
• Purulia accused may appeal to Calcutta HC
• February 3
• Purulia arms drop convicts get rigorous life imprisonment
• February 1
• 6 foreigners convicted in Purulia arms drop case
• January 29
• CPI-M-Trinamul clashes claim 20 lives
• January 25
• Seven foreigners held in fake currency case
• January 18, 2000
• Surjeet blasts CPI-M rebels
• January 16, 2000
• Yechury blasts CPI-M dissidents
• January 15, 2000
• Police say Sonarpur violence was a spontaneous reaction against years of oppression
• January 14, 2000
• Hijack rumours cause chaos at Calcutta
• December 25
• Big revolt brewing in CPI-M
• December 10
• West Bengal seeks more forces
• WB governor goes on leave
• November 27
• Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to be Basu's heir apparent
• November 19
• Jyoti Basu to continue as chief minister
• October 29
• Mamata opposes move against citizens of foreign origin
• October 17
• High alert in Calcutta during Durga Puja
• October 2
• Basu won't apologise to Advani
• September 28
• 41 dead in Bengal floods
• September 23
• Calcutta HC strikes down Maharashtra government's order on Bangladeshi nationals
• August 17
• 20 kg of RDX seized
• August 8
• Alert in Bengal as forces now look for Chhota Shakeel
• August 6
• Retired SC judge to probe mishap
• Rescue work at mishap site completed
• August 5
• Swap of seat saves passenger's life
• June 9
• Bengal rejects Maruti's time plea for Euro-fit cars
• May 19
• 3 killed, 15 injured as train derails in Jalpaiguri
• May 7
• 62 feared drowned as bus plunges into river in West Bengal
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