WB to withdraw cases against Singur, Nandigram activists

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 21:50

Mamata Banerjee government decided to withdraw cases filed by the previous Left Front regime against activists there, including a present minister in Singur and Nandigram agitations case.

Nandigram protests: Govt sits on sanction to prosecute cops, CBI files charge sheet

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 17:04

The Trinamool Government, which cashed in on the Nandigram protests in state politics, has not yet given CBI the sanction to prosecute five police officers involved in the 2007 police firing which killed 14 villagers.

Suspended CPI(M) member Tapan Ghosh surrenders

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 19:56

Suspended CPI(M) district committee member Tapan Ghosh wanted in connection with violence in Nandigram, surrendered in a local court.

Eager for response of Nandigram victims to my role: Debasree Roy

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 10:04

In a blurring of the real and reel, popular Bengali actor Debasree Roy said she was not sure how much close her portrayal was to the Nandigram land stir victim Shyamali Das in Swabhoomi unless it was vetted by Shyamali herself.

WB panchayat polls: 75% voting in 2nd phase, 3 dead in violence

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 08:45

Three persons, including husband of a CPI(M) candidate, were on Monday killed and several others injured in violence during the second phase of panchayat elections in West Bengal where 75 per cent polling was recorded.

Singur, Nandigram vote in Bengal panchayat polls Monday

Last Updated: Sunday, July 14, 2013, 23:46

Singur and Nandigram, known for the intense protests against farmland acquisition go to the hustings in the second phase of West Bengal panchayat polls on Monday.

Chit fund scam: TMC ridicules Buddhadeb`s call for CBI inquiry

Last Updated: Monday, May 6, 2013, 23:48

Trinamool Congress ridiculed CPI(M)`s Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee`s call for CBI inquiry into Saradha scam saying he did not want probe by investigating agency into Nandigram and Netai killings.

Nandigram victims` families to protest at CBI office on April 8

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 00:57

Demanding action against police officers involved in the firing in Nandigram in 2007 that claimed 14 lives, the victims` families will hold a protest at the CBI`s office here on April 8.

TMC observes Nandigram Day

Last Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 17:07

The ruling Trinamool Congress today observed `Nandigram Day` in the West Bengal Assembly premises.

Court orders Seth to appear again on March 26

Last Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013, 15:00

Former CPI(M) MP Lakshman Seth was today produced before a court which ordered him to appear before it on March 26 next.

`Why CBI not quizzing Buddhadeb on Nandigram firing`

Last Updated: Saturday, February 2, 2013, 00:18

The West Bengal government has written to the central government asking why former chief minister Buddhdeb Bhattacharjee was not being quizzed by the CBI.