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Alimuddin gives govt free hand to probe school appointment scamAlimuddin gives govt free hand to probe school appointment scam

September 4, 2010 | 0 Comment

KOLKATA: CPM mandarins in Alimuddin Street won’t stand in the way of the ongoing government inquiry into the controversial appointments of some of the relatives of the high and mighty… Read more »

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Didi announces month-long ‘anti-terror’ movement in Bengal

September 4, 2010 | 0 Comment

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today announced a month-long ‘anti-terror’ movement across West Bengal from September six to “highlight CPI-M’s armed attacks and atrocities” on her party workers. “We will… Read more »

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Centre has no uniformity of policy on Maoists: BJP

September 4, 2010 | 0 Comment

BJP on Friday accused the Congress-led UPA government of having no uniformity of policy on the Maoists and said its leaders keep making contradictory statements on the issue. “The government… Read more »

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CPM gets a foothold, hoists flag in Dharampur

September 4, 2010 | 0 Comment

Kolkata In face of the winds of change, the CPM is trying hard to keep its morale up. And the latest prop for the purpose is its regaining part of… Read more »

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Ray lifts Buddha mood

September 3, 2010 | 0 Comment

MOHUA DAS The chief minister at Nandan on Thursday. (Aranya Sen) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was a picture of poise with a smile on his lips and a twinkle in his eyes… Read more »

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Manab censured by party

September 3, 2010 | 0 Comment

KOLKATA: CPM state committee member and minister Manab Mukherjee seems to be passing through a bad patch. Be it his purchase of costly glasses with government funds which he is… Read more »

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CPM can’t win polls with help of goons and guns: Mamata

September 3, 2010 | 0 Comment

KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee has warned CPM that armed goons and cadres will not help it win elections. Buoyed by Union home minister P Chidambaram’s statement on “armed camps in West… Read more »

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No armed camp in state: Biman

September 3, 2010 | 0 Comment

KOLKATA: Union home minister P Chidambaram may point to the presence of camps with cadres carrying arms, but the ruling CPM and the state government refuse to pay heed. CPM… Read more »

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Buddha remembers Nandan’s birth

September 3, 2010 | 0 Comment

KOLKATA: It was time for nostalgia. An emotional Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee seemed to walk 25 years in retrospection canonizing the moment of a lifetime. The chief minister recalled approaching Satyajit Ray… Read more »

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Councillor held after lake protest in Bikramgarh

September 3, 2010 | 0 Comment

KOLKATA: Residents of Bikramgarh in south Kolkata have decided to knock on the Calcutta high court’s doors to protect the local jheel, which they consider a lifeline. On Thursday, the… Read more »

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