He was reviled by critics in his party as a neo-liberal in disguise but till the end, he retained his belief in secularism and the humanity of Communism. IMAGE: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, then the......
'Now that there is an election in the offing, she is repeating the same old promises. Does she think the people of Bengal are fools to fall for her lies?' CPI-M MP Mohammed Salim, who may be the......
Sixteen more bodies were found during search operations on Monday, taking the toll to 41 in the trawler capsize mishap near Talpatty island in the Hooghly river in South 24 Parganas district.......
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddadeb Bhattacharya on Sunday said the Communist Party of India-Marxist would guard against the creation of a Nandigram-like similar situation anywhere in the state. He......
Bengali intellectuals, who recently participated in a huge march in Kolkata to denounce the recapture of Nandigram, have floated a platform for a set of demands. These include immediate return of......
With near consensus reached by the Left Front on selecting Nayachar island as the likely site for a chemical hub, a minister belonging to a minor partner raised questions on Wednesday on locating......
It is curtains for yet another large-scale project in West Bengal. The Videocon group on Tuesday said it was unlikely to go ahead with its Rs 20,000-crore (Rs 200-billion) steel and power plant......
Nandigram, the earlier scene of bloody clashes when the state government wished to acquire farmers' land, is now ready to concede. Not for a chemical hub, as earlier proposed by chief minister......
West Bengal land acquisition protests in Singur and Nandigram have often been cited as agenda setting events in the country's land versus and industry discourse. The state now has a new policy,......
The West Bengal government has not given up industrialisation of the state, including finalising an alternate project for Singur, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said on Monday. "How can I......