Buddhadeb defends firing at 1993 Congress rally that killed 13

Rarely does Alimuddin Street part ways with former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.But this time it may do that for the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat.

Subrata Mukherjee today said the day is inching close when only former Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and state secretary Biman Bose will be left in the party. "This is an internal matter of CPI(M). I don't want to make any comment. But a day will ...

As information and cultural affairs minister in the Jyoti Basu cabinet, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee could have feigned ignorance on the July 21, 1993, police firing on Youth Congress workers that killed 13 people.

Bhattacharjee, who is also a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) said that there was large-scale violence during the agitation and at least 70 police personnel were injured.(PTI) Former chief minister Buddhadeb ...

Calcutta, Feb. 26: Former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee neither apologised nor admitted to any mistake by police when he deposed today before a commission set up by the Mamata Banerjee government to probe the killing of 13 persons in Calcutta on July ...

Bhattacharjee deposed for nearly 50 minutes before the one-man commission of Justice (retd) Sushanto Chattopadhyay, a former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was the then Youth Congress president in West Bengal, had ...

KOLKATA: Two flats were burgled in quick succession at Palm Avenue in Karaya late on Friday night. These flats are located less than 200 metres from the residence of former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee which has 24-hour police ...

Howrah, Feb. 20: Former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said huge turnouts at public meetings were no guarantee of people's support, cautioning CPM cadres against complacency after the Left Front's "impressive" rally at Brigade on February 9.

Sharing the views of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Narendra Modi as Prime Minister would be disastrous for the country, former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today alleged that the RSS and corporate houses were paving the ...