Cellphone campaign on fear of violence

THE battle for panchayat in West Bengal On the one hand, the state government has continuously violated the constitutional responsibilities, forcing a legal battle with the State Election Commission. The long drawn confrontation between the state ...

June 6: A CPM panchayat poll candidate in Burdwan today withdrew her nomination following alleged pressure from family members, including her sister-in-law who is a Trinamul nominee. Suki Murmu, 25, a resident of Bhatar's Kushigram who had submitted ...

June 5: Left candidates in several pockets of erstwhile bastions East Midnapore and Hooghly could not file their nominations on the last day of submission of papers for the first phase of the panchayat polls in the face of alleged threats by ...

Nandigram (East Midnapore), June 2: On Thursday, Ayesha Begum slung a grocery bag across her bicycle handle and rode 4km to Nandigram Bazar. If a curious neighbour had looked inside the nylon bag when she returned home an hour later, they would have ...

statesman news serviceKOLKATA, 31 MAY: Nomination chaos continued today in Burdwan, East Midnapore and parts of South 24-Parganas today, leaving nearly two dozen injured and at least six arrested.In Burdwan, the Trinamul Congress was accused of ...

Cyclonic storms coupled with heavy rains over the past two days have wreaked havoc in a large part of East Midnapore, a district in Indian state of West Bengal, damaging standing crops, betel vines, vegetables, fruits, nuts and flowers worth several ...

biswabrata goswamiTAMLUK, 23 APRIL: The Trinamul Congress ruled East Midnapore zilla-parishad has asked chit fund companies in the district to immediately refund to investors the money they mopped up in the course of their operations. The amount ...

biswabrata goswamiTAMLUK, 19 APRIL: The frequent, intermittent low voltage supply of power to the agriculture sector across villages in East Midnapore has crippled farming activities in the region, with farmers spending a bulk of their time ...