Three persons, including a youth and his mother, were killed and two injured in West Midnapore district when came under the wheels of the car of the superintendent of police of the neighbouring Puruli

A man who asked West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at a public meeting what steps she was taking to help farmers has been arrested by the police.

Close on the heels of the surrender of dreaded Maoists woman leader Suchitra Mahato, the laptop of Kishenji and a printer were found from Kushboni jungle in West Midnapore district on Tuesday by the

In yet another case of fratricide, two CRPF troopers deployed for anti-Naxal operations in the district were shot dead today by their colleague who later turned the gun on himself.

Former CPI-M minister Sushanta Ghosh, arrested in connection with the skeleton recovery case, got no relief from a local court on Monday, which rejected his bail plea and extended his judicial custody

Amidst allegations that the People’s Committee against Police Atrocities played a role in Gyaneswari Express derailment, the Maoist-backed organisation on Sunday denied any involvement in the incident and charged the CPI-M with “hatching the plot”.

With as many as 147 bodies being recovered from the affected coaches of the Gyaneswari Express, 57 of them remained “unidentified” till Sunday evening. Sample collection for DNA testing has been started from Sunday to ascertain the identity of the victims whom the accident has left changed, beyond recognition. Blood samples for the DNA testing of 20 bodies have been collected.