Everything you need to know about Jhargram Ho: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Jhargram Ho: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 28 (ANI): The trade of ant eggs between tribals is transforming into a profitable business in West Bengal's Jhargram District.
Jhargram (West Bengal), April 24 (ANI): Police in West Bengal's Jhargram District arrested two Maoists and recovered the skeletal remains of three persons on Wednesday.
Jhargram (West Bengal), April 21 (ANI): In a joint operation, personnel of state police and para-military forces unearthed and seized considerable amount of arms and ammunition including mines and country made pistols from the jungles of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal.
Jhargram, Jan 24 (ANI) The West Bengal Police arrested a suspected Maoist sympathizer, accused of killing a farmer, from Jhargram district of the state.
Kolkata, Oct 1 (IANS) Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed allegedly by Maoists in a forest in West Bengal's West Midnapore district in the early hours Monday, police said.
Kolkata, Sep 28 (IANS) The bullet-riddled body of a man was found in West Bengal's West Midnapore district with a few Maoist posters lying beside him, police said Friday.
Kolkata, Sep 22 (IANS) Two teachers, including the principal, of a college in West Bengal's West Midnapore district were allegedly assaulted by students owing allegiance to the Trinamool Congress Saturday.
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) A West Bengal court Monday rejected the bail plea of a man, who was arrested after he had publicly questioned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about her government policies towards farmers.
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) A man, who had publicly questioned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about her government policies towards farmers, was Saturday arrested from West Midnapore district for "disrupting a public rally and assaulting police officers", police said.
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) A man, who had publicly questioned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about her government policies towards farmers, was arrested from West Midnapore district for "disrupting a public rally and assaulting police officers", police said Saturday.
Jhargram, June 10 (ANI): Joint security forces have arrested Ranjan Tudu, a close aide of slain Communist Party of India (Maoist) polit bureau member Koteswara Rao alias Kishenji, from West Bengal's Jhargram region.
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) At least 15 more people died from the prevailing oppressive heat in Kolkata and the districts, taking the toll in the blistering summer heat across southern West Bengal to 45 in two days, police said.
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Seven members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including a body guard of slain rebel leader Kishenji, Wednesday surrendered with weapons in West Bengal's Jhargram district, police said.
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Seven members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have surrendered with weapons in West Bengal's Jhargram district, police said Wednesday.
Ranchi, May 16 (ANI): The 24-hour shutdown call by Maoists against the Central Government's para-military 'Operation Green Hunt' paralysed normal life and disrupted transport services here on Wednesday.
Ranchi, May 16 (ANI): The 24-hour shutdown by Maoists on Wednesday against the Central para-military maneuver, Operation Green Hunt, paralyzed normal life and disrupted transport services in the region.
Gopiballavpur (West Bengal), May 9(ANI): Acute water shortage has been causing problems to tribals in several villages of West Bengal, with many areas, like Gopiballavpur bearing the brunt for the past many years.
Jhargram, Apr 30 (ANI): In a shocking incident, police personnel have recovered human skeletons from a forest area in the Jhargram region of West Bengal. Villagers blamed the Maoists for the atrocity.olice identified the skeletons as belonging to two locals, Tarun Singh and Haripada Dolai.
Madhabpur (West Bengal), Mar.27 (ANI): West Bengal Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel have reportedly recovered a landmine and a large quantities of explosives in Madhabpur, a Maoist hotbed in the Jhargram region of the state's Paschimi Medinipur District.
West Midnapore/Gumla, Jan 18 (ANI): Four Maoists, who had earlier laid down their arms in front of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, officially surrendered in front of the West Midnapore Police on Tuesday.
West Midnapore/Gumla, Jan 18 (ANI): Four Maoists, who had earlier laid down their arms in front of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, officially surrendered in front of the West Midnapore Police on Tuesday.
Jhargram, Dec 29 (ANI): Five Maoist were arrested in West Bengal's Jhargram subdivision following a tip-off from villagers.
Jhargram, Dec 27 (ANI): Security forces have seized landmines kept inside a village pond by Maoists in Jhargram sub-division of West Bengal.
Jhargram, Nov 6 (ANI): A Maoist militant was arrested for his role in the murder of a local leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) in Jhargram region of Paschim Medinapur district of West Bengal on Saturday.
Kolkata, Oct 19 (ANI): Human rights activist and Maoist interlocutor Sujato Bhadra has said the dialogue with the rebels is in progress and would continue.
Jhargram, Oct 16 (ANI): Spokesperson of the People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) Ashok Jiban has said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has failed to deliver on the promises she made to the Maoists before the state elections.
Dahijuri (West Bengal), Oct 5 (ANI): Normal work, including treatment of outpatients came to a standstill at the government hospital in Dahijuri village of West Bengal's West Midnapore District due to the rise in Maoist attacks.
Binpur (W.Bengal), Sep 26 (ANI): Suspected Maoists gunned down a local leader, Babu Bose, who was a native of Jharkhand, in West Midnapore's Binpur on Sunday.
Jhargram (West Bengal), Sep.12 (ANI): Kolkata Knight Riders coach Dav Whatmore and National Cricket Academy Director Sandeep Patil, opened a residential coaching camp in West Bengal's Maoist-affected Jhargram district on Sunday.
Jhargram (West Bengal), July 30 (ANI): Tribal patients in West Bengal least expected that they would be renting beds for themselves while getting admitted for treatment at a government hospital in West Midnapore district.
Jhargram (West Bengal), July 17 (ANI): A forest festival commenced in Jhargram, West Bengal, over the weekend, with the objective of promoting plantation of more trees.
Jhargram (West Bengal), July 2 (ANI): Normal life was severely hit during a Maoist shutdown in West Bengal's Jhargram town on Saturday.
Kolkata, May 10 (ANI): Around fifty per cent polling was recorded in the first five hours of voting in 14 Maoist-hit constituencies spread over West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts.
Kolkata, May 10 (ANI): Twenty-five per cent polling was recorded in the first two hours of voting in 14 Maoist-hit constituencies spread over West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts.
Kolkata, May 10 (ANI): Polling for the sixth and last phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal for 14 constituencies is going on today.
Kolkata, May 9 (ANI): The sixth and last phase of West Bengal Assembly elections will be held on Tuesday in Maoist-hit parts of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts.
Jhargram (West Bengal), Apr 2(ANI): Maoist rebels killed a schoolteacher in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Saturday.
Midnapur, Mar 11 (AN): A top ranking Maoist leader Sasadhar Mahato was killed in an encounter with joint forces near the Jamboni Forest in West Midnapur District last night.
Jhargram (West Bengal), Feb 6(ANI): Suspected Maoists and Peoples' Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) workers on Sunday set a truck carrying sponge iron on fire in West Bengal's West Midnapore district.
Jhargram, Feb 4 (ANI): Enraged students blocked a road in West Bengal's Jhargram district on Thursday after police arrested a fellow school boy on suspicion of being a Maoist informer.
Jhargram, Jan 31 (ANI): Around 2000 villagers carried out a protest rally against the Communist Party of India-Marxist CPI (M) government in West Bengal's Jhargram district.
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Jhargram, Jan 27 (ANI): A highly decomposed body of a villager, allegedly killed by Maoists, was recovered by locals from a deep pit in West Bengal's Jhargram district.
Jhargam (West Bengal), Dec.20 (ANI): Maoists killed a railway worker and burnt a bulldozer near Nunnungeria village in West Bengal's Jhargram district during the weekend.
Jhargam (West Bengal), Dec.20 (ANI): Maoists killed a railway worker and burnt a bulldozer near Nunnungeria village in West Bengal's Jhargram district during the weekend.
Jhargram, Dec 18 (ANI): West Bengal Police personnel seized huge cache of arms and ammunitions after an anti Maoist operation in Jhargram District on Friday.
West Midnapore/ Purulia (West Bengal), Dec 12 (ANI): The paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and West Bengal police have seized a huge cache of arms and explosives from Maoist infested Jhargram area in West Midnapore District.
Midnapore (WB), Dec 2 (ANI): The People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA), a Maoist frontal organisation, led a protest rally against the atrocities and illegal detention of their fellow villagers by Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore District on Wednesday.
Jhargram (west Bengal), Dec 1 (ANI): Maoists burnt down the house of Harish Mahato, a leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist), in Jhargram near West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Tuesday.
Bankura (West Bengal), Nov.17 (ANI): A female Maoist Rumpa Mahato (30) has surrendered before the West Bengal Police in Bankura District.
Midnapore, Nov 15 (ANI): A team of joint forces along with the State police seized huge amount of explosives and land mines from West Bengal's West Midnapore, Jhargram area.
Jhargram, Nov 9 (ANI): Suspected Maoists brutally gunned down three villagers, including a woman, in West Bengal's Jhargram district.
Jhargram (Paschim Medinipur), Nov.7 (ANI): Suspected Maoist killed two villagers in Jhargram, a subdivisional municipality in the West Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal on Sunday.
Jhargram (West Bengal), Oct. 28 (ANI): About 2000 old women, hailing from West Bengal's Paschimi Medinipur District, staged a rally to protest against the non-payment of their pension dues.
Jhargam (West Midnapur), Oct. 7 (ANI): A group of Maoists has killed a primary school teacher after taking him away from his home on the pretext of holding some talks.
West Midnapur (West Bengal), Sep. 25 (ANI): A soldier of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and a Maoist were killed during an encounter at Bandarboni village in West Bengal's West Midnapur district on Saturday.
West Midnapore, Sep 25 (ANI): A huge cache of arms was recovered from two suspected Maoists during a joint operation conducted by the police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in a forest area of West Bengal's West Midnapore District.
Lodhasuli (West Bengal), Sep.12 (ANI): A blast triggered by suspected Maoists shattered the premises of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) at Lodhasuli near Jhargram in West Bengal's Paschimi Medinipur district on Sunday.
Kolkata, Sep 4 (ANI): West Bengal police has arrested People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) leader Manoj Mahato, a key accused in the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express derailment.
Jhargram, Sep 2 (ANI): Two CPM workers were shot dead by suspected Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore District on Thursday.
Jhargram (West Bengal), Aug 31 (ANI): Armed Maoists shot dead a school teacher in West Bengal's Jhargram region on Monday.
Kolkata, Aug 27 (ANI) A Maoist has surrendered in West Bengal after the state government announced a rehabilitation package for rebels.
Jhargram, Aug 27 (ANI): People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) leader Umakanto Mahato, a key accused in the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express derailment, was killed in an encounter with security forces at Mohanpur forest near Lothasuli in West Bengal's Jhargram District.
Jhargam (West Bengal), Aug 16 (ANI): Seeking to encourage and give hope to villagers possessing social security cards, authorities in Jhargam town in West Bengal's West Midnapore District distributed rice at subsidized rates of Rs 2 per kilo, along with land grants.
Jhargram (West Bengal), July 25 (ANI): Hundreds of villagers took out a protest march in West Bengal's Jhargram, a sub divisional municipality in the Paschim Medinipur district, here on Sunday against the atrocities being perpetrated on them by Maoists in the region.
West Medinipur (West Bengal), July 25 (ANI): Women in Birhandi village of West Bengal's West Medinipur District lodged a complaint on Saturday with the Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) at Jhargram, accusing security personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) of sexually assaulting them.
Kolkata, July 22 (ANI): A woman from Birhandi village in Paschimi Medinipur District of West Bengal accuses paramilitary personnel of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) of harassing her.
Jhargam (West Bengal), July 21 (ANI): Suspected Maoists today blew up State Highway 4, which connects Jhargram and West Midnapore districts in West Bengal.
Jhargram (WB), July 21 (ANI): Around 10,000 of women staged protested in Jhargram, in West Bengal's West Medinipur on Tuesday against the alleged harassment by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel under the pretext of flushing out Maoists.
Jhargram (West Bengal), July 11 (ANI): Vegetable prices are on the rise in West Bengal, as supplies have dried up in the market following a 48-hour 'all India shutdown' called by the Maoists on July 7-8 to protest the killing of their leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad.
Jhargram (West Bengal), June 27(ANI): A personnel of the Specially Trained Armed Company (STRACO) was killed and four others were injured during an encounter with the Maoists in the forests skirting Jhargram in West Bengal's West Medinipur District.
Jhargram (West Bengal), June 27 (ANI): Residents of various villages in West Bengal's Jhargram District accused the security forces of torturing innocent people.
Jhargram (West Bengal), June 25 (ANI): Devotees have stopped going to a 600-year-old temple in West Bengal's Jhargram due to fear of Maoists.
Kolkata, June 22 (ANI): Train services resumed after a bomb scare on Khargapur-Tatanagar section on Tuesday.
Ranchi, June 20 (ANI): Jharkhand Police on Sunday arrested People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) leader Bapi Mahato, a key accused in the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express derailment.
New Delhi /Midnapore, June 15 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested one person for his involvement in the Gyaneshwari Express train derailment case.
Panskura (West Bengal), June 14 (ANI): The Indian Railways have organized a blood donation camp here for the passengers injured in train derailment near Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore District on May 28.
Jhargram (WB), June 8 (ANI): West Bengal police on Tuesday arrested People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) leader Sameer Mahato, a key accused in the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express derailment.
West Medinipur (West Bengal), June 6 (ANI): Suspected Maoists killed a worker of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and ransacked the houses of several other party workers at Baramdihi near Jhargram in West Medinipur district of West Bengal on Saturday night.
Jhargram (West Bengal), June 5 (ANI): A local court here sent Khagen Mahato, the man arrested in connection with the Gyaneshwari Express derailment, to ten days Criminal Investigation Department (CID) remand.
New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday skipped the Cabinet meeting which was convened to take a decision on recommending imposition of President's rule in Jharkhand.
Jhargram (West Bengal), Apr 10 (ANI): Maoists shot dead two Trinamool Congress workers at Bandhghora village in West Bengal's West Midnapore District on Saturday. ccording to police, rebels chopped the limbs of Paban Mahato (38) and Kaushik Dutta (35).
New Delhi, Mar 24 (ANI): CPI (M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury has said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh owes an explanation on increasing Maoists violence, despite repeated announcements by him that the dangers posed by the ultras happen to be the gravest threat to the country's internal security.
Jhargam (West Bengal), Feb 24 (ANI): Maoists backed People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA) has called for a weeklong strike across West Bengal starting from Wednesday to protest against the killing of their top leader in an encounter.
Jhargram (West Bengal), Jan 27 (ANI): Suspected Maoists shot dead a Trinamool Congress worker near Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Wednesday morning.
West Midnapore (West Bengal), Jan 2 (ANI): Many trains were stranded near Sardiha station in West Midnapore district of West Bengal following planting of land mines on railway tracks by Maoist groups.
Jhargram (WB), Dec 20 (ANI): At least two CPM activists were reportedly shot dead by Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district.
Lalgarh (West Bengal), Dec 18 (ANI): The Lalgarh area here is under turmoil after reports that featured the death of two CPM supporters by suspected Maoists.
Midnapore (WB), Dec 10 (ANI): Suspected Maoists shot dead three CPI(M) workers at Sebaytan village in Midnapore West district in the wee hours today.
Jhargram/Simlipal (West Bengal), Dec 5 (ANI): Suspected Maoists set two trucks and a car afire on the national highway near Jhargram's Lodhasuli forest in West Bengal's Midnapore district on Friday.
Midnapore (West Bengal), Nov 12(ANI): The People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), a pro-Maoist organization, has called for a 72-hour indefinite shutdown in the Jhargram region of West Bengal's Midnapore district.he shutdown was started at 6 am on Thursday to protest against the police baton-charge on its supporters on Wednesday.
Midnapore, Nov.7 (ANI): Trinamool Congress party and Communist Party of India (Marxist) supporters clashed with each other here on Saturday, as West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee arrived in Midnapore district on a two-day visit.
Kolkata, Nov. 7 (ANI): Ahead of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's visit to Midnapore, suspected Maoists gunned down three persons at Kushboni forest on Saturday.
Kolkata, Oct. 29 (ANI): The First Information Report that was filed against the hijackers of the Rajdhani Express didn't have any mention of any Maoists or the armed wing of the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA).
New Delhi, Oct. 28 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony said on Wednesday said that the tumultuous situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan poses serious security threat to India everyday.
Jhargram (West Bengal), Oct 27 (ANI): An indefinite shutdown called by a pro-Maoist organisation disturbed normal life in Jhargram region of Midnapore district in West Bengal on Tuesday.
Lalgarh, (WB), Sep 28 (ANI): Arrested tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato, was remanded to five day's police custody on Sunday.
Jhargram (West Bengal), June 23 (ANI): As Central paramilitary forces along with local police continue action against Maoists in Lalgarh area of West Bengal's Medinipur district, ultras and some anti-social elements elsewhere in the region attacked and set afire the office premises of the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday.
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) Peaceful re-polling was held at six booths of three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal Sunday, state Election Commission officials said.
Kolkata, May 3 (ANI): Repolling is underway in six booths spread across three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal on Sunday.
