Everything you need to know about Midnapore Ho: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Midnapore Ho: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) The West Bengal government Friday issued a notification proposing three-phase Panchayat polls July 2, July 6 and July 10.
Midnapore (West Bengal), May 6 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday called for preserving West Bengal's rich heritage and lauded the efforts of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in this direction.
New Delhi, May 5 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will undertake a three-day visit to West Bengal (Kolkata and Midnapore) from today.
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will undertake a three-day visit to West Bengal (Kolkata and Midnapore) from May 5 to 7.
Midnapore (West Bengal), May 1 (IANS) Four members of a family were burnt to death in a fire that engulfed their house at Keshpur in West Midnapore district, police said Wednesday.
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) A two-day nationwide strike-call by 11 central trade unions to press a ten-point charter of demands evoked mixed response in West Bengal Wednesday with reports of stray incidents of forcible enforcement of the strike.
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) A two-day nationwide strike-call by 11 central trade unions to press for a ten-point charter of demands evoked partial response in West Bengal Wednesday.
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) Countering her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's strong pitch for industrialisation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday reiterated her government's stand of not "forcibly" acquiring land except for setting up railway lines and roads.
Bangalore, Jan 31 (IANS) The family of Indian youth Souvik Pal, whose body was found Jan 22 in a canal at Manchester in Britain 23 days after he went missing from a nightclub, is waiting here for the outcome of the probe into his mysterious death.
Bangalore, Jan 23 (IANS) Souvik Pal, the 19-year-old Bangalore youth who went missing Dec 31 in Britain, was found drowned in a canal Tuesday at Manchester.
Tamluk (West Bengal) Jan 18 (IANS) Stating that India's freedom was not a gift given under international pressure but one achieved through years of struggle, President Pranab Mukherjee Friday saluted the freedom fighters from Midnapore district.
Haldia (West Bengal), Jan 17 (IANS) West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Thursday said the Mamata Banerjee government has to find out a "suitable solution" to the land acquisition problem and reminded it of the "major responsibility" to restore confidence in industrialists.
Bangalore, Jan 16 (IANS) The British police would intensify the search for Souvik Pal, 19, who went missing from a nightclub in Manchester on New Year's Eve, junior Health Minister Anna Soubry said Wednesday. The boy's family resides in Bangalore.
Belda (West Bengal), Jan 16 (IANS) Asserting that despite a financial crisis, her government fulfilled its promises, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said but for her, the debt-ridden government would have gone to auction.
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) Eight people were killed and 30 injured when a bus collided with a truck in West Bengal, police said Friday.
East Midnapore (West Bengal), Jan 11 (IANS) Eight people were killed and 30 injured when a bus collided head-on with a truck at Heria here late Thursday, police said.
Midnapore (West Bengal), Jan 5 (IANS) Stepping up her attack on the central government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday threatened to carry to New Delhi her movement for a three-year moratorium on interest payments on central loans to her debt-tridden state.
West Midnapore (West Bengal), Jan. 1 (ANI): Closed for several years due to Maoist fears, schools here have been opened once again, rekindling hopes in young students.
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) Enraged at the delay in serving food at a hotel in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, a group of tourists from Odisha attacked the hotel staff, killing one them and injuring four others. 35 people have been arrested, police said Tuesday.
West Midnapore (West Bengal), Dec. 25 (ANI): In order to provide access to potable water and employment to the locals, authorities have undertaken a tube-well construction project in the Maoist-infested West Midnapore district of West Bengal.
West Midnapore, Dec 25 (ANI): The authorities in the Maoist infested West Midnapore district of West Bengal have launched a series of intensive development schemes to counter the penetration of the ultras in rural pockets.
Lalgarh (West Bengal), Dec 8 (IANS) The doors are open for a dialogue with the Maoists, said Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, stressing the importance of "sensitive development" and "political process" to solve the problem posed by the left-wing extremists.
Lalgarh, Dec 3 (ANI): In a bid to counter the Maoists propaganda among local youth, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recently launched a 'Community Interactive Programme' in Naxal-hit Lalgarh in West Bengal's West Midnapore District.
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) The central government has given the nod for a new dock facility in East Midnapore district of West Bengal that would handle around 23.4 million tonnes (MT) of cargo annually.
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) For leading multi?media contemporary artist Paresh Maity, a globalised painter with an eye for diversity of Indian life, "identity is very important for any form of art to flourish".
West Midnapore (West Bengal), Nov.23 (ANI): A herd of 150 elephants strayed into a village in West Midnapore District, West Bengal, and trampled crops and ravaged paddy fields spread in over 25 hectares.
Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday night attacked the central government for putting an embargo on establishment of industries at Haldia and urged upon businessmen not to give money to any political agents in the state.
West Midnapore, Oct 31 (ANI): The West Midnapore district authorities have opened new avenues of employment for students by providing industrial training in Maoist-infested areas.
Kolkata, Oct 28 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP and former union minister Sishir Adhikari Sunday lodged a police complaint that some unidentified people have been threatening him and his son, MP Suvendu Adhikari, on phone.
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IANS) Three women were branded as witches and lynched by villagers in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said Wednesday.
West Midnapore (West Bengal), Oct.12 (ANI): The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the police have seized a huge cache of arms from Maoist hideouts during a search operation in West Bengal's West Midnapore District.
Kolkata, Oct 9 (IANS) Accusing the central government of "ruining and selling the country" through its economic reforms, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said she will not allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail in her state.
Kolkata, Oct 9 (IANS) Asserting that her life was dedicated to the cause of the common people, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said her government will never take any decision that goes against their interests.
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.
Midnapore, Sep 30 (ANI): Around seventy people were hospitalised after consuming food at a religious function in West Bengal's West Midnapore District yesterday.
Kolkata, Sep 29 (IANS) Over 70 people were hospitalised after consuming food at a religious function in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said Saturday.
New Delhi, Sep.20 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday denied that the UPA-II Government is tapping the phone lines of West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mamata Banerjee.
Kolkata, Sep 20 (IANS) Continuing her tirade against the Congress over the issue of economic reforms, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday hinted at the central government resorting to tapping of her phones.
Kolkata, Sep 19 (IANS) One can call it Mamata Banerjee's Midas touch. The maverick West Bengal chief minister's intolerance is making heroes out of faceless people in the crowd.
Kolkata, Sep 10 (IANS) Following his brother Prashanta's arrest in the Midnapore skeleton case, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sushanta Ghosh Monday claimed the arrest as "political vendetta" while one of the counsels threatened to move the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) for alleged neglect of the "ailing" arrestee.
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) A West Bengal court Friday granted bail to Shiladitya Chowdhury, who was arrested after he had publicly questioned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about her government's policies towards farmers.
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) The State Human Right Commission (SHRC) has ordered a probe into the arrest of a man who had publicly questioned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about her government's policies towards farmers.
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) Scientists in West Bengal claim that the seeds of the big leaf mahogany tree, that are used to treat diabetes in folk medicines, are non-toxic and safe natural product.
Kolkata, Aug.11 (ANI): Kolkata Police on Saturday confirmed the arrest of a man for publicly questioning West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about what steps she was taking to help farmers of the state.
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.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has hinted that any kind of violence will not be tolerated in the state and government is not going to spare those responsible for the same.
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) In another of her frequent district tours, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited Maoist-affected Belpahari area promising to usher in all-round development.
Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) Questioning Trinamool Congress-led government over the bottlenecks that have forced IT major Infosys to rethink its West Bengal project, CPI-M leader and former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Sunday said it has failed to attract new investments.
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) A West Bengal court Friday gave bail to former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) parliamentarian Laxman Seth, who was in custody for 118 days for allegedly plotting violent incidents in Nandigram of East Midnapore district in 2007.
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has passed its first major popularity test, bagging four of the state's six civic bodies after contesting the elections on its own strength. But the loss of East Midnapore's Haldia to the Left Front and Nadia district's Cooper's Camp to the Congress has been a wake-up call for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's party.
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, June 6 (IANS) With a heat wave prevailing across southern West Bengal, the death toll rose to 42, with 12 more people succumbing Wednesday in Kolkata and the districts, police said.
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) Backed by its resounding victory in the West Bengal civic polls, the ruling Trinamool Congress Tuesday bragged about its ability to go it alone in future elections, prompting ally Congress to hit back saying it had no compulsion to continue the alliance.
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) In a strong message to ally Congress after winning elections to four of six civic bodies, West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress Tuesday said the victory was a strong indicator of its might in the state.
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress stole a march over its opponents, bagging four civic bodies, while the Left Front and the Congress clinched one each in results announced Tuesday.
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) In an apparent sign of strain, the West Bengal state Congress Tuesday shot off a letter to the state election commissioner complaining against the threats by Trinamool Congress against its nominees in the upcoming civic polls.
Lalgarh (West Bengal), April 24 (IANS) West Bengal aims to give 60 days of work to each household under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the coming year, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Tuesday.
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) West Bengal's Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday alleged that an official at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's secretariat was not being arrested despite a non-bailable case against him and was using his clout to subvert the legal process.
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The 19th century paintings of Kalighat in West Bengal mirrored a phase of socio-political transition when the feudal Bengali gentry was opening up to European influences under pressure from the East India Company.
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) A woman in West Bengal attempted suicide after she was molested and her family members were beaten up by a group of people for her refusal to join the Trinamool Congress, police said Wednesday.
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) Haunted by scams and bullied by its allies, the Congress may have appeased Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by paving way for her nominees to enter the Rajya Sabha, but the development has rekindled discontent among West Bengal Congress members.
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) The West Bengal government has instituted the Krishi Ratna award for the best farmer in a block, Finance Minister Amit Mitra announced in his budget speech Friday.
Kolkata, Feb.25 (ANI): At least 23 people, including 20 security personnel were injured after a clash at Salua near Kharagpur in West Bengal's West Midnapore district.
Kolkata, Feb.25 (ANI): At least 23 people, including 20 security personnel were injured after a clash at Salua near Kharagpur in West Bengal's West Midnapore 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.
Salboni, Dec 9 (ANI): Farmers in a Maoist-hit region of West Midnapore District in West Bengal are reaping good profit after adopting advance methods of apiculture or beekeeping.
West Midnapore, Dec 7 (ANI): Expressing their anguish, villagers in West Midnapore district of West Bengal condemned Maoist atrocities and said that they have not lived up to the promises of developing the area.
New Delhi, Nov 30 (ANI): Making a fresh appeal to Maoists to abjure violence, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday said that they should come forward for talks with the government.
West Midnapore, Nov. 27 (ANI): Security forces recovered a landmine kept in a tiffin box in West Bengal's West Midnapore District on Sunday.
Kolkata, Nov. 20 (ANI): Stating that he has begun reviewing programmes at the Panchayat level in West Bengal, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday that his ministry has implemented several schemes for the upliftment of rural sector at the ground level.
Lalgarh, Oct 29 (ANI): Police in West Bengal's West Midnapore District have successfully prevented a potential Maoist attack by retrieving a landmine and two detonators from Lalgarh Village.
West Midnapore, Sep 26 (ANI): In an endeavor to create employment for locals in Maoist-affected West Midnapore, forest officials here started a community hall construction project.
Midnapore (West Bengal), Aug 14 (ANI): Shyamal Acharya, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker has demanded that death penalty should be given to Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sushanta Ghosh, who is in CID remand in connection with the Garbeta killings case.
Kolkata, June 27 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist CPI (M) leader Biman Bose has accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC) activists of attacking CPI (M) members in West Bengal.
Midnapore, June 22 (ANI): West Bengal Irrigation Minister Manas Bhunia, who visited the flood-hit areas of West Midnapore, assured locals of immediate rescue and relief operations.
Pune, May 14 (ANI): Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) has arrested ten Maoists, from their hideout at Shirur in Pune District.
Kolkata, May 6 (ANI): Security arrangements have been stepped up in the Maoist-hit districts of West Midnapore, Bankura, Purulia and parts of Burdwan district for the fifth phase of West Bengal polls, which is scheduled to be held tomorrow.
Kolkata, May 3 (ANI): Over 84 percent polling was recorded in the fourth phase of West Bengal assembly polls in 63 constituencies spread across East Midnapore, Howrah, Hooghly and parts of Burdwan Districts on Tuesday.
Kolkata, Apr 28 (ANI): The full bench of the Election Commission met top officials of the West Bengal Government on Thursday to discuss the poll preparedness for the last three phases of assembly polls. Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi and the other two Election Commissioners, V.S. Sampath and H.S. Brahma, who arrived here today on a day's visit, met the chief secretary, home secretary and Director General of police to review the security arrangements for .
Kolkata, Apr 28 (ANI): The full bench of the Election Commission (EC) today arrived in Kolkata to oversee the poll preparedness for the last three phases of the West Bengal assembly polls.
New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): The full bench of the Election Commission (EC) will visit West Bengal today to oversee the poll preparedness for the last three phases of the assembly polls.
New Delhi, Apr 27 (ANI): The full bench of the Election Commission (EC) will visit West Bengal on Thursday to oversee the poll preparedness for the last three phases of the assembly polls.
Midnapore, Mar. 20 (ANI): Security forces have raided a Maoist hideout in West Bengal's Midnapore District and seized arms and ammunition.
Midnapore, Mar 14 (ANI): Frequent shutdowns called by the Maoists is severely affecting the transport business in West Bengal's Midnapore region.
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.
West Midnapore, Feb 19 (ANI): West Bengal Police has taken into its custody two Maoists and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition.
West Midnapore, Feb 19 (ANI): West Bengal Police has taken into its custody two Maoists and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition.
West Midnapore, Feb 19 (ANI): West Bengal Police has taken into its custody two Maoists and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition.
New Delhi, Feb 3 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today wrote to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on the nexus between the Trinamool Congress and the Maoists.
Kolkata, Feb 2 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has warned that action would be immediately taken on the nexus between the Trinamool Congress and the Maoists.
West Midnapore, Jan 17 (ANI): Suspected Maoists torched a CPI (M) party office in West Bengal's West Midnapore district last night.
Kolkata, Jan 11 (ANI): Protesting against the killing of eight people in firing in Lalgarh village, members of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee organised a massive silent protest here on Monday.
West Midnapore, Jan 9 (ANI): West Bengal Government is generating employment for locals in the Maoist-affected areas of the region under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme.
West Midnapore, Jan 9 (ANI): Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has expressed her concern over the recent violence in West Bengal, saying the history of Nandigram is being repeated in Lalgarh's Netai village, where some suspected armed CPI-M cadres killed seven people and injured over 20 others.
West Midnapore, Jan 4 (ANI): Security forces gunned down a Maoist and injured another during an encounter at Kankardara village in Lalgarh region of West Bengal's West Midnapore District on Tuesday.
Midnapore, Jan 4 (ANI): Three Maoists were arrested from West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Monday.
West Midnapore, Dec 25 (ANI): West Bengal Police took into its custody two Maoist leaders in West Midnapore district on Friday, and recovered a huge cache of directional landmines as well as uniforms of Central paramilitary forces from them.
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.
